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His style reminded me very much of Hammond Innes - though I suppose the actual relationship would have to be the reverse...
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Well, It's not so unthinkable as it used to be - certain thugist Nazi-like authoritarian regimes might find the prospect of a 51st - or 58th - state the logical next step.
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I enjoyed all the characters. I found them all very different from each other, but all were real seeming. Yes, it was a product of it's time. Definitely! Yet I would point out back then cultures were far more insular back then. Nations were not expo…
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I freaking love books about sailing, the more technical the better! This one was very satisfying! So I'm a total outlier and my opinion shouldn't count.
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I enjoyed it, greatly! I was expecting it would be right up my alley and it was. All that fascinating information about the Baltic and North Seas, the fact that my mother's father's family were from Friesland, the sailing and nautical descriptions, …
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I am well into it. Should be no problem!
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(Quote) :D
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I am thinking Arkangelsk by Elizabeth Bonesteel (Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09NML4V97/ref=kinw_myk_ro_title). I have not read anything by this author, but it looked interesting, and her name is badass...
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(Quote) Agreed with Barner! If the author had any clue about this, they would have not butchered the ending as they did!
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(Quote) Yeah, it would, wouldn't it?
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(Quote) Brilliant! I would design that board game with a permanently changeable board, and you inherit the changes each voyage. The train would take damage along the way, and the engineer would attempt patch repairs en route. The surveyor could 'fin…
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I don't understand why people didn't ship people by rail through India and SE Asia. Or why goods didn't travel by ship, in spite of the fact that ships are by far the cheapest transport method. None of the book's background made any sense if you di…
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(Quote) Bingo! (Quote) Bingo!
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Hmmm - I haven't bothered updating my website in a few years. There are more out there now... I just throw them up on Drive Thru and let them wither.
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(Quote) That would be both useless and pretentious. I apologize for mentioning that they exist. I was probably tired and not thinking correctly.
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(Quote) Too true!
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I couldn't see how I would use the train. I'm not an 'on the rails' sort of GM. The descriptions of parts of the wasteland were evocative enough to help describe parts of some Fae or other wild magic land. I liked the name Weiwei. After that? I got …
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I was seduced by the concept and bitterly disappointed by the execution. It was full of magical thinking, not just magical effects. The writing was competent enough that I continued to read the book thinking she would pull it together, but that neve…
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Your quote sounds like something the author said to herself while writing.
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(Quote) Entirely agree with Barner here.
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There was no ending, just a place where the author stopped writing.
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I was not entertained by Brooks' parade of stereotypes standing in for Important Ideas.
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I think the aurthor watched too much Snowpiercer.
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(Quote) I have designed several. In fact the only games I have designed which 'revolve around' violence - as opposed to being a true last option - Are my military/paramilitary RPGs. This is probably one of the many reasons I have few customers.
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(Quote) A fun occupation to do while not reading?
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Nothing in this book makes any real world sense. It's all a strictly a literary conceit. The train makes sense because the author says it does.
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Not the way I think...
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(Quote) As am I! This looks fascinating!
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I'm leaning to Riddle of the Sands. I love sailing books, and I don't think we've ever read espionage books in the club. Also it's available on Kindle, which Plutoshine is not.
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I should be done by the weekend!