Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
Is what I'm currently reading. It's really rather good.

What are you reading at the moment?
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 15:42, 132 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Wolf Hall,
I'm only 2 chapters in but it's very good.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 15:43, Reply)

www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/0007230184/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1
(PsychoChomp, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 15:49, Reply)

Waaay ahead of you.
Looks pretty good actually.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 15:50, Reply)

It's good so far, I haven't had much chance to read it yet though,
I only got it saturday morning.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 15:53, Reply)

Report back later then.
I'm looking for a new genre.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 15:58, Reply)

I will send you a six page review.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:21, Reply)

The Road by Cormac McCarthy
and no I haven't seen the film

fucking HELL it's bleak
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 15:44, Reply)

I almost bought this
but the typeface was so childlike I couldn't do it.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 15:50, Reply)

It is good
but bleak. One of those books that you kind of want to finish in a day or two it's that gripping and you do get that concerned for the characters. Maybe not quite worth the acclaim, but yes, very good.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:23, Reply)

This thread.
Haaaaaaaaaa!
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 15:44, Reply)

The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins.
It's a bloody good read.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 15:45, Reply)

I am legend....again.
I'm waiting for my new books to arrive.
( girlinthehole, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 15:46, Reply)

New books are great -I'm waiting on 3
What did you buy???
( Jimbuktu See? Right here, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 15:47, Reply)

I'm waiting for this:
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d.html/ref=redir_mdp_mobile/280-5866452-9961626?redirect=true&ref_=oss_product&a=0007171803
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 15:48, Reply)

Is it good?
It's one I keep meaning to get around to.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 15:51, Reply)

It's so much better than the film

(Bazongaloid, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 15:51, Reply)

they are barely about the same thing

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:23, Reply)

Yeah I know
the book is really enjoyable, very much how you would imagine the last man alive might behave.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:25, Reply)

I must read it again
it's been 10 years or something
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:32, Reply)

Just finished Kavalier & Clay
Just started The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao
( Jimbuktu See? Right here, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 15:47, Reply)

Did you enjoy 'K and C'?
I thought it was a great read.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 15:53, Reply)

Yeah
One of the guys in my local bookshop recommended it to me seeing as I'd been going through a graphic novel phase and was looking for a more traditional book again.
Very engaging and easy to read, though not 100% about the last section with the kid - seemed to be lacking something slightly though I'm not quiet sure what. You read it as well?
( Jimbuktu See? Right here, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 15:56, Reply)

It did end in a way that was not very 'satisfying'.
A nice easy read all the same.
Apparently they keep trying to film it but to no avail.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:02, Reply)

Really
It would be good enough I suppose -but not really outstanding film material, surely?
( Jimbuktu See? Right here, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:14, Reply)

Terry Pratchett - Making Money
Through the Looking Glass
a book by Peter F Hamilton that is so large (length and dimensions of book) that I can't be arsed to read it ever. I need a fucking sturdy lectern or something
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 15:50, Reply)

If it's by Peter F Hamilton
it'll be fucking rubbish as well, don't bother. Fucking zombie Al Capone in space, what a crock of shite.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 15:59, Reply)

heh
his next couple are better.

the trouble is, my mate bangs on about him, and his books as if they are the best things ever written, and refuses to listen to sense, despite half of my large collection of sci fi being better.

I'm not understating how big this book is either. It is enormous.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:20, Reply)

My experience of him is the longer the book, the worse it is.
My housemate subjected me to quite a bit of his stuff. Also, Dan Simmons. He can fuck off as well.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:29, Reply)

not familiar with Dan Simmons
I've already got to the point where I can do without reading this Hamilton book, so I don't have to damage myself in the process.

The thing is about 6" by 8" by 4". That's too fucking big for a book that isn't a reference tome.

Only trouble is, I think I may have disfgured the book by putting a warm plate on it, among other things, so may have to buy a copy to give back to my mate, leaving me with a potentially crappy book that I will never read.

However, if I have my own I can cut it into smaller pieces to read....
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:34, Reply)

I quite enjoyed Fallen Dragon.
Undemanding entertainment. Heinlein-esque.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:21, Reply)

I find Heinlein awful
partly because the first one I read was one I'd been given by friends of my parents, even though they had spilt tomato chutney on it, but partly because the ones I've read have been awfully twee.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:24, Reply)

Agreed.
Fallen Dragon is a bit better than that though. Give it a go when you're in the mood for something undemanding.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:29, Reply)

I've read all the books I want to at the moment
I'm back struggling through Moby Dick and Martin Chuzzlewit. Though I have dipped into World War Z again as I needed something lighter for the bath yesterday .
(Bazongaloid, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 15:51, Reply)

Moby Dick
would be a lot better if he didn't digress almost non-stop, I swear two thirds of that book is barely relevant.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:00, Reply)

Moby Dick is fucking TERRIBLE
It's one of the only books I've ever given up on. The insertion of barely-related notes on the whaling industry every few chapters is both pointless and irritating.

