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DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38467

Grim... wrote:

I'm started that book by DavPaz's mate. Like, the first two pages. It's okay so far

A third of the way through now and it's a bit... Dry.

And, although it seems to pride itself on the technical knowledge of guns and stuff (especially its spelling of Five-seveN) it makes some blundering errors about how you'd actually use them (look out for Our Hero keeping several handguns around his house that have had full magazines for years, meaning they almost certainly wouldn't work, and getting shot by an armour-piercing bullet that was slowed down enough by toughened glass to knock him out but not break the skin

).

Still, I'm plodding through.

Did I mention I hadn't read it?

Sounds about right though. He's a very details oriented kinda guy

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

Slightly Green wrote:

Pundabaya wrote:

Currently reading: 'Hyperion' by Dan Simmons. Current thoughts: bloody good!

Have you got all 3? or just the first, it is bloody brilliant from start to finish.

I've already bought the second, no doubt I'll end up with all four.

kalmar · **Posted:** Fri Mar 15, 2013 8:21

Pundabaya wrote:

Currently reading: 'Hyperion' by Dan Simmons. Current thoughts: bloody good!

I read the first paragraph and gave up in disgust.

Kern · **Posted:** Fri Mar 15, 2013 8:24

Finished the 'Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass' (Gutenberg link). It's a pretty graphic description of slave life in 19th century America. He reserves his biggest scorn for the most pious, as they were often the cruellest.

Recommended.

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

I'm now halfway through "Fall of Hyperion", and I'm enjoying the hell out of it.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Mar 20, 2013 14:39

DavPaz wrote:

Grim... wrote:

I'm started that book by DavPaz's mate. Like, the first two pages. It's okay so far

A third of the way through now and it's a bit... Dry.

And, although it seems to pride itself on the technical knowledge of guns and stuff (especially its spelling of Five-seveN) it makes some blundering errors about how you'd actually use them (look out for Our Hero keeping several handguns around his house that have had full magazines for years, meaning they almost certainly wouldn't work, and getting shot by an armour-piercing bullet that was slowed down enough by toughened glass to knock him out but not break the skin

).

Still, I'm plodding through.

Did I mention I hadn't read it?

Sounds about right though. He's a very details oriented kinda guy

Struggling a bit with it now ?:|

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Wed Mar 20, 2013 15:24

Grim... wrote:

DavPaz wrote:

Grim... wrote:

I'm started that book by DavPaz's mate. Like, the first two pages. It's okay so far

A third of the way through now and it's a bit... Dry.

And, although it seems to pride itself on the technical knowledge of guns and stuff (especially its spelling of Five-seveN) it makes some blundering errors about how you'd actually use them (look out for Our Hero keeping several handguns around his house that have had full magazines for years, meaning they almost certainly wouldn't work, and getting shot by an armour-piercing bullet that was slowed down enough by toughened glass to knock him out but not break the skin

).

Still, I'm plodding through.

Did I mention I hadn't read it?

Sounds about right though. He's a very details oriented kinda guy

Struggling a bit with it now ?:|

Moreso than you did with The Hunger?

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Mar 20, 2013 15:59

Dear God, no.

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

Latest book I've read worth mentioning was Edward Abbey's "The Brave Cowboy". Seriously hard to put down thought provoking adventure story.

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11843

currently reading Rise of Neon (Neonomicon Vol 1) http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rise-Neon-Neono ... B00AKTT13S, and you know what, it is actually pretty good. It could do with slowing down, and the amount of time a DI gets off while leading a multiple murder case seems a little incorrect, but the writing style is good, and the story pretty interesting, particularly if you know Manchester.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Thu Mar 21, 2013 20:43

What an odd month... I have to organise:-

A funeral
A birthday Party for a 4 year old
A stag do

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Thu Mar 21, 2013 20:53

KovacsC wrote:

What an odd month... I have to organise:-

A funeral
A birthday Party for a 4 year old
A stag do

Who's that by?

KovacsC · **Posted:** Thu Mar 21, 2013 21:56

Goddess Jasmine wrote:

KovacsC wrote:

What an odd month... I have to organise:-

A funeral
A birthday Party for a 4 year old
A stag do

Who's that by?

Not all for the same day :DD

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Mar 21, 2013 22:39

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11843

He's an American Indian author.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:31

Sorry wrong thread.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:19

It is the less funny version of 4 weddings and a funeral....

Kern · **Posted:** Fri Mar 22, 2013 13:47

Read Wilde's 'Picture of Dorian Gray' last week. I got a little bored by it.

MaliA · **Posted:** Sat Mar 23, 2013 10:05

My friend wrote an excellent piece in the Independent.

Kern · **Posted:** Sat Mar 23, 2013 17:19

MaliA wrote:

My friend wrote an excellent piece in the Independent.

