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I've not finished it yet but I can recommend Dan Snow's book on the Battle of Quebec: Link[^] It's a surprisingly good piece of writing from a guy who's clearly an adept historian as well as a TV presenter. He has a great ability to bring out the character of the protagonists, which is something I find not all historians manage.
Thanks, I'll have a look
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The Pope didn't have much say in the Spanish and Portuguese inquisitions. They were mostly political tools of the Spanish and Portuguese :)
May I ask your age?
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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May I ask your age?
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
Old enough to know Monty Python. Let's face it I have had a quite a few Monty Python references from the people amongst whom I have discussed my latest reading ;P
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Old enough to know Monty Python. Let's face it I have had a quite a few Monty Python references from the people amongst whom I have discussed my latest reading ;P
I read once that it is a truism that those people who cannot quote huge passages of Monty Python verbatim have no business sitting in front of a computer. :)
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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I read once that it is a truism that those people who cannot quote huge passages of Monty Python verbatim have no business sitting in front of a computer. :)
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
My office is a Derek and Clive coding shop.
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I opened up a old friend the other day, "Earth" by David Brin , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_(novel)[^] What's interesting with his novel is some of the accuaricies in technology that he thought of back then for now. Now this is what I deem "Heavy Sci-fi", in essence a lot more science than fiction but still enjoyable. What books do you guys read? I'm always on the lookout for some good new titles, so maybe list Genre and your fav author/series. I got 2 by 2mx1m high book cases filled with Fantasy and Sci-fi. Wife has a section on murder and forensics. So for us its: Sci-Fi David Brin David Webber Frank Herbert Fantasy Robert Jordan David Gemmel David Eddings Tad Williams Terry Goodkind Le. Modesitt Jnr Others Patricia Cornwell Tom Clancy Jodi Picolt Clive Cussler
I'm a science fiction fan as well. A friend and I trade books back and forth, and he's gotten me into reading some more mainstream stuff: Lee Child's 'Jack Reacher' novels: http://www.leechild.com/[^] Randy Wayne White's 'Doc Ford' novels: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Wayne_White#Doc_Ford_novels[^]
Software Zen:
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My office is a Derek and Clive coding shop.
How Sad! I suspect a lot of swearing goes on though!
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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How Sad! I suspect a lot of swearing goes on though!
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
Naturally
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I opened up a old friend the other day, "Earth" by David Brin , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_(novel)[^] What's interesting with his novel is some of the accuaricies in technology that he thought of back then for now. Now this is what I deem "Heavy Sci-fi", in essence a lot more science than fiction but still enjoyable. What books do you guys read? I'm always on the lookout for some good new titles, so maybe list Genre and your fav author/series. I got 2 by 2mx1m high book cases filled with Fantasy and Sci-fi. Wife has a section on murder and forensics. So for us its: Sci-Fi David Brin David Webber Frank Herbert Fantasy Robert Jordan David Gemmel David Eddings Tad Williams Terry Goodkind Le. Modesitt Jnr Others Patricia Cornwell Tom Clancy Jodi Picolt Clive Cussler
SciFi: Frederik Pohl (Gateway series) Frank Herbert (Dune, of course) Kim Stanley Robinson (The Mars Trilogy -> Hard SF masterwork) Others: Stephen King Dean Koontz Lee Child
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I opened up a old friend the other day, "Earth" by David Brin , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_(novel)[^] What's interesting with his novel is some of the accuaricies in technology that he thought of back then for now. Now this is what I deem "Heavy Sci-fi", in essence a lot more science than fiction but still enjoyable. What books do you guys read? I'm always on the lookout for some good new titles, so maybe list Genre and your fav author/series. I got 2 by 2mx1m high book cases filled with Fantasy and Sci-fi. Wife has a section on murder and forensics. So for us its: Sci-Fi David Brin David Webber Frank Herbert Fantasy Robert Jordan David Gemmel David Eddings Tad Williams Terry Goodkind Le. Modesitt Jnr Others Patricia Cornwell Tom Clancy Jodi Picolt Clive Cussler
I don't read a lot of SF, but I bought Rendezvous With Rama recently (haven't read it though). I borrowed Asimov 7 years back, it was mind-numbing and I didn't go beyond a few pages. My tastes are quite eclectic, so it's hard to identify a single genre or author. Having said that, I really like Agatha Christie's Poirot books, LotR, and 'popular science' books (In Search of the Edge of Time by John Gribbin, Chaos by James Gleick, etc).
Cheers, Vikram. (Got my troika of CCCs!)
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SciFi: Frederik Pohl (Gateway series) Frank Herbert (Dune, of course) Kim Stanley Robinson (The Mars Trilogy -> Hard SF masterwork) Others: Stephen King Dean Koontz Lee Child
Ahhh , the mars one. Remember the triology, forgot the author tah.
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I don't read a lot of SF, but I bought Rendezvous With Rama recently (haven't read it though). I borrowed Asimov 7 years back, it was mind-numbing and I didn't go beyond a few pages. My tastes are quite eclectic, so it's hard to identify a single genre or author. Having said that, I really like Agatha Christie's Poirot books, LotR, and 'popular science' books (In Search of the Edge of Time by John Gribbin, Chaos by James Gleick, etc).
