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+1 FP Booker T and the MGs. n/t by Gedvondur (4.00 / 2) #1 Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 03:39:31 PM EST

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I like WWZ a lot by ad hoc (4.00 / 2) #2 Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 04:49:18 PM EST

in case you didn't know, Max Brooks is Mel Brooks' son.

And it's being made into a movie with J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5 creator) as the screenwriter.
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I hope they don't add a plot. by ucblockhead (4.00 / 1) #7 Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 11:41:16 AM EST

What made the book interesting was that it was a series of vignettes, not some overblown story full of heroics.
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: I could see it going a couple of ways by ad hoc (4.00 / 1) #8 Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 11:52:18 AM EST

I think it would be cool to actually follow the book's interview style. A reporter, writer, or tv presenter traveling around interviewing people with wavy dissolves to flashback storytelling. That would make a good tv series as well.
I could also see them picking one story line and doing 90 minutes of that. I'd rather not see that happen.
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WWZ by DullTrev (4.00 / 2) #3 Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 06:34:12 PM EST

Yup, liked that one a lot - it doesn't try to be more than it is, which is a nice unhealthy dose of brain candy. Couldn't put it down.

And to answer your question: Status Quo? Who are they?

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Try Richard Rhodes by marvin (4.00 / 2) #4 Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 08:45:30 PM EST

The Making of the Atomic Bomb, if you want a history, not a polemic.

I read it a decade ago, so I don't remember the details, but I recall enjoying the book enough to recommend it. It won a Pulitzer and some other prizes.

The sequel, Dark Sun - the Making of the Hydrogen Bomb, was not as enjoyable - I bogged down in the first third of the book, and it has gathered dust on my bookshelves ever since.

I agree by hulver (4.00 / 2) #5 Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 05:45:02 AM EST

I'm actually re-reading that at the moment, and it's a very good book. It's not just about the Manhatten project, but covers inital research into the structure of the atom, through the discovery of fission. Highly recomended.

Dark Sun was not as good, although I did plough through the whole thing.
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: Ditto, <aol>Me Too</aol> etc by wiredog (4.00 / 1) #9 Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 01:44:34 PM EST

Wore out one copy, really need to get it in hardcover. Dark Sun is as much about the espionage surrounding the fusion project as it is about the bomb itself. Interesting, but a different subject matter. I have the review of the book in Science magazine by Hans Bethe (he loved it) in a drawer at home.

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Glad you're enjoying World War Z by nebbish (4.00 / 1) #6 Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 10:20:01 AM EST

It's a great bit of pulpy fun. You're right about maps and stuff, that would have been brilliant.

Apparently there's a film in production.

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