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1.Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson | 6 | 19.35% | |
2. Wired Love Ella Thayer | 8 | 25.81% | |
3. The Expert Sword-Man's Companion by Donald McBane | 5 | 16.13% | |
4. Carrier Wave by Robert Brockway | 12 | 38.71% | |
Total: | 21 votes |
Vote early, vote often. You can vote for more than one book. So vote for as many books as you'd like to read. 1.Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson quote:Treasure Island (originally The Sea Cook: A Story for Boys)[1] is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold." Its influence is enormous on popular perceptions of pirates, including such elements as treasure maps marked with an "X", schooners, the Black Spot, tropical islands, and one-legged seamen bearing parrots on their shoulders.[2] 2. Wired Love Ella Thayer Epicurius posted:Recommending "Wired Love: A Romance of Dots and Dashes" by Ella Cheever Thayer. It's a romance novel from the 19th century about a telegraph operator who falls in love with another telegraph operator. 3. The Expert Sword-Man's Companion by Donald McBane quote:Colonel Donald McBane (1664 - April 12, 1732) was a noted Scottish swordsman, career soldier, and fencing master, who is widely regarded as one of the most prolific duelists of all time. He was born in the Highland town of Inverness during the late seventeenth century. In 1687 McBane ran away from home, enlisting in the British army under the Duke of Marlborough. As a career soldier, he served throughout much of Europe, fighting in The War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714), and taking part in fifteen skirmishes and sixteen battles, including Blenheim (1704) and Malplaquet (1709).[1] quote:Historian and swordsman Jared Kirby, with assistance from HEMA expert Ben Miller recently produced a heavily annotated edition. Miller observes: 4. Carrier Wave by Robert Brockway Harold Fjord posted:Based on some goon recommending it for BotM I started Carrier Wave. Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:
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# ? Feb 26, 2021 09:12 |
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# ? May 5, 2024 01:19 |
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Put me down for a vote for Carrier Wave please and thank you.
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# ? Feb 26, 2021 09:58 |
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I'd like to add additional votes for treasure Island and wired love.
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# ? Feb 26, 2021 15:48 |
Harold Fjord posted:I'd like to add additional votes for treasure Island and wired love. you can just . .. click them ! Click the buttons!
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# ? Feb 26, 2021 16:13 |
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Wired Love sounds really interesting, I love the idea of an old(er) school take on contemporary views of dating & relationships. It's like historical fiction in reverse!
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# ? Feb 26, 2021 16:15 |
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Carrier Wave real good
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# ? Feb 26, 2021 16:52 |
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And it’s $7.49 on Kindle rn, I’m getting it
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# ? Feb 26, 2021 16:55 |
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Since the description from Hieronymous didn't go too much into detail about Carrier Wave, I would give some insight Carrier Wave is a sort of Lovecraftian/cosmic horror inspired chronicle of a post-apocalypse created by an errant radio signal. Less a single story than a collection of recurring characters and events told as individual narratives. The constant jump in protagonists and events give it a unique way of constant feeling fresh, as it approaches the event differently depending on who is narrating it. Sometimes mystery, sometimes comedy, sometimes near Splatterpunk levels of horror. It manages to keep all of these balls in the air. Evokes some of the best of writers like King without necessarily any of the eye-rolling King is known for.
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# ? Feb 26, 2021 17:29 |
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You mightn’t happen to have a piece of cheese about you, now?
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# ? Feb 26, 2021 19:13 |
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I kind of want to read them all, but voting for all 4 would be kind of pointless so I narrowed it to 2.
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# ? Feb 28, 2021 00:46 |
It'll be Carrier Wave. I'll get a thread up tonight.
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# ? Mar 1, 2021 13:39 |
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# ? May 5, 2024 01:19 |
https://twitter.com/alloy_dr/status/1366723717502533634?s=20
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# ? Mar 2, 2021 13:26 |