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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ColonelHardisson" data-source="post: 505853" data-attributes="member: 363">Heart of Darkness - Joseph ConradThe Man In The High Castle - Philip K. DickThe Book of Chuang-TzuThe Worm Ourobouros - E.R. EddisonThe Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym - Edgar Allen PoeMidway: The Battle That Doomed Japan - Fuchida and Okumiya (written by two Japanese naval officers around 1951, this book is a detailed account not just of the titular battle, but of the objectives of the Japanese military early in World War II. Fascinating insights.)Run Silent, Run Deep - Edward Beach (if you're familiar with the film, then you'll be surprised by how much more realistic the book is, and how the book is so much more gritty. One of the best naval tales I've read).Ploesti - The Great Ground-Air Battle of 1 August 1943 - James Dugan and Carroll Stewart (This account of this enormous, and ultimately disastrous, bomb run over one of the Third Reich's oil lifelines, told from the perspectives of both sides, gives a breathtaking account of the event, and is one of the best war histories I've read).Cosmos - Carl Sagan (one of my favorite books)The Once and Future King - T.H. WhiteActs of King Arthur and His Noble Knights - John Steinbeck (Steinbeck's portrayal of Lancelot is so finely rendered, and explores the nature of love and heroism so well, that his version of Lancelot is the version of that character for me. Beautifully told.)</blockquote>