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Bought 50 shades of grey from Morrisons only 3.99, i want to see what all the fuss is about!

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fiinshed the Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchettt,(again). and just about to start The Amber Spyglass, by Phillip Pullman,

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I am about to breech the great chaz dickens. the old curiosity shop .
Maybe Ill pickup some culture,

and I am looking for the comic version of wheres wally in the super string universe

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I'm reading DRAW Greatest Gunfights of the American West by James Reasoner, very well researched and throws up some famous old names.

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Space cadet.

Then Mr grey I guess to see what all the fuss is about.

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From what I have heard, I'm not sure that you'll "get" the fuss unless you're a woman.

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Finally finished Daphne Du Maurier's My Cousin Rachel'.
A (mebbe) happy ending for once. No - Bittersweet.

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Reading Great North Road - Peter F. Hamilton

Just finished
Zero Point - Neal Asher
Man-Kzin Wars XIII - Larry Niven et al
Slow Apocalypse - John Varley
Redshirts - John Scalzi
The Apocalypse Codex - Charlie Stross
Oath of Fealty - Larry Niven
Whispers Underground (Rivers of London 3) - Ben Aaronovitch
The Long Earth - Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter
Caliban's War - James S.A. Corey

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Good gracious! Do you scan-read? I read at the pace of speech and ponder the scenario. Snails go faster than me :D

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That is about a quarter of the books I have read in the last couple of months - the better ones.

I speed read, probably about two to three books a week - Great North Road is taking me a bit longer, as it is 1100 pages.....

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what's the Long Earth like Hugh ?,i'm a disc world fan but i believe that is not one .I have started reading some of his non disc world novels like Nation and Dark side of the sun and the wife is getting me Dodger for my birthday

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It's enjoyable, but quite different from the Discworld novels.

I have Dodger to read next.

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I read the synopsis and it sounds intriguing

I also found Nation good ,well worth a read

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the National Autistic Society Trustee's annual report and accounts
(director's report and financial statements)
year ended 31 march 2012

Just to i have a overview of all things that take place in the NAS :)

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sounds intriguing, how does it end :)

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Just finished December by Phil Rickman

and now about halfway through Starblood , by Carmilla Voiez

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A very different book to any of Terry's previous offerings and far more Stephen Baxter. Terry's influence is in the oddities and quirks of the story rather than the basic plot. - Keep your potato with you. ;)

Dodger is a Dickensian Discworld with a brilliant central character. Dodger for me is a combination of Vime's street savvy, Carrot's chivalry, Nobby's light fingers and the intelligence of Vetinary.

Currently delving into the madness of Robert Rankin with The Mechanical Messiah and Other Marvels of the Modern Age.

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The last thing I read by Stephen Baxter was The Time Ships which was ok. Got Flood and Ark to read by him next.

Just finishing The Further Adventures of an Idiot Abroad.

I only eve read the first four discworld books - it just doesn't float my boat.

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Just finished 'Friday Night Lights'. Great book. Now onto 'Lost at Sea' by Jon Ronson although this is a collection of articles some of which I have already read.

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I am currently reading "Heavens Shadow" : http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/023076031..._df_0230760317


In the last few months I have read:

Megacatastrophes!
Manhattan In Reverse
The burning soul
Death Message
Deadline
Live Wire
Dead Man's Grip
Dear Coca Cola
Zero Day
Book of Human skin
An Idiot Abroad
QI - The Second book of general Ignorance

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I read Iain M. Banks' Against A Dark Background a while ago. Thanks for the reminder about good Sci-fi MLM :). Need to visit a bookshop soon, although I can get a free E-reader with my reward points. I could get the electronic versions instead, if they're available.

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badly if drinks is involved :D

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The Bone Bed 20 - Patrica Cornwell
Hostile Witness - Rebecca Forster
:)

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Current book:

Double Dead, by Chuck Wendig


A great read. Recommended.

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Following on from that, I then read "Bad Blood" (a "Double Dead" novella), by Chuck Wendig. Half the size of the first one, but still great.


Next up will be Blackbirds and Mockingbird, also by Wendig.



It was actually a recent io9 review of Wendig's "Mockingbird" (the second Miriam Black novel) that got me into his books.

That lead me to a review of Blackbirds (the first Miriam Black novel).

... and that lead me to "Double Dead".

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Now ive finished the Fifty Grey trilogy im now reading a book about the Raspberry Pi. Then i really should finish off reading Lee Evans Autobiography that ive had since last October

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Alan Dean Foster - Lost and Found

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Robert Rankin - The Sprouts of Wrath.

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Acting on your recommendation, bought both the book and novella - read them over the last two evenings.

Excellent twist on a theme.

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Ian Rankin - The Complaints

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The Dawkins Delusion.

