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Post by Skankmonkey on Nov 12, 2015 22:32:10 GMT
Is that 4 or 5 on this thread? I'm going for 4, but it could well be 5 I've lost track. Too many anyway.
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Post by Skankmonkey on Nov 12, 2015 22:34:28 GMT
Recently finished The Runaway Jury, John Grisham. You might have seen the film with Gene Hackman but the book is quite different. Very fast paced and seriously gripping, I'd highly recommend it. John Grisham is my favouritest author for fiction. Always riveting books and difficult to pinpoint my favourite TBH. I see his books all over but I've never read one. A lot of recommendations though. I'll give him a go. Ta!
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Post by Skankmonkey on Nov 12, 2015 22:36:35 GMT
Mein kempf . It's a brilliant read but it doesn't have many pictures Top man harry. Was it you nicked my Mussolini book btw? <winky>
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Post by Skankmonkey on Nov 12, 2015 22:43:04 GMT
"Soccernomics" looked interesting as well. Anyone read that? I've started reading that one, and am enjoying it. They make some interesting arguments in there, I'd recommend it on what I've read so far. Just finished reading Murakami's 'Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage'. It was OK, but not my favourite of the authors books. Another one I'm into is Operation Mincemeat, which is about the plan by the British in WWII to plant a body with fake documents to fool the German's. Its pretty easy to read, which is makes a nice change from some of the cumbersome books out there on WWII. Is it by the pair who did Freakonomics? Levitt & Dubner. That started well for me but It all got a bit smart alecky and irritating by the end and I gave up.
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Nov 12, 2015 22:46:02 GMT
Kill your friends by John Niven.......very good. Might give that Mein Kemph a go next, Pretty sure a bloke in the pub recommended that to me before, must look into it...whats it about mate? 'The Moon is a Balloon' was perhaps me first introduction to the idea of verbal gymnastics.
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Post by Skankmonkey on Nov 12, 2015 22:50:42 GMT
Tending to concentrate on local and natural history tomes at the moment. The best I've read recently is Doug Pickford's 'Magic, Myth & Memory in the Moorlands.' I havn't read a good new novel for a while, though I've recently re-read two faves:'A Clockwork Orange' for Burgess' clever clever use of language. All a bit incomprehensible to begin with but by the end it's fairly natural to 'tolchoc an old vecky' etc. Also 'American Psycho' Brett Easton Ellis, a disturbing tour de force of a book, very affecting. Long passages of fairly prosaic details interspersed with explosions of extreme violence. As a youth I loved 'Puckoon' and all the Spike Milligan books {never liked him in The Goons etc, but liked his written work} so I picked up 'The Essential Spike Milligan Anthology' in a Charity Shop recently, which I intend to get into. Abandoned Owen Jones' 'Establishment' recently, it was all very depressing, need a break from it before trudging on. Ten minutes of me head in a book and I just zonk these days. I loved the Milligan stuff and Clockwork Orange. Not read the Brett Easton Ellis. I think I saw the film and it put me off. You can pick up some good books in charity shops. I found a pristine copy of Richard Mabey's "Food for Free" last year. Library sales are good as well.
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Nov 12, 2015 22:56:42 GMT
Is that 4 or 5 on this thread? I'm going for 4, but it could well be 5 Based on culture, intelligence or what DC? You are very silly. (Can't smile on me phone.)
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Post by stokeharry on Nov 12, 2015 23:10:57 GMT
Mein kempf . It's a brilliant read but it doesn't have many pictures Top man harry. Was it you nicked my Mussolini book btw? <winky> I don't like mussolini mate it tastes like rabbit food , prefer ready brek me self
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Post by Skankmonkey on Nov 12, 2015 23:27:34 GMT
Recently read fields of death by Simon scarrow . Wellington and napoleons campaigns culminating in the battle of Waterloo . Very good read from a great author Wow that's stepping well into Bernard Cornwells territory there isn't it? He won't be giving him such positive recommendations in future!
