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Hugh	10-09-2008 21:36

Re: What are you reading?

Just got my Amazon delivery today - woohoo! (don't forget to click through from CF when ordering ;) ).

Wild Swans - Jung Chang
Enduring Love - Ian McEwan
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
Mao: The Unknown Story - Jung Chang
Friends Like These - Danny Wallace
That's Me In The Corner - Andrew Collins
Cider With Roadies - Stuart Maconie (loved Pies and Prejudice)
Brass Man - Neil Asher
The Line War - Neil Asher
Stealing Light - Gary Gibson
The Family Trade - Charles Stross
Nation - Terry Pratchett
Crystal Rain - Tobias Buckell
Variable Star - Robert Heinlein / Spider Robinson
The Last Colony - John Scalzi
Orphan's Destiny - Robert Buettner

I'm going outside, and I may be gone for some time. ;)

Scrubbs

10-09-2008 21:50

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oldie but goldie "against a dark background" Iain M Banks and
"Cathedral of the sea" Ildefonso Falcones

Tezcatlipoca

22-09-2008 22:34

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I've recently finished reading:

The Atrocity Archives (Charles Stross)

The Jennifer Morgue (Charles Stross)

Both excellent :)

I hope Charles Stross hurries up & releases another "Laundry" novel soon!

Hom3r

22-09-2008 22:39

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The last two weeks read

Red Dwarf: Infinity welcomes careful drivers

Red Dwarf: Better Than Life

Today started

Red Dwarf: Backwards

Nex will read

Red Dwarf: Last Human

dilli-theclaw

22-09-2008 22:41

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I am working my way through the journey into space series again :)

Maggy

22-09-2008 23:35

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Found some old Jeffery Farnol books.Not read them since I was a very young teenager..I did try to buy some more BUT they are out of print and aren't cheap to buy in any kind of good condition so unless I stumble across some more in an old book store or a jumble sale I guess that's it...:(

Shame they are rather charming..:)

frogstamper

23-09-2008 00:22

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I've just started re-reading the entire eighteen book collection of American crime writer Micheal Connolly, his fictitious LAPD detective Hieronymus Boshe aka Harry, is a modern day version of those fifties detectives like Sam Spade, a truly brilliant collection for any crime fans.

dilli-theclaw

05-10-2008 15:29

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After finally getting hold of 2010 and 2061 (stil looking for 3001) in audiobook format I am now starting on 2010 :)

Wicked_and_Crazy

05-10-2008 15:58

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Frankie Dettori - Autobiography

Delta Whiskey

05-10-2008 17:43

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Just finished:
Best and Edwards - Gordon Burn
The Damned Utd - David Peace
Our Longest Days: A People's History of the Second World War - Sandra Koa Wing
Nation - Terry Pratchett

Now Reading:
The Folklore of Discworld - Terry Pratchett

Next:
The Bromeliad - Terry Pratchett
Entirely Up to You, Darling - Richard Attenborough
America Over the Water - Shirley Collins

allanprg

05-10-2008 17:54

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Originally Posted by Jefferson T (Post 34648042)

After finally getting hold of 2010 and 2061 (stil looking for 3001) in audiobook format I am now starting on 2010 :)

Yes i have all of Arthur C Clarke SF books. Including 3001. Which i'm reading right now again.All in hard back.:cool:

Tezcatlipoca

05-10-2008 19:44

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Originally Posted by frogstamper (Post 34641368)

Ah, good stuff!

I've read almost all of the Harry Bosch books, & some non-Bosch ones.

Great books.

I'd also recommend the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child, & the Charlie Parker books by John Connolly. Oh, & the "Prey" books with Lucas Davenport by John Sandford.

jennyhicks

07-10-2008 14:55

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I'm reading the new Danny Wallace book "Friends Like These". It is so funny and I reccommend it anyone that is about to turn 30!

frogstamper

08-10-2008 00:34

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Originally Posted by Matt D (Post 34648177)

Thanks for the heads up Matt, I'll keep a look out for John Connolly and John Sandford, as far as Lee Child goes I've already fallen under the spell of that great lone drifter Jack Reacher, a superb creation by the author.:)
But I hadn't checked to see if he'd any new books out...and bingo he has, the last one I read was "The Hard Way", when Jack finally comes to England and ultimately ends up dispensing his own form of justice at a remote farmhouse, great stuff.
Lee Child now has the 11th and 12th Reacher novels out, the 11th "Bad Luck and Trouble" is available in paperback and the 12th "Nothing to Lose" is in hardback.

