Book 7 of the Wheel of Time.
Getting a bit annoying now.
Getting a bit annoying now.
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Mola_Ram 2,303 posts
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Luckyjim 2,587 posts
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Registered 6 years agoBlue Beard by Vonnegut. Not one of his best
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riz23 644 posts
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Registered 10 years agoI just ordered MM9 by Hiroshi Yamamoto. It's about a special response unit tasked with battling giant monsters in Japan. Essentially a serious take on Godzilla, Mothra et. al. I hope it is good, it sounds like a laugh. -
Dougs 58,980 posts
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Registered 10 years agoevild_edd wrote:
Isn't that the point of Fitzgerald though? Tender is the Night is the same. It's about these decadent, but soon to be decaying lifestyles and you can't help but hate the lot of them!
I've just started The Great Gatsby (first time read). Given its brevity, I suspect I'll have this rattled off within a week or so. For some reason I'd always assumed it was a huge tome of a tale - no idea where I got that from...!?!
Initial impressions are that the writing is stunningly beautiful, with the author able to create evocative settings and readily-imaginable character mannerisms to give you a complete mental picture, all within an enviably concise number of words.
My only concern is that it's a book which will be populated by a wealth of vacuous and supercilious characters that I'll struggle to warm to. Not that such thing would be a deal breaker - I've read and enjoyed many a book where I've at best disliked, at worst loathed every character, and still found them interesting - but I'm just noting it as an initial reservation.
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Registered 2 years agoAs great as Tender is the Night is, I couldn't help but snigger at Dick Diver's name every now and again.
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Mola_Ram 2,303 posts
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Registered 10 months agoYou're supposed to hate Fitzgerald characters. It's not like, say, Atlas Shrugged, where the pricks at the centre of the book are intended to be paragons of virtue. -
Dougs 58,980 posts
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Registered 10 years agoI've just started the first Jack Reacher novel. How the fuckity fuck did Tom Cruise get cast in that role?! -
DUFFMAN5 11,416 posts
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Registered 9 years agoGoing to start Wolf Hall today. Really looking forward to getting stuck in.
The subject matter is right up my street.gif)
"Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem! Oh, yeah!"
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mcmonkeyplc 35,774 posts
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Registered 10 years agoShantaram, I'm 60% of the way through it and it's pretty good but I appear to be losing interest slowly.Come and get it cumslingers!
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Sarahshade 113 posts
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Registered 5 months agoI am just about to start The Fault In Our Stars by John Green from Nerd Fighters. It seems to be getting a lot of praise so hopefully I enjoy it.Xbox gamertag: Sarah Doherty22
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Dougs 58,980 posts
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Registered 10 years agoDougs wrote:
In answer to my own question, it seems Cruise himself bought the rights to the books. Good grief.
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Tom_Servo 13,201 posts
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Registered 2 years agoTom_Servo wrote:
Finished this last night. Wonderful.
Reading A Confederacy of Dunces at the moment, which is completely terrific.
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Tuffty 1,029 posts
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Registered 6 years agoFinished reading The First Law trilogy last night. Brilliant stuff, it's the first set of books that have really gripped me since A Song of Ice and Fire series and I have a new favourite author as a result. -
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Registered 10 years agoI'm reading Grim Company at the moment. It's really reminiscent of the First Law books. Really, really reminiscent of the First Law books. -
Blaizefm 207 posts
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Registered 3 years agoThe Daylight War. So far it's been very dissappointing. -
Tonka 18,124 posts
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Registered 9 years agoReady player one
And loving it. I know it's fashionable to moan about it but I'm bowled overIf you can read this you really need to fiddle with your forum settings.
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jagg3r 847 posts
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Registered 5 years agoTuffty wrote:
Also just finished the above trilogy and really really enjoyed it.Currently reading the follow on novel Best served cold which is a standalone novel set in the same world with some slightly familiar characters, great stuff, cant get enough of Mr Abercrombie at the moment.Also reading Know no fear which is book 18 of the Horus heresy books by the great Dan Abnett, epic read so far.
Finished reading The First Law trilogy last night. Brilliant stuff, it's the first set of books that have really gripped me since A Song of Ice and Fire series and I have a new favourite author as a result.
Sorry about the bold, dunno what went wrong or how to fix it lol
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onestepfromlost 1,493 posts
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Registered 6 years agoStruggling to find what to read now. Gave up on wheel of time at about 6th book.might go back to it some time. Looking for suggestions. Prefer sci-fi/fantasy or decent horror would make a nice change. Read most of the books mentioned in here recently. Loved first law. Love Richard Morgan's stuff.kovacs rules. Just read the inquisitior trilogy 40k books and enjoyed them. -
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bdaggers 3,778 posts
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Registered 9 years agoFinished Stephen King's 11-22-63 a couple of weeks ago.
Just finished Kurt Vonneguts Slaughterhouse Five and getting to the end of Iain M Banks Hydrogen Sonata.The views expressed above do not necessarily represent every Badger, everywhere. Or even THIS Badger, always.
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lordofthedunce 261 posts
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Registered 10 years agoTsk, if you're going to read Bond, start at the very beginning! Fleming's novels are great, if of a time. -
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Registered 3 years agoOooh, those First Law books sounds good.
I'm currently reading A Winter Haunting by Dan Simmons. Really, really awful sequel to Summer of Night, which was bloody fantastic and probably the scariest horror story I've ever read. Very disappointing, it's like he just couldn't be arsed. -
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Registered 6 years agoCurrently reading 'Insomnia' by Stephen King.
To be honest, I'm really only reading it due to the links it has to the Dark Tower series.
I usually devour King books within a matter of days, but I can't seem to get into this one at all. Perhaps it's harder to relate to the characters as they're all considerably older.
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Registered 4 years ago@Dougs
I know, I usually respect the order of things. I'll go back after this and try the first ones. I do like the unabashed absurdity of the characters. And I never realised what a drunk Bond is! -
THFourteen 28,985 posts
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Registered 6 years agoScimarad wrote:
Will add it to the list, cheers! I fully intend to read Best Served Cold and I heard Red Country is his best work. Sounds interesting from the get go, I mean, a fantasy western?
I'm reading Grim Company at the moment. It's really reminiscent of the First Law books. Really, really reminiscent of the First Law books.
At the minute I've started The Player Of Games. Really enjoyed Consider Phlebas and I heard this is the best in the series. Here's hoping. -
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Registered 10 years agoI think I'm going to be reading The Stand for the rest of my life. -
I'm currently reading Reamde by Neal Stephenson.
I'm struggling a bit, the explanations of MMO game mechanics bore me half to death so god knows what an average Joe would make of it. There are whole sections that could have been cut down to "people who write the stories for fantasy stuff are crazy eccentrics".
I didn't really get one with Snow Crash either and thought I'd give Stephenson another shot, I'm only a quarter through so I can't make too many judgements yet but I probably won't be reading another.Please don't use the delete button, think of the children.
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