20-04-2016, 15:07
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Re: What are you reading?
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You can read it on it's own, but it's more enjoyable if you know the backstory and the characters.
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I suppose that's why they give it away, to get you to buy the previous books if you enjoy it.
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20-04-2016, 16:15
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Re: What are you reading?
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I suppose that's why they give it away, to get you to buy the previous books if you enjoy it.
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Also, he's trying to move more into self-publishing, and this helps him gather some email addresses to contact when new stuff comes out (he's been quite open and honest about it, and in return we get freebies/early access to stuff).
Markos Kloos did the same with his e-arc of his latest MilSF Book.
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18-11-2017, 00:28
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Re: What are you reading?
Just finished Artemis by Andy Weir (The Martian) - really good fun.
Also the latest Jack Reacher book, Midnight Line, and the latest in the Charlie Stross ‘Laundry Files’ series, The Delirium Brief - both enjoyable in different ways.
Now reading The Cuban Affair by Nelson DeMille, and The Road to Little Dribbling by Bill Bryson.
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10-01-2018, 20:15
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Re: What are you reading?
Just read -
Fire and Fury - Michael Wolff
Points of Impact - Markos Kloo (6th in a MilSF series Frontlines)
The Punch Escrow - Tal Klein
Year One - Mora Roberts (a bit ‘The Stand’ish)
Reading now
Robots vs Fairies (anthology)
Places in the Darkness - Christopher Brookmyre
Sea of Rust - C. Robert Cargill
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12-01-2018, 13:29
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Re: What are you reading?
The Silmarillion.
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17-04-2018, 23:24
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Re: What are you reading?
Just read -
Command Authority - Tom Clancy (re-read)
Dark State - Charles Stross
The Guns Above - Robyn Bennis
Emergence - David R Palmer
Deep State - Christopher Farnsworth
Flashmob - Christopher Farnsworth
Reading now
A Higher Loyalty- James Comey
Head On - John Scalzi
New York 2140 - Kim Stanley Robinson
Autonomous - Annalee Newitz
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20-04-2018, 21:32
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Re: What are you reading?
Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life. Dr Helen Czerski.
Great fun and thought-provoking.
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20-04-2018, 22:50
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Re: What are you reading?
Just finished Michael Connelly - Black Box (Harry Bosch series)
Before that it was Sea of Rust (Cargill) which I thought was an excellent read 
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21-04-2018, 00:09
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Re: What are you reading?
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Just finished Michael Connelly - Black Box (Harry Bosch series)
Before that it was Sea of Rust (Cargill) which I thought was an excellent read |
Agreed 
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25-04-2018, 12:37
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Re: What are you reading?
I'm considering 'The Expanse' series by James S A Corey
Has anyone read these books? If so, is it a series that keeps you wanting more or one of those that starts struggling after the first few books?
Cheers for any info
edit: been backreading this thread and noticed you've read a couple Hugh . . so I'm going to go for them
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25-04-2018, 12:42
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Re: What are you reading?
Just finished C.S.Lewis vs the New Atheists - Peter Williams
Now reading Theistic Evolution: A Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Critique by J. P. Moreland and others.
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25-04-2018, 13:33
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Re: What are you reading?
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Originally Posted by Carth
I'm considering 'The Expanse' series by James S A Corey
Has anyone read these books? If so, is it a series that keeps you wanting more or one of those that starts struggling after the first few books?
Cheers for any info
edit: been backreading this thread and noticed you've read a couple Hugh . . so I'm going to go for them |
I've read them all, I found book 4 a bit of a slog, rest were great, go for it. New one out in Dec
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25-04-2018, 14:01
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Re: What are you reading?
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I've read them all, I found book 4 a bit of a slog, rest were great, go for it. New one out in Dec
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excellent cheers, that's my evening* sorted then 
* after todays 2 to 10 shift anyway
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05-01-2019, 23:23
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Re: What are you reading?
Read recently
Too Much Time (short story) - Lee Child
Lies Sleeping (Rivers of London series) - Ben Aaronovitch
Past Tense - Lee Child
The Labyrinth Index - Charles Stross
Falling Free - Lois McMaster Bujold
Thin Air - Richard K Morgan
The Consuming Fire - John Scalzi
This Is Going To Hurt - Adam Kay (very funny)
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Vietnam, An Epic Tragedy - Max Hastings
Stories of the Law and How It’s Broken - "The Secret Barrister"
The Soldier - Neal Asher
Embers of War - Gareth L Powell
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12-01-2019, 10:32
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Re: What are you reading?
I wish this thread was more active.
Currently reading The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy.
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