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 Mar 25 2010, 12:14 AM
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Meow  Group: Senior Members Posts: 5,777 Joined: 7-October 04 From: Silverton, Devon Member No.: 2,416  |
QUOTE (Jessopjessopjessop @ Mar 10 2010, 02:08 PM)  I'm very excited. I bought Alastair Reynolds shiny new one, Terminal World today. Almost bought this but bought Drood by Dan Simmons (whose Ilium and Hyperion/Endymion saga I loved immensely) instead. It's a tale of Charles Dickens hunting a murderer and going a bit mad with his opium addicted friend.Haven't started it yet.QUOTE And I recently started 'Marrow' by Robert Reed, bought on the strength of a short story in an anthology I bought at Christmas. It's extremely weird, but good reading so far. I've read a few of his and enjoyed them. Is marrow the one with the ball of rock planetoid carrying whole species around in it? Good story. EDIT: Checked and it is. I also read Sister Alice, which I would also recommend. This post has been edited by Jubei: Mar 25 2010, 12:20 AM |
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Mar 25 2010, 11:01 AM
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Don't ever get a cat. Group: Senior Members Posts: 4,143 Joined: 29-March 05 From: 2nd Battalion, 506th. Member No.: 3,736 |
QUOTE (Jubei @ Mar 25 2010, 12:14 AM) Almost bought this but bought Drood by Dan Simmons (whose Ilium and Hyperion/Endymion saga I loved immensely) instead. It's a tale of Charles Dickens hunting a murderer and going a bit mad with his opium addicted friend.Haven't started it yet. It's really excellent, if a bit over-long. Takes a bit of time to get going, but then is really gripping. Currently reading Transition by Iain Banks, enjoying it so far, although it did take me time to realise it wasn't an Iain M Banks novel. |
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Mar 25 2010, 03:34 PM
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Meow Group: Senior Members Posts: 5,777 Joined: 7-October 04 From: Silverton, Devon Member No.: 2,416 |
QUOTE (Igmeister @ Mar 25 2010, 11:01 AM) It's really excellent, if a bit over-long. Takes a bit of time to get going, but then is really gripping. Cool, looking forward to starting it even more. QUOTE Currently reading Transition by Iain Banks, enjoying it so far, although it did take me time to realise it wasn't an Iain M Banks novel. I thought for a brief second you were saying there was a new 'M' book out. 
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Mar 25 2010, 11:54 PM
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I'm a poncey thrush. Group: Senior Members Posts: 6,602 Joined: 30-March 06 From: Undisclosed Member No.: 5,057 |
QUOTE (Sostie @ Mar 24 2010, 09:36 AM) Anyone finish the new Fforde yet? I'm starting it tonight. I've been reading The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell for a few days and I need a break from the depressing. |
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Mar 26 2010, 12:11 AM
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Space Cowboy Group: Blokes in Charge Posts: 14,558 Joined: 1-October 04 From: Mercy Member No.: 2,262 |
QUOTE (Jubei @ Mar 25 2010, 03:34 PM) I thought for a brief second you were saying there was a new 'M' book out. Nope, you've got the best part of a year to wait for Surface Detail. |
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Mar 26 2010, 02:21 PM
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The Truth Who The Eyes Met Before! Group: Senior Members Posts: 6,436 Joined: 6-December 05 From: 1995 Member No.: 4,725 |
Just finished War of the Worlds. Great stuff.
What next for me, guys? 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Call of Cthulhu, or A Study in Scarlet? |
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Mar 26 2010, 04:21 PM
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Addict Group: Senior Members Posts: 8,533 Joined: 16-February 05 From: La-La-La-London, UK Member No.: 3,423 |
Could I just ask, if anyone here happens to be out and about book buying in the London area over the next couple of weeks could you let me know if you chance upon A Pub Crawl Through History by Mike Pentelow and Peter Arkell. I'd like to get it for my dad's birthday next month.