People go on about how innovative it is for that reason ('radically challenging the traditional form of the novel' etc)- but if you read the introduction the so-called 'innovation' is laid bare for what it is: Moby Dick was not edited. Those tedious catalogues of types of whales etc are the author's fucking RESEARCH NOTES and were the book to have been edited as it most certainly should have been, the tome would have been improved immeasurably. As it is, it's a load of old cock.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:07, Reply)

I skip those bits and enjoy the story
I like the story, but I hate the research notes
(Bazongaloid, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:22, Reply)

they annoyed me too much, and I admitted defeat.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:27, Reply)

One of the only books I've ever given up on is
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Gadd that book goes on.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:25, Reply)

I stopped reading the Silmarillion
far too much "someone son of someone" and I've read this en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nj%C3%A1ls_saga
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:36, Reply)

So have I, and greatly enjoyed it.
My translation is by Magnus Magnusson off of that there Mastermind.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 17:03, Reply)

mine was one I found in a holiday cottage
and have no idea who it was by.

great read though.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 17:15, Reply)

Listen to Leviathon at the same time to keep you interested

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:01, Reply)

If you want something lighter
There is a fantastic art only book called Leviathon based on Moby Dick and other mariners tales featuring whlaes which might be interesting to you.
( Jimbuktu See? Right here, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:10, Reply)

I took my user name from a Herman Melville short story
But I have to agree, Moby Dick is more a disease than a novel.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 17:34, Reply)

nothing, I got some lame looking books for my birthday and christmas so I'm thinking about trading them in at
the local used books place, I really want to read The Swan Theives by Elizabeth Kostova, I just can't bring myself to spend almost $30 for it
( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 15:51, Reply)

break this down.
If it takes you 6 hours to read and you read it 2 or 3 times that's only about $2.5 an hour. Bargain.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Mon 15 Mar 2010, 15:56, Reply)

what if it's shit?
that'd be money I could've spent on BOOZE
( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:01, Reply)

Cosmopolis by Don De Lillo and Beautiful Losers by Leonard Cohen.
But in my 'to finish' pile are Gravity's Rainbow, Mein Kampf (yes, really) and Underworld.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 15:54, Reply)

Underworld...
Persevere. It's De Lillo's best - or almost best because Libra is very good too. Cosmopolis isn't bad. Ratner's Star is shite. In my opinion.

Gravity's Rainbow takes a bit of application. Don't think you can read it on the bus, or whatever.

Pynchon's best - for me - is Mason and Dixon. DON'T attempt Against The Day. Well attempt it if you must but it's an utterly immense waste of time and effort. In my opinion.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 19:21, Reply)

I was reading this
The Field Of Swords. It's pretty good, but I'm just not reading much at the minute.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 15:55, Reply)

When I've finished that,
I'm in the mood for a good old fashioned haunted house story, or an archaeological thriller somewhere along the lines of this or this.

Does anyone have any recommendations?
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 15:56, Reply)

Not my genres so can't help
Though if Japanese supernatural stuff sounds interesting, I could recommend Murakami's The Wind Up Bird Chronicles or Kafka on the Shore perhaps?
( Jimbuktu See? Right here, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:01, Reply)

"Haunted" by James Herbert

( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:02, Reply)

Haunted pretty much anything
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:03, Reply)

Read it.
Loved it.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:04, Reply)

"The Shining" by Stephen King is good
goes on a bit though
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:09, Reply)

DO NOT be persuaded to read Labirynth by Kate Mosse
A book so long and yet lacking in scope as to be flatter than the real Kate Moss.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:03, Reply)

Anything by James Herbert, definitely

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:27, Reply)

Elepahnts on acid and other weird experiments
last night I read about scientists trying to keep heads alive after they had been decapitated, one of them apparently decapitated hundreds of dogs, this last the last horrific thing in my mind when I went to sleep.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 15:56, Reply)

This sounds interesting..

( Jimbuktu See? Right here, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:02, Reply)

Only got it yesterday
Each experiment takes up a page or so making it perfect bog material.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:04, Reply)

this was my boyfriend's idea of compromise
when I told him he should read more.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:07, Reply)

It's a start...

maybe the general feeling of reading will rub off on him and he may move onto a whole book!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:15, Reply)

child 44
is a fucking awesome book, really moving i thought.
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 15:56, Reply)

'Companero' by Jorge Castaneda
It's not terribly engaging; the translation is somewhat clunky and, to be honest, I really couldn't give a flying toss about Che Guevara, whereas young Jorgey boy would dearly love to give him a sound bumming.

