Been reading a bunch of papers on quantum entanglement lately.
Don’t have the math background to really get into it, but utterly fascinating.
And my brain hurts…
To counter that…I am reading the first of the Jack Reacher novels… it’s easy reading that doesn’t require too many brain cells. The Amazon TV series follows the book quite closely so far.
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this looks interesting. similarly interesting are the Iraqi SuperEtendard stories. didnt know they were using them against Iran.
@MigBuster , look what the mailman brought me yesterday. 
Was just browsing through the “Handbrake” book, very, very nice. Great photos, much detail and the ship and aircraft artwork are superb! Great recommendation.
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Glad you like it - they didn’t fly that many sorties which is probably one reason they could research to such detail.
Sometime ago I used both of the Mirage F1 books to compare losses with the now ancient 2004 Cooper Iranian F-14s. You can basically divide the so called “confirmed kills” at the back of the book by about 5 to get near what the recent Mirage books show.
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IIRC it was because they only had a finite amount of Exocet missiles, and the French wouldn’t sell them anymore.
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Mudspike articles! 
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Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors
For any Pacific Naval war history aficionado this book is a must read.
Wheels
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Indeed!
“This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can.”
Lieutenant Commander Robert W. Copeland addressing the crew of the destroyer escort USS Samuel B. Roberts on the morning of October 25, 1944, off the Philippine Island of Samar.
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Recently picked up David Price’s new book : Mosquito Men. I am very much enjoying it. Very well written. I’m about half way in and finding it fascinating. Mainly about 627 Squadron but with lots of background on the crews postings prior to them joining 627. They have just been poached from The Pathfinders to 5 Group and about to start low level target marking operations as devised by Leonard Cheshire.
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I’ve been reading the SAS series by Damien Lewis - highly recommend them. All about WWII exploits, not just of the SAS but also those connected with them and those who fought alongside them.
Really shows what a bunch of complete ********* politicians are, as well. Makes you want to start a revolution right now! Not just politicians, the “top brass” are just as bad - the things they do and decisions they make just makes the mind boggle, it really does.
Scroll to the bottom banner for the books list:
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Should keep me going for a month
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Ahh turds! I saw the Damien Lewis link above and my brain took 0.25 seconds to concoct the following bit of fiction: Lewis was so inspired by his involvement with Band of Brothers and his portrayal of Dick Winters that he became an amateur WW2 historian and writer. Thanks brain! You got it wrong yet again.
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Not gonna lie, I had the same first thought too.
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The Way of Kings: Book One of the Stormlight Archive: 1 by Brandon Sanderson
Well I’m listening to it but it’s good so far, grabbed my attention and the character building is very good. 45 hours for this book and 48 for the next, and 55 for the third so enough to keep me going for a while lol
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Talk about a coincidence. I was only talking with a friend about that series a few days ago and yesterday he sent me the following email:
"I mentioned to you how much I was enjoying The Way of Kings. Its great, but don’t read that yet!
The universe it is set in is called the Cosmere and there are various opinions on the optimal reading order.
I have stopped reading The Stormlight Archive for now and have started the original Misborn trilogy. I’m really enjoying that too.
4 suggested reading orders here:"
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I’m going to have to look into that now! Just having a quick read over and Sanderson says none of the stories are linked in any way, so I wonder why there’s an order?
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Definitely have a look because one of the suggested reading orders is by Sanderson… In the end I don’t think reading order really matters… except that reading them in chronological order is not recommended (spoilers).
I’m tossing up between reading them in the order they were published, or Mistborn → Elantris → Warbreaker → Stormlight
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Publishing Order is almost always the best way, for books, movies and anything else.
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I just finished listening to The Abominable on Audible. As a huge fan of The Terror (both the book and the show, in their own way), I had high hopes for this Dan Simmons book. I read the Hyperion Cantos years ago, and Song of Kali recently and enjoyed both. My take on this one is that you can skip it. It’s long-winded and self-indulgent, and finishing it was a climb akin to the one of Everest featured in the main story.
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