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You can get The Six Sacred Stones in ASDA for £1 in the Sales aisle.

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The Engineer Reconditioned - Neil Asher

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:rofl: Nearest Asda is 20 miles away with no (useful to me) public transport.

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cableforum

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I am working my way through the zombie survival guide again, it is going to set me in good stead if I ever meet some of the members on here :)

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The Hacienda: How Not to Run a Club - Peter Hook
:D

Oh, and just finished The Lost City of Z - David Grann

Fascinating, some of the things they endured in the jungle are stomach churning...

And a pet rant here, bluddy publishers making Amazon charge nearly £2.50 MORE for the Kindle version than the paperback!

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just finished scott marianni's latest book the lost relic and its really good if you like action mixed with treasure hunt

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Now reading Powers by Ursula Le Guin

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Just started reading The Horus Heresy..........again :rolleyes:

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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. Saw it on BBC4 just before Christmas, so I thought that I would give the book a go.

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Im sure I read somewhere that e-book publishers retailers are being investigated about ebook price fixing, although i may be wrong.

Ahaa here it is
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02..._investigated/

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That book is so funny!! :D

You should try The Long, Dark Tea-time of the Soul as well... :)

---------- Post added at 18:08 ---------- Previous post was at 18:06 ----------

Thanks for that. Hope it will change the practice, but I won't hold my breath! ;)

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Reading Heartstone by C J Sansom.

First of the books I got for Xmas, only 5 more to go!!!!!

Fall of Giants - Ken Follett (could take months 850 pages)
Michael McIntyre's autobigraphy
Alan Sugar's biography
Botham's book of the Ashes
1000 Years of annoying the French - Stephen Clarke (might save that one for holiday in France later this year)

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Just finished re-reading

Designated Targets (World War 2.2)
Final Impact (World War 2.3)

both by John Birmingham

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Just finished Dean Koontz, key to midnight which he originally wrote under the name of Leigh Nichols, although shorter than the original its still quite gripping and dramatic cold war guy gets girl love story'ish type of book, not his normal fare but very good.

Just started Koontz's Whispers, pretty good so far.

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I haven't read Whispers in *years*. I used to love Koontz's stuff, especially the older books such as Watchers, Phantoms, Midnight, Strangers. Never really got on with his more recent stuff though.

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Bernard Cornwell - Gallows Thief.

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Yeah, I'm with you there - his old school horror/thrillers were great. Whispers is the one with the writer, right?

Haven't bothered with most of his new stuff since about 'From the corner of his eye'.

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Just finishing The Burning City by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournell. About to start The Secret Crown by Chris Kuzneski.

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Flicking between this and an EA Sports FIFA 11 forum.

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Following the Secret Crown read Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich & just finished The Mask of Troy by David Gibbins. Now half way through Where Death Delights by Bernard Knight. :D

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currently reading 'But can you drink the water?'

http://www.amazon.co.uk/But-Can-You-.../dp/B003PPCSJ8

can't say I'm overly impressed - it's not bad, it's just not great, but for 70p......

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half way through "the girl who kicked the hornets nest"
first book was good, second book not as good, third and last book too much fluff and filler, never mind, keep on truckin':)

trying to decide wether to reread an old favorite or start on something new, downloaded about 6000 so i am not short on choice;)

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The Junior Officers' Reading Club: Killing Time and Fighting Wars, by Patrick Hennessey

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I recommend this, I saw it on BBC Breakfast TV this morning and will be buying it.

The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz


http://www.play.com/Books/Books/4-/1...rlrefer=search

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

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That reminds me - must get Lost Souls - Frankenstein book 4 by Dean Koontz.


Helpfully the ebook isn't available in the UK so...

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Just finished

The Last Centurions - John Ringo (a good military SF title ruined by Tea-Party polemic)
Laugh Lines - Ben Bova
The Engineer Re-conditioned - Neal Asher
Guardians of the Phoenix - Eric Brown
Leviathan - David Golemon
For The Win - Cory Doctorow
Split Image - Robert Parker
The Professional - Robert Parker
Alternate Generals - Harry Turtledove)

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Just finished

Engineering Infinity - edited by Jonathan Strahan
Child of Fire - Harry Connolly
Moondust - Andrew Smith
D-Day - Stephen E. Ambrose
Dreams From My Father - Barack Obama

Just started

Game of Cages - Harry Connolly

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Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin.

