by Didact | Oct 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
Being sick blows, but at least it gives me time to catch up on some reading, writing, and (by far most importantly) sleeping. I’ve been meaning to write this review for a while, actually; of course, that would require that I give up my lazy-bastard tendencies on...
by Didact | Sep 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
pumpsix has a question on one of my favourite subjects- books: Just wondering, can you recommend a book on the economic battles between USA and USSR? (Also, off topic, do you know of any good books on economic history? I have New Ideas from Dead Economists and The...
by Didact | Sep 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
Jay Allan is rapidly becoming one of my favourite modern military sci-fi authors. His Crimson Worlds series has definitely upped the ante for the genre. His ability to write great characters, great action, and great plots is by no means unique- in fact if you’ve...
by Didact | Aug 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
I Having finished Jay Allan’s Crimson Worlds series in what was probably record time considering that we’re talking about (at this point) 5 books, each at least 200 pages long, I would be remiss if I did not post my thoughts on the actual books...
by Didact | Aug 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
The “Space Marine” sub-genre of sci-fi has been done almost to death by now, starting with the all-time classic (and in my opinion, high-water mark) Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein back in the 1950s. It’s rare to find a book that takes...
by Didact | Aug 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
Continuing on from Part 1 of his envisioned 5-volume series chronicling the less well-known aspects of America’s libertarian origins and its deviation from those origins, Mark David Ledbetter’s Part 2 examines the long span of events leading up to the...
by Didact | Aug 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
I’ve been meaning to get back to writing for a good long while now, but as noted earlier, various events have gotten in the way. Now, however, I’m sitting in my hotel room in London, sipping my third (or fourth) glass of wine, after a rather pleasant day...
by Didact | Jul 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
Vox’s review of Dr. Helen’s new, rather short, book was enough to get me interested in reading the same; after all, anyone worthy of Vox’s respect is generally someone worth reading. So I downloaded it and got to reading it, and immediately thought...
by Didact | Jun 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
Robert Harris is an author whose work I have followed with some considerable interest in the past. I first started reading his books back in high school, which feels like it was a lifetime ago today. I remember reading his book, Fatherland, which is a sort of...
by Didact | Jun 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
As I mentioned previously in this post, one of the books that I’ve been reading through is highly relevant to the state of near-terminal decline and decay that Western civilisation finds itself in today. That book is Reagan’s War: The Epic Story of His...
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