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50 Mathematical Ideas You Really Need To Know by Tony Crilly

http://www.amazon.co.uk/mathematical.../dp/1847240089

Fascinating! ;)

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Bad Monkeys - Matt Ruff

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Great North Road by Peter Hamilton

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Pete Hautman - The Obsidian Blade

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I bought "Blackbirds" yesterday (DRM-free ePub direct from the publisher), and read it in one sitting :erm: Loved it :)

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Me too, I do like a long tome, 1000+ pages I believe.;)

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About to start Slaughterhouse 5 on my Kindle.

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A Light That Never Goes Out: The Enduring Saga of the Smiths

Fascinating...

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Dan Brown's Inferno.
The book would be half its size if it didn't have so much bloody Italian in it and the translation that went with it.
It wasn't that good and I guessed what the virus was well before it was mentioned.
4/10

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I'm 3/4s of the way through it now, after the crap-fest that way The Lost Symbol I wasn't going to get this but the lure of reading it on my Kindle was too strong.

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I just finished the Star Trek Into Darkness novel. Which was quite good.

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Tuf Voyaging - a Sci-Fi book by George R.R. Martin - totally different from Game of Thrones, it is about a space trader who happens to come into possession of a ship capable of changing a planet's ecology & how he uses it to help some of the various colonies he meets.

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James Herbert's Nobody True on my Kindle. Excellent premise of a guy who can have regular out of body experiences but gets murdered whilst out on one and therefore has no 'body' to go back to. He finds things out about his family, friends, wife and even the person who murdered him. Good so far :)

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Sounds a bit like Fluke in a way.

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Peter F Hamilton - Great North Road

A great page turner, all 1104 of them :)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-North-.../dp/0330521772

When attending a Newcastle murder scene, Detective Sidney Hurst finds a dead North family clone. Yet none have been reported missing. And in 2122, twenty years ago, a North clone billionaire was horrifically murdered in the same manner on the tropical planet of St Libra. So, if the murderer is still at large, was Angela Tramelo wrongly convicted? She never wavered under interrogation, claiming she alone survived an alien attack. Investigating this potential alien threat now becomes the Human Defence Agency’s top priority. St Libran bio-fuel is the lifeblood of Earth’s economy and must be secured. A vast expedition is mounted via the Newcastle gateway, and experts are dispatched to the planet – with Angela Tramelo, grudgingly released from prison. But the expedition is cut off deep within St Libra’s rainforests, and the murders begin. Angela insists it’s the alien, but her new colleagues aren’t sure. Did she see an alien, or does she have other reasons for being on St Libra?

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Joyland by Stephen King. Cracking read.

Just finished The Creeping Kelp, I was intrigued by the awful title. Turns out, the awful title was the only intriguing thing about it.

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"Nothing Lasts Forever" by Roderick Thorp

http://www.amazon.co.uk/books/dp/193...ag=toofyoga-21


they used the book as an outline for Die Hard

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Re-reading the Man-Kzin Wars series - books 1-13.

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Old Mans War

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That's an excellent book, imho - and there are a couple more in the series.

If you like that, and Star Trek, may I strongly recommend the same author's "Redshirts"?

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I will give those a look when I've finished this series cheers :)

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that's presumably not you in your avatar ?

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No, it isn't me.

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Jonathan Kellerman - Guilt

A series of horrifying events occur in quick succession in the same upscale
L.A. neighborhood. A backyard renovation unearths an infant's body, buried
sixty years ago. And soon thereafter in a nearby park, another disturbingly
bizarre discovery is made not far from the body of a young woman shot in the
head. Helping LAPD homicide detective Milo Sturgis to link these eerie
incidents is brilliant psychologist Alex Delaware. But even the good doctor's
vast experience with matters both clinical and criminal might not be enough to
cut down to the bone of this chilling case-and draw out the disturbing truth.

I like a change to my usual diet of SF now and then. :) Is proving a good read so far.

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Crown of Thorns by Ian Irvine.

Basically a race to clone Jesus Christ. Not as far-fetched as it sounds and so far it's been amazing. Even atheists and staunch science lovers would probably enjoy it. The first book is currently free on Amazon for Kindle.

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Drew Karpyshyn - Mass Effect 01 - Revelation

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Just finished Doctor Sleep by Stephen King, cracking read but a poor finish. Now reading Ordinary Thunderstorms at work and Sycamore Row at home.

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I just finished far from home which I got from the kindle store.

Natalie is currently reading my reader ministry book to me.

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Just (re-)reading Up Country by Nelson De Mille.

Recently read

Jupiter War - Neal Asher
Never Go Back - Lee Child
Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter - The Long War
Ben Aaronovitch - Broken Homes (Rivers of London 4)
Katy Stauber - Revolution World
Justin Cronin - The Twelve

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Nearing the finish of Kevin J Anderson - Hellhole 02 - Hellhole Awakening.