Really good piece - thanks for sharing.

MaliA · **Posted:** Sat Mar 23, 2013 18:07

Kern wrote:

MaliA wrote:

My friend wrote an excellent piece in the Independent.

Really good piece - thanks for sharing.

I recall meeting the guy. He was all that.

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

Hyperion Cantos finished. It were really good, though the last book dragged a wee bit. And they kind of 'did in the wizard' with regards to the Shrike.

nickachu · **Posted:** Tue Apr 09, 2013 1:39

I recently finished Born to Run by Christopher McDougall the other day. Really good read, both on the story of the race they took part in as well as the science behind running.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Tue Apr 09, 2013 9:30

Just finished 'Trickster' by Jeff Somers.

Entertaining urban fantasy where people can use magic, but only by using blood.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Tue Apr 09, 2013 9:32

I am on to my last Jack Reacher book. Any suggestions for my next auther ?

Curiosity · **Posted:** Tue Apr 09, 2013 10:03

KovacsC wrote:

I am on to my last Jack Reacher book. Any suggestions for my next auther ?

My Dad likes Jack Reacher books, and is also a fan of Vince Flynn.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Apr 09, 2013 12:10

KovacsC wrote:

I am on to my last Jack Reacher book. Any suggestions for my next auther ?

Not DavPaz's friends.

You could give the Jack Daniels series of books by J A Konrath. This is the first one:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Whiskey-Sour-Th ... 00BBE4BFE/
Not really the same as Reacher but they're detective books and they're bloody good (and funny).

Or, if you've not read them yet, the Ex-heroes books are good (zombies and super heroes, and super heroes that have been turned into zombies). Here's the first one of them:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ex-Heroes-Ex-He ... B00C2SNSJI

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38467

Grim... wrote:

KovacsC wrote:

I am on to my last Jack Reacher book. Any suggestions for my next auther ?

Not DavPaz's friends.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22276

Struggling through the third book in the Painted Man trilogy. The first two were great, but this one seems very poorly written and very boring by comparison!

Slightly Green · **Joined:** 26th Aug, 2010 **Posts:** 2069

Trooper wrote:

Struggling through the third book in the Painted Man trilogy. The first two were great, but this one seems very poorly written and very boring by comparison!

yeh?

I thoroughly enjoyed it

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22276

Slightly Green wrote:

Trooper wrote:

Struggling through the third book in the Painted Man trilogy. The first two were great, but this one seems very poorly written and very boring by comparison!

yeh?

I thoroughly enjoyed it

I think my main issue is that he has started writing a lot more in dialect, which I detest with a passion.

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11843

I am reading a book at the moment where there is a Czech man speaking English, and he keep missing out the word 'the' in order to sound a bit Eastern European. It is annoying.

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Apr 09, 2013 12:57

Bobbyaro wrote:

I am reading a book at the moment where there is a Czech man speaking English, and he keep missing out the word 'the' in order to sound a bit Eastern European. It is annoying.

The Moon is a harsh mistress?

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Apr 09, 2013 14:36

Slightly Green wrote:

Trooper wrote:

Struggling through the third book in the Painted Man trilogy. The first two were great, but this one seems very poorly written and very boring by comparison!

yeh?

I thoroughly enjoyed it

Me too (although I'm only 70% through).

I did find the Dama'ting and nie'dama and all that jazz a bit confusing, but I got the hang of it now.

Hate Reena with a passion though, although I'm not sure why. Well jealous of Rojer

Slightly Green · **Joined:** 26th Aug, 2010 **Posts:** 2069

Grim... wrote:

Slightly Green wrote:

Trooper wrote:

Struggling through the third book in the Painted Man trilogy. The first two were great, but this one seems very poorly written and very boring by comparison!

yeh?

I thoroughly enjoyed it

Me too (although I'm only 70% through).

I did find the Dama'ting and nie'dama and all that jazz a bit confusing, but I got the hang of it now.

Hate Reena with a passion though, although I'm not sure why. Well jealous of Rojer

lol Rojer has grown from a annoying character to a man to envy

Am just waiting for the next book

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

think Arlen will end up batshit crazy chasing the queen around the core

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

Although am not sure what I think of the coreling princes using wards against the humans, for some reason that seemed a bit odd to me

**Edited for Spoiler, sorry Jazzy

Curiosity · **Posted:** Tue Apr 16, 2013 9:11

Just finished reading 'Redshirts' by John Scalzi.

Fabulous.

Very easy to read book based on the concept that a bunch of ensigns (in red shirts) on the flagship of a Star Trek style space federation start to realise that they get killed all the time for no reason, and decide to take action.

sdg · **Posted:** Thu Apr 18, 2013 19:08

[quote="Slightly Green"]

Am just waiting for the next book, think Arlen will end up batshit crazy chasing the queen around the core

/quote]
I've not finished the third book yet, so should this part here maybe also be included in the spoiler tag?
Also, I didn't realise a quote would show what's inside the spoiler tag, I can't believe I managed to delete it without letting my eyes focus

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

I'm nailing my way through 'The Laundry' series by Charlie Stross. Its great! Basically spy thriller mixed with Lovecraft.

