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Old 2nd July 2007, 12:35 AM
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Re: Read anything good recently?
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Just used this and the other thread to put in a summer reading order to Amazon. I'm going for this little lot:

The Dark Tower: Gunslinger - Stephen King
The Long Firm - Jake Arnott
Hombre - Elmore Leonard
The Winter King - Bernard Cornwell
Speaker for the Dead - Orson Scott Card
The Power of the Dog - Don Winslow
The Dark Tower series is really good but you'll take a year or so to get through it.

The Man With No Name meets Lord of The Rings.
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Old 2nd July 2007, 09:12 AM
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Re: Read anything good recently?
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The Dark Tower series is really good but you'll take a year or so to get through it.

The Man With No Name meets Lord of The Rings.
I ordered it off your original recommendation to someone else on this
(or the other) thread.
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Old 2nd July 2007, 11:33 AM
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Re: Read anything good recently?
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I ordered it off your original recommendation to someone else on this
(or the other) thread.
Stick with it. The first is good but probably the weakest ( I don't think he had the series mapped out when he wrote it about 20 years ago). By the second and third it's flying.
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Re: Read anything good recently?
Has anybody read the Mark Thomas book "As used on the famous Nelson Mandela"? It is a very good read, its about how easy it is to get set up in the arms trade, from the viewpoint of Mark Thomas the comedian. Ive made it sound shit but its a good read
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Old 27th July 2007, 12:45 PM
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
Just received Altered Carbon from Play.
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Old 27th July 2007, 12:49 PM
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
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How are you finding Paul?

I totally gave up on Catch 22, only 15 or so pages in.
You had another go at Catch 22 yet? Should stick with it - it's ace. Having said that, I did exactly the same with the sequel, Closing Time.
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Old 27th July 2007, 01:10 PM
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
Catch 22 is OK but it gets annoying, you keeping on waiting for the story to start and it turns out it never does
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Old 27th July 2007, 01:31 PM
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
I've only ever gotten through half of Catch 22 and half of The Dice Man due to finding both quite repetitive after what seemed like great and original beginnings.

I felt that the 'cleverness' takes priority over the story with both.
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Old 27th July 2007, 01:39 PM
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
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I've only ever gotten through half of Catch 22 and half of The Dice Man due to finding both quite repetitive after what seemed like great and original beginnings.

I felt that the 'cleverness' takes priority over the story with both.
Can sympathise with the Catch 22 thing but stick with Dice man its fucking ace. It gets a bit technical with the Psychology thing but keep with it and you'll be playing with Dice in no time
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
Restless by William Boyd...

it's good..
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Old 3rd August 2007, 02:28 PM
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
Last Bus to Woodstock. The first Inspector Morse mystery, and I'm rather enjoying it so far.
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
Reading a few George Orwell essays at the moment. Just finished "The Lion And The Unicorn"- a magnificent piece of work.
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
Finished El Macca (about McManaman's time at Real Madrid) a couple of days ago, now onto Notes From A Small Island by Bill Bryson. And indeed Uncle Meat, thumbs aloft for Bill.
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
Ark Royal (The life,death & rediscovery of the legendary WW2 aircraft carrier) By Mike Rossiter so far so good,
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Old 3rd August 2007, 11:06 PM
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Finished El Macca (about McManaman's time at Real Madrid) a couple of days ago, now onto Notes From A Small Island by Bill Bryson. And indeed Uncle Meat, thumbs aloft for Bill.
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Old 3rd August 2007, 11:20 PM
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Just bought the John Daly autobiography & am looking forward to it.

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The Torso In The Canal - true story about the Mulholland sisters who killed and cut up a man in Ireland a few years ago.

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