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02-19-07, 07:44 PM | #1 | |
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SimHQ review of Subsim Almanac
Well, our first, really well-written review!
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02-19-07, 08:30 PM | #2 |
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A hearty congrats, Neal, and to all the other people (community and otherwise) who were involved in this project.
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02-20-07, 09:31 AM | #3 |
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Yep, congrats Neal! Looking forward on buying it!
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03-03-07, 01:58 AM | #4 |
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So, now that you've read it, what's your favorite part? This is a wonderful book, very insightful and funny!
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03-04-07, 01:22 AM | #5 |
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'grats and thanks to Neal and contributers. This will proudly be displayed on my bookshelf for decades to come.
James
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03-12-07, 10:38 AM | #6 |
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Come on folks put some effort in to it......................
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03-12-07, 11:28 AM | #7 |
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I see Neal's here in his off duty gear, looking good Neal. OK, here we go folks and this is what Neal wants from you. STEED is in the house and is about to write a review of 2007 SUBSIM ALMANAC. First up thank you again Neal for sending me a free copy. Well a book about a website. :hmm: Tricky one that, so here goes. Let me get the negative side over with, I found there was a little too much of The Lost Patrols of U-49 and I found the Erich Topp article bland along with a few other issues. But you have to take in to account this is no ordinary book as it's made up of all kinds of information from articles to games to profiles. As this is Neal's first Almanac (that I know of) this is a good first effort and I hope Neal dose a follow up in 2017. Now what did I enjoy the most from the book, for me there was these articles which were very interesting the Origin of the Laconia Order the famous U-Boat incident. The article by Bill Nichols, I don't have much interest in post war subs but Bills article Back to the Future was well written smooth and easy on the eyes. As a note to you Bill if you write a book along that style on US subs post WW2 I would buy a copy of the book. The Dreadnought Era and The Flanders U-Boat Flotilla 1915-1918 were also interesting reading. So to some up I believe this book has something in it for everyone to enjoy, my over all mark out of ten for this kind of book is 7 out of 10 which is a good mark for a book that contains all kinds of things to read. PS: My fellow Captains this what a book review should be. Come on, Neal put a lot of work in to the book so please give Neal a proper book review.
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