Originally Posted by foreverwar (Post 34378904)

Black Man, by Richard Morgan

Originally Posted by Jefferson T (Post 34387465)

Just got all the foundation books in audio book. Not read them before so I hope they are good. May well take a few days to listen to them all :)

Originally Posted by Mr_love_monkey (Post 34378908)

Market Forces is next after Chiswick...

Originally Posted by foreverwar (Post 34388025)

Have you read the Takeshi Kovacs series of books (Altered Carbon, Broken Angels, & Woken Furies)? - cracking books, imho.

Originally Posted by Mr_love_monkey (Post 34388048)

yeah read them - Altered Carbon was brilliant, woken furies was good - thought broken angels was a bit of a let down

Originally Posted by Graham (Post 233368)

Ok, in the hope of something slightly more cerebral than "what are you using to destroy your braincells", here's a thread for discussing what you're using to *inspire* them instead! ;)

So what are you reading at the moment? And what's good/ bad/ worth recommending/ worth avoiding about it?

For me it's currently "The Truth" by Terry Pratchett.

A story from the Discworld, Pratchett takes another of his hilarious satirical side-swipes at the lunacies of this world (helped, no doubt, by his experiences of working as a journalist before he started writing fiction).

As usual his plots and characterisations are spot on, the writing is excellent, humorous without being forced, touching without being sentimental and his observations are sharp and witty without being laboured.

If you've ever read Discworld and enjoyed it, you'll love this one, if you haven't, it's a good place to start because you don't really need to have read the earlier stories to understand the background.

Definitely recommended!