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| Posted By : von Darkmoor - 8/11/2006 10:19 PM | Coffee-table sized, by multiple authors, this 2006 Barnes & Noble reprinted version includes modern maps along the lines of the Osprey military campaign series books; cool statistics, sidebar charts and info dumps; and lots of fitting photos and drawings. Twenty battles are covered in about 220 pages, all of it easily digestable.
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| Posted By : Bill Ward - 10/8/2006 3:32 PM | | Sounds like a winner, I may have to swing by B&N. |
| Posted By : Frank - 10/8/2006 9:16 PM | No! Don't make me go there right now, I'm broke...
Over the last fifteen years I've never walked out of a B&N for less than $60 and more often it's $100-$200. |
| Posted By : von Darkmoor - 10/9/2006 1:06 AM | I think I paid $14.99 for this - I haven't finished it yet, but I like it. An enjoyable read and easy to set down and pick up and start in again at will. Definitely a decent, if not in depth, reference work.
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| Posted By : Bill Ward - 10/9/2006 10:38 AM | B&N's 'sale' section is what kills me, its full of these reduced price reprints, and i just can't say no.
I love osprey style maps and diagrams, they really bring battles to life, invaluable for a writer who doesn't have a degree from West Point! |
| Posted By : Daniel - 10/9/2006 11:56 AM | Sounds great! Thanks for the head's up!
Daniel
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| Posted By : darkbow - 10/9/2006 4:25 PM | Oooooooo .... I'm going to have to look this one up.
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| Posted By : erazmus - 10/9/2006 4:32 PM | Just what I need, more "research" material.
You do realise that there is no non-fiction book that a writer of SF/F?H can't claim to be some sort of research?
Mike
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| Posted By : Frank - 10/9/2006 5:00 PM | | So just claim it all as a tax deductable business expense. I already do that with every book I buy because I claim to be gathering inventory for a book selling business that may or may not happen in the next five years, which is how long they will let you legally claim expenses toward a planned business. |
| Posted By : carnifexpress - 10/9/2006 8:44 PM | Frank,
Go buy it - right it off - and let me read it.
I'm about a third of the way through "Something Wicked This Way Comes" that you gave me today.
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| Posted By : Frank - 10/9/2006 8:50 PM | Do you like it so far? Are you appropriately dazzled by the multi-genre demi-god that is Ray Bradbury?
Or is just ho-hum?
I'll tell ya what: if you like it you can keep it. If you think it sucks bring it back to add to inventory pile. |
| Posted By : carnifexpress - 10/9/2006 8:52 PM | No, I like it... I'm not in love with it but I like the characters so far and I will probably finish it by tomorrow night, hand it back to you at dinner, and promptly critique it, lol.
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| Posted By : von Darkmoor - 10/9/2006 10:54 PM | Ya know, while I'm grateful to WD for bringing this thread up again and all, where were y'all when I posted this back in August??
Huh?
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| Posted By : von Darkmoor - 10/9/2006 10:55 PM | erazmus said...
Just what I need, more "research" material.
You do realise that there is no non-fiction book that a writer of SF/F?H can't claim to be some sort of research?
Mike
Nice point, Mike. I wonder if that'll work on the wife . . .
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| Posted By : carnifexpress - 10/10/2006 6:23 AM |
Howard von Darkmoor said...
erazmus said...
Just what I need, more "research" material.
You do realise that there is no non-fiction book that a writer of SF/F?H can't claim to be some sort of research?
Mike
That's also why I joined the Military Book Club, lol... 'but honey, if I write a story about Vietnam, don't you think I should know something about it?' Armand Rosamilia
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| Posted By : Bill Ward - 10/27/2006 3:08 PM | | Thanks for the heads up on this Howard, I just bought my copy today -- looks great. |
| Posted By : Bruce Durham - 10/27/2006 3:26 PM | carnifexpress said...Howard von Darkmoor said...
That's also why I joined the Military Book Club, lol... 'but honey, if I write a story about Vietnam, don't you think I should know something about it?'
Armand Rosamilia
Yes, DON'T join the Military Book Club if you value your wallet. I have more 'research' material than I can shake a stick at. 
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| Posted By : von Darkmoor - 10/27/2006 6:40 PM | WDWard said...
Thanks for the heads up on this Howard, I just bought my copy today -- looks great.
Cool! I made the mistake of setting mine down and now it's buried on the desk and I've read about 6 other books since I started it. I'll get back to it, though, and I know exactly which pile it's in if I need it. I think 
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