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Hi I'm H, I'm a philosopher, dreamer (literally and figuratively), a web enthusiast working in mapping, wrist watch collector, board game and Ironsworn player. Nostalgic but also future focused. Reads cyberpunk, postmodern, fantasy, scifi and WW2 escape stories. ex Volt Xoccula. blatherskite. I'm an LGBTQIA ally and I'm here for you.

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Longitude
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Dava Sobel

I love a good history of science and this is a small classic. About how the difficult problem of measuring longitude was solved in the 1700s. It describes why this was important for navigation at sea. It's fun to read about the sometimes absurd proposals to solve the problem.

John Harrison spent his whole life to solve it by designing an accurate clock. He tinkered for decades, against opposition.

Very readable, non-technical

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@MarianHellema I enjoyed this too. If you want something longer on a similar theme, I enjoyed Hands of Time by Rebecca Struthers too - it reminded me of both Longitude and Mudlarking by Lara Maiklem (also a strong recommend). @bookstodon @histodons

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I've just seen the Netflix series All The Light We Cannot See, based on the novel by Anthony Doerr which is sitting on my bookcase. It has tempted me to read and/or reread some novels based in WWII.

Does anyone have any recommendations of novels based historically in or around WWII?

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@chestas @bookstodon historical fiction: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, about a young girl who gets caught up in the French resistance, it’s beautiful, poignant, desolate and inspiring all at once.

Scifi: The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley. Inception meets catch-22 meets starship troopers. A real head fuck with a mind bending plot and an over generous dollop of gore.

Factual: Moonless Night by Jimmy James; the true tale of a serial ww2 prison camp escaper, whose story just gets more and more incredible.

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Damn, earthsea goes hard. Reading Tehanu at the moment 😧 @bookstodon

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