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What are you filthy heathens reading atm?
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Always pimping the 'Power!Paddy Samurai wrote: »
You recommended his stuff to me on the SF Forum book thread on Boards, and I subsequently loved On Stranger Tides and The Drawing of the Dark.
Just to echo any Iain M Banks suggestions: Player of Games is the perfect intro. It's short, one of his first books, one of his best, and gives a good intro in what the Culture is/does.
Consider Phlebas is more running and gunning than anything (which is fine!) but hardly references the Culture.0 -
I'm currently reading and loving Glamorama by Brett Easton Ellis.
I've read Game of Thrones recently so want to continue that series.
I've read Player of Games and Surface Detail from the Culture series and loved them. My brother has a bunch of them so always trying to get a loan from him.
Years ago I started a copy of Atlas Shrugged belonging to my flatmate, but then she moved out while I was half-way through and I never got around to finishing it. I don't think I could start it again, it wasn't that compelling!
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I did enjoy a chortle when the writers of HB,HG tried to sue Dan Brown for nicking their ideas, but failed because they'd sold their book to the public on the basis that it was all actual fact.Bannasidhe wrote: »The Da Vinci Code was a blatant rip off of The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail - which is itself a challenging read for all the wrong reasons. 0 -
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I did enjoy a chortle when the writers of HB,HG tried to sue Dan Brown for nicking their ideas, but failed because they'd sold their book to the public on the basis that it was all actual fact.
I have received threats of legal action from the author of a book on an Irish historical figure - this person was told in no uncertain terms to sling their hook as their book is classified as non-fiction...wrongly in my opinion...0 -
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The Da Vinci code was a generic page-turner with a mildly controversial conclusion. I hold no animosity toward it.
It probably prompted a lot more people to actually pick up a book than a decade of Booker prize-winners did. Maybe some of them even went on to read other books. 0 -
The Da Vinci code was a generic page-turner with a mildly controversial conclusion. I hold no animosity toward it.
It probably prompted a lot more people to actually pick up a book than a decade of Booker prize-winners did. Maybe some of them even went on to read other books.
Yeah didn't think it was that bad at all. Reading more than one Dan Browne book you quickly realise they're all done to a fairly obvious formula but having not read any of his other stuff previously I found DVC quite engrossing, clever and certainly no more poorly written than a lot of the fantasy novels people seem to ZOMG over.0 -
The Da Vinci code was a generic page-turner with a mildly controversial conclusion. I hold no animosity toward it.
It probably prompted a lot more people to actually pick up a book than a decade of Booker prize-winners did. Maybe some of them even went on to read other books.
This is true:-) I have a friend who never read a book between her school years and the Da Vinci Code and I've since caught her reading "A short history of tractors in Ukrainian" by Marina Lewycka (which is a good read).0 -
Brought my kindle loaded with stuff and one physical book with me on hols and only finished the physical book which was The Honourable Schoolboy by Le Carre. I've been going through all of the books that feature Smiley and thoroughly enjoying them. Not done much reading since unfortunately so the only solution is longer holidays next year 0
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Brought my kindle loaded with stuff and one physical book with me on hols and only finished the physical book which was The Honourable Schoolboy by Le Carre. I've been going through all of the books that feature Smiley and thoroughly enjoying them. Not done much reading since unfortunately so the only solution is longer holidays next year
I was very opposed to the whole idea of the kindle - but what about the paper smell, the physicality, the weight of a book in ones hand I wailed...then I got one from OH for Xmas. It was, she freely admits, one of those presents that benefit the giver - in her case it was because we take my grandkids camping every July and I keep her awake at night juggling book and torch and fill the tent with my holiday books and bitch when they get damp....
I brought the whole Artemis Fowl series on holidays with me - on the kindle- I also discovered our tent is quite spacious but this may be a coincidence...
My mother was horrified by the Kindle - she is now reading books on the iPad my brother bought her.
But - there are some books that I insist on having in hard copy.0 -
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I look forward to having a study with wall to wall bookcases at some point. Plenty of dark wood, leather and a fire place somewhere. It'd all look a little bare with only a kindle on a desk.
It's kinda like the quote I've seen attributed to John Waters (of directing, homosexuality and pencil moustache fame) "If you go back to someones place and they don't have books, don't **** them".
How will we know who to not **** in the future?:pac:
I must confess I have the book lined study with desk (no leather chairs or fireplace as it's the box bedroom) containing a sofa that is also stacked with books...and a book lined bedroom which used to have a locker stacked with books but now I have a book pile which contains a locker somewhere in it's innards...and a book lined wall in the dining room...I am negotiating for a book lined bathroom but not holding out much hope
I think it's obvious why OH bought me a kindle. It's because she saw that JW quote too.
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If I did my reading with a glass of something beside the fireplace, I'd read a book.
As it is, though, I'd get back strain carting something like "A Dance with Dragons" in and out of work every day. Also, try reading a large hardback while standing in a jammed DART during rush hour.
No, they may not smell as good, but Kindles have their uses. I've the paperwhite version on my Christmas Festivus list. 0 -
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magicbastarder wrote: »i don't have a kindle, simply because if i want to read on public transport, with the option of meeting someone for a pint in town after work, i can't sling the kindle in a corner and not worry unduly about it being stolen or someone spilling a pint on it.
plus, i don't like being spied on.
I have a kindle but only because it was bought for me, otherwise I would've gone with one of the cheaper e-readers because I don't use Amazon to buy books in the first place. Even with a Kindle though it's simple to not get spied on, just turn off the whiffy. 0 -
But you're much more likely to get spied reading Fifty Shades of Grey with the paperback in your hand.magicbastarder wrote: »plus, i don't like being spied on. 0 -
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