A big thanks for jogging my memory about Big Jack.:D

whydoIneedatech

08-10-2008 09:23

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Azincourt by Bernard Cornwell

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cimt	08-10-2008 10:13

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Dexter in the Dark by Jeff Lindsay.

smeagoly1

08-10-2008 14:56

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Centurion by Simon Scarow :) One of a great series of books. Macro you just have to love that character.

Sort of roman centurion guy that comes out with the saying "look cato, at my new girlfriend, then slaps her on the bum.....her name is Bodacea " you just so want to say "DOH!"

Just finished reading for the umpteenth time "ringworld" and "ringworld engineers" excellent sci-fi deom Lary Niven. If your into top quality sci-fi all his books are a must.

dilli-theclaw

28-10-2008 23:09

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Having been very dissapointed by 3001 I am now working my way through Mars, Return to Mars and Mars Life by Ben Bova :)

whydoIneedatech

28-10-2008 23:13

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https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2008/10/7.jpg Contest by Matthew Reilly, author of the Scarecrow series

Help!!!

28-10-2008 23:24

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One Blood-John Heale Its about modern street gangs in the UK, good book!!

dilli-theclaw

28-10-2008 23:30

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Oh, I forgot to say I thought 2010 was a better book thatn 2001... 2061 I thought was just ok but 3001 will make a good set of coasters ;)

sherer

29-10-2008 09:34

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i'm reading Pacific Vortex by Clive Cussler the first Dirk Pitt book he wrote.

Not very high brow literature but a great read and nice to read something without having to think too much for a change

Just finished Conquest of Peru by Pedro Cieza de Leon a very good book and onlt just available in English

dilli-theclaw

05-11-2008 23:43

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I just got all of Micheal Palin's travel books on audio cd from the library so I'm working my way through them now :)

Thankfully one of the perks I get is that I get them out far longer than normal ;)

Just as well really they do seem quite long. :)

whydoIneedatech

05-11-2008 23:45

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Mal	05-11-2008 23:46

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No Country for Old Men - Cormac McCarthy

Very good book and it is good to see that the film kept mostly to the book.

Mick Fisher

06-11-2008 01:33

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I loved the film of No Country........Never read the book though.

The Wine of Angels - Phil Rickman

sherer

06-11-2008 10:23

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just started reading Vixen 03 by Clive Cussler one of the Dirk Pitt adventure books and very good so far.

tweetypie/8

06-11-2008 10:42

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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!

the bourne sanction brilliant.

Hugh	09-11-2008 17:54

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Nation - Terry Pratchett
The Temporal Void - Peter F Hamilton

Maggy

09-11-2008 20:12

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Reading Sharpe's Escape by Bernard Cornwell.

It's the third time of trying because I keep 'losing' it because when I put it down mid read and it has a tendency to 'disappear'. :mad:

Hom3r

09-11-2008 20:33

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The last Human - Doug Naylor (Red Dwarf book)

Mr_love_monkey

09-11-2008 21:13

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Maggy J (Post 34672042)

Reading Sharpe's Escape by Bernard Cornwell.

It's the third time of trying because I keep 'losing' it because when I put it down mid read and it has a tendency to 'disappear'. :mad:

So Sharpe's Escape is true to the title then?

Russ	09-11-2008 21:15

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The Stone Cold Truth by wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin - should finish that by tonight then I'm moving on to The Ghost by Robert Harris.

dilli-theclaw

28-11-2008 11:24

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Woohoo - I just got the novelisations of all three of the original series of Star Trek on 3 Daisy cd's from the RNIB :)

over 60 hours of trek :)

moiraf100

28-11-2008 11:26

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Almost finished John Grisham's The Verdict.

sherer

28-11-2008 11:49

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currently reading The Idiot by Dostoyevsky. Very good so far but only just started it.