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Mar 26 2010, 06:14 PM
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Mort Canard, Attorney at Law Group: Senior Members Posts: 1,985 Joined: 16-March 05 From: Land of Port Member No.: 3,661 |
Reading Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis, then going to move on to It Can't Happen Here and Elmer Gantry.
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Mar 26 2010, 10:38 PM
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Addict Group: Senior Members Posts: 2,364 Joined: 9-August 05 Member No.: 4,332 |
Reading "Beautiful Losers" by Leonard Cohen.
I just finished "The Late Hector Kipling" by David Thewlis (the dude who played the werewolf in the Harry Potters). Was good. The end made me quite sad. But books like that usually do. |
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Mar 27 2010, 03:26 PM
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All out of mercy today. Group: Senior Members Posts: 7,109 Joined: 30-November 05 From: Here to Eternity (Just outside Bolton) Member No.: 4,706 |
The local The Works has The Little Book Of Mornington Crescent for 2 quid. I can finally say goodbye to double inversions putting me in Nip.
I also bought The Pocket Book Of Boosh, Ultimate Spiderman - The Scripts, and Strontium Dog Vol 5. QUOTE (GundamGuy_UK @ Mar 26 2010, 02:21 PM) Just finished War of the Worlds. Great stuff. What next for me, guys? 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Call of Cthulhu, or A Study in Scarlet? I'm not a big fan of Verne, so maybe you should get that out of the way? |
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Mar 27 2010, 03:30 PM
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Smut by the Sea Group: Senior Members Posts: 18,671 Joined: 5-October 04 From: The North Member No.: 2,387 |
QUOTE (curtinparloe @ Mar 27 2010, 03:26 PM) The local The Works has The Little Book Of Mornington Crescent for 2 quid. I can finally say goodbye to double inversions putting me in Nip. The main bonus of my awful minimum wage job there during university was the access to some brilliantly obscure books - I bought my housemate the Babylon 5 Cookbook for 50p. |
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Mar 27 2010, 05:26 PM
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Space Cowboy Group: Blokes in Charge Posts: 14,558 Joined: 1-October 04 From: Mercy Member No.: 2,262 |
I had a surprise in Waterstone's this afternoon; whilst browsing the science fiction section I found a new John Wyndham novel!
Plan for Chaos is a previously unpublished, complete, Wyndham manuscript that was written at the same time as The Day of the Triffids. Of course, there may be a good reason why it hasn't been published before now, but I guess I'm going to find out because I've bought a copy! |
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Mar 27 2010, 06:49 PM
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dim view of human nature Group: Senior Members Posts: 7,217 Joined: 10-April 05 From: The Big Smoke, UK Member No.: 3,798 |
QUOTE (omni @ Mar 26 2010, 06:14 PM) Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis How's this going Pete? I got recommended Sinclair Lewis by an English teacher some years ago, is he as good as I'm led to believe? He's got a cracking name, at least. |
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Mar 30 2010, 07:37 PM
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Mort Canard, Attorney at Law Group: Senior Members Posts: 1,985 Joined: 16-March 05 From: Land of Port Member No.: 3,661 |
QUOTE (Hobbes @ Mar 27 2010, 02:49 PM) How's this going Pete? I got recommended Sinclair Lewis by an English teacher some years ago, is he as good as I'm led to believe? He's got a cracking name, at least. It's one of the better satires I've read in quite awhile. Just plowing thru the 1920's slang is fun in itself. I've downloaded a bunch of his stuff and I'm definitely going to read the rest if they're anywhere near as good as this one. |
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Apr 2 2010, 11:35 AM
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Don't ever get a cat. Group: Senior Members Posts: 4,143 Joined: 29-March 05 From: 2nd Battalion, 506th. Member No.: 3,736 |
Finished Transition by Iain Banks A very good novel, once the maze of the first 50 odd pages is unravelled. Makes you think about the kind of world that we live in and the people who run it, Banks' most political novel since 'Dead Air'. Definitely blurs the lines between his M and non-M output too.
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