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I've loved reading since I was a child - and I inculcated a love of reading in my children. I’m not a reading snob; though I do like some of the classics - most of them put me to sleep. My favorite genre is Science Fiction, specifically ‘hard’ SF – but I also enjoy reading a good non-fiction history book or a good historical fiction. Other than SF, I enjoy some ‘action/adventure’ novels. I don’t read mysteries, horror, most fantasy, or westerns. I have never read a romance novel. I am a frustrated writer who would love to write the Great American Novel, but never will.
I was born in Texas and raised as a Navy brat in California, Washington, Texas, and Hawaii. After a year in college, I joined the Navy myself and flew as a crewmember on the mighty Lockheed P-3 Orion hunting Soviet submarines for much of my 21-year career. My Navy years were exciting, memorable, and rewarding. I achieved the rank of Master Chief Petty Officer in fourteen years. My last tour of duty happened to be at the Naval Weapons Support Center, Crane, Indiana, where I retired in 1991.
I started my second career at Crane as a Federal Civil Servant. My specialty was logistics and I served as the logistics manager for the U. S. Navy sonobuoy program for 17 years at Crane. In 2007 I left the civil service to open my own business (3rd career) with two fellow retired Navy Chiefs. Our business, Applied Logistics Services, Inc., provides technical and logistics support services to the Navy and Marine Corps.
I spend my off time stalking the wily Black Bass – the most noble of fish – and pretending to be a librarian on Goodreads.com. Correcting errors and cleaning up data in the Goodreads database gives me a lot of satisfaction and gives me something tp work on that I can actually see improve as time passes. Fish on!
]]> male The United States 08/2008 12/2009 ]]> 7628 Iain M. Banks 9 628 623 true 5639313 read 1 true 3228313 currently-reading 4 true 3228312 to-read 1 false 3513659 re-reading Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (Paperback) by John le Carré]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31015014 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167175744s/18989.jpg 1453193 George http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1247450949p2/1453193.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1453193-george Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:37:48 -0700 Snow Crash (Paperback) by Neal Stephenson]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30935691 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396730s/830.jpg 1453193 George http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1247450949p2/1453193.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1453193-george Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:51:26 -0700
Reading it again on my new kindle - just as good! (6/09)]]> Matter (Paperback) by Iain M. Banks]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30943442 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21qm3NU7IfL._SL75_.jpg 1453193 George http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1247450949p2/1453193.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1453193-george Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:56:34 -0700 more...]]> Iron Sunrise (Paperback) by Charles Stross]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49593566 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171481833s/101864.jpg 1453193 George http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1247450949p2/1453193.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1453193-george Sun, 24 May 2009 09:09:36 -0700 Look to Windward (Mass Market Paperback) by Iain M. Banks]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53870499 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166490874s/12016.jpg 1453193 George http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1247450949p2/1453193.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1453193-george Sun, 10 May 2009 16:37:59 -0700 A Meeting at Corvallis (Dies The Fire, #3) by S.M. Stirling]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50332730 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171723973s/116444.jpg 1453193 George http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1247450949p2/1453193.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1453193-george Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:13:41 -0700 Slow Train to Arcturus (Hardcover) by Eric Flint]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49593657 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51vKy9OtbtL._SL75_.jpg 1453193 George http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1247450949p2/1453193.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1453193-george Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:21:00 -0700 The Last Centurion (Hardcover) by John Ringo]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49593610 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51siqh31H5L._SL75_.jpg 1453193 George http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1247450949p2/1453193.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1453193-george Sat, 04 Apr 2009 16:03:09 -0700
However, the first 120 pages (or so) of this book were very hard to complete - and I almost set the book aside unread because of them. Though I do not necessarily ...more...]]>