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25-11-2019 04:50:47 Mobile | Show all posts
Not long finished Cormac McCarthy's 'The Road'.  Throughly enjoyed it, but I was a little dissapointed with the ending.

I'm currently reading a graphic novel by Joe Sacco called Safe Area Gorazde: The War in Eastern Bosnia 1992-1995.

Good to see PKD being discussed.  I've only read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, but I've got a whole list of his books I want to get through.
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25-11-2019 04:50:48 Mobile | Show all posts
Refreshing to hear your comments on Tolkien, whose style I've always considered turgid, laboured whimsy.  

I'm currently reading Stephen King's latest collection of short stories: Just Before (or is it After?) Sunset.  I don't normally read short stories in the order they appear; this time I did and I'm sorry for that as the first tale is a pretty unpromising start.  Still, I won't hold it against him as he's not often let me down in the past.
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25-11-2019 04:50:48 Mobile | Show all posts
The Kite Runner. After the "first part" of the book, its reaaaaaaaaaly boring

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Hope it picks upReally enjoyed the beginning set in Afghanistan, but when they have to leave and live in America it really slows down. And I really do not care about his love life. I just got up to the marriage being arranged
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25-11-2019 04:50:48 Mobile | Show all posts
I've got most of King's short story collections but I can never really get into them, that said I've barely tried

Have you read any GRRM?
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25-11-2019 04:50:48 Mobile | Show all posts
Well this is in my top 10 books of all time.  Stick with it
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25-11-2019 04:50:48 Mobile | Show all posts
Clarkson: For Crying out Loud

Don't read that much these days but always have a good giggle when reading those books.
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25-11-2019 04:50:48 Mobile | Show all posts
Led Zeppelin , When Giants Walked The Earth
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25-11-2019 04:50:49 Mobile | Show all posts
Just started reading Who Runs Britain by Robert Peston....had enough of novels for a while.

Very interesting book too.....
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Haven't read it, but I may look it up now.

It would have to be good to be better than the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant written by Stephen Donaldson.  Absolutely wonderful books, very well written and with huge depth.  Just waiting for the next instalment in the third chronicles to be published.
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25-11-2019 04:50:49 Mobile | Show all posts
I can't put it down mate. I will definitely be buying the sequels, A Game of Thrones is a fantastic read. Apparently the rights to it have been optioned by HBO for a mini-series - they may be working with the BBC on it. I heard the tagline "The Sopranos in Middle Earth" being thrown around.
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