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Just finished :

The Whisperers - John Connolly
The Lovers - John Connolly
The Reapers - John Connolly
The Unquiet - John Connolly
All the Pretty Girls - J.T. Ellison
The Last 10 Seconds - Simon Kernick

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Deep Six - Jack McDevitt

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Bit of a mouthfull:

The Horse, the Wheel and Language - how bronze age riders from the Eurasian steppes shaped the modern world

fascinating but a wee bit archeology heavy once you get into the meat of the text.

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1984 by george orwell i LOVE that novel:)

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Chindi - Jack McDevitt

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Matter - Iain M. Banks
Legacy of Heorot - Niven, Pournelle & Barnes
Audacity of Hope - Barack Obama
Bossypants - Tina Fey
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom - Cory Doctorow

What are you currently reading?
 

I didn’t see a post anywhere on the first page for this or when I searched, so I figured I would start a thread of my own!

What book are you currently reading? Or what was the most recent book that you have read? I myself have just started reading a book called Drylor The First Artifact. It is an Action/Fantasy book created by Ryan Tomasella. So far it is actually damn good, it is a story about a man that suffers amnesia and struggles to regain his memory. As his memory starts to come back to him he realizes that his brother is an evil S.o.b and he makes it his mission to stop him.

It seems like a fairly generic story line but the author makes it his own. There are tons of twists and turns in the story (mainly when the main character thinks he remembers something from his past he realizes that it was only an illusion that his brother wanted him to think was true.) I must say I am really impressed with this book, then again I read almost anything that involved sword and sorcery. Below is the cover of the book and what the back of the book reads.

http://almarsguides.com/Almar's%20Stuff/Drylor.jpg

When a man wakes up inside a cage that is being carried through
an underground city, he has no idea where he is or what has
happened to him. As Von, a victim of amnesia, is taken to a jail
cell to await his fate amongst elves, humans, dwarfs, gnomes, and
halflings, he is told he is a member of the Royal Guard of Genisus.
It is not long before he is transported to the palace where he
meets an impatient king who eventually returns him to his jail
cell while deciding his destiny.

As Von’s memory slowly returns, he discovers that he is the only
one who can protect Drylor—a world that abandoned him—
from its greatest evil, his own brother. Through his journey to the
truth, Von meets an unlikely group of friends who are willing
to sacrifice everything to help him stop his brother Scarlet
from annihilating the only world they have ever known.

As Von’s past becomes clear and reveals his future, he soon
realizes the only way he can end his brother’s heartless
massacres is to find him and kill him.

The book is for sale through all major online retailers, so you can buy a copy from Amazon, Barnes and Nobles or any other book retailers. If you're too lazy to look it up then here is a link to the barnes and nobles website where you can place an order:

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Dry...+artifact#TABS

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Omega - Jack McDevitt

Engines Of God Series Book 4.

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Man-Kzin Wars XII - Larry Niven (et al)
Armor - John Steakley (worst SF book I have ever read)
Watching Trees Grow / The Demon Trap - Peter F. Hamilton
The Dragons Of Heorot - Niven, Pournelle, Barnes

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A Game of Thrones - George R. R. Martin


I love the TV series, but keep spoiling things for myself by reading character entries & things on Wikipeda. So, I decided I should just read the book. If I'm going to spoiler the TV series for myself, I should do it properly.

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are they short stories?

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Chapbooks (about 100 odd pages each).

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Where is Mr Lovemonkey when you need him, see above.:D:D:D

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The President's Vampire -Richard Farnsworth
Jumper -Steven Gould
Reflex -Steven Gould

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I didn't actually start this until yesterday. I got stuck into it on a long train journey, & kept on reading once I was home. Halfway already! Really enjoying it. I'm glad I already have book two ("A Clash of Kings") sitting ready for me next.

