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Fair enough! Thanks for the response....
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I haven't finished the book yet but I was just curious: Between the tone and some of the time-jumping the book so far reads like a narrative inversion of books like Fight Club/Trainspotting or what the Guardian tends to call...
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Nojay commented on
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Since we were going on about the battle of Fallujah, I was actually referring to the DU ammunition for the A-10's GAU-8 30mm gun and the M242 Bushmaster 25mm gun mounted on the USMC's LAV-25 and the US Army's M-2 Bradley. DU rounds for both guns are an option, not the only form of ammunition available. The loadouts for a given mission will vary -- going up against medium-skinned armour in open-field operations one might load DU rounds or a mix. In an urban situation where the opposition is unlikely to be using armour then the wise armourer will select...
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JohnS commented on
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My copy from the library finally became available. I'm about 1/3 of the way through (Janice just told Derek to get a UBER?), so I'm still avoiding most spoilers. But I am wondering if there's anything to reconcile how Jonquil survived? If memory serves, she was killed by the Spetsnaz near the end of The Fuller Memorandum. Just "YES" or "NO" will suffice for now. I expect to find out for myself in the next couple of days, but that's the one thing nagging me so far in the first third of the book....
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Robert van der Heide commented on
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I liked the Dungeonmaster. I hope we see more of his backstory, perhaps in shorter works....
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allexan commented on
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Started to read, and that jab about miner apps spamming unholy prayers really caught my attention. Inspired by that, I was chatting with my friend about implications of Russians renaming all their airports simultaneously by suggestion from Orthodox Church, and then we somehow turned to abundance of "battle royal" multiplayer games nowadays, and whether they can count as mass sacrifices or not. I do not hope, that you include any of that into your setting later, and post this simply for lulz, but doesn't it fit?...
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JohnS commented on
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Enjoyed it overall, although I'm kind of pissed about Reverend Pete. I think he deserved better....
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