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It's not THAT bad. It's not like it's "Sandworms of Dune".
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21st June 2016, 22:47 | #2042 |
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Thanks to the local library I now have "Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen" and goddamn, Cordelia is just the fucking best. 20 pages in and I think I'll be up all night reading more!
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22nd June 2016, 11:31 | #2043 |
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22nd June 2016, 14:20 | #2047 |
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Yup, that's a good way to go. I don't think I've yet read the books that come before Shards of Honor, to be honest!
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14th July 2016, 17:43 | #2049 |
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Seveneves. Allow me to summarise: the subject of orbital mechanics is super fascinating and women are bitches.
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5th December 2016, 13:06 | #2050 |
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Jim Butcher - Storm Front
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29th April 2017, 20:55 | #2051 |
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Andrzej Sapkowski - The Last Wish
Anyone else read The Witcher novels?
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Everything after "Children" is shit, Frank jumped the shark long before he stopped writing.
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28th November 2017, 11:52 | #2056 |
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Oathbringer is the shiznit. Gutted we had to wait so long given how prolific Sanderson is, but the wait was worth it!
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29th November 2017, 09:23 | #2059 |
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Thriller At Its' Best.
The Red Daliah by Lynda La Plante
She wrote a lot of stuff like The Governor (sp?) and Prime Suspect. Some guy emulates The Black Daliah murders in the U.S in the 40s and thinks its a load of fun. This is one of Lyndas' darker books. |
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29th November 2017, 16:26 | #2061 |
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Recent book that I enjoyed:
Daniel Suarez' "Daemon" and "Freedom TM" (two volumes, but it's really only one book) Good cyberthriller, despite a few technical inaccuracies that the pedantic side of me raged about. Lightweight fantasy escapism of the moment: Christopher Nuttall's "Bookworm" series.
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29th November 2017, 16:56 | #2062 |
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I'm tempted to re-read the Ancillary Justice series again this summer. Maybe it's too soon, but the series is so freaking good. Also on the re-read list is Hamilton's Reality Dysfunction series.
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5th December 2017, 18:45 | #2065 |
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How we'll live on Mars - Stephen L. Petranek
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5th December 2017, 19:43 | #2066 |
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I haven't read much new fiction in a while. Right now I've got a few things on the go at once:
Alexander Hamilton (biography) by Ron Chernow In Defense of a Liberal Education by Fareed Zakaria All the public domain short stories by Philip K Dick (thank you Gutenberg Project) It by Stephen King I also grabbed a bunch of the "Science Fiction Megapack" Kindle bundles from Amazon during the US Black Friday sale, lots of 20th-century SF short stories. It's long enough since I last read It that the locations look different in my mind this time around. It's weird because I can still remember how I originally pictured the places while seeing them differently now. |
26th December 2017, 15:01 | #2067 |
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The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B06XDV5..._X7zqAbDJDJT1Z |
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25th February 2018, 15:29 | #2069 |
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I just finished Stoner - John Williams.
It's a story about a boy raised by dirt farmers in the early 1900s who goes to university. Written in the mid '60s. It's an excellent book, but a hard read. I'd read a chapter every few months. It's painful, but fascinating which what is kept me reading.
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25th February 2018, 18:37 | #2070 |
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The wheel of time series. On the second book and it's engaging but it sure seems like it takes ages to get anywhere.
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25th February 2018, 20:51 | #2071 |
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I watched the 80's TV show, saw the movie, and played the text based PC game, but I'd never actually sat down to read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, so that's what I'm doing now. Absolutely love it.
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26th February 2018, 10:16 | #2074 |
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Just finished my 2nd read through of Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Enjoyed it just as much as the first read a couple of years back. So many 80s pop culture and gaming references.
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28th March 2018, 16:08 | #2075 |
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Just listened to Ready Player One on audible, not a bad listen and then followed it up with a read of Armada by Ernest Cline.
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10th June 2018, 11:01 | #2077 |
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The Art of War. A surprisingly relevant and easy read.
The introduction the copy I've got talks about how relevant it is in today's world. And it certainly is - from business to politics to international current events it's a little too relevant.
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The Art of War is great. I also recommend.
My current reading: - The New Human Rights Movement - Peter Joseph - 12 Rules For Life - Jordan B Peterson - The Daily Stoic - Ryan Holiday and my favourite best current read.... - The Bitcoin Standard - Saifedean Ammous |
11th June 2018, 07:59 | #2079 | |
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Making News: The Political Economy of Journalism in Britain and America from the Glorious Revolution to the Internet - edited book.
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