Great writer, loved the Mars Series....Quote:
Originally Posted by JBHoren
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Great writer, loved the Mars Series....Quote:
Originally Posted by JBHoren
Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin.
The first new fiction book in a long while.
If this goes well, I may have more than a dozen additional Inspector Rebus books waiting for me at the library. If it doesn't, I will try Raymond Chandlers' Philip Marlowe novels.
The wife bought me a paperwhite Kindle for Xmas and I have started devouring "The Game of Thrones", so far I am loving both the paperwhite and the new books.
Rankin is quality. I'm a bit biased because Edinburgh is one of my favourite cities, but he has become one of my favourite authors.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lolita1x2
In a similar (I hope) vein, I picked up "Eye for an Eye" by T. Frank Muir today. It is also a crime novel, but set in St Andrews, my home away from home up the coast from Edinburgh where I spent six years as a grad student. I took a quick peek at the preface and was happy to see one of my pubs mentioned already, so it definitely has potential. :)
Just finished:
THE ETHOS EFFECT
L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
Set in the same universe as "The Parafaith War, "--but two centuries later--"The Ethos Factor" is the story of Commander Albert, a brave and resourceful officer who once defeated a larger enemy ship but caused the loss of a civilian liner in the process.
Again a very far future novel, written ten years ahead of, and speaking to our current dilemmas. Ethics!~
~Richard
If this might be your first outing with Raymond Chandler....I recommend skipping Ian Rankin for now (a fine author) and beginning at the beginning....Chandler (or the reverse, Hammett), then to Dashiell Hammett. Great writing is never dated, including noir fiction.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lolita1x2
Just finished a novella by Haruki Murakami: The Strange Library, not a new novella but an extraordinary edition of a book written by one of my favorite authors. Now into Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer...jury is out on this one....
Just started 'Storm Front' by Jim Butcher...Started reading these because of a post here of course. Quite good, though I'm only a few chapters in, I expect it won't get any worse. ;)
Mick
I haven't read that one. I did read most of his other work though, a fantastic writer! Norwegian Wood, Dance dance dance, A Wild Sheep Chase ... wonderful novels !Quote:
Originally Posted by WW243
I didn't know you were an SF fan Richard! Have you read the works of Iain M Banks ? My favourite SF writer, may he rest in peace.Quote:
Originally Posted by Geezer
Just finished: Charles Dickens' Hard Times and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World
Just started: J.W. von Goethe's Faust (in German, I'm getting a bit rusty).
Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis.......I feel just slightly ashamed posting after Pithor's post, but I'll soldier on and continue wandering in the undergrowth of humanity.
ik have recently left my 2/3 finished game of thrones book (a storm of swords) on a plane by accident, so i started reading naked lunch, i got to page 14 and gave up, i just couldnt get into it. i will have to get around to calling qantas' lost property to see if my book got given in.
i have a book called fast and slow thinking (i think) that i am going to give a try next.
Funny you mention Naked Lunch. Here is a review of Crooked Little Vein from the Chicago Tribune, "Crooked Little Vein" ---which combines the noir sensibilities of Raymond Chandler with the grotesqueness of Chuck Palahniuk's infamous short story 'Guts' and the acerbic societal commentary of William S. Burroughs's Naked Lunch---is a book readers will not soon forget." I'm not sure I could read Naked Lunch again but in 1967 it had quite an impact on a 19 year old Bill. I am a series addict of Game of Thrones but am loathe to read fantasy or science fiction.Quote:
Originally Posted by edhewitt
A most fascinating Read Called Predator.is about our drones in the mid-east.
Is amazing that the pilot who is 7500 miles away in nevada can fire with pinpoint accuracy hellfire missles at even a single person he can see from 10k FT,just hit the target with a laser,pull the trigger,done deal.
Winter of the world by Ken Follett. A good book that gives insight on the human impact of war, second book in a trilogy.
Not yet but with your post, I plan to!Quote:
Originally Posted by decraew
Iain+M+Banks
Thank you!
~Richard
Now re-reading a group of SciFi books by David Drake.
The "Leary" series, and am up to "What Distant Deeps," This 'fun read' series is about people that act very quickly and are able to get the job done very well indeed. Many of the really good insights about people do not show up at first read..
david drake - Alibris Marketplace
If I like a book, I buy it and add to my library. I have a few SciFi series there. Alibris, above, is the best place I have found to buy books.