Angua

28-11-2008 14:00

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Shadow Isle by Katherine Kerr 14th Deverry based book. :shocked:

Mick Fisher

28-11-2008 20:34

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The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi.

2nd in the 4 book Old Mans War SF series.

Hugh	28-11-2008 21:43

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Ragamuffin (sequel to Crystal Rain) - Tobias Bucknell
Worlds - Joe Haldeman
The Moat around Murcheson's Eye - Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle

Tezcatlipoca

19-12-2008 00:14

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Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy.

(complete set in one volume)

Currently on "Northern Lights".

Alien

27-12-2008 11:16

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I've just finished reading Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow. An interesting, if at times somewhat disturbing read.

rogerdraig

27-12-2008 13:31

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Brisingr ( Christopher Poalini ) and its as good as the first two

moiraf100

27-12-2008 13:50

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Terry Wogan - Is it me

Raistlin

27-12-2008 13:51

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Fuzzing: Brute Force Vulnerability Discovery

dilli-theclaw

27-12-2008 16:44

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Well I did just read Colony by Rob Grant, I didn't think it was very good to be honest though but that was probably more to do with the narrator.

I am just about to start on volume one of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows tonight :(

shredder

30-12-2008 12:16

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I've just read James Frey's 'A Million Little Pieces' and 'Mr Friend Leonard' I thouroughly enjoyed them both, just a shame they were exposed on Oprah as not being his true memoirs! A good read nontheless!

whydoIneedatech

30-12-2008 12:39

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http://www.whsmith.co.uk/Images/Prod...489849_m_f.jpg Not a bad read, got the Twilght saga to read next.

moiraf100

02-01-2009 12:59

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The Treatment - Mo Hayder

dilli-theclaw

03-01-2009 03:33

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The RNIB just sent me the cardinal at the kremlin

bayonet

03-01-2009 07:52

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Normally anything by Michael Connelly in the Harry Bosch series just read the latest The Brass Target pretty good. At the the moment I'm reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

shredder

03-01-2009 13:27

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Originally Posted by bayonet (Post 34708444)

Normally anything by Michael Connelly in the Harry Bosch series just read the latest The Brass Target pretty good. At the the moment I'm reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Ahh to Kill A Mocking Bird, I love that book!

bayonet

03-01-2009 14:17

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Yes ploughing my way through it need a good couple of hours peace to finish it

Will21st

03-01-2009 14:54

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Vincent Bugliosi - Helter Skelter 10/10

my god,what a read...:shocked:

Manson and his so-called familiy were nuttier than nuts,complete psychos.The true crime book bar none,imho.

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sherer

03-01-2009 17:02

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currently reading The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Very good book so far but not fully got going yet

Alien

08-01-2009 11:14

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Just finished Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson.

Aragorn

08-01-2009 11:45

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Almost finished 'Fatal Revenant' by Stephen Donaldson - not for the faint-hearted - over 700 pages of typical Covenant twists and turns and the usual dose of dictionary reguritation.
If you enjoyed the previous Covenant books it's good.

Hugh	26-02-2009 22:25

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Just got my latest batch from Amazon (don't forget to click through from the CF site).

Charles Stross - The Hidden Family
Charles Stross - The Clan Corporate
Andrew Collins - Heaven knows I'm miserable now
Cory Doctorow - Little Brother
Malcolm Gladwell - Blink
The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 21
Iain M. Banks - Matter
S.M.Stirling - The Sunrise Lands
Richard Morgan - The Steel Remains
John Varley - Rolling Thunder

and to listen to, whilst I am reading these -

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
FM - Original Film Soundtrack
Carpenters - Gold

(late Christmas presents to myself)

lucy7

02-03-2009 18:59

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I am nearly at the end of A Thousand Spendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.

What a book, it is so sad but a compelling read, I am a tough cookie, but it has reduced me to tears at times!
It is a story of physical and emotional violence, despair, but also hope of a better life.

