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Post by whiskeybrewer on Jun 6, 2016 10:25:51 GMT
The Resurrection Casket - Justin Richards
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Jun 8, 2016 9:51:57 GMT
Nightmare on Black Island - Mike Tucker
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Post by mrperson on Jun 8, 2016 16:31:26 GMT
Starting on "Moving Pictures" (Pratchett)
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Post by charlesuirdhein on Jun 8, 2016 19:44:41 GMT
Brandon Sanderson's The Bands of Mourning. On the novella in that series now.
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Post by Hieronymus on Jun 13, 2016 5:43:26 GMT
Currently reading A Matter for Men by David Gerrold.
I like it, on the whole, but some chapters are preachy classroom scenes that serve as an ideology dump for the author. Heinlein was guilty of doing this too, and I notice that the novel is dedicated to him.
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Post by elkawho on Jun 15, 2016 4:12:58 GMT
Getting my historical biographies in I recently finished a bio on Philippe the Duke of Orleans aka brother to The Sun King Louis XIV. And I am currently reading Hamilton Yes I have been inspired by recent TV & Broadway musicals. I'm currently reading Hamilton. I've been wanting to read it for years, and with the hype from the musical I finally started it. Fascinating book.
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Post by relativetime on Jun 15, 2016 4:32:44 GMT
I recently started reading Murder on the Orient Express after I realized I had never read an Agatha Christie novel before! Yeah, shame on me... But better late than never! And it's quite good so far!
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Post by mrperson on Jun 16, 2016 15:57:22 GMT
Getting my historical biographies in I recently finished a bio on Philippe the Duke of Orleans aka brother to The Sun King Louis XIV. And I am currently reading Hamilton Yes I have been inspired by recent TV & Broadway musicals. I'm currently reading Hamilton. I've been wanting to read it for years, and with the hype from the musical I finally started it. Fascinating book. Are you reading the play or a biography? (I found Ron Chernow's biogaphy of him to be excellent, for what it's worth)
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Post by elkawho on Jun 16, 2016 17:03:18 GMT
I'm currently reading Hamilton. I've been wanting to read it for years, and with the hype from the musical I finally started it. Fascinating book. Are you reading the play or a biography? (I found Ron Chernow's biogaphy of him to be excellent, for what it's worth) The biography. It's extremely well written and accessible.
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Post by acousticwolf on Jun 16, 2016 17:43:35 GMT
Garth Nix, Sabriel. I agree with everyone, a very, very good book . I can't believe it never hit my radar before. I found it to be on similar lines to Joseph Delaney's Spooks, but more adult. Onto Lirael now. Cheers Tony
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Post by mrperson on Jun 17, 2016 18:26:49 GMT
Finished "Moving Pictures" (Pratchett) and starting "Reaper Man" (Pratchett).
Also still working my way through The Unabridged Mark Twain.
I usually keep 2-3 books going at any one time. ie, I read a few articles from "The Gonzo Papers" volumes once in a while to get a rather unique perspective on things like the 1972 US presidential campaign, etc. Hunter Thompson was a brilliant but truly wild man, perhaps a little much for some. But I find plenty of insight in between the insanity.
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Post by mrperson on Jun 17, 2016 18:41:52 GMT
Are you reading the play or a biography? (I found Ron Chernow's biogaphy of him to be excellent, for what it's worth) The biography. It's extremely well written and accessible. Glad you're enjoying it. I probably ought to go back and reread it at some point. I think I received it as a gift when it came out, and it feels like that was at least a decade ago.
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Post by coffeeaddict on Jun 18, 2016 21:00:29 GMT
Read Moon Blink today. Fun first offering from Sadie Miller (Elisabeth Sladen's daughter) - I'm really enjoying the Lethbridge-Stewart books. When the series was first announced I was skeptical about it, but I have been pleasantly surprised with them and can't wait for the rest of this years releases.
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Post by Ela on Jun 19, 2016 17:40:33 GMT
Finished the "The Legends of River Song" last night. A good selection of stories with a couple of stand out ones - Jenny T. Colgan, guyadams and Andrew Lane take a bow . Cheers Tony That sounds like something I'd potentially like to read. Did you think it was worth reading, overall? I've been rather underwhelmed by some of the spin-off written stories based on modern new Who.
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Post by Ela on Jun 19, 2016 17:45:49 GMT
Garth Nix, Sabriel. I agree with everyone, a very, very good book . I can't believe it never hit my radar before. I found it to be on similar lines to Joseph Delaney's Spooks, but more adult. Onto Lirael now. Cheers Tony Excellent. I am looking forward to Goldenhand, set in the same universe and reportedly a sequel to the Abhorsen trilogy. Garth Nix keeps posting teasing hints and lines from the upcoming story on his Facebook page and on Twitter. It's coming out in October.
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Post by acousticwolf on Jun 19, 2016 19:49:49 GMT
Finished the "The Legends of River Song" last night. A good selection of stories with a couple of stand out ones - Jenny T. Colgan, guyadams and Andrew Lane take a bow . Cheers Tony That sounds like something I'd potentially like to read. Did you think it was worth reading, overall? I've been rather underwhelmed by some of the spin-off written stories based on modern new Who. I think so, yes. Jenny Colgan and Andrew Lane are particularly good at writing River and I could easily "hear" River narrating the stories. Guy Adams just behind (not quite at the top) and the rest of the stories aren't too bad either. I guess it all depends on how much you like River and the cost of the book, but I definitely enjoyed it and reading the above stories, you get more of a sense of what is going on below her confident exterior. Cheers Tony
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Post by Hieronymus on Jun 21, 2016 5:11:56 GMT
I'm halfway through Terry Pratchett's Monstrous Regiment.
The humor is toned down a bit in this one, and Vimes (and Shoe) are the only regular characters to show up so far, and only briefly. Not sure where this one will go.
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Post by Hieronymus on Jun 23, 2016 3:55:28 GMT
Still working my way through classical Athenian drama.
Today was Sophocles' Ajax (the translation by Golden titled Aias).
Historians tell us that the play created an uproar when it premiered, and I can see why. It is powerful. Why have I never read of any great praise for this play? It may be simpler in structure with a smaller number of characters than a Shakespeare play (because of the strictures of the Athenian format), but its speeches rank alongside the best that the Bard ever wrote.
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Post by omega on Jun 23, 2016 4:23:17 GMT
More Than This by Patrick Ness
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Post by aemiliapaula on Jun 23, 2016 18:00:49 GMT
My readings for summer institute classes on Homer and Ancient Greek New Music, which includes Aristophanes, Hieronymus
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