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kyser_soze said:
Elpenor - what do you think of it? MW ALWAYS makes me cry when I read it. And have you read All Families Are Psychotic and Hey Nostradamus!?
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Hmm, it left me a bit unsure what to think to be honest. I liked some sections, but it was a bit patchy. I liked the bit about Susan Colgate disappearing after the plane crash the best.It felt quite like a thriller though, which is why I guess I finished it in 2 days. Yeah read those two, AFAP I found a bit below par, but I loved Hey Nostradamus.

Now reading Put Out More Flags by Evelyn Waugh...
 
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (D. Quixote) Portuguese version
The Picturegoers by David Lodge (Penguin Books)
 

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Elpenor said:
Hmm, it left me a bit unsure what to think to be honest. I liked some sections, but it was a bit patchy. I liked the bit about Susan Colgate disappearing after the plane crash the best.It felt quite like a thriller though, which is why I guess I finished it in 2 days. Yeah read those two, AFAP I found a bit below par, but I loved Hey Nostradamus.

Now reading Put Out More Flags by Evelyn Waugh...
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Ah, guess I'm just a real sucker for a twisted, perverse romance...come to think of it given that I think True Romance is the most, well romantic film ever that fits....
 
ringolevio said:
Body of Secrets: How America's NSA and Britain's GCHQ Eavesdrop on the World by James Bamford.
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that's an interesting book, especially the bits about sharon...

i'm reading 'the tailor of panama' by john le carré, it's jolly decent :)
 
ringolevio said:
Body of Secrets: How America's NSA and Britain's GCHQ Eavesdrop on the World by James Bamford.

Again.

:rolleyes:

:D
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Have you read Blowback - the History of the CIA?

Great book, by turns horrifying, thrilling and hysterically funny.
 
Azar Nafisi : "Reading Lolita In Teheran"

..very good..about a (secret) women's reading group in Iran and their exposure to european novels,their discussions/opinions about the books..etc.. (haven't finished it yet- but so far it comes highly recommended!) :)
 
Interface By Neal Stephenson and Frederick George

It's about a Presidential candidate who after suffering a stroke is implanted with a chip that cures his aphasia and feeds poll data straight into his brain...
 
Evelyn Waugh - Scoop (not read since 12)

Douglas Coupland - Girlfriend In A Coma (not read since last December)
 
True History of The Kelly Gang by Peter Carey

this is a brilliant fictional autobiography of Ned Kelly.
highly recommended
 
kyser_soze said:
So this is the first book in a trilogy the way Necronomicon was supposed to be the first book in a trilogy?

Quicksilver IS a fucking great book tho...
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no it is a very well integrated trilogy.. just finished second volume (actually books 3 & 4 in the sequence) And it follows on almost exactly from the end of quicksilver.. following all the same characters, newton, leibnitz, daniel waterhouse, Jack shaftoe & eliza & enoch root

& the third volume - the sytem of the world follows on from the end of this one. (not published for another month dammit)

You could argue that Cryptonomicon is the fourth volume in this sequence, having many of the same themes and following the ancestors of many of these characters.. I reckon a sequel to cryptonomicon may eventually appear - I certainly hope so :)
 
Pickman's model said:
Anthony READ The Devil's Disciples: The Lives and Times of Hitler's Inner Circle (London: Pimlico, 2004)
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BTW,on topic with Hitler,WW2 etc... saw a book last week called "The Occult Inspirations Of The Third Reich",or summat... are they just taking the piss at clueless booklovers,or is it any truth/substance to those theories? ..anyone?? :confused:
 
there were all sorts of myths and nonsenses employed by the inner circle of the Third Reich, either to shore up their more disgusting ideas, or based on a genuine believe in the whole master race thing. they had explorers all over the far and middle east, measuring skulls and nicking artefacts...
 
Orang Utan said:
NOOOOO! Don't read it! It's shite. I was jesting.
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*LOL*!-i'm going for the "Occult inspirations for the..etcetc" anyways,so don't worry...! :)
(as in "reading it inside the book store...not actually spending my money on it.."?!) :o

..besides,i'm already busy with my oh-so-exciting,paperback copy of Thomas Hobbes' "Leviathan" that i'll have to read for my course @ uni...!(and to make matters worse,it's in 17-th century english!..my dictionary can't cope and i'm already on chapter 2...!*siggghhhhh*.. :( ) oh,how i'll love to finish this damn examen philosophicum to actually get on with my cultural studies/history of ideas MA! ;)
 
Bought two books today as I have next week off and thought I might catch up with some reading...must go slow and not finish them before the weekend.

The Good Women of China, Hidden voices: Xinran, which looks interesting and Candlemoth by Roger Jon Ellory...just started the latter.

Anyone else read either of these and if so views?
 
sparkling said:
Hidden voices: Xinran
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haven't had time to start it yet but just popping in to say that to my knowledge it has gotten excellent reviews...(but as of course all taste is subjective we'll have to make up our own minds on that one)..looks interesting,though! :)
 
Just finished the Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov. Interesting premise. Shame that the writing is so piss poor. I know it was written in the 50's, but the constant sexism was really driving me nuts. :mad:
 
The Slow Burning Fuse

by John Quail.

Subtitled 'the lost history of the British anarchists' it does exactly what it says on the tin.

Well worth a look.
 
O some Edgar Allan Poe collection called 'Tales of mystery and imagination' - nice light holiday stuff... ;)
 
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