Sidejack on my own thread: One thing I learned in this book that I never knew about... 📂 Archived Message Posted by KingTalkyTiki on July 9, 2026, 14:45:40, in reply to "Fun Summer Reads go here!" Tran and Helle films Kind of the Goofus and Gallant for wartime Nazis, shown before movies starting in 1939. Tran was Goofus and Helle was Gallant. They were ended in 1942 because it seemed too many people were identifying with Tran instead of Helle. Many of them are available on You Tube and are fascinating: Why you shouldn't feel bad for the conquered French: ?si=oHVD-ZpYnVSak8-s Why free speech is sooo overrated: ?si=svirWDEjWymJnlcN Message Thread: | This response ↓ Fun Summer Reads go here! - KingTalkyTiki July 9, 2026, 11:50:45 Not "fun summer reads" but I've recently finished Stoner by John Williams. - Tuscy July 10, 2026, 7:53:40 I’ll probably read that at some point this year - DT July 10, 2026, 9:28:50 I have a bunch of (Philip K) Dick to get through if I find some down time* - ghost_of_clt July 9, 2026, 15:17:24 word on the street is you're quite efficient at plowing through Dick* - Sammich July 9, 2026, 15:57:57 Everyone knows I'm a big Dick fan. Once I get started on some Dick, I don't want to stop* - ghost_of_clt July 9, 2026, 19:01:18 positively Dickmatized* - Sammich July 9, 2026, 19:29:23 Can’t get your Phil?* - DT July 9, 2026, 19:03:21 Best recent history I read was A Nervous Splendor about Vienna in 1882-83 - DT July 9, 2026, 15:00:51 On the fiction side, recently finished Orlando by Virginia Woolf - DT July 9, 2026, 16:45:08 Currently reading the most recent Dungeon Crawler Carl book - DT July 9, 2026, 18:35:14 Listening to the first one on the way to work on the insistence of my kids. - Tuscy July 10, 2026, 7:36:37 I read (well, audiobooked) them all twice, and moved on to 'He Who Fights With Monsters' - assassin July 9, 2026, 18:41:50 The combo of humor and SF-action reminds me of Terry Pratchett a bit - DT July 9, 2026, 18:45:27 Sidejack on my own thread: One thing I learned in this book that I never knew about... - KingTalkyTiki July 9, 2026, 14:45:40 Currently reading Three Bags Full, the book on which Sheep Detectives is based. - larue33 July 9, 2026, 14:30:36 Oooh, me me me me me!* - Jackie July 9, 2026, 14:34:00 I suggest skipping the sheep sequel then, as it's much weaker than the first IMO* - Potomac July 9, 2026, 14:33:53 also, do any of you use the good reads app, or how do you keep track of past/future reads?* - lcubed July 9, 2026, 14:17:25 I’ve been using Goodreads since 2012. It’s great.* - DT July 9, 2026, 16:47:56 Yes. Been using Goodreads for years * - bjl63 July 9, 2026, 15:51:21 Calibre. It’s awesome to keep your library and list of books read in it. * - harb July 9, 2026, 15:10:12 Spreadsheet with 800+ entries tabbed by year or group of years + future tab - Potomac July 9, 2026, 14:30:33 I DO! I love it. I picked up reading as a hobby last year and I use it to track all my read books - DiamondDazzle July 9, 2026, 14:21:29 Also, rereading Catch-22 and Something Wicked This Way Comes currently - reggiedunlop July 9, 2026, 13:53:46 Catch-22 is my white whale. Everything about it suggests I should love it. - KingTalkyTiki July 9, 2026, 14:22:17 I've been told a reread of 1984 and Animal Farm hits pretty hard in 2026* - Sounder July 9, 2026, 13:54:59 Just gave out these five history recs (more basic style) - reggiedunlop July 9, 2026, 13:52:17 Been on a WWII era kick lately - bjl63 July 9, 2026, 13:32:02 I just heard an author interview on NPR for a new book - Sounder July 9, 2026, 12:51:00 When I don't feel old enough, I remember that having a military GPS unit in the mid 90s - KingTalkyTiki July 9, 2026, 13:06:33 That one on the top (AN/PSN-10 Small Lightweight GPS Receiver).... - KingTalkyTiki July 9, 2026, 14:30:52 Individual GPS are down to cell phone size now - illiniranger July 9, 2026, 17:52:11 Instablam * - DT July 9, 2026, 18:28:49 That's pretty badass - Sounder July 9, 2026, 13:34:15 if you enjoyed that, check out Somewhere There is Still a Sun by Michael Gruenbaum - lcubed July 9, 2026, 12:15:54 Thanks for the Reccy!* - KingTalkyTiki July 9, 2026, 12:58:51 « Index   Searching