It is so well written, just as good as his first book The Kite Runner.

cimt	02-03-2009 19:35

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Dexter By Design, the newest book released by Jeff Lindsay in the Dexter books.

dilli-theclaw

02-03-2009 22:35

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the time ships (sequel to the time machine) stepeh Baxter.

Dunno what it's luke yet but RNIB reccomended it.

sherer

03-03-2009 09:02

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not sure if i have updated this by reading The Idiot by Dostoyvesky. I've got 50 pages to go and still no one has been murdered or blackmailed yet

Stephen

03-03-2009 09:14

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The Watchmen graphic novel as I wanted to read it again before seeing the Movie at the weekend.

Hugh	04-03-2009 22:38

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Originally Posted by Stephen (Post 34744026)

The Watchmen graphic novel as I wanted to read it again before seeing the Movie at the weekend.

Yup - me too.:)

dilli-theclaw

31-03-2009 19:59

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Well after watching the Tripods DVD's

I have just listened to the main three books (didn't really want to spoil it with 'when the tripods came')

Followed by The Rats (First James Herbert bookd I've read)

I listened to Space Cadet (Heinlein) last night.

And tonight I am going to listen to Rocketship Galileo (Which is apprently what destination moon was loosly based on)

Tomorrow's book is Portent by James Herbert.

Peter_

31-03-2009 21:40

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The biography of Dave Allen.

Russ	01-04-2009 11:50

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FHM

dilli-theclaw

01-04-2009 19:16

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Russ B (Post 34766543)

FHM

Now there's a magazine that i'd like in a tactile format :)

lucy7

01-04-2009 22:07

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The Gargoyle
By Andrew Davidson.

Very good book, havent a clue what its all about yet, and I am nearly at the end!
It all reads really well, and cant wait to get to the end, to finds what the wierd stuff is all about!

xocemp

01-04-2009 23:47

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Paradise lost.
Milton John.

fireman328

02-04-2009 14:19

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I am reading a letter from my local council telling me that Easter is coming and the refuse collection may not be on its regular day. Every person in my area has had one of these, they were delivered first class by mail. I am fuming !

dilli-theclaw

03-04-2009 21:41

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The Jefferson Bible :)

lucy7

03-04-2009 21:42

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Originally Posted by Jefferson T (Post 34768182)

The Jefferson Bible :)

Oh my God...really????:)

dilli-theclaw

03-04-2009 21:44

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Yes indeed.

It was one of the bibles you can get in DAISY for free, so I thought why not :)

Also working my way through the koran too.

dilli-theclaw

16-04-2009 15:58

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The Death of Grass.... Very hard to get hold of, but since hearing about it on a documentary about John Christopher, I am certainly looking forward to hearing it :)

Hugh	16-04-2009 18:30

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Made into the film "No Blade Of Grass"

dilli-theclaw

16-04-2009 19:16

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Good stuff cheers - I'll have to keep an eye out to see when it's on.

Cobbydaler

16-04-2009 19:24

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Persian Fire by Tom Holland

History as it should be narrated, excellent...

Tezcatlipoca

16-04-2009 19:51

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I've just bought the latest "Jack Reacher" novel by Lee Child - "Gone Tomorrow".

Hom3r

16-04-2009 20:06

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next on my list in no particular order.

Airframe, Next, State of Fear all by Michael Crichton.

Hugh	16-04-2009 20:22

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Matt D (Post 34776935)

I've just bought the latest "Jack Reacher" novel by Lee Child - "Gone Tomorrow".

Thanks for the reminder - I will pop into Asda tomorrow.

At the mo, reading Blink by Malcolm Gladwell.

Tezcatlipoca

16-04-2009 20:28

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Quote:

Originally Posted by foreverwar (Post 34776955)

Thanks for the reminder - I will pop into Asda tomorrow.

That's where I got my copy. Â£9 hardback.

dilli-theclaw

07-05-2009 20:58

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My first foray into James Herbert books is nearly at a close with the conclusion of Domain.

Not sure what I'm going to read next, but I fancy something really apocolyptic. (Like The Stand I guess).

