What are you reading right now?

I noticed this is a fun thread on many forums.

I am currently reading two wwi books together;

"German Air Power in World War I" by Morrow Nebraska
- book I checked out of the university library, very interesting! Has a lot about production, development, labor relations, wage controls etc. I'll have to write a bit more about it when I have read more and thought some things out. Spartacists in the aircraft industry!

"Knight of Germany" by Prof. Johannes Werner
- edited letters and log reports of Oswald Boelcke

Fun to read these two books together. The former being a very scholarly analysis of German development of airpower and the latter a first hand account.

[austin08]

Hey Zeeram,
Am currently reading 'British Aviation - The Great war & armistace" by Harald Penrose. A wonderful piece of research describing the development & manufacture of all WW1 British Aeroplanes. Amazing ! Extremely heavy due to the excellent printing of numerous photgraphs. A number of pieces of the jigsaw have slotted into place for me via this book.

Originally Posted by austin08

A number of pieces of the jigsaw have slotted into place for me via this book.

Hey Austin!

I find myself doing the same as I read and assimilate history. Sounds like an expensive book with the photographs, well worth it I am sure.

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[dpolglaze]

For me, I always have two or three books going depending upon my mood. Recently finished "Holly - His Book" by Holleran and am reading "Winged Victory" by Yeates in WWI arena.

Outside, just finished the Harry Potter series, "Invisible Prey" by Sanford and "Next" by Crichton, and am reading "The Two-Minute Rule" by Robert Crais and "Veeck as in Wreck" by Bill Veeck.

Dan

[TomVrille]

I generally try to keep a reference on WW1 aviation within easy reach of the porcelain throne in our house. This appears to be the optimum site for a bit of relaxing reading!

I recently finished Germany's Last Knight of the Air by Peter Kilduff. This edited version of the memoirs of Carl Degelow is a delightful read, with a number of interesting points that I had never thought much about.

This Osprey series of books are an excellent size for my preferred reading location! I just finished Albatros Aces of World War 1 - part 2 by our own Gregvan, and am now in the midst of SE5/5a Aces of World War 1 by Norman Franks. High marks to both these publications as well!!

[Roadhog]

Howdy boys, Right now I am up to my eyeballs in "Leather Boys Go Hollywood; the Naughty Tell-All That...," ooooops. Why you mean World War I literature of course, er, better make that "Fighter Pilots," edited by Jon E. Lewis and "War Birds; Diary of an Unknown Aviator." Roadhog

[BuzPezold]

I have finished Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's epic novel, AUGUST 1914: The Red Wheel , last year and now I am about to wrap up the following epic novel, NOVEMBER 1916: The Red Wheel II. When I say epic I mean epic. The first book was just under 1000 pages and the second is over 1000 pages. All in all a good read about Russia, the Russian political scene, the monarchy, the GREAT WAR and the eve of revolution. I highly recommend it to one and all.

Buz

Salute all !

No doesn't have to be WWI stuff. Just fun thread where everyone can share what they are reading.
I am like dpolglaze, usually reading a half dozen books all at once.

Thinking of the Harry Potter series, although American, I find I enjoy reading many British authors.
Unfortunately I don't have the language skills to read anything other than English
I saw an old book in the university library in German with great old photos about the German pilots in WWI. It had photos I had never seen published before of Goring in WWI. But that is all I can do is look at the photos

Funny I just never think of hanging out on the porcelin throne reading

[sobrien]

I just finished "Gunning For The Red Baron' and am now halfway through the novel "In The Company of Eagles" by Ernest Gann. There are some inaccuracies, such as the Fokker triplane coming before the Sopwith, but it's a easy read.

SOBrien

[WarrenD]

I too keep several books going depending on my mood. Aside from gobs of stuff for school, I am reading Eighth Army by Robin Neillands. WWI-wise I am reading/referring to the Windsock DF on the Nie.17 along with Nieuport Fighters vol. 1, and the Nieuport Fighters of the Lafayette Escadrille. I was very disappointed with the latter.
-Buzz, I'm going to have to talk to you regarding the two novels you are reading.
-Tomvrille, I picked up a copy of Kilduff's book a couple of years back. A great little read. Another one for fans of French Aviation is Notes of a Lost Pilot by Jean Beraud Villars. I picked up a used ex-library edition. Supposedly this edition (1975) has sections/parts that were cut out of the original French version. A great little read if you can find one cheap.

Warren