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I have all of Heinlein's science fiction, a large number of which are no longer in print. I've read a number of them so many times I have to ration myself to only reading them every few years.
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raddevus wrote: One of my all-time favorites. I loved Red Planet[^], Tunnel In the Sky and many more. 
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I love these requests - there is almost always a new author or 2 mentioned. Saves me a lot of hunting through the trash in the SF genre to fine the ones worth reading. I currently have 846 SF books in a calibre library.
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Learned things that are applicable today. (Finishing my own "simulation" - Gettysburg)
Instruction for Field Artillery 1860
Casey's Infantry Tactics 1862
Drill and Maneuvers of Cavalry 1865
Tactical Use of The Three Arms 1865
Strategos 1880
The American Kriegsspiel 1882
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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Very cool. That is a lot of research reading. 
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And all very well written. We stand on the shoulders of giants.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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Gerry Schmitz wrote: Finishing my own "simulation" - Gettysburg
Wow. Are you writing some kind of app, game, or alternative history? I'm fascinated by that sort of thing, especially when it's done well.
Of course, my interest lies on the other side of the timeline: military science fiction (Starship Troopers, The Forever War, and Keith Laumer's Bolo series are favorites).
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It's based on 19th century war gaming; uses rules and tables from that period; and lets you command troop (blocks) over a map. It's all to scale.
You send your troops on their way, firing and engaging in hand-to-hand. They suffer loss, fatigue, get dispersed; "chance" is used for the friction of war.
You can study history. Test your maneuvering skills. Set up your own scenarios. It's not "multi-player" (yet) but it can be (now) using "turns". The AI by itself will defend, so you can try to rewrite history by assaulting Cemetery Hill again.
You can zoom, rotate the map, scroll, drag and rotate units during setup, a distance "ruler", mini map, lines of sight / range, slow down - speed up, pause, etc. So, some things you don't usually find.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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I couldn't lately read as much as I used to before.
Currently I am re-reading an historic novel by Jean-Michel Thibaux called something like "The mistery of the Sion Priory".
Before that I read "Zero" and "Blackout" by Marc Elsberg and the Millenium Trilogy by Stieg Larson.
The next ones are going to be revisiting some by Robert Lundlum (i.e. The apocalypse watch or some of the "Covert one" serie I have around here) or by Frank SchΓ€tzing (i.e. Limit).
M.D.V. 
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I've just finished reading Terry Pratchett's Discworld books (40+) in published date order.
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Wow!! That's a lot of books to take on.
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When you spend two hours on the train each day, you get a lot of reading done. 
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yacCarsten wrote: When you (are an intelligent person and) spend two hours on the train each day, you get a lot of reading done
a lot of people just waste their valuable time.
For >20 years I had long commutes to work. In the first years I got a lot of speeding tickets.
Then I decided to listen to books (on tape, then CD, finally mp3). Honestly changed my life.
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No technical books for me right now.
Am reading a bunch of books in Indian languages - predominantly Sanskrit and Kannada - some books written more than three hundred years ago.
Have recently learnt to read Tamil script also, and have started reading elementary kids books in Tamil.
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Interesting and that sounds like some challenging reading.
Very good to broaden your knowledge like that.
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I listened to a lot of fiction this year. It helps me stay on task for non-thinking work like cleaning the house
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Lots, as I read SF and fantasy too.
From a technical POV I'd say Windows Internals Vol 1 and 2.
And because I wanted to refresh my memory: Essential COM.
Found an error in Essential COM.
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Bruno van Dooren wrote: Windows Internals Vol 1 and 2
That's some very in-depth reading there.
Bruno van Dooren wrote: Found an error in Essential COM
Interesting. Are you doing COM work? I did some with some h/w micrometers which connected to Windows NT 4 / Windows 2000 (long time ago).
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Not currently. I used to work as a low level programmer (IPC, services, drivers, ...) and was Microsoft MVP for a couple of years. I quit programming because I wanted to be around for my kids and took a sysadmin job close to home. Earlier this year I started programming again, in my own time on some pet projects, and I've started writing a book.
COM (specifically the details of the security aspects involved in impersonation) is one of the topics I am touching on so I dusted off my copy of Essential COM and did some research because I wanted to understand the nitty gritty. I started writing here again as well and for my own piece of mind, when I write something I want to REALLY understand every last little detail.
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