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Gregory Crouch
Social climber
Walnut Creek, California
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Aug 26, 2013 - 12:30am PT
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And right now, I'm reading Richard Rhodes The Making of the Atomic Bomb, which is fascinating. Recommended to me by astronomer and climber and fellow former CIC of the Cadet Mountaineering Club Scott Ransom...
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Just finished 'The Yiddish policeman's union' -Michael Chabon
An alternate premise book where Israel failed and 'Zion' was formed around Sitka Alaska.but not for long. In a month it goes to Alaskan/native american Sovereignty. In this setting a hard boiled alcoholic police detective whose boss is his ex wife has to solve an execution murder of a junkie chessmaster who might be the next messiah.
Raymond chandler goes jewish DaVinci code via post cyberpunk Gibson....
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Social climber
SLO, Ca
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I like Chabon's books.
I just finished All Quiet On The Western Front and am starting The Woman Who Lost Her Soul by Bob Shacochis.
I'd never heard of Shacochis but the book gets some solid reviews so I'll give him a go.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Pierre Hadot: The Inner Citadel. The Meditations Of Marcus Aurelius.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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What's your source for Best's bomb load,
Best himself.
Just out of coincidence a couple of days before your post I'd seen a fairly old documentary on Midway with some interviews of Best interspersed throughout.
The gist of his statement was that when they left the briefing room and got to the flight deck they were a bit irritated when they saw their planes only loaded with only one 500lb bomb and two 100lb incendiaries.
In a later snipet he tells of hitting the carrier "right in the meatball insignia on the forward flight deck" and the two incendiaries hitting amidships.
I believe there was a footnote on the trailer that he died shortly after production.
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Gregory Crouch
Social climber
Walnut Creek, California
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TGT, I think you're going to have to read Shattered Sword, because they make a huge case for Akagi being hit by only one bomb, despite what has appeared in American sources (most of which claim many hits).
Although I can't account for the documentary, that sounds pretty convincing.
But I bet they have. You should check out "the Midway Roundtable" if you haven't already.
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Gregory Crouch
Social climber
Walnut Creek, California
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Also, just finished Sebastian Junger's War, which I found pretty riveting.
Kept me awake into the wee hours Sunday morning.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Best's claim in the interview was that he was the only one that hit the Akagi and he thought that what sunk it was not the 500lb bomb, but the incendiaries burned thru the decks into the torpedo magazine.
That only makes sense if they were a thermite (magnesium)type incendiary. The only one I can find are the M50A1 that were dropped as a 100lb cluster They were introduced in the spring of 42. Doolittle did use them for his raid but they were specially packaged. So it's an open question if they were even available in the theater.
The earlier 100 lb incendiary was a thin cased repurposed chemical warfare early version in napalm or WP and wouldn't have been effective at all on a carrier except against exposed planes and personnel on the deck.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, all...
remember to try out my novels and short stories that are based on them...
:)
jake smith ranch series...
just do a search, with neebeehsaaookway, or the jake smith ranch series and it should show up...
am soon going to get the isbn numbers so you won't have to order online from
lulu.com... should be able to order from bookstores then...
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MisterE
climber
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A little light reading:
I found it rather pedestrian, so I am switching off occasionally with another breezy jaunt:
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Sep 23, 2013 - 10:30am PT
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Double Indemnity
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Dickbob
climber
Westminster Colorado
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Sep 23, 2013 - 12:44pm PT
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Love King or hate him you must admit that you are curious what has become of little Danny Torrance over the last 35 years. Doctor Sleep by Stephen King. The sequel to the Shining.
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Gregory Crouch
Social climber
Walnut Creek, California
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Sep 23, 2013 - 02:03pm PT
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A little sci-fi deviation: Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained by Peter Hamilton.
Loving them.
Recommended to my son and me by our own Tom Lambert.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Sep 23, 2013 - 03:09pm PT
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Ten of the Traveling Band books.
In Mr. Whipple's famous critical article about Kerouac, he described his world as 'anything but charming.'
But there is a charm about the road, starting with Charley and his travels with Steinbedeck, which didn't make the list, but then here it be, golly gee.
Cannery Row
and Sweet Thursday
and Of Mice and Men by Steinbedeck
On the Road by T.P. “Jack” Kerouac
Joe Hill by Wallace Stegner
The Adventures of Hucklebery Finn by Mark Twain
[“All American literature comes out of Huckleberry Finn.“--Hemingway]
The Further Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Greg Matthews
The Incredible Journey by Sheila Bumford
The Longest Walk by Slawomir Rawicz
The Journeyer by Gary Jennings
The Fool's Progress by Edward Abbey
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Sep 23, 2013 - 03:44pm PT
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97. Rabbit, Run, by John Updike
Read that a couple years ago. Had never heard of it, nor read any Updike before that. Surprised it would make that list as it doesn't seem to be widely known. All the others I've at least heard of, if not read.
What happened to your list though? Lots of missing numbers. I've read about 2/3 of those.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Sep 23, 2013 - 07:08pm PT
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Sully, you mean those are the books that librarians are most asked to jerk
from the shelves? The Great Gatsby, are you kidding me? Yawn...
Now, I can see that it would be hard to keep The Satanic Verses on
the shelves in Teheran, Amsterdam, or Detroit, but here?
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Sep 23, 2013 - 07:16pm PT
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Just finished this one. Pretty interesting if you like Bodie and the East side of the Sierra
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dirt claud
Social climber
san diego,ca
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Sep 24, 2013 - 10:11am PT
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That looks like a good one Stahlbro. Will have to buy that one on Ebay today, thanks.
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