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Posted: 15 May 2020, 16:26
by eastmidswhizzkid
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a damned interestiing read this one.

Posted: 04 Jun 2020, 15:54
by Spiggy Sage
Actually reading -

Biologische Anthropologie (H.-G. Gadamer & P. Vogler)
and
Pluralismus und Ethos der Wissenschaft (Beckers, Hägele, Hahn & Ortner)

Just some random high brow-stuff as usual..

Posted: 05 Jun 2020, 09:01
by markfiend
And in contrast, I've just taken delivery of a new batch of old progs...
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It was absolutely criminal that they printed the episodes of Firekind in the wrong order.

Edit to add: I wonder if James Cameron had read Firekind before he made Avatar.

Posted: 05 Jun 2020, 09:18
by markfiend

Posted: 10 Jun 2020, 15:07
by markfiend
The Strontium Dog hardback came today, reprinting all Johnny Alpha's early adventures from Starlord, including full-colour reproductions of all colour pages. I've been looking forward to this, so that's what I'll be reading later.

Posted: 14 Jun 2020, 14:15
by Spiggy Sage
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Re: Read, read, read!!!! education, imagination, humour

Posted: 18 Aug 2020, 13:24
by markfiend
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The 77: An anthology comic in the great tradition of nineteen-seventies kids' comics.

The first two issues are still available at https://getmycomics.com/Release/Indie/The77 and the kick-start campaign for number 3 is starting on Friday.

It gets the official MarkFiend seal of approval! :seal:

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Posted: 25 Aug 2020, 12:04
by Bartek
Building the American Republic, Volume 1: A Narrative History to 1877 by Harry L. Watson
(If anyone intrested, here's vol. II)

Detroit: An American Autopsy by Charlie LeDuff

And some Network Administration books

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Posted: 25 Aug 2020, 15:32
by iesus
I am looking for a good book about Chinese civilization's progress from ancient times up to Ming Dynasty period.
If someone has a recommendation about the subject please provide book reference :D
Thank you in advance :notworthy: :notworthy: :bat:

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Posted: 17 Sep 2020, 16:11
by Silver_Owl
Big Si wrote: 09 May 2020, 22:59
sultan2075 wrote:
sultan2075 wrote:
I’m about halfway through now. This is positively brutal, but I can’t put it down.
And I finished it yesterday. Highly recommended, but you've got to have a pretty strong stomach for some of it.
Just about to start on mine :D
It is positively brutal. What a fantastic read though. I had serious difficulty putting it down.
He cast himself in such a bad light he made some of the other low life's seem like Mary Poppins.
I wasn't actually aware of Screaming Trees output to be honest. Had a listen after reading it and wasn't a fan.
His solo stuff however is great.

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Posted: 17 Sep 2020, 21:54
by Big Si
Silver_Owl wrote: 17 Sep 2020, 16:11
Big Si wrote: 09 May 2020, 22:59
sultan2075 wrote:
And I finished it yesterday. Highly recommended, but you've got to have a pretty strong stomach for some of it.
Just about to start on mine :D
It is positively brutal. What a fantastic read though. I had serious difficulty putting it down.
He cast himself in such a bad light he made some of the other low life's seem like Mary Poppins.
I wasn't actually aware of Screaming Trees output to be honest. Had a listen after reading it and wasn't a fan.
His solo stuff however is great.
Enjoyed reading the Book earlier this year and was very surprised at the depths his Drug Addiction took him.

Yeah, the Screaming Trees to my ears was mostly the work of the Conner Brothers. But his own Solo Work is just......Wow! :kiss:

Currently reading.... (as recommended by many Fans of Folk Horror)

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Posted: 28 Sep 2020, 04:32
by eastmidswhizzkid
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Posted: 28 Sep 2020, 13:00
by Silver_Owl
eastmidswhizzkid wrote: 28 Sep 2020, 04:32 Image
Great book. Rollercoaster of a life.

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Posted: 02 Oct 2020, 23:22
by Bartek
Thinking, fast and slow by D. Kahneman.

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Posted: 03 Oct 2020, 00:51
by sultan2075
For pleasure: Trevor’s Waiting for Another War which arrived today.

For work (but also for pleasure): Aristotle’s Rhetoric.

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Posted: 19 Oct 2020, 11:32
by hellboy69
Apologies for the rampant self-promo but my sixth horror novel Greyfriars Reformatory is published tomorrow & I still get a wee bit excited by these fleeting George McFly moments.

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/ ... 1787584730

Missed a trick not calling it "The Haunting Of..." didn't i! Ha! :bat:

Am giving away a coupla copies on me blog Tues if horror's your bag & you fancy a flutter:

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Posted: 20 Oct 2020, 08:57
by Phil
Re-reading The Dice Man for the first time in about twenty years. Feels different this time. With the way the world appears to be I'm halfway to picking up a set and seeing where it takes me....

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Posted: 20 Oct 2020, 10:02
by eastmidswhizzkid
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Posted: 20 Oct 2020, 15:15
by iesus
hellboy69 wrote: 19 Oct 2020, 11:32
Missed a trick not calling it "The Haunting Of..." didn't i! Ha! :bat:

Am giving away a coupla copies on me blog Tues if horror's your bag & you fancy a flutter:
Blog does not work for me and its TUEs :( :( :(
Can not load page it says :( :(

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Posted: 20 Oct 2020, 20:13
by Big Si
Started Friday Evening and Fnished on Sunday Night. Uhtred's Saga of The Last Kingdom is at an end :cry: :cry: :cry:

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Posted: 02 Nov 2020, 10:05
by hellboy69
iesus wrote: 20 Oct 2020, 15:15
hellboy69 wrote: 19 Oct 2020, 11:32
Missed a trick not calling it "The Haunting Of..." didn't i! Ha! :bat:

Am giving away a coupla copies on me blog Tues if horror's your bag & you fancy a flutter:
Blog does not work for me and its TUEs :( :( :(
Can not load page it says :( :(
Sorry to hear it wouldn't load the page, must've been a Wordpress thing :( :(

Had over 30 entries for the giveaway, thanks all for entering.

Currently reading: Malice by Francois Flahault, because the monsters are still us! :bat:

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Posted: 11 Nov 2020, 19:02
by OLDFART
Last argument of kings by Joe Abercrombie , the first law books are terrific :D

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Posted: 13 Nov 2020, 15:35
by zaltys7
OLDFART wrote: 11 Nov 2020, 19:02 Last argument of kings by Joe Abercrombie , the first law books are terrific :D
They sure are, along with Scott Lynch's Gentleman Bastard series and Richard Morgans A Land Fit for Heroes trilogy. All of Abercrombies subsequent work has been fantastic too.

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Posted: 16 Nov 2020, 11:04
by eastmidswhizzkid
"Those Who Were Dancing" by Mark Sleigh

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Posted: 06 Jan 2021, 15:43
by Big Si
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Just started Chapter 3 - 'Sensory Overload' :D