fratricidal civil war
I want to see a civil war where only foreigners kill each other.
Posted 16 August 2015 - 11:05 PM
fratricidal civil war
I want to see a civil war where only foreigners kill each other.
I am a naturally philosophical and industrious evil.
It's all or nothin' baby, it's never ever maybe
You think I might be crazy, but I gotta be ALL IN
Posted 16 August 2015 - 11:11 PM
I want to see a civil war where only foreigners kill each other.
It could be a civil war with private military companies.
The Prince by Jerry Pournelle has a disbanded Marine regiment that turns into an inter-planetary private military company while still secretly loyal to the government, the whole book's legally free here if you're interested: http://hell.pl/szymo...rince/index.htm
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Posted 16 August 2015 - 11:46 PM
Wikipedia says it's inspired by Machiavelli's The Prince, which is already on my reading list. I'll definitely add it to the queue.
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It's all or nothin' baby, it's never ever maybe
You think I might be crazy, but I gotta be ALL IN
Posted 17 August 2015 - 02:28 AM
Wikipedia says it's inspired by Machiavelli's The Prince, which is already on my reading list. I'll definitely add it to the queue.
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Posted 17 August 2015 - 02:44 AM
I am a naturally philosophical and industrious evil.
It's all or nothin' baby, it's never ever maybe
You think I might be crazy, but I gotta be ALL IN
Posted 17 August 2015 - 12:08 PM
I want to see a civil war where only foreigners kill each other.
Good boy.
Posted 17 August 2015 - 12:11 PM
American Gods by Neil Gaiman is best book.
“Usually, the good Lord works in mysterious ways. But not today! This here is 66 tons of straight-up, H.E-spewing dee-vine intervention! If God is love, then you can call me 'Cupid'!”
Posted 17 August 2015 - 12:15 PM
Something tells me this will eventually devolve into/spawn a literature thread.
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Posted 17 August 2015 - 12:15 PM
The entire Ender's Game/Shadow series. Best series.
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Posted 17 August 2015 - 12:17 PM
there's more than just ender's game? Do you possibly know the name of the second one?The entire Ender's Game/Shadow series. Best series.
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Posted 17 August 2015 - 12:18 PM
there's more than just ender's game? Do you possibly know the name of the second one?
You're about to have your mind blown.
https://en.wikipedia...s_Game_(series)
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Posted 17 August 2015 - 12:20 PM
HOLY SHIT 14 novels, A BUNCH OF SHORT STORIES DAYUM!!!You're about to have your mind blown.
https://en.wikipedia...s_Game_(series)
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Posted 17 August 2015 - 12:54 PM
Literature thread?
Awesome!
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Posted 17 August 2015 - 01:32 PM
Hunt for the Red October anyone?
Posted 17 August 2015 - 02:40 PM
Wikipedia says it's inspired by Machiavelli's The Prince, which is already on my reading list. I'll definitely add it to the queue.
Machiavelli's The Prince is a fantastic read! It has some incredibly interesting, and at times wonderfully satirical, concepts and ideas within it.
I can only reiterate this, deffinately worth a read. Though I disagree the ideas are satirical, Machiavelli actually pronounces a very 'grounded' way of approaching governing and goverment. Especially in comparison to say Erasmus' idea of good government (and all corresponding ethics).
So is this a 'classial' literature thread, or just a thread for all things literature?
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Posted 17 August 2015 - 03:25 PM
I am a naturally philosophical and industrious evil.
It's all or nothin' baby, it's never ever maybe
You think I might be crazy, but I gotta be ALL IN
Posted 17 August 2015 - 03:44 PM
Posted 17 August 2015 - 10:24 PM
Basically anything written by Neil Gaiman is a masterpiece.
“Usually, the good Lord works in mysterious ways. But not today! This here is 66 tons of straight-up, H.E-spewing dee-vine intervention! If God is love, then you can call me 'Cupid'!”
Posted 17 August 2015 - 11:14 PM
Posted 18 August 2015 - 12:40 AM
I'm reading Broken Circle now, but if anyone is interested in classical warfare, then I'd suggest you to read "The Greatest Battles of Ancient Rome", if you can find it in English (it shouldn't be too hard). By Andrea Frediani, a great historian, it talks about all the major battles that Rome fought - but if you seek the destruction of Carthage, you won't find it there: in that books there are the most important, fate-deciding battles that Rome fought; the Third Punic War was merely a show of power from Rome, nothing interesting happened.
It's also really accurate to the particulars, and those of you that played Rome II and looked at some detail will find correspondence. It also describes the reasons and outcome of the battle, so it's not just a battle description.
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