~Richard
Clarence Larkin's "The Spirit World", read it several times and also taught on it in my Sunday school class, this book will answer a lot of questions people my have today from God, death and dying, cults and the occult, the devil, angels, it will also tell you why Muslim terrorist do what the do. I think you can still purchase this book on Amazon, Bible Baptist Book store of Pensacola,Florida will have it, and yes I would recommend this book to anyone religious or not, not to many pages I think about 158 pages, happy reading.
:tu
I'm trying to get through Thomas Picketty's "Capital in the twenty first century"
An interesting and somewhat provocative view on capitalism by a French economist.
Joan of Arc by Mark Twain
“I like Joan of Arc best of all my books; and it is the best; I know it perfectly well. And besides, it furnished me seven times the pleasure afforded me by any of the others; twelve years of preparation, and two years of writing. The others needed no preparation and got none.”
— Mark Twain
I'm reading The Mongoliad by Neal Stephenson & friends on my Kindle. Currently on book 2 of 4. It's a fiction book about a European military order trying to stop the Mongols from expanding their empire into Europe. Apparently the authors did some research about sword fighting and did some sparring to make the fights scenes more accurate. Anyway, if you liked Stephenson's Quicksilver trilogy this newer series might be of interest.
Read them both. I found the Baroque Cycle (Quicksilver, The Confusion and The System of the World) much more interesting, I will read those again, not so The Mongoliad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Leatherstockiings
I'm finishing up two at the moment;
1. On Killing : The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society by Dave Grossman
2. Full Force And Effect by TomClancy/Mark Greaney
Col. Grossman's work is amazing.Quote:
Originally Posted by stevekolt
Agreed, I have two more of his in the queue; Warrior Mindset : Mental Toughness Skills for a Nation's Peacekeepers, and, On Combat : The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and in PeaceQuote:
Originally Posted by Phoenix51
A re-read after a year:
"The Ghost Brigades"
by John Scalzi
In this sequel to "Old Man's War," the Ghost Brigades are the Special Forces of the Colonial Defense Forces,
John scalzi is a great author imo.the old mans war.....[emoji2]Quote:
Originally Posted by Geezer
For a foray into fiction and about drones, artificial intelligence, and future drone warfare, surrounding a great story, try, "Kill Decision" - Daniel Suarez.Quote:
Originally Posted by pixelfixed
Just finished Seven Elements That Changed The World. I do not recommend it.
Currently reading Americanah, and I am hooked.
2 books at the same time, depending on what room I'm in....American Sniper ( I am a believer in book before seeing movie, which comes out next week) and You Lost Me: why young Christians are leaving church.... Both are interesting and the second, I think, pertains to most religions, certainly Judeo-Christian religions, because it discusses the avaibility of information sources that young (under 30) people have besides their parents that lead them to rethink things, and find comfort in less confining groups.
Just finished american Sniper,not bad, not great.Quote:
Originally Posted by Haroldg48
I just finished American Sniper for Kindle on my Nexus 7 yesterday and it breaks my heart to think of what happened to such a great, patriotic, humble man. I hope to see you in heaven Chris Kyle. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Haroldg48
"Flight Engineer Trilogy" Three books by James Doohan; "Scotty" from Star Trek:chapeau
The Rising
Flight Engineer
The Independent Command
Books by "Scotty" James Doohan
All are a good read if you are looking for a way to spend a few hours of time. Mankind vs Aliens and religious fanatics. A wartime romance if you will!
Former space fighter jock lost a hand and received a new prosthesis but cannot fly. He becomes a Flight deck Engineer and the three books are proof that he did not lose his skills and quick thinking.
Good place to buy books at the site reached by the link.
~Richard
I agree. I recently read Unbroken as well. One of the best books I have ever read without a doubt!Quote:
Originally Posted by pixelfixed
Unbroken was a great read,He just died a few mos.back:(Quote:
Originally Posted by ProudMarineDad
Unbroken was a great book, and a pretty good movie....but the book was better!
Invisible Monsters Remix by Chuck Palahniuk
Robert Jordan, Eye of the World. Book 1 of a 12 book series, give me 5 year I'll have them finished
The Case for a Creator by Lee Strobel.