TheCookie197 · **Joined:** 23rd Sep, 2010 **Posts:** 729

Just finished book 13 of the wheel of time. I love them!
I'm trying to get my hand on the 14th one, but It'll probably be a few days

I have really enjoyed them. The characters, the setting, everything.

If this last book doesn't live up to my expectations, I may go cry in a corner for a few years.

TheCookie197 · **Joined:** 23rd Sep, 2010 **Posts:** 729

Ehh... I managed to get my hands on it a lot faster than expected. and I just finished it. (I've been reading it since 5pm yesterday (Almost non-stop)) They were amazing books, and Sanderson was every bit as good as Jordan in writing. There are a few things that confused me/didn't make sense in the end, but all in all it was an amazing series, one that I will defiantly be reading again in the future.
It kinda annoys me how many things are left unknown, and we have no idea what comes next.

And I completely agree with what Slightly Green said in his spoiler.

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Apr 22, 2013 15:07

I read The Bubble Gum Thief last week - it was a "deal of the day" on Kindle and cost about £1.

It was really good - the lead is an FBI agent who suffers from anorexia, and beside being a good old detective / criminal yarn, it also gave me a good understanding of how horrific anorexia is. There are plenty more Dagny books, which I'm going to read next.

Read it, fuckers.

Oh, unless you've not read the Jack Daniels detective books, which are just as good, but with added funny, so read them first.

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

The Missing Postman by Mark Wallington was a pretty bloody good adventure story.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Mon Apr 22, 2013 19:52

Grim... wrote:

I read The Bubble Gum Thief last week - it was a "deal of the day" on Kindle and cost about £1.

It was really good - the lead is an FBI agent who suffers from anorexia, and beside being a good old detective / criminal yarn, it also gave me a good understanding of how horrific anorexia is. There are plenty more Dagny books, which I'm going to read next.

Read it, fuckers.

Oh, unless you've not read the Jack Daniels detective books, which are just as good, but with added funny, so read them first.

I am looking at the jack Daniels books next. 1/2 of the last jack reacher book to go

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Apr 23, 2013 14:57

A friend has written a second book about being a tramp, walking from Cornwall to London. Find it here.

Quote:

In the summer of 2011, Charlie found the school he taught at could not afford to renew his teaching contract. With no job and no money, but suddenly all the time in the world, he decided to travel from Cornwall to London in a peculiarly old-fashioned, quintessentially English and remarkably cheap way – as a tramp, on foot, sleeping rough. The journey was filled with colour, surprise and danger, and a range of memorable encounters – from Stan who once saved a boy from being raped but whose homelessness stemmed from a paralysing addiction, to Ian, who lived in a tent on Parliament Square. With a striking mix of travel and current affairs writing, No Fixed Abode sheds light on a side of the UK few ever see from within.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22276

Finished Anne Frank's diary, fucking hell. Incredibly well written for her age, enthralling and horrific.
If you haven't read it, I can't recommend reading it enough, as harrowing as it is as you get towards the end.

Slightly Green · **Joined:** 26th Aug, 2010 **Posts:** 2069

Trooper wrote:

Finished Anne Frank's diary, fucking hell. Incredibly well written for her age, enthralling and horrific.
If you haven't read it, I can't recommend reading it enough, as harrowing as it is as you get towards the end.

Have you read Adrian Mole? I think that is pretty similar to the Ann Frank book

It may not be similar

kalmar · **Posted:** Tue Apr 23, 2013 20:21

Trooper wrote:

Finished Anne Frank's diary, fucking hell. Incredibly well written for her age, enthralling and horrific.
If you haven't read it, I can't recommend reading it enough, as harrowing as it is as you get towards the end.

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

She wasn't a Belieber.

Kern · **Posted:** Tue Apr 23, 2013 20:25

kalmar wrote:

Trooper wrote:

Finished Anne Frank's diary, fucking hell. Incredibly well written for her age, enthralling and horrific.
If you haven't read it, I can't recommend reading it enough, as harrowing as it is as you get towards the end.

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

She wasn't a Belieber.

Far be it from me to defend him, but surely the whole point and tragedy of the book is that Anne Frank was just a normal teenager with the same passions, loves, and emotions of any girl her age. So in that sense, perhaps she might have been.

He's still a prick though.

Slightly Green · **Joined:** 26th Aug, 2010 **Posts:** 2069

Kern wrote:

He's still a prick though.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22276

It was his comment that got me to finally read the diary.

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