Read a good book lately?

[Geeen]

Yep that is one of the reasons we have no tv here, well we have a tv to watch the odd dvd. But no tv - sky - freeview etc.

It is amazing how much more time we have.

And how much less the kids get bombarded with.

On the sci fi front, I am more of a fantasy fan and my favourite is probably still Stephen Donaldson's Chronicles of Thomas Covenant.

Read some not bad sci fi lately, I will try and remember what it was and post it up.

LOL

Have you read Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series. BIG story and well written

[wysper]

Have you read Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series. BIG story and well written

Started to, got to about book 6 and gave up, hundreds of pages to say very little. Then he died before he finished the books and some other guy has finished or is finishing them.
But I very much liked the first few. Shame that from my point of view they really started to fall away. Almost like he got to wrapped up in himself rather than the story.

[Geeen]

Started to, got to about book 6 and gave up, hundreds of pages to say very little. Then he died before he finished the books and some other guy has finished or is finishing them.
But I very much liked the first few. Shame that from my point of view they really started to fall away. Almost like he got to wrapped up in himself rather than the story.

Books 6 & 7 are a bit slow, starts to pick up speed after that. The last book is due April next year, Ive got all the rest

[Winston001]

That I will read for sure. Cheers

Have you read CHICKENHAWK? its about a Vietnam helicopter pilot. Very good too. I've lent my copy to someone and not got it back, dammit!

http://www.bookdepository.com/Chicke.../9780552124195

Yes its good and Matterhorn reminded me of Chickenhawke.

[Usarka]

Agreed. The Hyperion Cantos (all three books) are strong literary SF for which Simmons has won awards and will become classics. Recommended.

Was that a typo? Ie you know there are four books...? Just reading the fourth now.

I've powered through the series quicker than anything. The third got a bit light and "fantasy" and the last one seems a little more traditional sci-fi / space opera (but more than on par with most other sci-fi i've read recently).

[Winston001]

Was that a typo? Ie you know there are four books...? Just reading the fourth now.

).

Hmmm don't know, it was a while ago. Thought I only read 3 books, the Major fought the Shrike and died, everything was revealed about the Tree Of Pain. Anyway good stuff.

[Swoop]

Have you read CHICKENHAWK?

I saw a copy in Whitcoulls recently. A good read.


Have you read the 13th Valley?

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...he_13th_Valley

[neels]

I just read a couple more robert goddard books I found trawling thought the bargain bin at whitcoulls, very much like his style of writing.

I might dig out lord of the barnyard by tristan egolf for a re-read next, pretty much my favourite book.

[unstuck]

Loui's lamour,s last of the breed. Again.

[george formby]

I'm reading "Gangs of New York" by Herbert Asbury at the mo, the book written in 1927 that inspired Scorcese's movie. The language is a bit archaic but the picture it paints of life in the 1800's is mind blowing. The movie comes nowhere near doing the history justice, it's hard to comprehend the violence, corruption & levels of crime at the time.

Monk Eastman & Paul Kelly, opposing gang leaders fought till they dropped after 2 1/2 hours in a effort to stop the gangs killing each other, it just made things worse....
A women bar owner would drag unruly customers outside by biting their ear, if they still resisted she would bite the ear off & put it in a jar!
A local gangster was drugged & shanghaied, the ship he was taken too was found drifting, the Captains cabin sprayed from floor to ceiling with blood & fingers found on the deck next to the axe used to kill the crew, the fingers hacked off when a boy would not release the railing....
Startling reading for history buffs.

[Usarka]

Matterhorn by Ken Marlantes. It took 35 years for this former soldier to complete his opus and it has become a bestseller.

Chur W001.

+1 for this novel, and this thread rocks it enables me to find gems like this.

10/10.

[Winston001]

Dark Matter by Greg Isles is a good thriller as well as valid sci-fi. The premise is that a group of clever chaps are trying to build a computer to copy the human brain. Then one chap dies, and another chap becomes suspicious.

Its a well paced thriller mixing science, political dilemmas, eastern mysticism, and danger. The story is close enough to being real that it also makes the reader think.

Recommended.

[FJRider]

Green eggs an Ham ... (Google it ...)

Loved it ....

(Written by a Dr ... so it is must be truthful ...)

[Winston001]

The Machiavelli Covenant by Allan Folsom is a rip roaring thriller which conspiracy theorists will love. Folsom is a very successful author and wields an effective pen to keep the readers interest and the suspense up.

The premise involves a plan to sort out wimpy politicians - by removing them - and take assertive action against Islamic countries.

I'm sure plenty of people will enjoy this book but the author is too sloppy and grandiose for my taste. The moment Italian police snipers used a 50cal Barrett in a city, I lost belief in the story. No sniper would use such a ferocious weapon among civilians.

Still, I did finish the book rather than putting it aside.

[Blackshear]

After having read the first 3 or whatever Artemis Fowl books when I was a few years younger, picked up an e-copy of the latest one.
While probably aimed at younger people, I can't say that it should be. Everything is delivered to the reader without having had thoughts about the twists, but engaging nonetheless.

EDIT:
Just realized I dont have the latest one, and I've skipped one somewhere.
Goddamn sonnuva