tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post5814636995918640923..comments2024-03-20T19:40:58.078-05:00Comments on The OF Blog: Easton Press and other assorted new and used book pornLarry Nolenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-66869783105795130092010-12-26T00:59:34.711-06:002010-12-26T00:59:34.711-06:00Thanks! I'll look into it, especially since I...Thanks! I'll look into it, especially since I find myself wanting to read more narrative histories these days.Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-73445833624356903462010-12-26T00:25:24.264-06:002010-12-26T00:25:24.264-06:00Try Trevor Bryce's The Kingdom of the Hittites...Try Trevor Bryce's The Kingdom of the Hittites. It's very interesting (at least I thought so).Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08913553022029873645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-56598627912518093942010-12-25T15:14:54.726-06:002010-12-25T15:14:54.726-06:00Sad to hear that, since I know the least about the...Sad to hear that, since I know the least about the Hittites of the four empires. Plan on buying the other two Norwich volumes in January and then reading it then or in February. Halfway through Volume V of the Gibbon right now.Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-13654123708151801882010-12-24T14:49:57.157-06:002010-12-24T14:49:57.157-06:00The Norwich series on Byzantium is fantastic. Of ...The Norwich series on Byzantium is fantastic. Of the Folio Society editions, I would rate them as follows:<br /><br />Egyptians: Solid A (Gardiner was a doyen of Egyptology)<br />Babylonians: B- (not terribly well written but informative)<br />Persians: C- (focuses entirely on the rise of Persia and its threatening of Greece, then Alexander's conquest)<br />Hittites: F (the arrangement was terrible, the explanations often made one more confused and if I hadn't read a different book about the Hittites I would have no interest in them)Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08913553022029873645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-58692518486199354502010-12-18T23:23:43.456-06:002010-12-18T23:23:43.456-06:00Ha! I do plan on buying more Munro in the future,...Ha! I do plan on buying more Munro in the future, but that collection was spotty for me.<br /><br />Double ha in regards to the Esslemont, considering how he's been talked up on a handful of SF/F blogs in recent months :P<br /><br />Speaking as a historian, Norwich makes for a good narrative read, although he purposely does not focus on certain microhistory elements that are commonplace in many academic-oriented histories.<br /><br />As for Beukes, near future. Did start reading it a few minutes ago. Too early to have more than vague impressions.Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-47936039786687850552010-12-18T22:50:18.983-06:002010-12-18T22:50:18.983-06:00I'm looking forward to your thoughts on Zoo Ci...I'm looking forward to your thoughts on Zoo City. <br /><br />we've got John Julius Norwich series, my other half was pretty impressed by them.redheadhttp://littleredreviewer.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-68510521894957430632010-12-18T21:52:33.682-06:002010-12-18T21:52:33.682-06:00I maybe the only one who can laugh at this but, th...I maybe the only one who can laugh at this but, the only book pictured I haven't heard of is the, Esslemont. <br /><br />I like discovering new things...Chad Hullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17774092046594256969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-61502284199697298282010-12-18T19:14:49.018-06:002010-12-18T19:14:49.018-06:00I had that edition of The Scarlet Letter. Good stu...I had that edition of The Scarlet Letter. Good stuff, although my feelings about Hawthorne are very mixed.<br /><br />Maybe you should wear a scarlet A for getting rid of Alice Munro. :)Jasonnoreply@blogger.com