https://jackjanderson.dreamwidth.org/ Flying To The Stars - Dreamwidth Studios Wed, 31 Oct 2018 19:07:10 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios jackjanderson personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/11003357/2786511 https://jackjanderson.dreamwidth.org/ 100 100 https://jackjanderson.dreamwidth.org/18218.html Wed, 31 Oct 2018 19:07:10 GMT https://jackjanderson.dreamwidth.org/18218.html aka <b>What I'm Reading Wednesday</b><br /><br /><img border="0" alt="When All Hell Breaks Loose: Stuff You Need to Survive When Disaster Strikes" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1348009040m/1795658.jpg" align="left">When All Hell Breaks Loose: Stuff You Need to Survive When Disaster Strikes by Cody Lundin<br /><br />My rating: 4 of 5 stars<br />Bookshelves: adventure, reference, social-sciences, survival <br /><br />This book gets you thinking about your priorities in various different scenarios, some of which are gruesome and antipathic. The options are explained and you're taught how to deal with them. The point this book strikes is that nothing is impossible if you are prepared and determined. In showing you how and why to prepare this book improves your chances, you have to do the rest.<br /><br />Next up is When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance & Planetary Survival by Matthew Stein. I appear to be in the mood to prepare for the end of the world. Which, considering the current state of affairs and politics and all that shit... maybe it's not such a bad idea?<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=jackjanderson&ditemid=18218" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://jackjanderson.dreamwidth.org/18218.html book reference social-sciences survival adventure public 2 https://jackjanderson.dreamwidth.org/16561.html Sun, 20 May 2018 10:08:54 GMT https://jackjanderson.dreamwidth.org/16561.html <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25406950-doctor-who" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img border="0" alt="Doctor Who: Impossible Worlds" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1497723298m/25406950.jpg" /></a>Doctor Who: Impossible Worlds by Stephen Nicholas & Mike Tucker Nicholas<br /><br />My rating: 5 of 5 stars<br />Bookshelves: art, doctor who, reference, science-fiction, television, <br /><br />An outstanding book and a must for any Doctor Who fan. A glorious collection of all the magnificent concept artwork and designs from both the original series and modern one - though the bulk of the book does focus on 2005 onwards, as expected. A lot of work has gone into every aspect of this, from the production of the book itself to the immense talent in the artists who created the work.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=jackjanderson&ditemid=16561" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://jackjanderson.dreamwidth.org/16561.html television art books science-fiction doctor who reference pleased public 1