The actual "The President's Vampire" (book two), or the first "President's Vampire" book by Farnsworth, "Blood Oath"?

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The second one (already got the first one) - a friend bought it in the States when he was over there at the end of April, and let me read it when he had finished it.

It's very good.

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Ah, cool.

The UK edition isn't out until July :(

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The nutritional information on the side of a box of cereal

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War of the Worlds Aftermath.

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Odyssey - Jack McDevitt

Engines Of God Series - Book 05

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Have started reading a series by Barbara Hambly about Benjamin January freed slave in 19th Century New Orleans.
Interesting character..Educated in Oxford,a surgeon,piano player and a damned good detective but who has to know his 'place'.

Currently reading The Shirt on His Back and finished Dead and Buried which I thoroughly recommend.

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I've just finished reading Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine.

Nothing in it is all that surprising, given capitalists' attitudes today, but believe me, it's one hell of an eye-opener. It certainly gives one a new perspective on the Iraq war, 9/11, the "War on Terror", Katrina and other crises. I wonder if the World Bank, the US Treasury and/or the International Monetary Fund are going to try shock therapy in Japan, and what'll happen if they do. Hopefully they've learned from their mistakes in the countries where it was applied but the people have since recovered from the shock. But I doubt it.

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Sahib: The British Soldier in India 1750-1914 by Richard Holmes

Reading it as part of some research I'm doing and it puts a fair few things into perspective. Certainly puts you "there" brilliantly written up to now.

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Manchester: Looking for the Light through the Pouring Rain

Brilliant pictures of the Manchester music scene over the last 30 years...

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... Which I am now around 2/3 of the way through...

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The Tales Of Alvin Maker
By Orson Scott Card
Book 6
The Crystal City

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Let me remind you this IS a thread about reading...

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Man-Kzin Wars XII - Larry Niven et al
After America - John Birmingham
A Darker Geometry (Man-Kzin war stories) - Gregory Benford & Mark D Martin
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter - Seth Grahame-Smith (meh....)
Fuzzy Nation - John Scalzi
Storm Prey - John Sandford
The Hedge Knight - George R R Martin (short prequel to the series A Song of Ice and Fire, set about 100 years before A Game Of Thrones).
Africa Zero - Neal Asher

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John Ringo - Citadel

Book 2 of Troy Rising.

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The Psychopath Test - Jon Ronson

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Voodoo Histories - David Aaronovitch

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I'm fairly positive Mr LM reads..;)

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Finnegan’s Wake - James Joyce

How to Read a Hard Book - Mortimer J. Adler

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Due to recent news events - The zombie survival guide :)

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Memories of Steam by Tom Quinn and The Power of the Deltic's

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I do, though usually just the problem pages in trendy women's magazines

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Hi All,

I am ashamed to say I do not read much, but have decided it is time I did,
so while I've been out shopping today I've picked up a copy of..........
'The Mayan Conspiracy' by Graham Brown,

as I know nothing of Author's does any member rate him or this book ?

Thank's

Tosh.

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Did you mean you look at the pictures in magazines featuring women?

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Carte Blanche - Jeffery Deaver

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The fall from Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan, book 2 of the Strain trilogy.

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World of Ptavvs - Larry Niven
Best Military Science Fiction of the 20th Century - edited by Harry Turtledove
Other Earths - edited by Nick Gevers
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen R. Covey
The New Leaders: Transforming the Art of Leadership - Daniel Goleman
Leading in a Culture of Change - Michael Fullan

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This thread:erm::D:D:D:D

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ringworld series(Larry Niven) half through ringworld engineers..(It's been a while since I read them all)

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The Dark Side Of The Sun - Terry Pratchett
The Best Science Fiction Twenty-Sixth Annual - Edited by Gardner Dozois
Starry Rift - Edited by Jonathan Strahan
Year's Best SF15 - Edited by David G. Hartwell

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Jack McDevitt - Seeker,

3rd Book in the Alex Benedict series.

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A Dance With Dragons - George R. R. Martin :D

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the last heretic - the horus heresy series

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Paddington Station through time.
Along Country lines by Paul Atterbury.

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Darkly Dreaming Dexter, by Jeff Lindsay.

