Latest book received

[Sir Barnaby Hammond-Rye]

And on the Trashy Side, I just won these bulk sales on ebay - 5 GBP for the lot.





I remember reading the first Gor books 30 years ago, give or take. At the time I don't recall being very shocked by them. I think I just glossed over large chuncks like one does with the songs in Tolkien. I just liked the fact that the hero was going around being heroic. I do remember being very put out when in the 6th book the hero is enslaved and seems to have a complete morale collapse. Never read any of these later ones. IIRC the last one I looked at the hero was fighting some sort of beast creatures.

Funnily enough I don't recall reading very many Conan books when I was a younger. The school library had Elric and Corum, and loads of Zane Grey, so I read those every day on the school bus. (A 45 minute ride each way).

[Hu Rhu]

Great buy for £5.  Enjoy reading them.

[obsidian3d]

I haven't had a chance to do anything but flip through, but I just got the new Dust Tactics/Battlefield rules as part of my pledge on Kickstarter. I've never played any previous versions so I'm looking forward to giving it a try.

[moonshado]

Great buy. The Conan books are worth the 5 pound alone. The Gor books are just an added bonus. I remember first reading the Gor books about 40 years ago when I was a virginal, easily excited 14 year old. so pictures of semi-naked women on the front and plenty of written descriptions inside of fully naked women had me entranced. I think one of the better cover pictures was by Rodney Matthews and involved the hero flying on a giant bird of prey. Don't actually remember much of the storyline.

[Vermis]

Tyrone Precinct: a new edition of local history, by a local teacher and historian, reprinted by a local history society!

It's funny, you live most of your life out in the sticks, nearby a small-to-average, unremarkable town, and you have no idea how often that area and town proved pivotal and momentous in history. The book (necessarily) speeds through most periods, particularly those that Tyrone played a small part in, but there are a lot of juicy, wargame-inspiring references to the battle of Clontarf; the establishment of the O'Neills as kings of Ulster and their power base in Dungannon (said small-to-average town); the anglo-norman invasion and Robert Bruce's counter-invasion; the rebellions and battles of Shane and Hugh O'Neill ('The Great Hugh'!); the Flight of the Earls; the dispossessed, wood kerne and 'Tories' (not the tories you might think); the 1641 rebellion and the battle of Benburb; and the Jacobite/Williamite war with the seiges of Derry and Charlemont. I'm gonna have to look around, see what my miniatures options are.

[Vermis]

Another one this morning: Marshal Vauban and the defence of Louis XIV's France
I was interested in Vauban since reading an article in Military History magazine a couple of years ago. A more recent article about him in June's Military History Monthly was so weaksauce I figured I needed to look about a proper book to learn more, and guess what was on special offer at Caliver Books.

[elysium64]

Just received the Glorantha Guide on PDF, reading it already. Wonderful stuff so far. Cannot wait to receive the physical copies.

[obsidian3d]

I just got the "Operation: Damocles" campaign book, and the Karman and ONI army books for AT-43.

[bandit86]

Just got the complete set of Time life books from 1978 on the Old West. Most likely some inaccuracy but the pictures are good.
 

[moonshado]

Just bought Collision of Empires: The War on the Eastern Front in 1914 by Prit Buttar on the Kindle. For those interested in The  Eastern Front of WW I this book is on Amazon UK for 99p at the moment. Reviews seem to think it is a good read. The one writer reckoned its main downpoint was it concentrated on the military side at the expense of the political and social. I don't think that is going to upset me too much

[grant]

Michael Oren's The Six Days War.

[Vermis]

The Sakai Project, because I like Stan Sakai's work. When I found out it was for a good cause I liked it more.

Also, Lords of Mars. Second in Graham McNeill's Mechanicus trilogy. Quite liked the first one, and McNeill's one of two Black Library authors I'll read. I hope they get the third paperback out - and the rest of Dan Abnett's Bequin trilogy - before they go bust... 

[Phil Robinson]

Excavations At Dura-Europos by Simon James, full of line drawings and photo's of the finds and other relevant stuff found elsewhere and discussion on arms and armour in the 3rd Century in general, 8 pages of colour plates too.

A steal at £9.95 from here

http://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/the-excavations-at-dura-europos-conducted-by-yale-university-and-the-french-academy-of-inscriptions-and-letters-1928-to-1937-final-report-vii.html

[grant]

Was at a museum today, and they were having a yard sale. Found this for only 10c; gave them 25c because I didn't have a dime.

[Vermis]

My copy of Anatomy for Sculptors from the kickstarter arrived today. Only had a quick flick through but it's chock full of stuff.