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PostPosted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:28 pm 
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Finished The Da Vinci Code, pretty good !  A lot of History and a lot of Hollywood ! :laugh:  Going to start Drake's "Forlorn Hope" next !  :;):

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 8:56 pm 
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Hi Stormseer,

Quote (stormseer @ 13 2005 Aug.,02:28)
I read 'The White Mountains' when I was about 10 or 11, seems a long while ago now, but I can still remember some of it- not least where the boys use a penkife (iirc) to remove a chunk of metal acting as a tracking device to the tripods from one of their number's arm.. without anaesthetic, ouch. :(
*** Is this correct Maksim? ***
- that was my first recollection of the book!


Yes, that was correct.

I finished reading the trilogy and enjoyed it very much.

Trisymmetric aliens are cool! :O

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 1:13 am 
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Oh yes, classic Sf stuff now...  :cool:

Currently by the bedside is Harry Harrison's "The Stainless Steel Rat Joins the Circus".
I loved the orginal book, which is a well written tounge-in-cheek romp featuring the only 'real' criminal in the galaxy- the wonderful Jim DiGriz, the Rat of the title...

This sequel is not _quite_ up to the highly amusing original, but is still very readable and good fun, and makes a change from the hard SF I've been reading of late.

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 4:37 am 
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Started Drake's "The Forlorn Hope" ... classic Drake ! :D  Mercs in the Hammer Universe !  Now that's entertainment !  :;):

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Too busy to read anything properly at the moment- most sad.

I try each night only to wake up with the book plastered to my face sometime later! :p

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 2:31 pm 
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Quote (Tas @ 30 2005 Aug.,07:37)
try each night only to wake up with the book plastered to my face sometime later! :p

That's happened to me too!  :laugh:

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 3:06 pm 
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"Forlorn Hope" ... describes my current situation ! :laugh: Only too well ! :laugh: :D :;):

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 4:21 am 
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Started Drake's "The Voyage" ... enjoyable ... One of the former Slammers goes out on his own ... "For a fist full of Dollars" ! :;):

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 6:29 am 
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Al from my UK trip:
The Osprey campaign series 'Hampton Roads' (ACW ships - whee!).
Terry Pratchett's 'The Post' - fun!
Hammerin' Iron - ACW ship rules :D
'Ere we go - not an English reader or footie rag, but one of the ancient 40k Ork rulebooks chock full of tables on which to roll for weapon effects, bionik bitz, and several pages of Madboy behaviour charts - cumbersome, but fun :D :D
I'd bought a copy of Freebooterz, the companion volume, ages ago, and was looking out for this.
Dredd vs Death - comic (original) version - ok, so I like comics too.

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"The War in the Air", H.G. Wells

A Classic, Nef-tastic book!  Rather prophetic in its analysis of the inability of aircraft to be decisive (ie take and hold ground) despite their devestating potential.  Soem rather anti-Imperialistic type flavour in parts, but very thought provoking, imaginitive and enjoyable.

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 12:07 pm 
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Hi,

Finished an old ragged copy of Ian Waston's "Inquisitor" during the Epicomms downtime. Quite interesting, with an old skool 40k flavour, but part one of a series, so the story doesn't really get to a good conclusion at the end.

Also stormed through "Last Human" by Doug Naylor. Based on Red Dwarf, so very funny and easy to read.

Next up are...
"Band of Brothers" by Stephen Ambrose
"Emperor: The Field of Swords" by Conn Iggulden
"Sharpe's Siege" and "Sharpe's Havoc", both by Bernard Cornwell.
And a heap of Discworld novels.

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Quote (Freshmetal @ Sep. 29 2005,21:07)
Next up are...
"Band of Brothers" by Stephen Ambrose
"Emperor: The Field of Swords" by Conn Iggulden
"Sharpe's Siege" and "Sharpe's Havoc", both by Bernard Cornwell.

All good books!  :)

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Band of Brothers is on my "to read" list also.

I think the next book I pick up will be The DaVinci Code.


EDIT: Yay, I'm a lieutenant again!!  :cool:




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Hi!

I'm starting to read the Empire and Foundation books. We'll see if they live up to the expectations.

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Legion 4
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Yep, Band of Brothers is very good !  As was the Da Vinci code, but at a different level ... Hey Justin, weren't you reading a Hammer's Slammers novel ?  And Wells was correct and many don't see it, air power does have it limitations !  Nothing beats (well armed & lead) boots on the ground !  Read =][= years ago and sold it on Portent, not bad.  And read Asimov's classic in high school ...  :D

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