Heartland

lazarus corporation wrote:

SINsister wrote:

One of my favourite books!

Mine too!

In The Eyes Of Mister Fury

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.

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.

Holiday reading.

mh wrote:Holiday reading.

That looks very intriguing, Steve

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

Eating it, really...

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

Now reading this to feed my inner geek:

Finished this last week - proper dreamy eyed nostalgia, bit simplistic in places but really recommended


Next up, this:

I haven't watched the BBC version, Rhys-Meyers is not my idea of Steerpike at all. Would it be worth my while?

DeWinter wrote:

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.

markfiend wrote:

DeWinter wrote:

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

He's very good.

The Sign of the Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Anyone else?

The Fractal Prince by Hannu Rajaniemi

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.

RockNRoll Mercenary wrote: the last play I read was a Taste Of Honey by Shelagh Delaney.

take a bow

Debaser wrote:

RockNRoll Mercenary wrote: the last play I read was a Taste Of Honey by Shelagh Delaney.

take a bow

'Bows' thank you

Debaser wrote:

RockNRoll Mercenary wrote: the last play I read was a Taste Of Honey by Shelagh Delaney.

take a bow

i see what you did there....

wrong spelling of Sheila in this instance though

Big Si wrote:Anyone else?

Not got it yet.
Looking forward to it though.

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.

Quiff Boy wrote:

Debaser wrote:

RockNRoll Mercenary wrote: the last play I read was a Taste Of Honey by Shelagh Delaney.

take a bow

i see what you did there....

I'm here all week