Cheers, Vikram. (Got my troika of CCCs!)
To be honest, I'm looking for anything good, not just sci-fi or fantasy. That is where my tendencies lie but I've read a few good books in different genre's.
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Marcus_2 wrote:
but at least Jordan still writes books
Marcus_2 wrote:
He did what Jordan should do
You do realise that Robert Jordan bought the farm?
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I opened up a old friend the other day, "Earth" by David Brin , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_(novel)[^] What's interesting with his novel is some of the accuaricies in technology that he thought of back then for now. Now this is what I deem "Heavy Sci-fi", in essence a lot more science than fiction but still enjoyable. What books do you guys read? I'm always on the lookout for some good new titles, so maybe list Genre and your fav author/series. I got 2 by 2mx1m high book cases filled with Fantasy and Sci-fi. Wife has a section on murder and forensics. So for us its: Sci-Fi David Brin David Webber Frank Herbert Fantasy Robert Jordan David Gemmel David Eddings Tad Williams Terry Goodkind Le. Modesitt Jnr Others Patricia Cornwell Tom Clancy Jodi Picolt Clive Cussler
Don't forget to add Anne Mccaffrey and as said before Raymond e Feist. esp the Series he did with Jenny Wurts although the stuff by herself wasn't as good. I've also enjoyed some of Robin Hoob in particular the first assassins series and the solider boy series.
Weight loss Target Weight at start [1/Feb/2009] 127kg Weight now [17/Feb/2010] 97.5kg Target weight : 80kg Only 17.5 to go hope to be there by July Wish me luck!
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Don't forget to add Anne Mccaffrey and as said before Raymond e Feist. esp the Series he did with Jenny Wurts although the stuff by herself wasn't as good. I've also enjoyed some of Robin Hoob in particular the first assassins series and the solider boy series.
Weight loss Target Weight at start [1/Feb/2009] 127kg Weight now [17/Feb/2010] 97.5kg Target weight : 80kg Only 17.5 to go hope to be there by July Wish me luck!
Read Anne and Raymond, although I far prefered Raymonds Empire series to his others. Robin Hob is a favourite of mine, my most recent purchases hasbeen three of his trilogys,: Assasin , LiveShip Traders and Tawny Man. Haven't read Soldiers yet, is it also set in the same universe?
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OriginalGriff wrote:
Iain M Banks
Awesome. Recently discovered he'd written 2 books while I wasn't looking. Matter is brilliant so far, will be ordering the Algebraist when I'm done. Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash and Cryptonomicon take some beating too. Orson Card? Isn't that what a country bumpkin uses to take how wares to market?
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I found the Algebraist to be very disappointing, it seemed to go nowhere for 3/4 of the book and then rush it all in at the end.
Thanks for the heads up. I'll be reading it anyway but won't hold out too much hope, if it's as disappointing as you suggest I'll have to re-read excession again to make up for it.
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Actually I didn't... :doh: But I lost interest in the series somewhere at "Winter's Heart", it just dragged on and on. The first books are brilliant though, perhaps I'll buy the "coauthered" books just to have finished the series now.
I gave up somewhere after the 2nd or 3rd when I realised the series was going nowhere. Turned out to be a shrewd move which I've never regretted (and back then, no one knew that he'd just keep churning them out and then die before completing the job!)
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To be honest, I'm looking for anything good, not just sci-fi or fantasy. That is where my tendencies lie but I've read a few good books in different genre's.
Try Jim Butcher's Codex: Alera series Also Simon Scarrows Eagle Series is pretty good too.
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I opened up a old friend the other day, "Earth" by David Brin , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_(novel)[^] What's interesting with his novel is some of the accuaricies in technology that he thought of back then for now. Now this is what I deem "Heavy Sci-fi", in essence a lot more science than fiction but still enjoyable. What books do you guys read? I'm always on the lookout for some good new titles, so maybe list Genre and your fav author/series. I got 2 by 2mx1m high book cases filled with Fantasy and Sci-fi. Wife has a section on murder and forensics. So for us its: Sci-Fi David Brin David Webber Frank Herbert Fantasy Robert Jordan David Gemmel David Eddings Tad Williams Terry Goodkind Le. Modesitt Jnr Others Patricia Cornwell Tom Clancy Jodi Picolt Clive Cussler
These are the ones that have kept me up at night flipping pages when I should've been sleeping... John Sandford's Prey Series (Detective, action, thriller) - Rules of Prey - Shadow Prey - Eyes of Prey - ... - ... Nelson DeMille (Detective, action, thriller) - Plum Island - The Lion's Game - ... - ... Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (Techno-thrillers) - The Relic - The Reliquary - The Cabinet of Curiosities - ... - ... James Rollins' Sigma books (Techno-thrillers) - Sandstorm - Map of Bones - Black Order - The Judas Strain - The Last Oracle - The Doomsday Key Max Brooks (Zombies :) - World War Z