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<blockquote data-quote="SoonerP226" data-source="post: 2769916" data-attributes="member: 26737"><p>I'm about 26 hours into the 36 hour Audible version of it, and I agree, it's an excellent novel, though definitely not for the kiddos or squeamish.</p><p></p><p>It was originally written as a screenplay to be directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring John Wayne as Call and Jimmy Stewart as Gus, but Wayne turned it down on John Ford's advice. I wonder how it would've worked out if Duke hadn't listened to Pappy...</p><p></p><p>I'll also throw in Jack Campbell's <em>Lost Fleet</em> series. The original series revolves around Captain John "Black Jack" Geary, who is rescued from suspended animation (a century after he was thought lost in battle) by a fleet that ends up cut off deep in enemy space. When all of the flag officers are killed in an act of treachery, Geary finds himself in command of this Lost Fleet due to his time in grade--despite the fact that his promotion to Captain was posthumous, and he'd only been a Commander when he was lost. He also discovers that he has become a legend in the service based on his last actions, and that the attrition of a century of warfare has left both sides with no understanding of strategy, and precious little in the way of tactical thinking beyond "charge full-tilt at the enemy."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SoonerP226, post: 2769916, member: 26737"] I'm about 26 hours into the 36 hour Audible version of it, and I agree, it's an excellent novel, though definitely not for the kiddos or squeamish. It was originally written as a screenplay to be directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring John Wayne as Call and Jimmy Stewart as Gus, but Wayne turned it down on John Ford's advice. I wonder how it would've worked out if Duke hadn't listened to Pappy... I'll also throw in Jack Campbell's [I]Lost Fleet[/I] series. The original series revolves around Captain John "Black Jack" Geary, who is rescued from suspended animation (a century after he was thought lost in battle) by a fleet that ends up cut off deep in enemy space. When all of the flag officers are killed in an act of treachery, Geary finds himself in command of this Lost Fleet due to his time in grade--despite the fact that his promotion to Captain was posthumous, and he'd only been a Commander when he was lost. He also discovers that he has become a legend in the service based on his last actions, and that the attrition of a century of warfare has left both sides with no understanding of strategy, and precious little in the way of tactical thinking beyond "charge full-tilt at the enemy." [/QUOTE]
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