book of the week – Page 61

Book of the Week: Hitler’s War.

It being Sunday, it is time to change the Book of the Week; and so we switch out Where the Deep Ones Are with Hitler’s War, mostly because I can’t wait for it to come out. I’m weak like that.

Book of the Week: “You can do anything, Daddy.”

It being Father’s Day, we shall determinedly pick something much, much lighter than The Persian Night: Iran under the Khomeinist Revolution this time around. I have received for my Father’s Day present You Can Do Anything, Daddy, which is a children’s book that features robot gorilla pirates from Mars.

I am proud of the fact that my loved ones instinctively know that this sort of book is a perfect match for me. So: Book of the Week.

Moe Lane

Book of the Week: The Persian Night.

In tune with the generally-more-serious-than-I-personally-like kind of weekend that we’ve had here, we now replace Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . . with The Persian Night: Iran under the Khomeinist Revolution. Personally, I’d have preferred something a bit less unfortunately pertinent to current events, but Michael Totten insists that people need to read this, and he’s one of the go-to new media guys on the region.

Moe Lane

Book of the Week: “Death from the Skies!”

And so we say goodbye to Victory of Eagles (Temeraire). With a title like Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . . would already be a shoo-in for Book of the Week – I’m the sort of person who enjoyed Pocket Guide To The Apocalypse: The Official Field Manual For The End Of The World – but this book has… friends.

Dun dun DUN!!!!!

Book of the Week: Victory of Eagles.

Shocking as it sounds, we’re replacing Shatnerquake with Naomi Novik’s Victory of Eagles, which has finally come out in paperback. It’s the latest in the Temeraire series, so read the other books first.

‘Shatnerquake.’

Via Glenn Reynolds.

Shatnerquake

From the product description:

William Shatner? William Shatner. WILLIAM SHATNER!!! It’s the first ShatnerCon with William Shatner as the guest of honor! But after a failed terrorist attack by Campbellians, a crazy terrorist cult that worships Bruce Campbell, all of the characters ever played by William Shatner are suddenly sucked into our world. Their mission: hunt down and destroy the real William Shatner.

[pause]

I roll to disbelieve.

Moe Lane

PS: Of course it’s the goram Book of the Week.

Book of the Week: The Quotable Will Rogers.

And so we remove The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld and replace it with The Quotable Will Rogers, for no other reason than I just referenced it and it amuses me to do so.

Hey, I’m goofy that way.

Moe Lane

Book of the Week: The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld.

We remove The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression and replace it with The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld, which I imagine is a good deal more cheerful.

Well, I have all the Discworld novels, after all. So I’ve already read every word in the book. Just… in different order, that’s all.

Book of the week, plus upcoming books.

And so we remove The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress and replace it with the John Adams biography. But I also want to note that the following three books will be coming out very soon:

…and I’m looking forward to all three.