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One of my favourite books!
Mine too!
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Sinnie's mention of Eco has inspired me to get The Prague Cemetery. It seems (from what I've read so far) to be revisiting some of the themes from Foucault's Pendulum.
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markfiend wrote:Sinnie's mention of Eco has inspired me to get The Prague Cemetery. It seems (from what I've read so far) to be revisiting some of the themes from Foucault's Pendulum.
Yes, there are similarities, certainly. I very much enjoyed it.
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Holiday reading. :D

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That looks very intriguing, Steve 8)

Once I finish the 4th and final Harry Palmer book by Len Deighton (Billion Dollar Brain) i'll be reading...

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Finished The Prague Cemetery (very good, by the way).

Now reading this to feed my inner geek:
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Finished this last week - proper dreamy eyed nostalgia, bit simplistic in places but really recommended 8)
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I haven't watched the BBC version, Rhys-Meyers is not my idea of Steerpike at all. Would it be worth my while?
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I haven't watched the BBC version, Rhys-Meyers is not my idea of Steerpike at all. Would it be worth my while?
The BBC version was a bit "spot-the-luvvie" for my tastes. YMMV.
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I haven't watched the BBC version, Rhys-Meyers is not my idea of Steerpike at all. Would it be worth my while?
The BBC version was a bit "spot-the-luvvie" for my tastes. YMMV.
Yeah, I preferred the books (well, at least the first 2).

Currently reading Whispers Under Ground by Ben Aaronovitch. Pleasant fun.

Streamed for future reading very soon:
  • The Gone-Away World - by Nick Harkaway
  • Blackbirds - by Chuck Wendig
  • oh, and More Stories About Drugs, Sex & Violence by a certain Mr Leon Steelgrave
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Once I get a break from reading articles/textbooks for uni I hope to start reading my collection of Chekov plays but the last play I read was a Taste Of Honey by Shelagh Delaney.
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RockNRoll Mercenary wrote: the last play I read was a Taste Of Honey by Shelagh Delaney.
take a bow ;D
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RockNRoll Mercenary wrote: the last play I read was a Taste Of Honey by Shelagh Delaney.
take a bow ;D
'Bows' thank you ;)
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Debaser wrote:
RockNRoll Mercenary wrote: the last play I read was a Taste Of Honey by Shelagh Delaney.
take a bow ;D
i see what you did there.... ;)

wrong spelling of Sheila in this instance though :lol:
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Not got it yet.
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Thinking about the Joy Division one, his Hacienda one is OK but a bit flimsy :/

Just finished John le Carré's The Looking Glass War - its pretty bleak stuff. Almost to the point where I'm not sure if I'd recommend it.

About third of the way through Stephen King's 11.22.63 now. Page-turner so far, even though there's really no apparent need to cross-reference some of his earlier books so much.
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RockNRoll Mercenary wrote: the last play I read was a Taste Of Honey by Shelagh Delaney.
take a bow ;D
i see what you did there.... ;)
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