SF with just a tiny bit of Fantasy which is as much I can stomach.

Quite enjoyable though. :)

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Just bought "Bonkers My life in laughs" by Jennifer Saunders, she was reading it on book of the week on Radio 4 last week.

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having a read of that at the moment by way of your reccomendation

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Just starting out on the Dark Tower series by King.

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About to start book 6 of 3 "And Another Thing..."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_Ano....._%28novel%29

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Loved these right up to the end which I thought was rubbish

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Finished Peter Clines - 14. Difficult to classify, definately mystery, maybe thriller with a fair bit of fantasy. Whatever it is one hell of a page turner. :)

Just started Marcus Sakey - Brilliance. My usual scifi fare.

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Reading Sacre Bleu by Chrisopher Moore at work, not as funny as some of his other stuff but still fun.

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I am reading all three 'when worlds collide' books :) - Retro but very good so far.

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James P Hogan - Inherit the Stars

Book 1 of The Giants Trilogy.

Seems to be a variation on the old ancient astronauts theme, but is nicely written and is turning out to be a bit of a page turner :)

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The Husband's Secret
by Liane Moriarty :D

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Practical Demonkeeping by Christopher Moore at work.

Odd Thomas by Koontz in the evenings. No-one does creepy like Koontz and not a godforsaken Golden Retriever in sight!

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The Golem and the Jinni
Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet
Coyote Blue

Can't seem to settle into anything at the mo.

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The missing half by Brooke Powley

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Deep Storm

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Well I did buy this

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0057B06O..._C9Y1H.11VD1J8

Just to try and finish the trilogy but alas it is every bit as bad as the reviews and I'm really struggling :(

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The Martian - Andy Weir.

Apollo 13 meets Castaway (on Mars).

Excellent book, well written, and occasionally very funny - I read it start to finish today.

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Summer's Child by Diane Chamberlain.
I like her style of writing very much like Jodi Picoult style.

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No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State by Glenn Greenwald.

Fascinating.

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Just read
Grunts - Mary Gentle
Bowl of Heaven - Gregory Benford & Larry Niven
Black Man - Richard K Morgan
Command Authority - Tom Clancy
Raising Steam - Terry Pratchett
The Finish: The Killing of Osama Bin Laden
Ancillary Justice - Ann Leckie

Reading
Metro 2033 - Dmitry Glukhovsky
Rapture of the Nerds - Cory Doctorow

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I'm in the middle of:
Bowl of Heaven - Gregory Benford & Larry Niven

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The sequel (Shipstar) is out.

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I have it ready and waiting :)

I have always been a huge fan of both Greg Benford and Larry Niven but I have to say I'm finding BOH a little disappointing so far. My expectations may heve been too great.

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Agreed - I enjoyed the books, but not as much as I expected to....

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Prior to starting BOH, I finished:

Michael McCollum - Gibraltar Earth Series.

A three volume set which although not mind blowing, proved to be a pleasent read or in my case a pleasant listen as these days I have developed a preference for Audio Books.

http://www.amazon.com/GIBRALTAR-EART.../dp/B00295R1G0

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_McCollum

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Tom Sharpe "The Throwback" i think i have only broke 2 ribs laughing again this time :)

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D-Day: The Battle For Normandy - Antony Beevor

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Moral Landscape, Sam Harris.

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James Herbert - The Rats (40th anniversary edition)

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I like his books

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Yes, me too - I've got his 'Second World War' waiting after 'D-Day'.

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God, that was a funny book.


The Hunters by Chris Kuzneski .

I absolutely love fiction books with an archaeological theme, especially ancient Egypt, can anyone recommend anything like this?

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Haven't read either of them, I've got Stalingrad and Berlin the downfall, I'll keep an eye out for the other two.

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Just finished Summers child it was a good read. I thought I had guessed the ending but was surprised at the ending, a really good twist in the story as I never would have guessed it in a million years. I was not disappointed at all in Summers child, now reading Reflection also by Diane Chamberlain.

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Hard Duty by Mark E Cooper.

Book 1 of The Merkiaari Wars Series.

Seems a decent bit of hard SF. :)

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Kindle version is free on Amazon at the moment - just downloaded it.

Thanks for the tip. :)

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You are most welcome :)

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I've just started John Green's The fault in our stars. (I thinkt he film has just been released) It's a bit of emotional story though!

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All you need is kill - not bad at all.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_You_Need_Is_Kill

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Liber Baptizatorum in Ecclesia Sancti Francisci apud Plowden, Ab anno 1826 ad anno 1837...

Looking for some olde ancestors ;)