Got tired of the science fiction, so I started reading _All Quiet On The Western Front_

Yes, another German book! It's a novel that's loosely based on the author's time on the Western Front while serving in the German Army in the first world war.

It's actually extremely well-written, for a novel in translation.

We are at rest five miles behind the front. Yesterday we were relieved, and now our bellies are full of beef and haricot beans. We a…