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Post by Skankmonkey on Nov 12, 2015 23:30:17 GMT
Animal Farm all time favourite book of mine, all are equal but some are more equal than others, reminds me of this board at times wonder if this post will disappear ? supposing Allahs left sandal spots and reports it for some spurious reason, some very fishy goings on of late. Orwell is a favourite of mine too. Bit of a lefty for you I'd have thought? If you like 1984 I recommend Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2015 23:34:30 GMT
Mein kempf . It's a brilliant read but it doesn't have many pictures Top man harry. Was it you nicked my Mussolini book btw? <winky> It is actually fascinating (if you take it for what it is of course).
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Post by Skankmonkey on Nov 12, 2015 23:40:32 GMT
Top man harry. Was it you nicked my Mussolini book btw? <winky> It is actually fascinating (if you take it for what it is of course). Possibly. I'll take your word for it though. It's not going on my Christmas list. :-)
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Nov 12, 2015 23:41:58 GMT
Recently read fields of death by Simon scarrow . Wellington and napoleons campaigns culminating in the battle of Waterloo . Very good read from a great author Wow that's stepping well into Bernard Cornwells territory there isn't it? He won't be giving him such positive recommendations in future! Enjoying the tv adaptation of 'The Last Kingdom'.
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Post by Skankmonkey on Nov 12, 2015 23:48:52 GMT
Wow that's stepping well into Bernard Cornwells territory there isn't it? He won't be giving him such positive recommendations in future! Enjoying the tv adaptation of 'The Last Kingdom'. Yes I'm enjoying that. I've not read that series though. There is a very good alternate history trilogy by Harry Harrison about the vikings in that period as well. I'll see if I can find a link... Hammer and the Cross trilogy wiki
Mmm...some nonsense in there. I'll find a better link when not phone hamstrung.
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Post by cooper67 on Nov 12, 2015 23:58:11 GMT
Enjoying the tv adaptation of 'The Last Kingdom'. Yes I'm enjoying that. I've not read that series though. There is a very good alternate history trilogy by Harry Harrison about the vikings in that period as well. I'll see if I can find a link... Have read all the Bernard Cornwell books to do with the Last Kingdom-very good. Also by Harry Harrison-The Stainless Steel Rat books and The Technicolor Time Machine-where they make a cheap film by using a time machine to bring everyone together from history to make a Viking epic.
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Post by Skankmonkey on Nov 13, 2015 0:02:57 GMT
There's another Harry Harrison alternate history series with humans and intelligent dinosaur lizard thingies that was quite entertaining.
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Post by matelot1996 on Nov 13, 2015 0:38:16 GMT
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Post by cooper67 on Nov 13, 2015 0:42:38 GMT
There's another Harry Harrison alternate history series with humans and intelligent dinosaur lizard thingies that was quite entertaining. The Eden trilogy. Read them-which I enjoyed.Got rid of them then got them again from a charity shop.Just had a quick look around-got lots of books-I might have got rid of them again!
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Post by Skankmonkey on Nov 13, 2015 0:45:42 GMT
There's another Harry Harrison alternate history series with humans and intelligent dinosaur lizard thingies that was quite entertaining. The Eden trilogy. Read them-which I enjoyed.Got rid of them then got them again from a charity shop.Just had a quick look around-got lots of books-I might have got rid of them again! That's them. Ta!
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Post by Skankmonkey on Nov 13, 2015 0:52:14 GMT
I believe that cruiser transported one of the A bombs and they were on the way back when they were hit by the japanese sub. There was a film made about it, maybe mid-nineties. I haven't seen it and it isn't shown much, which suggests it perhaps isn't very good.
