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Anyone read Ender's Game series? One of our engineers at work raved about it to me yesterday while we were all drinking at the end of the day.

I read the first few, can't remember how far I went, maybe 3 or 4 titles. I loved the first two and the third was good, but as they went on they became easier to put down. Probably why I never realized how many books are in the series... wow. Maybe I'll try some of the later ones and see how they are. The first two, for me, were unforgettable. They were written well enough that I refuse to see the movie which I fear would just ruin my memory of the books. It's just a great story with enough of metaphysical/moral emphasis to give the characters some depth.

Card is a deeply religious writer, which I don't mind at all, but by the time I hit the 3rd or 4th book it seemed kind of forced and I felt like I was stumbling over that emphasis to keep track of the story emphasis.

But again, the first two at least are great SciFi and certainly worth the read.
 
This is a first hand account of how gruesome, frightening, exhausting and savage combat is. I've read a number of historical books about WWII but none from the direct perspective of a Marine on the front lines. Very moving and humbling.
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I just finished "Caging Skies" which is the book Jojo Rabbit is based on. The little nazi kid doesn't have any of the redeeming features he does in the movie. Great read.
 
This is a first hand account of how gruesome, frightening, exhausting and savage combat is. I've read a number of historical books about WWII but none from the direct perspective of a Marine on the front lines. Very moving and humbling.
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I would suggest checking out "Helmet for My Pillow" by Robert Leckie, a very good first hand account of World War II as well.


Does anyone have any recommendations for books of schematics, in particular looking for some RF circuit inspirations. "RF Circuit Design" by Christopher Bowick looks pretty good, and is available on the Kindle.
 
I would suggest checking out "Helmet for My Pillow" by Robert Leckie, a very good first hand account of World War II as well.


Does anyone have any recommendations for books of schematics, in particular looking for some RF circuit inspirations. "RF Circuit Design" by Christopher Bowick looks pretty good, and is available on the Kindle.
I have books here, but there is a lot of very good Youtubers out there. Many of them are Ham radio operators with an electronics background. Some real hands-on stuff there. I’m doing some RF design right now. Nothing more illuminating than getting a VNA and hooking it up to various antennas and circuits.
 
Coming back to a pretty old love of classical history, including the great series my the popular historian Michael Grant. Currently, finishing up a re-read of Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland. A nice tight little work covering a pretty sweeping time.

That, and as I'm back in the water (covering 4200 yards daily now, 5-6 days/week - plan is to increase total daily by 10% week by week; and increasing my tolerance for threshold, intensive interval and speed training throughout), I read and loved Kate Ledecky's autobiography, Just Add Water. Also reading excellent work by the 5' 2", Olympic Gold champion, World Triathlon Champion, and pentathlon Olympian Sheila Taormina. Changing my freestyle stroke after 40 years, and her book (Freestyle) Swim Speed Secrets is excellent. Michael Phelps' autobiography No Limits is on deck.
 
I have books here, but there is a lot of very good Youtubers out there. Many of them are Ham radio operators with an electronics background. Some real hands-on stuff there. I’m doing some RF design right now. Nothing more illuminating than getting a VNA and hooking it up to various antennas and circuits.

I've been watching a lot of Youtube on the subject as well. I'm trying to build a super het FM radio broadcast receiver, and eventually a 2 meter transceiver. For years I wasn't messing with electronics too much, I was so focused on learning to code so I could get a job doing it. Now I'm waiting on some PCBs from China, so was looking for some stuff to read in the mean time. Planning to order a scope in the next couple of weeks as well, maybe get a spectrum analyzer soon too.


I have nothing to report to the thread for books I've read lately, my completion for the past few weeks is a big fat goose egg.
 

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