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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2018 6:40:37 GMT
Any good books you're read lately ?
I'm an avid reader, I always have a book on the go.
Currently reading "Kippling's - The strange ride of Morrowbie Jukes"
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Post by Bigman80 on Jul 30, 2018 8:59:42 GMT
Any good books you're read lately ? I'm an avid reader, I always have a book on the go. Currently reading "Kippling's - The strange ride of Morrowbie Jukes" I bought loads of books on paper and Kindle a few years ago. I read about a dozen and just ran out of steam. Now I can’t get back into it. My brain has gone lazy, I reckon. Studying tended to spoil reading for me because I skim-read everything, just looking for information to support my arguments. I don’t seem to be able to break the habit and actually read a paragraph, let alone a book. Short chapters seem to help, but I still struggle to maintain attention. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2018 9:56:29 GMT
I'm also an avid reader, and usually have two or three books on the go. At the moment I'm mostly reading vintage whodunnits from the 1920s/30s because it's been too hot to read anything more demanding. I've also just re-read 'Austerlitz' by W G Sebald, an astonishing book, translated from German.
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Post by savvypaul on Jul 30, 2018 11:57:18 GMT
I'm currently in the latter stages of 'The Pigeon Tunnel' by John Le Carre...moving on to 'A Very British Coup' by Chris Mullin (first read it in 1982).
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2018 8:57:24 GMT
E.A.Poe - The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2018 14:46:58 GMT
Roadside Picnic - Boris and Arkady Strugatsky
A superior Sci-Fi novel.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2018 11:46:17 GMT
I read 'The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym' many, many years ago. I must re-read it soon. I've just finished 'The Mystery of the Blue Train' by Agatha Christie, an easy-to-read whodunnit. Now I've started on 'The History of Byzantium' by the oddly-named Cyril Mango.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2018 14:04:17 GMT
Pyms strange.......
My fave AC novel dvh is "10 little Niggers" which the PC brigade had Agatha change too "And then there were none"
Un-Fukin-Believable.
Quite superb, and by her own admission, her best.
PS I HAVE THE ORIGINAL HARD BACK IN MY COLLECTION.....ITS WORTH MORE THAN A HARBETH P3ESR/SE.
Just saying like......😇
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2018 14:08:04 GMT
Censorship of historical novels piss me right off.
Its like pretending the holocaust never happened.
🙊🙉🙈.....😈
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2018 14:26:21 GMT
Censorship of historical novels piss me right off. Its like pretending the holocaust never happened. 🙊🙉🙈.....😈 Depends which holocaust you refer to. Historically, there have been many. The word seems to have been appropriated to mean the Jewish Holocaust, which in itself is inaccurate, as many others suffered, not just Jews. The word Holocaust has probably been in use for a thousand years. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2018 14:30:44 GMT
True Wall, good post.......Many many holocausts sadly.
Feel free to pick any holocaustic atrocity you like.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2018 14:39:03 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2018 14:45:29 GMT
Yes along side "Legend" a very fine apocalyptic novel.
Blood Meridian - C.M. - His Masterpiece........Brutal.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2018 14:46:05 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2018 14:52:31 GMT
Yes along side "Legend" a very fine apocalyptic novel. Blood Meridian - C.M. - His Masterpiece........Brutal. Not had Blood Meridian come my way yet. I haven't bought new books for ages, I just wait for what I want to turn up in the charity shops for 50p. They always do eventually. I also have a habit of buying big batches of paperbacks without really checking what they are, just as long as they are not romantic novels. I read in bed each night and start books without looking at the covers, so potentially I can find myself reading just about anything. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2018 14:59:45 GMT
Gosh wish I could wait......
I think nothing of spending £1000 on what is imho a classic or indeed a future classic.
Now.
I have hardback signed Mint 1st editions that would cost more than a Brand new Ford Focus.
Investment.........Yes.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2018 15:03:06 GMT
Tell you though.........MINT ORIGINAL.
nowt else will do.
And please be aware, there is some very fine copys on the go.
Please approach an expert.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2018 15:39:00 GMT
I have a few (maybe ten) signed first editions. Generally speaking I'm more interested in the content than in the format, so, unless the print is too small or the book is actually falling to pieces, I'm as happy with a 50p charity shop purchase as with a mint first edition hardback.
I couldn't do what Walpurgis does, and read on spec though. I have to know what, broadly speaking, I'm going to be reading about.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2018 15:41:50 GMT
Censorship of historical novels piss me right off. Its like pretending the holocaust never happened. 🙊🙉🙈.....😈 Depends which holocaust you refer to. Historically, there have been many. The word seems to have been appropriated to mean the Jewish Holocaust, which in itself is inaccurate, as many others suffered, not just Jews. The word Holocaust has probably been in use for a thousand years. About seven hundred years, in English at any rate. |
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