Prior to that I read 'Give The Anarchist a Cigarette' by Mick Farren. It was my second reading of it, it's hugely informative and extremely entertaining. I thoroughly recommend it.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 15:58, Reply)

'Anarchist' is very funny.
Farren is a bloody good raconteur.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:18, Reply)

The Phaid the Gambler books are quite immersive.

(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:25, Reply)

I know a lot of you read fantasy nonsense, so I'll just leave this here

xkcd.com/483/
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 15:59, Reply)

Re-reading
the mammoth Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. I got the new hardback when it came out last year, but I couldn't remember what the fuck was going on so had to go back and start from book 1 again. The new one is book 12, and they're all big enough to easily concuss a toddler. It's taken a loooooong time.
(berk, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:08, Reply)

I've been planning to do that
but I'm afraid it may have suffered from the David Eddings effect, where it was good when I first read it, but since then I've come to see that his books are fucking shite, with 1 dimensional characters, awful dialogue and problems solved because basically the characters are all-powerful.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:16, Reply)

Hah! That is the least of the problems with David Eddings.
I remain amazed that he managed to get the same 5-book series published twice, then went on to condense it into three books, renames the characters, got that published twice and eventually, with the Elder Gods series, got the EXACT SAME BOOK published three or four times in a row.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:33, Reply)

you're not wrong
it was the shit he wrote with his wife that opened my eyes to just how bad his stuff is.

really quite enjoyed the belgariad etc. when I first read them. Now I'm almost tempted to get rid of them.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:43, Reply)

They were terrible
but I read them when I was ten or so, and loved them. So they've got a bit of sentimental value
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:52, Reply)

Ha, good luck with that
You'll have probably finished by the time book 13 is out, hopefully at the end of this year, and then book 14 is hopefully out next year. Hopefully.
(Ghost Atreides enjoying incontestable health benefits on, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:51, Reply)

Luke Haines - Bad Vibes.
A must-read for all you pop-pickers. He really hates 'Britpop' and everyone involved.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:14, Reply)

Hellsing Volume 9
Tis good
( Peej, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:21, Reply)

Burning Chrome by William Gibson
It's a collection of his short stories. Surprisingly good, despite the fact that I never really read sci-fi, I'm more fantasy and crime and thriller.
(Ghost Atreides enjoying incontestable health benefits on, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:25, Reply)

I loved Virtual Light.
Chunk guns for the win.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:27, Reply)

Not read Virtual Light
I've never read any of Gibson's stuff before, I'm only reading this because a mate threatened to kick me in the nuts if I didn't. Got any recommendations for stuff of his to read after this?
(Ghost Atreides enjoying incontestable health benefits on, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:55, Reply)

Virtual Light and Neuromancer for definite.
And if you like that, One of Us by Michael Marshall Smith. I tend to read loads of different stuff and not to go through a whole catalogue of an author's work. That way I can go back to his\her writing and still find it fresh.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:58, Reply)

Clive Barker - Coldheart Canyon
Ghost porn. Excellent.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:26, Reply)

Ghost porn puts the willies up me.

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:28, Reply)

*Picard Facepalm*

(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:30, Reply)

*shames*

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:36, Reply)

Blimey its all a bit swish here now isn’t it.
I dunno, you go away for a few days and it all changes.

Books – I’m currently reading vampire porn, its actually stupidly addictive but I can feel my brain cells disappearing in disgust.
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:34, Reply)

TwatLite?
-2 cool points.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:42, Reply)

Good lord no, its not got that bad
The other ones - the TrueBlood ones. I like the series and a friend lent me the first couple of books... they're alright, just easy reading really.

EDIT: How many cool points do I have total?
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:44, Reply)

Three now
You lost five for marrying DiT.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:47, Reply)

Yeah but how many did I gain for hanging around with you?

(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:49, Reply)

Twenty

(Bazongaloid, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:56, Reply)

I thought as much!
*trigger fingers*
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:59, Reply)

-2

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:47, Reply)

cunt, I was going to do that joke.
:(
(PsychoChomp, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:48, Reply)

snooze = lose

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:48, Reply)

Hahaha you goon

(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:51, Reply)

racist

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:51, Reply)

How is that racist you flammin’ hot dog face?

(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:52, Reply)

Insult of the Day ;)

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:56, Reply)

Alright little lady?