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Louder Than Words - Joe Navarro

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Just finished
The New Hugo Winners - Isaac Asimov (ed)
Year's Best SF 13 - David Hartwell (ed)
Year's Best SF 14 - David Hartwell (ed)
Wastelands: stories of the Apocalypse - John Joseph Adams (ed)

Just started
In the Plex (How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives) - Steven Levy

And my holiday reading is
Just a Geek - Will Wheaton
Outliers - Malcolm Gladwell
Naked Heat - Richard Castle
and the five books of A Song of Ice and Fire - George R R Martin

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Just finished American Gods by Neil Gaiman.

Interesting take on the whole idea of where belief comes from, self sacrifice and the quirks of America.

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Is that the actor who was in Stand By Me and Star Trek ?

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yes it is.

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Just finished The Suspicions of Mr Whicher - Kate Summerscale

Now reading The Moonstone - Wilkie Collins, apparently influenced by the Road Hill House case...

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They released the fiction books by fictional author Richard Castle played by Nathan Fillion (Firefly) in the series Castle?

That's GOT to be surreal to say the least.

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This week's light reading:

The Origins of the Slavic Nations: Premodern Identities in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus - Serhii Plokhy

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The Hunger Games

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Just finished Nemesis : http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nemesis-Jo-N...2492278&sr=1-1


and am now on 'Memories of the Future' : http://www.amazon.co.uk/Memories-Fut...2492202&sr=1-1

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mcts

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is that the new offering from McDonalds?

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No.its the book name that am reading..........:rolleyes:

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emotions revealed - dr. paul ekman

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Just finished

7th Sigma - Steven Gould
Solaris Book of New Science Fiction: Volume 2 - ed. George Mann
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse - ed. John Joseph Adams
Godlike Machines - ed. Johnathan Strahan
I am America (and so can you!) - Stephen Colbert
A Game of Thrones - George R. R. Martin
A Clash of Kings - George R. R. Martin


Reading now
A Storm of Swords - George R. R. Martin

Reading next
A Feast of Crows - George R. R. Martin
A Dance with Dragons - George R. R. Martin

(a bit of a theme emerging, methinks....)

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The Executioner by Chris Carter. So far so good.

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Diving Into The Wreck - Kristine Kathryn Rusch

1st book in the Diving Universe series.

And no, it's not it's not an undersea adventure. :)

Boss loves to dive historical ships, derelict spacecraft found adrift in the blackness between the stars. Sometimes she salvages for money, but mostly she's an active historian. She wants to know about the past - to experience it firsthand. Once she's dived the ship, she'll either leave it for others to find or file a claim so that she can bring tourists to dive it as well. It's a good life for a tough loner, with more interest in artifacts than people.

Then one day, Boss finds the claim of a lifetime: an enormous spacecraft, incredibly old, and apparently Earth-made. It's impossible for something so old, built in the days before Faster Than Light travel, to have journeyed this far from Earth. It shouldn't be here. It can't be here. And yet, it is. Boss's curiosity is up, and she's determined to investigate. She hires a group of divers to explore the wreck with her, the best team she can assemble.

But some secrets are best kept hidden, and the past won't give up its treasures without exacting a price in blood. What Boss finds could rewrite history, cost lives, and start an intergalactic war.

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Just finished "The Devil's star" by Jo Nesbo

Am now working through "How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe" by Charles Yu

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Stephen King 'Under the Dome' only 871 pages to go! :D

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Just finished "A Dance With Dragons" by George RR Martin, and so have read all five books so far in the "Song of Ice and Fire" series - approx 4,600 pages in just over five weeks, and it was worth it; never predictable and always enjoyable.

Only problem is that, going on the last book's delivery time, I've got six years to wait until the next one comes out....

Now reading "Hammered" by Elizabeth Bear, and "The Departure" by Neal Asher.

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Just finished "A Storm of Swords" (book 3 in the Song of Ice and Fire series) absolutely loved it, had to re-read some sections thinking I'd misread it.

Really compelling.. About to start book 4!

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Harry Turtledove - Colonisation 01 - Second Contact