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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, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

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)