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cloaked_wolf
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:46 pm
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Think I read the 7th Reacher novel - Persuader. Other than some interesting points, it just didn't have the wow factor or pizzazz ending that I got from the others. I just didn't feel satisfied. I'm starting to think the first five novels were awesome.
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BigRedX
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:33 am
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Just got Bad Machinery - The Case Of The Team Spirit by John Allison. Excellent story and great art from the creator of Scary Go Round.
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pcernie
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Just read 3 pages of Frenemy, a comic about a female socialite who works for the CIA. I could download the first issue for free and I still won't be doing it. I suspect 'women's humour'   _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:58 pm
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Location: behind the sofa
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Not a book but a poem from c. 1700 by Jonathan Swift. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/180935#poemI was looking up the origins of Cybermen... I did read a book this week though. A very short one called something like "life of a couple of twenty-somethings", a prequel to thirty-somethings. There was a lot of smoking in it. It raised a smile twice. I shan't be bothering with the main course. _________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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big_D
What's a life?
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The Dr. Siri series from Colin Cotterill, I heard the first one as an audio book, read by Jan Josef Liefers, who plays a pathologist on Tatort and has a wonderful reading voice.
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Paul1965
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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Episode 11 of Giant Size podcast had a very good interview with John Allison. If you're interested it can be downloaded here.
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pcernie
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I've been reading Games Master, some online articles I sent to the Kindle (reading on the bog FTW!  ), The Week, and fcuk knows what else... _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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oceanicitl
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pcernie
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Good idea, but not with my backlog  _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am
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Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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I've got Peter Sallis' biography (Fading Into The Limelight) to read and 50 Physics Ideas You Really Need To Know.
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oceanicitl
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Well I obviously haven't got every book I've ever read but I'm trying to keep it up to date. Also a good way of recording books you want to read. _________________Still the official cheeky one
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BigRedX
Doesn't have much of a life
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Thanks for that! Pity the poor quality of Mr Allison's voice over Skype made it a difficult listen for me... Are you a fan of John Allison's work?
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hifidelity2
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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Paul1965
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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I'd never heard of Mr Allison or his work before the podcast (which is a regular download) but I am a fan now. I thought he came across really well so I thought I'd check out his work. I like his art style, and the stories - which I am well underway with online - are good too.
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BigRedX
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Where have you started? Bad Machinery can be read in isolation, but some of the more obscure references will make a lot more sense if you read Scary Go Round first. (although that will take a long time!)
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