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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

First, you are a very good writer. I usually roll my eyes at a wall of text like that but you convey the ideas clearly.

Second, I am again surprised by how close it was.

Finalyy, I will share some resources you might enjoy.

https://bookshop.org/p/books/dark-voyage-alan-furst/11713695?ean=9780812967968

I like all of Allan Furst's WW2 novels, but this is the most nautical. Dutch freighter captain is recruited into the British service. War book, sea tale, spy story all rolled into one.

Connections is an old BBC history series I stumbled upon a while back. The presenter shows how so many things interconnect to form the future.

https://youtu.be/XetplHcM7aQ?list=PL5HjoPOFFC56enV6cW1zqRvXyY6pNm8cq

Cryptonomicon. Neal Stephenson. I suggest this book to anyone who likes to get lost in a novel.

The grandfather is a WW2 codebreaker tasked with keeping the Nazis from finding out that the Allies were reading their mail. His grandson is trying to set up an online bank in 1990's Manila.

https://bookshop.org/p/books/cryptonomicon-neal-stephenson/7899276?ean=9780380788620

Again, thanks for the informative message