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The Man in the High Castle - Philip K Dick. It starts of well and Dick builds an interesting world as you follow different characters through it, but I felt let down. Ultimately not too much happens and whereas I tore through the opening few hundred pages the last few were a chore. He said he did 7 years research on Nazism for it, reading diaries and all sorts. It must have helped him with the world building for the background, but I didn't feel it on the page otherwise. Will be interesting to see where the tv show takes it. I imagine I'd get more out of it.
Just starting High Rise by JG Ballard. A cold and interesting beginning. I like the tone. Reminds me if Cronenberg's Shivers the set up of the block.
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"Night Over Water," Ken Follett
Is this new?
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see below:
The Show That Never Ends : The Rise and Fall of Prog Rock
By Weigel, David
NO I AM NOT READING IT (are you daft?)
but, I thought our Thor would like to
Bruce
Actually, I am reading it.
Very entertaining so far but I am only up to IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING.
Probably the last good prog album.
btw didya know there is a prog-rock cruise?
Its called, what else, "Cruise To the Edge"
Here is your chance THOR, TO MEET MEMBERS of YES in person!
bro
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Waterloo: The Aftermath by Paul O'Keefe. very interesting, with lots if personal accounts and details.
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Maximum Volume: The life of George Martin
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Just started reading.....
The Faith of Donald J. Trump: A Spiritual Biography
Brm
Ps dont worry Phelpsie, i will forward my copy to you as soon as I finish.
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The Faith of Donald J. Trump: A Spiritual Biography
Brm
Ps dont worry Phelpsie, i will forward my copy to you as soon as I finish.
To Jim Phelps.
Finished.
(actually i read it twice)
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Waterloo: The Aftermath by Paul O'Keefe. very interesting, with lots if personal accounts and details.
Wanderer, I bought this today in the York Waterstones. It had better be good...
It's ace! Let us know what you think.
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Mar 18, 2018 - 10:51 AM
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Graham Watt
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Zipping through Paul Theroux's "My Other Life" at the mo'. I've read about half of Theroux's books, both his fiction and travel books - and some are both at the same time. This one's great, really great. "Unputdownable" almost. I love the way how, in this one, he's mixing autobiographical accounts with fiction, but sometimes it's just a slight name change. I love his story of having a tipsy, teasing Anthony Burgess for dinner, and how it was another nail in the coffin of his marriage. And the chapter about getting interviewed in Sydney by a young reporter who turned the tables on him, leaving him speechless at the prospect of him being the hack, and she the real traveller, is stunningly brilliant. In fact it all is. I love Theroux's writing.
///ADDED A FEW HOURS LATER/// I was almost in tears at the subsequent chapters where he "meets the ghost of himself from the future" (Paul Theroux would hate me for saying that, or maybe I'm just picking up his lingo), and then the short story written by this alter-ego. So it's about a marital break-up? Big deal. Happens all the time. But yes, I actually had to stop reading. It affected me that much. Will retake it tomorrow I hope.
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