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Nov 13, 2015 0:56:19 GMT
Tending to concentrate on local and natural history tomes at the moment. The best I've read recently is Doug Pickford's 'Magic, Myth & Memory in the Moorlands.' I havn't read a good new novel for a while, though I've recently re-read two faves:'A Clockwork Orange' for Burgess' clever clever use of language. All a bit incomprehensible to begin with but by the end it's fairly natural to 'tolchoc an old vecky' etc. Also 'American Psycho' Brett Easton Ellis, a disturbing tour de force of a book, very affecting. Long passages of fairly prosaic details interspersed with explosions of extreme violence. As a youth I loved 'Puckoon' and all the Spike Milligan books {never liked him in The Goons etc, but liked his written work} so I picked up 'The Essential Spike Milligan Anthology' in a Charity Shop recently, which I intend to get into. Abandoned Owen Jones' 'Establishment' recently, it was all very depressing, need a break from it before trudging on. Ten minutes of me head in a book and I just zonk these days. I loved the Milligan stuff and Clockwork Orange. Not read the Brett Easton Ellis. I think I saw the film and it put me off. You can pick up some good books in charity shops. I found a pristine copy of Richard Mabey's "Food for Free" last year. Library sales are good as well. That might have been my copy of 'Food For Free'. Disappointing. Was there a Ramsons leaf as a bookmark?
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Post by Skankmonkey on Nov 13, 2015 1:04:05 GMT
I loved the Milligan stuff and Clockwork Orange. Not read the Brett Easton Ellis. I think I saw the film and it put me off. You can pick up some good books in charity shops. I found a pristine copy of Richard Mabey's "Food for Free" last year. Library sales are good as well. That might have been my copy of 'Food For Free'. Disappointing. Was there a Ramsons leaf as a bookmark? Heh heh. Not as I recall! Somebody once helpfully disposed of my complete 1990/96 set of Oatcakes at the PDSA in Hanley.
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Post by cooper67 on Nov 13, 2015 1:14:13 GMT
Just reread Stephen Lawhead's Celtic Crusade trilogy of: The iron lance. The black rood. The mystic rose.
All very good and very well researched.
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Nov 13, 2015 1:21:34 GMT
That might have been my copy of 'Food For Free'. Disappointing. Was there a Ramsons leaf as a bookmark? Heh heh. Not as I recall! Somebody once helpfully disposed of my complete 1990/96 set of Oatcakes at the PDSA in Hanley. Much prefer Charity shop books than the pristine Waterstone's versions. Always have. I like the random connections. Like unearthing 'Hurry on Down' by John Wain. And apparently Webbo's is no more so that's even more the case. I've never Amazoned.
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Post by matelot1996 on Nov 13, 2015 1:25:46 GMT
I believe that sub transported one of the A bombs and they were on the way back when they were hit. There was a film made about it, maybe mid-nineties. I haven't seen it and it isn't shown much, which suggests it perhaps isn't very good. Have not seen the film. The book is very good, and by all accounts very accurate.
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Post by harryburrows on Nov 13, 2015 2:27:32 GMT
Kill your friends by John Niven.......very good. Might give that Mein Kemph a go next, Pretty sure a bloke in the pub recommended that to me before, must look into it...whats it about mate? 'The Moon is a Balloon' was perhaps me first introduction to the idea of verbal gymnastics. Good book was that read it in the 70s . David nivens bio
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Post by cooper67 on Nov 13, 2015 2:33:42 GMT
'The Moon is a Balloon' was perhaps me first introduction to the idea of verbal gymnastics. Good book was that read it in the 70s . David nivens bio Didn't he write another one as well?
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Post by harryburrows on Nov 13, 2015 2:45:12 GMT
Good book was that read it in the 70s . David nivens bio Didn't he write another one as well? Yes he did , bring on the empty horses
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Post by cooper67 on Nov 13, 2015 3:07:51 GMT
I will have to dig them out.
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Nov 13, 2015 3:14:10 GMT
Didn't he write another one as well? Yes he did , bring on the empty horses Yeah. That was good. As was 'No Turn Unstoned'. Diana Rigg.
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