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Post by mrperson on Apr 25, 2020 23:28:41 GMT
Derp...
I meant to make a new post but edited an old one.
I think I said in this I had started "I shall wear Midnight" (Pratchett), that I'm nearing the end of my Discworld run, and then I'd also started "The Vital Question" (Nick Lane)
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Chancellery Guard
It's tangerine....not orange
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Post by ljwilson on Apr 27, 2020 9:32:31 GMT
The Ultimate Avengers by Dave Rogers, great to dip in and out of and to compare BFs lost episodes reconstructions with Dave's notes.
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Post by whiskeybrewer on May 11, 2020 10:08:30 GMT
The Uninvited by Paul Cornell His novelisation of the 90's Mini Series, with his added cheeky cameo from a certain military officer at the end lol
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Post by newt5996 on May 11, 2020 14:29:01 GMT
I've started The Well of Ascension by: Brandon Sanderson, it's a reread but I got the second Mistborn trilogy for Christmas and have decided to finally get around to it.
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Post by polly on May 11, 2020 16:37:45 GMT
The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle - Chronologically the first Sherlock Homes story to involve Professor Moriarty. I don't think I've ever actually read this one cover to cover.
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Post by grinch on May 19, 2020 19:54:28 GMT
Tales of the Weird (Tom Slemen)
My first time reading any of this Liverpool based writers work. Whether you believe any of the tales contained within or not, I can’t deny that they are certainly entertaining and in some cases terrifying.
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Post by whiskeybrewer on May 20, 2020 10:29:11 GMT
Morningstar by Peter Atkins Debut novel from Hellraiser 2 and 3 scriptwriter. Its a Novella filled with so much padding that it loses its focus
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Post by whiskeybrewer on May 22, 2020 9:56:53 GMT
The Nightwalker by Diane Guest
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Post by grinch on May 23, 2020 22:39:54 GMT
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (Harlan Ellison)
“HATE. LET ME TELL YOU HOW MUCH I'VE COME TO HATE YOU SINCE I BEGAN TO LIVE. THERE ARE 387.44 MILLION MILES OF PRINTED CIRCUITS IN WAFER THIN LAYERS THAT FILL MY COMPLEX. IF THE WORD HATE WAS ENGRAVED ON EACH NANOANGSTROM OF THOSE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF MILES IT WOULD NOT EQUAL ONE ONE-BILLIONTH OF THE HATE I FEEL FOR HUMANS AT THIS MICRO-INSTANT FOR YOU. HATE. HATE.”
Say what you will about the late Mr Ellison. Belligerent, egotistical and as someone once said the only person whose natural habitat is ‘boiling water’ but by god, was he a good writer.
This is easily one of the most terrifying and thought provoking stories I have ever read. A true exercise in misery and cruelty.
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Post by fitzoliverj on May 24, 2020 17:11:45 GMT
Say what you will about the late Mr Ellison. Belligerent, egotistical and as someone once said the only person whose natural habitat is ‘boiling water’ but by god, was he a good writer.
There's a podcast interview somewheres with the editor of the anthology "Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Was Not"; Ellison died before writing his submission but the story of his agreeing to write for the book gives the impression of a very different side to the man.
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Post by grinch on May 24, 2020 17:39:41 GMT
Say what you will about the late Mr Ellison. Belligerent, egotistical and as someone once said the only person whose natural habitat is ‘boiling water’ but by god, was he a good writer.
There's a podcast interview somewheres with the editor of the anthology "Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Was Not"; Ellison died before writing his submission but the story of his agreeing to write for the book gives the impression of a very different side to the man.
If I can find it, I’ll definitely give it a listen.
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Post by newt5996 on Jun 1, 2020 22:44:23 GMT
Starting my reread of Brandon Sanderson's The Hero of Ages which I remember thinking was the best of the first Mistborn trilogy so it'll be interesting to see if it's the same. I also just need a story where the underdog wins because yay the state of the world.
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Jun 4, 2020 10:31:35 GMT
The Nestling - Charles L. Grant
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Chancellery Guard
It's tangerine....not orange
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Post by ljwilson on Jun 6, 2020 13:58:07 GMT
I'm currently immersing myself in Dune again.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2020 0:55:05 GMT
Say what you will about the late Mr Ellison. Belligerent, egotistical and as someone once said the only person whose natural habitat is ‘boiling water’ but by god, was he a good writer. There's a podcast interview somewheres with the editor of the anthology "Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Was Not"; Ellison died before writing his submission but the story of his agreeing to write for the book gives the impression of a very different side to the man.
Ken Steacy, who did the illustrations for Night and the Enemy, had similar recollections of the man, yeah. There was a thunder to Ellison, but his personality wasn't solely thunder. There was more to him than that. I think J. Michael Straczynski's tribute to him (you can find it in full here) says it all really. The part of him that drove the bluster:
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Post by newt5996 on Jul 6, 2020 4:10:40 GMT
Recently I read The Alloy of Law and reviewed it as the weakest Mistborn book, yet still a really fun read and tonight I'm starting it's sequel, Shadows of Self.
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Post by coffeeaddict on Jul 14, 2020 18:45:25 GMT
Read the first Jack Reacher book a few weeks ago, that was a mistake as now I have the first ten sitting on the shelf and just finished the third in the series. Oh well, something to do while the work load drops over the summer.
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Post by Digi on Jul 19, 2020 0:51:26 GMT
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Post by masterdoctor on Jul 19, 2020 2:28:54 GMT
How to be Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi. Incredibly sobering, but enlightening and ultimately hopeful. Anyone that is looking to learn to better themselves with social issues, this is a great book to pick up.
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Post by mrperson on Jul 19, 2020 23:34:08 GMT
Started reading The Hobbit to my son.
He won't understand a word of it (unless he's a genius among geniuses squared), seeing as he's only five weeks old and can't even manage a proper baby coo yet. (He sort of grimaces and half-squeaks/half-croaks out a sound, but he can't really control the vocal cords quite yet).
But I'm hoping that something about the pattern of language vaguely sinks in. Besides, it means I can read him LOTR after, and it's about time for me to do another run through Tolkien. At worst, I'm reading to myself. Just a lot more slowly because I am doing it out loud. I tend to read fast when it's only in my head.
As in.... one visit to my grandparents when I was young around Christmas time, I read all of LOTR in a bit shy of 4 days' time. And I don't mean 96 hours. I mean the portions of those 4 days when I wasn't talking to family, eating, showering, sleeping, walking in the woods, etc.
I'll do this again once he can understand. . .
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