Tezcatlipoca

07-05-2009 21:02

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Ah, the "Rats" trilogy. Good stuff :tu:

I've got all three somewhere. Not read them in ages.

Peter_

07-05-2009 21:03

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The Whale Road by Robert Low. a tale of Vikings quite good

dilli-theclaw

07-05-2009 21:05

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Matt D (Post 34791049)

Ah, the "Rats" trilogy. Good stuff :tu:

I've got all three somewhere. Not read them in ages.

It had a good reader, and unsually, the rnib used the same guy for all three which was good :)

Apparently there was also a graphic novel 'The City' no good to me I guess, but if anyone's read it you could post the story line if you don't mind ;) Cheers.

edit - my sister just suggested 48 by the same authour so I've just orderd that.

Tezcatlipoca

07-05-2009 21:14

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Hmm. Didn't know about "The City".

http://www.amazon.co.uk/City-James-H.../dp/0330324713

Hugh	07-05-2009 23:16

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Gone Tomorrow - Lee Child
Long Lost - Harlan Coben
Generation Kill - Evan Wright

Will21st

08-05-2009 17:37

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Joe Pistone - Donnie Brasco

T.J. English - The Westies

Mick Fisher

08-05-2009 19:52

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Book 1 of Peter F Hamilton's Night Dawns Trilogy - The Reality Dysfunction.

Hugh	08-05-2009 23:00

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Originally Posted by Mick Fisher (Post 34791770)

Book 1 of Peter F Hamilton's Night Dawns Trilogy - The Reality Dysfunction.

Excellent choice (imho) - the next two are even better.

Mr_love_monkey

08-05-2009 23:44

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Originally Posted by foreverwar (Post 34791909)

Excellent choice (imho) - the next two are even better.

got to agree with you there....

gazzae

09-05-2009 01:14

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Into the Dark by Jonty Brown

Great Book

Quote:

"Into the Dark" offers a gripping insight into life in the RUC: the day-to-day reality of policing the streets of West Belfast during the dark days of the PIRA hunger strike, and what it was like to be a detective stationed in the "killing fields" of North Belfast during the 80s. The narrative lays bare some of the key terrorist personalities, as well as those operating within the Special Branch to pervert the course of justice as a means of asserting internal control.

Tezcatlipoca

18-05-2009 00:30

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I've just read...

"Vampire Apocalypse: A World Torn Asunder" by Derek Gunn

followed by:

"Vampire Apocalypse: Descent Into Chaos" by Derek Gunn

Great stuff. Recommended.

tweetypie/8

19-05-2009 15:09

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Graham (Post 233368)

angels and demons,imo very good better than the davinci code.

Hugh	19-05-2009 15:18

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Shadow of the Scorpion - Neal Asher

Scrubbs

19-05-2009 15:31

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Originally Posted by foreverwar (Post 34798216)

Shadow of the Scorpion - Neal Asher

good isn't it ?

I read "gridlinked" years ago but have just decided to read the whole series.
Which means buying gridlinked again and getting "the line of polity"
The rest of the "cormac" novels are lined up ready to go:)

"prador moon" wasn't too bad either

Hugh	19-05-2009 15:49

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Yup - got / read them all.

Didn't think much of "Cowl" (non-Polity), but liked the rest (including Hilldiggers, which is slightly Polity, but not Cormac).

Hugh	27-05-2009 16:45

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The Execution Channel - Ken McLeod
A Snowball in Hell - Christopher Brookmyre

Angua

27-05-2009 19:04

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Quote:

Originally Posted by foreverwar (Post 34803138)

The Execution Channel - Ken McLeod
A Snowball in Hell - Christopher Brookmyre

Like Christopher Brookmyre, especially " A Big Boy did it and Ran Away". :rofl:

Just finished Neil Gayman - Anansi Boys :D

Currently reading Jonathan Kellerman - Bones

lucy7

28-05-2009 20:06

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Lovely Bones, by Alice Seabold.

Great book, about a young rape and killing, the girl who gets killed sort of looks down from wherever and the book is written fron her perspective about how all the alive family deal with it, and the final justice coming to the killer.

Wierd topic, but so well written, it is actually a compulsive read!

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