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thirtydaZe:
--- Quote from: Mudinyeri on March 06, 2014, 09:08:41 AM ---At the risk of unabashed self-promotion ... http://www.amazon.com/Union-Creek-Journal-Toby-Asplin-ebook/dp/B008XLJ63K/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1394118506&sr=1-1&keywords=the+union+creek+journal
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right on, added to my wish list.
GreyGeek:
--- Quote from: Ronvandyn on February 27, 2014, 08:04:58 PM ---+1 on Ringo!
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mmm... I've about read out the scifi section at the Walt public library, but I avoided the Ringo books because the covers looked so corny. I'll have to check some out!
Poor Man:
If thre are any folks who like true history in a novel type account check out " The Ladder Of Rivers" by Harry E. Crisman. A very interesting account of the cattle and gold barons of the late 1800's and early 1900's complete with rustlers, hangings and trials in Kearney, Hastings, Loup City and Central City, serious enough for troops to be called from Fort Omaha for secutity
Kendahl:
--- Quote from: Lmbass14 on February 28, 2014, 08:15:23 AM ---One Second After by WILLIAM R. FORSTCHEN
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Forstchen also wrote a series of at least ten books collectively called The Lost Regiment. They are about a Civil War Union Regiment that is mysteriously transported to an alien planet where they encounter people from Earth who were abducted in other eras and have to engage in a protracted war with a nation of alien barbarians who are pillaging the planet.
Jerry Pournelle wrote a series of thee books, called Janisaries, about a group of CIA contractors who are abducted by aliens and dumped on another planet to raise plants used to make recreational drugs. There was supposed to be a fourth book but it has never been completed.
In today's column on the Backwoods Home web site, Massad Ayoob talks about a future movie called Alexander's Bridge. It is about a Delta Force team that gets transported back through time to the middle of the Civil War. The cast will consist of real life Delta Force operators and Civil War re-enactors. Ayoob says they intend to get the details right about weapons, tactics, clothing, etc.
bkoenig:
Another great scifi author (probably my favorite) is Dan Simmons. His Hyperion series is just awesome, and he has a couple of other books (Ilium and Olympos) that mix scifi with the Trojan war. Yes, it sounds weird, but it really works.
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