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There's an incredible documentary on this. The scale of the engineering, the secrecy of the project, and the environmental challenges are wild. Azorian: The Ra

There's an incredible documentary on this. The scale of the engineering, the secrecy of the project, and the environmental challenges are wild. Azorian: The Raising of the K-129 -- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2042455/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2042455/

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dingosity 2y ago
I came here to make the same comment. Not trying to be an ad for Amazon, but if you have Prime, it's currently available there. Well worth watching if you have any interest in this time period, submarines or Charlie Stross. ( The Charlie Stross reference comes from Project Azorian being the backdrop of his novel, The Jennifer Morgue https://search.worldcat.org/title/680284711 https://search.worldcat.org/title/680284711 ).
- jauntywundrkind 2y ago
  Ever since Accelerando blew my young mind, I've been a huge Stross fan. But I put off reading Laundry Files books (Jennifer Morgue being the second) thinking they weren't in genre for me, wouldn't be my thing. Wow was I wrong. The spy x demonologist x hacker combo just gives Stross more rope to play around with, and is full of fun eccentricities. A strong Anti-Memetics Division vibe. Would recommend.
  - selimthegrim 2y ago
    With the exception of the unicorn story which a lot of people found problematic for its treatment of children, I think the laundry files are pretty good
  - reisse 2y ago
    First three or maybe four books are good, then characters start to outgrow the author, as it usually happens. It's good that at some point cstross rebooted the series with a new setting and the new heroes, bad that Bob et al didn't get a proper ending.
    - spauldo 2y ago
      Charlie's commented about that before. Last I heard he's planning to come back around and give the Laundry series a proper ending once he's done with the New Management novels.
sillywalk 2y ago
I'd also recommend the book The taking of k-129: How the CIA Used Howard Hughes to Steal a Russian Sub in the Most Daring Covert Operation in History by Josh Dean.
dylan604 2y ago
Azorian: The Almost Raising of the K-129 would be more appropriate though
- retrocryptid 2y ago
  or Azorian: Raising a Larger Percentage of the K-129 Than Had Been Raised Before.
ethbr1 2y ago
Agreed! In terms of {interesting content}:{interesting title} ratio, it's near the top. Which is to say the title drastically underserves the fascinating content. It should be something more like "Azorian: How the CIA et al. secretly built a megaship to lift a Soviet sub from 4.9 km under the ocean"

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dingosity 2y ago

I came here to make the same comment. Not trying to be an ad for Amazon, but if you have Prime, it's currently available there. Well worth watching if you have any interest in this time period, submarines or Charlie Stross. ( The Charlie Stross reference comes from Project Azorian being the backdrop of his novel, The Jennifer Morgue https://search.worldcat.org/title/680284711 https://search.worldcat.org/title/680284711 ).

jauntywundrkind 2y ago
Ever since Accelerando blew my young mind, I've been a huge Stross fan. But I put off reading Laundry Files books (Jennifer Morgue being the second) thinking they weren't in genre for me, wouldn't be my thing. Wow was I wrong. The spy x demonologist x hacker combo just gives Stross more rope to play around with, and is full of fun eccentricities. A strong Anti-Memetics Division vibe. Would recommend.
- selimthegrim 2y ago
  With the exception of the unicorn story which a lot of people found problematic for its treatment of children, I think the laundry files are pretty good
- reisse 2y ago
  First three or maybe four books are good, then characters start to outgrow the author, as it usually happens. It's good that at some point cstross rebooted the series with a new setting and the new heroes, bad that Bob et al didn't get a proper ending.
  - spauldo 2y ago
    Charlie's commented about that before. Last I heard he's planning to come back around and give the Laundry series a proper ending once he's done with the New Management novels.

sillywalk 2y ago

I'd also recommend the book The taking of k-129: How the CIA Used Howard Hughes to Steal a Russian Sub in the Most Daring Covert Operation in History by Josh Dean.

dylan604 2y ago

Azorian: The Almost Raising of the K-129 would be more appropriate though

retrocryptid 2y ago
or Azorian: Raising a Larger Percentage of the K-129 Than Had Been Raised Before.

ethbr1 2y ago

Agreed! In terms of {interesting content}:{interesting title} ratio, it's near the top. Which is to say the title drastically underserves the fascinating content. It should be something more like "Azorian: How the CIA et al. secretly built a megaship to lift a Soviet sub from 4.9 km under the ocean"