(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 15 Mar 2010, 17:00, Reply)

She's getting moister the closer this weekend gets

(Bazongaloid, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 17:01, Reply)

Same here!
We'll be slipping on the floors come Friday!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 15 Mar 2010, 17:03, Reply)

Why are you getting moist?
My mrs will be with me, so there'll be no funny business with me.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 17:08, Reply)

Oh maaaaaan.
Hmmm… well I’ll have to use some of my Lara Croft powers to whisk you away… Shit she doesn't have any.

I knew I should have dressed up as Bravestarr

‘Strength of the bear’
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 15 Mar 2010, 17:11, Reply)

I am indeed, Al
Hiya!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 17:07, Reply)

I keep getting a bit of a lob on when I think of him too

(Bazongaloid, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 17:08, Reply)

You're only human.
You won't be able to Frazzle him though, not with 'Mrs Al' there.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 17:11, Reply)

Haha he’ll have to behave!

(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 15 Mar 2010, 17:12, Reply)

I'm super duper thanks lovely
How's you?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 17:07, Reply)

Very well thank you lovely!
I tried on my costume last night, its fun if a little clunge-tastic, I think I need to get some less short shorts! :)
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 15 Mar 2010, 17:09, Reply)

Bureaulolage!
Mine is totally see-through, so I have to wear an underslip
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 17:11, Reply)

Hahaha we’re classy ladies.

(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 15 Mar 2010, 17:12, Reply)

For sure...

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 17:14, Reply)

'goon' sounds a bit like 'coon'
It was a >hilarious< joke on my part. Do you see?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:56, Reply)

Oh I seeeeeeeeee. Yes. Heeeeeeeelarious.
Please do excuse me while I find some string and a needle to stitch up my sides.
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 15 Mar 2010, 17:00, Reply)

You're going to need a surgical truss, I fear.
Recovering from that much hilarity will take more than mere needle and thread.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 17:02, Reply)

Curses
I lack the medical insurance! :(
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 15 Mar 2010, 17:04, Reply)

***COMPILING COOL DATA***

(PsychoChomp, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:47, Reply)

Off Topic
Duh.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:34, Reply)

Just finished
rereading Master and Commander (Patrick O Brian), and Fool's Fate (Robin Hobb)

Bought myself Frankie Boyle's 'My Shit Life so far' in hopes of a laugh, and Kazuo Ishiurgo's 'An Artist of the Floating World'.


*Edit* Frankie Boyle is bloody amazing. He mentioned two books he loved, that I genuinely thought nobody but me had ever read (well at least no-one I'd met). Gene Wolfe's Conciliator stuff, and Michael Moorcock's 'Warlord of the Air'
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:36, Reply)

I really like Robin Hobb's stuff

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:43, Reply)

I like it
when he robs from the rich, and gives to the poor.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:48, Reply)

Tsk - Loony Lefty eh?
I bet he gives our hard earned money to forriners too.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:52, Reply)

He was a kind of proto-Ken Livingstone

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:58, Reply)

So do I
her newest series isn't as good though (The Soldier Son Trilogy)
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:48, Reply)

that's disappointing
as I have read nearly all the others. just need the last liveship one....
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 17:16, Reply)

They're still
much better than almost anything else on the fantasy market. But compared to her Assassins/Liveship/Fool's books, they lack a certain something
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 17:25, Reply)

well, I've got a 2 week holiday in the arse end of nowhere coming up
and I figure I'll need about 20 books with me to be safe, so those will definitely be coming.

any other recommendations are appreciated, particularly as we seem to have similar tastes!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 17:39, Reply)

Artist is a very strange book. Very enjoyable though.

(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:45, Reply)

it's quite
faintly surreal
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 15 Mar 2010, 16:49, Reply)

just finished
Best served cold by Joe Abercrombie, after devouring the first law trilogy by the same chap, all are most excellent reads

Currently settling into Polity Agent by Neal Asher, and got another 2 of his lined up in the wings but will probably be interrupted by a couple of graphic novels and the new Alaistair Reynolds book when I go amazon shopping on payday
(Halfy By light alone, Tue 16 Mar 2010, 8:00, Reply)

Now reading Matter (Iain M Banks)
I'm going to have to get the rest of them now.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Tue 16 Mar 2010, 8:55, Reply)

The Culture novels
are one of the most astounding series of books I have read (and re-read and re-read until most of them are battered and fingerworn!) but against a dark background (I know, it isn't a Culture novel, but still sublime) and player of games are the stand outs for me.
(Halfy By light alone, Tue 16 Mar 2010, 9:34, Reply)