Another techno-war adventure, with the same characters as past books I've read of his. In this one, Argentina invades the Falkland Islands, AGAIN! This time, they kick butt because of the liberal British Labour Party's military budget cuts. Hmmmm. Very mixed reviews on Amazon. I read the LARGE PRINT edition.
Words I Had To Look Up:
Bergan -- A kind of backpack, I guess.
Quote:
"...using crampons when necessary, hammering the little steel footholds in to the rock..." -- pg. 321 I thought crampons were those steel spiky things that go on your boots. I think a piton is what you hammer into the rock.
Quote:
"...Stratofortress...had flown..., refueling once at North Island, San Diego, where they picked up most of the explosive contents for the HALO canister." -- page 540. In my EXTENSIVE research I find that the B-52 requires a 300 foot wide runway that is at least 8,200 feet long. The runways at North Island are 8,000 x 200 feet and 7,500 x 300 feet. I don't think a BUFF would land there. UPDATE: I found another link that says a B-52H needs "only" 175 feet of runway width.
China orders 10 Kilo class subs from Russia. The USA doesnt't want them delivered. Bill Baldridge has small role, marries Laura Anderson. This is book number 2 in series.
Guess I forgot to enter this one, 'cause I sure remember reading it! New teen girl in a southern town. A new Yankee Girl. In the mid 60s. Dad is an FBI agent.
I enjoyed reading the stories of criminal activity in the Chinatown of London (mostly), but the offensive "chinks" were a bit much. I can take it in the context of the times, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. My friend Bill loved these book in jr. high school, but I was more interested in spaceships and albinos with black swords.
A collection of Bobke articles from VeloNews. Some are pretty good, some are not so, and some are just plain wierd. I was honored to be reading a copy autographed by Bob Roll, Floyd Landis, and someone else I cant remember, as it is not my book. Hey.
A SIGMA Force novel. Sort of a combination of Dan Brown, Clive Cussler, and Richard Marcinko, if you can imagine. Some scientists stumble upon the secret of human intelligence, or something, that the Catholics kept hidden, and the Chinese Special Forces are going chasing them and their protectors, the SIGMA Force. I hope the author did not put too much effort into the math/number stuff 'cause I kinda skipped over most of that. Very exciting, almost read it straight through.
Condensed from the original edition. Ol' Teddy was quite a guy. He certainly did things his own way. He was quite a reader, too.
Words I Had To Look Up:
States rights fetich (pg. 194) -- I know what a fetish is, and this is an alternate spelling, but its use seems odd in this context. cumbrous (pg. 229) -- Cumbersome.
Quotes:
...I have found...many shrill reactionaries who insist on calling all reformers Socialists, I refuse to be panic-stricken by having this title mistakenly applied to me. (pg. 260)
It is necessary that laws should be passed to prohibit the use of corporate funds directly or indirectly for political purposes; it is still more necessary that such laws should be thoroughly enforced. (pg. 329)
I believe in a graduated income tax on big fortunes, and in another tax--a graduated inheritance tax on big fortunes, properly safeguarded against evasion and increasing rapidly in amount with the size of the estate. (pg. 332)
Traces series #1. Characters seem flat, but trying to figure out whodunit kept me reading. Wasn't until page 78 that I figured out I was reading "Malc" as "Male"... Blurb on cover led me to think there would be witty banter between Luke and Malc. Not seeing it. I would like to know more about this future society and how it got this way. Rattlesnakes in England?
Annie goes to the Catholic hospital where her father is a doctor after World War I and meets wounded veterans who challenge her outlook on life. VERY excellent, very weepy second half. When she goes for her first motorcycle ride with her uncle, that brought back memories. It IS like flying!