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Post by whiskeybrewer on Mar 18, 2020 13:31:28 GMT
I have a ton of Clive Cussler (RIP) books and Doctor Who VNA's to read so if work is forced to close and i have to isolate, im sorted
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Post by Hieronymus on Mar 18, 2020 15:29:32 GMT
A few:
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather) - I'm reading this one now and finding it rich with pathos. It follows a newly appointed archbishop to the American southwest following the Mexican-American War.
Romola (George Eliot) - This isn't Eliot's best, but it was the first of hers that I read. I don't think any other writer is so adept at characterization. A brief description and two lines of dialogue can be enough to make you feel you know the character. It is a historical novel set in Florence following the death of Lorenzo de Medici. Her novels The Mill on the Floss, Middlemarch, and Silas Marner I can recommend as well, but their stories are more familiar because of adaptations. Romola is one you probably don't know.
Tom Jones (Henry Fielding) - Still my favorite novel.
I could name others--Dune, The Silmarillion, Sherlock Holmes, and books by Terry Pratchett or Neil Gaiman--but most of those have already been mentioned.
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Post by newt5996 on Mar 18, 2020 16:50:53 GMT
The Wheel of Time is fun and with a TV Adaptation. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman is some great escapism. Also this is a perfect time to get into Doctor Who books if you haven't already.
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Post by charlesuirdhein on Mar 18, 2020 17:54:15 GMT
How about a music version of this thread?
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Post by timegirl on Mar 18, 2020 18:09:44 GMT
How about a music version of this thread? And movies and tv! |
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Post by tuigirl on Mar 18, 2020 18:51:28 GMT
I love Foundation and Dune.
This reminds me, I still have the Foundation audio drama with Geoffrey Beevers in my audio backlog somewhere...
Is that the BBC version from the 1970s? I remember it being absolutely packed with familiar faces. Gabrief Woolfe (Sutekh), Maurice Denham (Azmael), Julian Glover (Richard the Lionheart), David Gooderson (Davros)... Yep, that is the one. I thought after I liked the books, I could get the audio since I know some of the actors.  |
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Post by johnhurtdoctor on Mar 18, 2020 18:55:46 GMT
How about a music version of this thread? And movies and tv! Or just put it all in the Our Health thread making it a one stop place for all this. |
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Post by randomcomments on Mar 19, 2020 1:42:34 GMT
Some 'genre' favourites of mine: The original Foundation trilogy by Isaac Asimov ( Foundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation, in that order). Asimov as much as admitted in the foreword of one of the later sequels/prequels written after these three (that tied the Foundation and I, Robot universes together) that he only did it because the publisher threw a whole lot of money at him, so they're really nowhere near as good. Tolkien's The Silmarillion. If it's your first time, feel free to skip the first section, "Ainulindalë". I'm a big Tolkienite, and I often skip it when re-reading. The rest of the book is great, but that first section is just unbearably dry. James S.A. Corey's The Expanse series (upon which the terrific TV show is based). Frank Herbert's Dune series. Just the ones he wrote, don't waste your time with the garbage his son has milked out of the brand with Kevin J Anderson. Some non-fiction ones I've read in recent years and enjoyed/appreciated for one reason or another: - Bill Browder's Red Notice
- Johnny Cash's autobiography, aptly titled Cash: The Autobiography- Barbara Demick's Nothing to Envy- David Lynch's autobiography Room to Dream (co-written with Kristine McKenna) Tell me you've confused it with the Valaquenta! The Ainulindalë is one of the best sections in the Silmarillion (along with Beren and Luthien, naturally). |
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Post by Digi on Mar 19, 2020 2:12:01 GMT
Some 'genre' favourites of mine: The original Foundation trilogy by Isaac Asimov ( Foundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation, in that order). Asimov as much as admitted in the foreword of one of the later sequels/prequels written after these three (that tied the Foundation and I, Robot universes together) that he only did it because the publisher threw a whole lot of money at him, so they're really nowhere near as good. Tolkien's The Silmarillion. If it's your first time, feel free to skip the first section, "Ainulindalë". I'm a big Tolkienite, and I often skip it when re-reading. The rest of the book is great, but that first section is just unbearably dry. James S.A. Corey's The Expanse series (upon which the terrific TV show is based). Frank Herbert's Dune series. Just the ones he wrote, don't waste your time with the garbage his son has milked out of the brand with Kevin J Anderson. Some non-fiction ones I've read in recent years and enjoyed/appreciated for one reason or another: - Bill Browder's Red Notice
- Johnny Cash's autobiography, aptly titled Cash: The Autobiography- Barbara Demick's Nothing to Envy- David Lynch's autobiography Room to Dream (co-written with Kristine McKenna) Tell me you've confused it with the Valaquenta! The Ainulindalë is one of the best sections in the Silmarillion (along with Beren and Luthien, naturally). Ainulandale? The Music genesis of the universe? Just dreadfully boring IMO. I understand the thematic importance, but I just don’t enjoy the book until the world is formed and the Ainur go there and become the Valar  |
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Post by constonks on Mar 19, 2020 2:19:50 GMT
Finished Flatland and am onto my pile of next-in-the-series books!  (And I did order The Schizoid Earth by David A. McIntee) |
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Post by muckypup on Mar 19, 2020 2:22:47 GMT
I’m going back to a happier place in my life and re-Reading the Adrian mole books, I wish I was 13&3/4 again.......
