ChiefsPlanet - Books Ok for the high brow crowd what books you are reading

I entered a 500-word flash fiction contest last month and was named one of their top entries. (They don't award 1st, 2nd, or 3rd, but identified their top six stories and mine was one of them.) My story is the fifth from the top. Note that they give you specific rules for some things that have to be included in the story:

https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blo...tory-showcase/

stumppy

04-29-2023 10:23 PM

I got a chuckle out of that.:thumb:

Buehler445

04-30-2023 02:54 AM

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Originally Posted by crispystl (Post 16925752)

That's actually a free title on Audible too.
I'm reading "Inside the Third Reich" it's Albert Speers' memoir and it's fascinating to get a look behind the veil of the Nazis.

If you have 60 hours, Rise and Fall of the Third Reich is really damn good. It’s long, but not laboriously so. And there really isn’t a ton that should be edited out. It’s written by a journalist that was stationed in nazi Germany at the time.

There is some pretty profound stuff in there.

crispystl

04-30-2023 05:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Buehler445 (Post 16927419)

I’m listening to Killers of the Flower Moon. It’s about the Osage Indian murders. It is really good.

Side note. Will Patton read part of it. He’s surprisingly good reading.

Same author did the Wager which is about pirates which is about sailing ship that went sideways. Those always entertain me.

If you have 60 hours, Rise and Fall of the Third Reich is really damn good. It’s long, but not laboriously so. And there really isn’t a ton that should be edited out. It’s written by a journalist that was stationed in nazi Germany at the time.

There is some pretty profound stuff in there.

I actually have lol. I'm such a WW2 geek.

Geez... I just realized I started another one of his books this week too. "Berlin Diary" I'm only a little ways in, but it's great so far. You should check it out.

Rausch

04-30-2023 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 16927296)

I'm flattered. I've never been the inspiration for a short story before...

seclark

04-30-2023 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 16927296)

:LOL:
Kind of reminds me of Terry Pratchett.
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WilliamTheIrish

04-30-2023 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Buehler445 (Post 16927419)

Killers Of The Flower Moon sounds great! I’ll queue this up at MCPL.

seclark

04-30-2023 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish (Post 16927913)

Killers Of The Flower Moon sounds great! I’ll queue this up at MCPL.

It is excellent :thumb:
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mnchiefsguy

06-11-2023 11:05 PM

Just completed John Cronin's "The Ferryman"

Sci-Fi with some interesting twists. Enjopyed it.

Chiefspants

06-11-2023 11:10 PM

Finished Blood Meridian a couple weeks ago.

Mother of God what a read.

phisherman

06-12-2023 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 16927296)

That was a great read. Good work!

MarkDavis'Haircut

06-12-2023 08:58 AM

Orlando Furioso

ThaVirus

06-12-2023 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Chiefspants (Post 16978035)

Finished Blood Meridian a couple weeks ago.

Mother of God what a read.

I read The Road a handful of years back and swore off Cormac McCarthy ever since. The story was good, though bleak as all hell, but I just couldn’t stand the dude’s writing style.

Woogieman

06-12-2023 09:30 AM

Just started "One Nation Under Blackmail"...two-book rabbit hole, but I watched a few hour interview with the author and found her extremely well researched.

Dunerdr

06-12-2023 09:56 AM

It's not high brow, but i'm burning through the last kingdom books as fast as I can get them. It's the Bernard Cornwell book series that Netflix's The Last Kingdom is based off of. ****ing great!

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