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Colonel Mustard
post Jun 8 2012, 09:39 AM
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Re-reading the graphic novel, V for Vendetta; so good!

And Game of Thrones is good, but I eventually gave up after George RR Martin got a bit too trigger happy with killing his characters. I can respect any author who's willing to do that, but as the saying goes, you can have too much of a good thing, and when I'm placing bets with myself over how many chapters a new character will last before they're killed off, then I'm hitting, for me, a problem.
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post Jun 8 2012, 09:35 PM
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Ooo only just read the first one, getting Clash of Kings soon.

who dies? sad.gif

NO WAIT DON'T TELL ME!







but seriously who dies though?

I SAID DON'T TELL ME GODDAMMIT!


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Colonel Mustard
post Jun 9 2012, 11:26 AM
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EVERYBODY! EVERBODY STOP WHAT YOU ARE ALL DOING! HARKEN! HARKEN, SAYS I!!

*Waits for everybody to harken*

*Holds up a copy of Reading LIke a Writer: a guide for people who lovebooks and for those who want to write them, by Francesca Prose (I'm pretty sure it's a pseudonym too)*

This book arrived in the post yesterday. I am 114 pages in. If you want to write well, I seriously recommend reading it. I've already applied some of the lessons in its pages to one of my own pieces of prose and it's stepped up several levels from what it was. It is without a doubt one of the most important and valuable books I've ever read in my entire life.

Get it! Read! Learn! Ascend to greatness!
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post Jun 9 2012, 11:58 AM
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QUOTE(Colonel Mustard @ Jun 9 2012, 06:26 AM) *

*Holds up a copy of Reading LIke a Writer: a guide for people who lovebooks and for those who want to write them, by Francesca Prose (I'm pretty sure it's a pseudonym too)*

*Adds to Cart*

Thanks, Colonel! smile.gif


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post Jun 26 2012, 07:21 PM
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Im on 'Poor Little B***h Girl' by the fabulous Jackie Collins! I'm also reading Madame Bovary when the mood for real literature strikes me tongue.gif


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post Jul 19 2012, 01:11 PM
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Failure Is Not An Option by Gene Kranz...

He's the chap that Ed Harris played in Apollo 13...

Fantastic book...
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post Aug 7 2012, 07:48 PM
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Warhammer 40 000 - Horus Rising, by Dan Abnett...
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post Aug 18 2012, 04:12 AM
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Warhammer 40 000 - False Gods by Graham McNeill...Or someone-suchlike...
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post Aug 18 2012, 01:12 PM
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Having finished my current stock of new/unread books, I'm re-reading some older ones I've not opened in several years. Currently on:
Star of the Guardians Vol 1: The Lost King by Margaret Weis.


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post Aug 18 2012, 09:26 PM
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Read the prequel, The Warded Man and found it to be extremely well-written with characters I really do care about. Finding the same is true with this one.


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post Aug 21 2012, 05:33 PM
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I've been reading Alastair Reynalds' Redemption Ark. It the sequel to Revelation Space and I must say it's very very good. It's unusual to come across quite so original ideas and characters. The thing I really like though is his mixing of hard and soft SF, he is a physicist and knows what he's talking about. Where it's something fantastical to examine the effects of on people there's only a bit of handwaving as more would be meaningless but then other times there's excellent detail. It shows how much he's though about things without getting in the way of the plot if the reader isn't interested (or doesn't understand, I suspect some is passing me by).

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Anyway good story and interesting SF if that's what you're into. I'd strongly recommend.


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post Aug 21 2012, 09:07 PM
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Absolutely my fave AR book...Loved that one... biggrin.gif ...

He's gone a bit awry since the first four novels, but I will still say he's one of my fave authors...
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post Aug 31 2012, 06:46 PM
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QUOTE(Rihanae @ Jun 26 2012, 07:21 PM) *

Im on 'Poor Little B***h Girl' by the fabulous Jackie Collins!


YAY! Another Jackie Collins Fan! I thought I was the only one.

I'm reading the 50 Shades books at the moment. Awfully written, but it is just so gripping. They're pretty awesome!


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post Sep 4 2012, 09:58 PM
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Greg Keyes - The Briar King...Yes, yes I am... biggrin.gif ...
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post Sep 5 2012, 06:37 PM
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Currently reading The Hobbit - getting ready for film in December which will be my birthday film! tongue.gif


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post Sep 7 2012, 09:51 PM
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Greg Keyes - Lord of Souls, love it.


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post Sep 8 2012, 06:59 PM
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Greg Keyes getting a lot of love at the mo... biggrin.gif ...Tell you what though, The Briar King is most definately in the top five of my fave novels of all time...I so absolutely love it it's untrue...So absolutely the way I would wish to write a novel...

No, I said how I would wish to...I can't seem to manage to keep it as together as he did though... laugh.gif ...

Don't hold that ^ against the novel though... biggrin.gif ...
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post Sep 22 2012, 05:11 PM
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Forever Young by John Young (and someone else as well but I can't remember his name indifferent.gif )...Aaaamywho, it's another astronaut biography, but this one is by my favouritest astronaut ever...Made me want to become an astronaut when I was teenie...

That went well... huh.gif ...

Aaaamywho, he was the first pilot of the Space Shuttle, Columbia...Bless her... verysad.gif ...
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post Sep 22 2012, 05:39 PM
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I'm reading The Fellowship of the Ring.

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post Oct 16 2012, 06:16 AM
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Warhammer: Sword of Justice by Chris Wraight...Or someone...
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