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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Next: First Action by G. Harry Stine. From one of my most recent books to one I bought 10 years ago. My oldest unread purchase, from 24 September 2004!
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And going to remain uncompleted. It's a near-future SF novel involving the USA navy moving to large submarines as aircraft carriers to avoid attack by orbital kinetic weapons.
We have one of these carriers going to an ex-Indonesian Island for a 'Force Projection', i.e. intimidate the locals because, although it's not got into the media yet,
100 US citizens visiting the island (including children and young couples (well, one of young couples)) have gone missing over the past six months!
Ok, no way that would happen. If
two US citizens disappeared on Island while on holiday it'd be big news, let alone 100 in multiple incidents!
And then we have the serious discussions as to whether the disappearances are because of slavery or
cannibalism.
And a brief discussion of any possible food shortages on the Island, which there are none, and an in-passing mention that the majority muslim population have no dietary restrictions
because they're muslim! In among a discussion involving pigs!
Justly abandoned. I'll pick my next one on the way home.