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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm Posts: 10691 Location: Bramsche
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Just bought another collection of Cotton Reloaded (18 - 20). Short stories about an FBI agent working for a secret unit in New York.
It is based on a series of dime novels from the 50s on. The first one was released in 1954 and is still running today. The series has sold over 850 million copies.
Cotton Reloaded is a remodelling of the characters and is very entertaining, if a little formulaic. As far as I know, it has only ever been published in German and there have been several films of the original Cotton G Man series.
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Mon Jun 22, 2015 3:44 am |
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pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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6 Hot Harry Potter Facts J.K. Rowling Just Revealed | CINEMABLEND http://www.cinemablend.com/pop/6-Hot-Ha ... 72643.htmlHaven't read it, I know little about Potter.
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Wed Jun 24, 2015 8:08 pm |
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pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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Den Of Geek Book Club: The Martian by Andy Weir | Den of Geek http://www.denofgeek.com/books-comics/d ... -andy-weir
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rustybucket
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:10 pm Posts: 5836
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"How Children Fail" by John Holt
It normally takes me a while to read books but I've come home early from work to get back to this. Easily one of the best books I've ever read.
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm Posts: 10691 Location: Bramsche
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The Child Pope by Peter Prange.
Very interesting take on the history of a very controversial pope.
I'm not Catholic, but it was still a very interesting read.
_________________ "Do you know what this is? Hmm? No, I can see you do not. You have that vacant look in your eyes, which says hold my head to your ear, you will hear the sea!" - Londo Molari
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Mon Jul 06, 2015 10:53 am |
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pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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Will THE NAME OF THE WIND Be The Next GAME OF THRONES? http://www.aintitcool.com/node/72292I might start that before I actually read the GoT books 
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:26 pm Posts: 17040
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Not with a name like that, no.
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pcernie
Legend
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What happens now to people and businesses named after Atticus Finch? | Books | The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/books/shortc ... -overnightIs Mockingbird worth reading? I was born in '82 
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
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cloaked_wolf
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:46 pm Posts: 10022
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Had to read it at school. Of the books we had to read at school this was the only one I actually liked. Read it when I was older, made more sense.
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rustybucket
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:10 pm Posts: 5836
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veato
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:17 am Posts: 5550 Location: Nottingham
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I'm not very impressed with The Girl Who Wouldn't Die and I'm sure there was a glaring error giving something away when a character was called by another name.
This morning I ordered Hitch-22 from Amazon in actual paper format!
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oceanicitl
Official forum cat lady
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:04 am Posts: 11039 Location: London
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I was looking forward to Buried Department Q 5 but the reviews are not that good. Still I shall plod on.
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timark_uk
Moderator
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:11 pm Posts: 12143 Location: Belfast
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Carolyn, I hope you're sitting down … I'm about to download The Man in the High Castle from iBooks so I can re-read it sometime soon as reading about the Amazon adaptation of it has put me in mind of re-acquainting myself with it.
Mark
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm Posts: 10691 Location: Bramsche
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I watched the pilot on Amazon Prime at the end of last year, interesting, but a little confusing. I might give the books a look-see.
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