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    Book II of the Serpent Saga RISE OF A MERCHANT PRINCE.


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    Quote Originally Posted by FiendishRogue View Post
    Richard Morgan writes some fantastic SF I think you'd like. He concentrates on the characters and story, leaving the SF aspects as the setting. Have read the Takeshi Kovacs trilogy (Altered Carbon, Broken Angels, Woken Furies) and was wowed. Also read Thirteen (may be known as 'Black Man' depending on how PC your publishers are) which was also a good yarn.
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    Quote Originally Posted by george formby View Post
    Chewing through The war for civilisation by Robert Fisk. It's drastically changing my opinion of world politics & terrorism.

    Enjoyed The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins.

    Sniper One by Dan Mills a rollicking, bullet ridden account of being under siege in Iraq, a book they tried to ban.


    John Irving, The world according to Garp, genius, Hotel New Hampshire, maddness, a bear riding a sidecar outfit into a lake!
    That will do I think. Great day for a thread like this.
    Currently reading the War for Civilisation by Fisk. Its very good even if he is a bit of a lefty. A journalist who has lived in Lebanon for years and can quote Shakespeare to fit George Bush has to be respected.

    Richard Dawkins book, The Ancestors Tale is better.

    Sniper One is simply excellent.

    And John Irving is a fine writer. A disturbed man I'm sure but good books. Keep away from the windows.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Winston001 View Post
    And John Irving is a fine writer. A disturbed man I'm sure but good books. Keep away from the windows.....
    The world according to Garp would have to rate as one of the crappiest books I have ever had the misfortune to read

    Although some of his others were pretty good
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kickaha View Post
    The world according to Garp would have to rate as one of the crappiest books I have ever had the misfortune to read
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    Nah, Haven't read a story book in the last 10 years.

    Have watched heaps and heaps of DVD's though......

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    Knut Hamsun's Growth of the Soil is a fine book,saturated with wisdom, humour & tenderness.
    Mark Helprin's Winters tale is also another favourite....
    Adrian Edmonsons How to be a complete Bastard is also good.
    The Heart is the drum keeping time for everyone....

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    MY Fave Authors !

    Diana Gabaldon, Katherine Kerr, Robert Jordon, Raymond Fiest, Tolkien, Terry Goodkind, Margaret Weiss & Tracy Hickman, Eddings, Wilbur Smith.......oh so many, hard to remember them all!
    Currently reading Fiona MacIntosh, and have the John Britten story to read + Keith Code, A twist of the wrist.

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    Almost anything for me except Mills and Boon, Enid Blyton or Stephen King.
    Having said that I enjoyed Kings The Dark Tower.
    Favourites are: Anything by Tolkien, Dune except the trash by his son, All the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant , Anything by Heinlein, The Wheel of Time (waiting impatiently for the end of the series) It's very bad form for the Author to die before finishing the story.
    I also like history, autobiographies and weirdness, Pincher Martin is definitely in that camp.

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    Another addition to the crappiest books ever written.
    Catcher in the rye. Boring pointless drivel.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dafe View Post
    Nah, Haven't read a story book in the last 10 years.......
    That is a very sad state of affairs. You don't know what you are missing. A DVD or movies is all very well, but it takes the fun out of using your imagination. Don't get me wrong I love to watch a good movie, but a book means I can let my mind do the working of how things should be. Bet everyone else who reads agrees with me
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dafe View Post
    Nah, Haven't read a story book in the last 10 years.

    Have watched heaps and heaps of DVD's though......
    There is a saying "never judge a book by its movie"...
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    Quote Originally Posted by p.dath View Post
    It might be a long ride from Pahia to get it.

    I bought all three of his books from Amazon. About US$13 each. The freight cost more.
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    Best series Grumpy is reading is Wheel of Time which is SF by Robert Jordan. I am waiting for the 13th book in the series to come out and its coming out on 26th October. Been long time coming as the author has died so they had to get someone else to write the book as he could not do.
    This series had better finish soon

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    Quote Originally Posted by SPORK View Post
    I've read a few chapters here and there over the years, her writing really doesn't grab me. Plus I associate her objectivist philosophy with the pretentious self-involved idiots I met at school last year... Maybe I should be more open minded, who knows.
    Truth be told - her genre of books was the last section I would have ever read. But I found that after about 3 or 4 chapters her books take a evil yet realistic terms. And the objective point of view breaks down to some basic morals.
    - If you rely on others to do your work - what happens when they go?
    - If you want something, go out there and achieve it - it should be yours
    - Don't slack off, earn your way in the world

    Something sadly missing in todays "Harry Potters" and "Da Vinci Code's"

    But your write he actual "line-by-line" style is as dry as the sahara. But you must read the book cover to cover to actually enjoy it

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