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stonebeard 
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Just finished Something from the Nghtside by Simon R. Green.
Currently reading Agents of Light and Darkness by Simon R. Green.
Will soon begin reading Swords of Haven or Beyond the Blue Moon by Simon R. Green.
Thanks for recommending Simon R. Green to me, Jody!  Edited by stonebeard - October 14 2006 at 15:28 |
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Norbert
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Selected short stories by Dino Buzzati.
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sleeper
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Posted: October 17 2006 at 18:25 |
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I recently finnished the fifth book in Kevin J Andersons The Saga Of Seven Suns. Rather good, but I get a feeling that the last two could quite easily be dissapointing. I hope he proves me wrong.
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Matti
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I'm reading a very unique novel by Ali Smith (English, born 1962) called The Accidental. It has won several prizes and for a reason.
There's a family in their summer house in Norfolk and an unknown young woman comes to stay there. The point of view changes from a family member to another, and the multi-voiced (third person) narrative is just brilliant. And the mysterious woman Amber (who for example teaches anarchistic thinking to a 12-yr girl and has sex with the girl's big brother) is one of the most intriguing literary charachers I've come across.  Edited by Matti - October 20 2006 at 10:04 |
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Falling Flower
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Posted: October 19 2006 at 07:50 |
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Reading that too.
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Neil
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Posted: October 19 2006 at 07:55 |
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Just got the latest book in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series; "Thud". Looking good so far, although I am biassed as I love the Discworld stuff.
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When people get lost in thought it's often because it's unfamiliar territory.
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sleeper
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Always good to see another Pratchet fan, Thud! was pretty damn good, cant wait to get my hands on Wintersmith.  |
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Pnoom!
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Posted: October 19 2006 at 16:10 |
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You know Richard Bach (he wrote Jonathon Livingston Seagull - a great book, made him famous). Well, the next book of his is even better. Illusions - The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (not sure the title is completely right). This book is one of the most insightful I've read in a long time.
Also, anything by Kurt Vonnegut or George Orwell.
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Ricochet
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I'll buy the book in about a week or so. Is it compulsory reading or are you really into reading that book? (question for both Cygmund and you, Debby)  Edited by Ricochet - October 19 2006 at 16:12 |
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Posted: October 19 2006 at 21:04 |
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Recently finished two completly unrelated books:
Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged (the whole 1,069 page beast) and John Grisham's The Broker (much more mindless and shorter) |
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Bassists are deadly
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There are a lot of Pratchett fans here - I've fallen somewhat behind recently though, the last one I read was 'Monstrous Regiment' which behind all the humour contained some very good anti-war satire. |
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I was in the library yesterday because my best friend needed a book for school and suddenly saw the book and was like "hey...that's the book they were talking about on PA" so I took it.
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Posted: October 20 2006 at 14:09 |
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Yeah, anything by George Orwell or Kurt Vonnegut is good.
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There's certainly a few of us. The one after Monstrous Regiment, Going Postal, is garanteed to have you falling out of your seat, one of the funniest in the series. |
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stonebeard
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Just finished the first part of the Swords of Haven: The Adventures of Hawk and Fisher, "Hawk and Fisher." I really like it.
 I'm going to begin the second part soon, "Winner Take All."
Simon R. Green is such an excellent writer, I just want him to start writing another book of great storytelling like Swords of Haven, Drinking Midnight Wine, or Blue Moon Rising. I'm enjoying the Nightside series so far, but the writing seems unpolished, kind like a sort of forced noir.
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Posted: October 22 2006 at 10:22 |
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I'm reading Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre.
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Just finished 'Walking on Glass' by the glorious Iain Banks, for the third type. Think, but not sure, that I'm vaguely beginning to understand what it's all about.
Before that; Something Rotten, by the equally wonderful Jasper Fforde. Next (hehehe - sorry, in-joke, you have to read some JFf), Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake. starting with Titus Groan, as I'm pretty sure that it's referenced more than just the once in WOG. BTW, both IB and JFf have rather excellent fora themselves........ 
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Jasper Fforde sets some of his stuff in Swindon, doesn't he?
Not ready any, but was curious about his references to the town? |
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Yeah, just finished reading the 500 page 'England: The Autobiography' by John Lewis-Stempel
It's an intresting collection of historical primary source material about England arranged in chronological order, from Julius Caesar's first impressions about our Isalnd in 55BC, via the Peterloo Massacre, through to Jonny Wilkinson's drop kick against Australia...
thoroughly enjoyable for the history buff...
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Jared
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I think you might have to explain it to me then... it's a while since I read it, but vaguely thinking that the 3 stories came together in the end... sort of..
 and when you've explained that one, you can start explaining 'Song Of Stone'...
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