and on tv watching treasure hunt videos......love a bit of Anneka Rice
Im gonna hide in the 80’s
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Post by constonks on Mar 19, 2020 2:27:30 GMT
I love Foundation and Dune.
This reminds me, I still have the Foundation audio drama with Geoffrey Beevers in my audio backlog somewhere...
Is that the BBC version from the 1970s? I remember it being absolutely packed with familiar faces. Gabrief Woolfe (Sutekh), Maurice Denham (Azmael), Julian Glover (Richard the Lionheart), David Gooderson (Davros)... Also on Spotify if folks are interested. I didn't know who was in it but I had saved it in a playlist for later listening! |
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Post by tuigirl on Mar 19, 2020 7:55:12 GMT
Member Sherlock shared a link by author Lance Parkin to the book "The Dying Days" (which has that infamous scene between Benny and 8) in the "What made your day" thread.
Get it now while it is free.
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Post by aztec on Mar 19, 2020 9:08:59 GMT
I've set myself the fun challenge to re-read: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_History_of_Middle-earthI own and have read the whole series, but not cover to cover for many years, now may be a good chance to dive in again. I've also been meaning to re-read some of the BBC EDA's... |
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Post by Digi on Mar 19, 2020 10:25:58 GMT
I’ve been meaning to read that for ages, just been hesitating because of the price tag. On Amazon Canada a collected version runs for $300, while the 12 individual books are priced anywhere from $18-30 each. Bit of a kick in the wallet! |
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Post by ljwilson on Mar 19, 2020 14:28:14 GMT
Intend to revisit and dip in and out of Hunter S. Thompson's The Great Shark Hunt.
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Post by Hieronymus on Apr 3, 2020 21:45:03 GMT
A book I just recalled after seeing it on my shelf: The Plague (La Peste) by Albert Camus.
Camus was from French Algeria, and set his novel in the city of Oran. It is a timely novel, relating the events during an outbreak of plague and the ineptitude of people in controlling the situation. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2020 22:39:17 GMT
A book I just recalled after seeing it on my shelf: The Plague (La Peste) by Albert Camus.
Camus was from French Algeria, and set his novel in the city of Oran. It is a timely novel, relating the events during an outbreak of plague and the ineptitude of people in controlling the situation. I read a few years ago, A Journal of the Plague Year, by Daniel Defoe. Its a fascinating work of documentary fiction (Defoe was child during the outbreak) but counts as the closest and most detailed account, being based on lost anecdotal and written sources, of what it was like to be there at the time. Samuel Pepys diaries, in comparison, were a more personal account and do not cover the plague in such detail, his own routine continuing almost in spite of what was taking place. As a very early work of fiction (Defoe was one of the very first true Novelists) it is vastly influential and much of what is contained within may be discerned as being factual in source, but witnessed and recounted by a fictional character, much as we accept fictionalised accounts of the two world wars as means to convey actual events and incidents. The documented evidence of factual records concerning deaths and burials accompanied by the experiences of a person who remained in London during the outbreak, to give an eye witness account, is as vivid as so many 20th century fictions such as Survivors, I am Legend and many others. And yet in this case, we may be confident that it happened. A compelling and grim read. Edit: forgot to add this link. It is available as a free download via Kindle reader (free software for PC's via Amazon) for anyone looking to read it digitally:A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe |
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