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Toddy

[quote name='Baron Silas Greenback']I am probably going to read World War Z soon, heard good things about it.[/QUOTE] 
 
I quite enjoyed it. Though I did find the mind started to wonder towards the end. May have been the way it's written. 
 
Also, Brad Pitt is currently making it into a movie. 
 
If you do enjoy zombie books I highly recommend [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Day-Armageddon-J-L-Bourne/dp/B003E7ET58/ref=cm_lmf_tit_9"]Day by Day Armageddon[/URL]. It's a journal type story of a guy trying to survive a zombie war.

Bones

I'm quite into my psychology stuff so some cool books I've read this year in that regard: 
 
Paranormality: Why we see what isn't there (Professor Richard Wiseman). This was quite a cool read, basically goes into explaining the functioning of the brain behind all the supernatural stuff floating about. 
 
Couple of Malcolm Gladwell books - "Blink: The power of thinking without thinking" and "The Tipping Point: How little things can make a big difference". Blink is well worth a read if you're into these kinds of books and is very interesting. Tipping Point I'm only halfway through and has some interesting parts but not quite as good as Blink so far. 
 
Also read Empire of Silver, the fourth in the Khan dynasty set of Conn Iggulden books. Once again a fantastic read.

jegga

[quote name='rustycruiser']Crap, doesn't get released till April 2012 in the US. 
 
Without Warning was excellent, but I thought the second book was kind of weak. Nothing really happened to advance the plot after the first 50 pages or so. Filler book.[/QUOTE] 
 
It did plod a bit but I think he was setting up more for the third book, I'm keen to see what the vengeful Mexican has planned for a start and I really enjoyed the battle for new York.The couple of chapters he posted on his blog suggest that the Southerners have made a deal with a foreign power to well............. I don't know how to do spoilers if you can wait till april have a quick look . 
 
If they made a movie of it who would play the part of Rhino?

Kehua o Jury

I don't know if this would be everyone's cup of tea, but Mrs Jury bought a book called Wulf Hall. I saw the title, picked it off the book shelf and started reading it. I thought she must have got some fantasy fiction that I hadn't heard of. Anyways, it's about Cromwell's rise to power under the Tudors. It's written from Cromwell's point of view and when Henry first meets Anne Boleyn. I really enjoyed it and I thought the writer did well because ... well, we all know how it turns out, but I give her props for writing events as they unfolded from Cromwell's point of view without letting future events cloud the work. 
 
There's going to be a sequel and I'll grab it. If you like historical fiction, this might interest you.

Cactus Jack

[quote name='NTA']Yep agree with Toddy. Books give you full grounding in Westeros, and allow you to relax into the series I reckon[/QUOTE]I never read a book before watching a film because i almost always wind up disappointed with the movie.

Cactus Jack

Lately i have read All three Conn Igguldon Emperor series book about Julies Caesar , absolutely brilliant books at least as good as the Conquerer series about Ghengis Kahn . I have also read King Of Ithaca , The Gates Of Troy and Armour Of Archilles a series by Glyn Illiffe , also an absolutely brilliant series . Now about half way through Game Of Thrones and enjoying it very much . Thoroughly reccommend any of these books .

Bones

[quote name='Cactus Jack']Lately i have read All three Conn Igguldon Emperor series book about Julies Caesar , absolutely brilliant books at least as good as the Conquerer series about Ghengis Kahn . I have also read King Of Ithaca , The Gates Of Troy and Armour Of Archilles a series by Glyn Illiffe , also an absolutely brilliant series . Now about half way through Game Of Thrones and enjoying it very much . Thoroughly reccommend any of these books .[/QUOTE]Empire of Silver is well worth a read then Jack and he has just released Conqueror, the fifth book, about Kublai Khan.

Cactus Jack

I have read Empire Of Silver . I thought it was the last of the Conqueror series , I had not heard about a fifth book but I will certainly be going out to find it at lunchtime today . Cheers Bones .

timslim

Just grabbed [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Soccernomics-Australia-Turkey-Iraq-Are-Destined/dp/1568584253"]Soccernomics[/URL] from the library. 
 
Really interesting reading so far - some interesting thoughts on the state of English football, and some interesting analysis of the numbers. Statistics can always be used to paint a picture that backs up your perspective, but I like the challenge of some of the ideas. Interesting to consider how a similar data analysis of international rugby might look.

pommiebastard

I started reading Game of Thrones in July when I was hoofing around Vietnam for 6 weeks. I have now consumed all of the series and am completely at a lost end on what to read now. Lining up the Lies of Locke Lamora, are there any other series of books I should be taking in? 
I've got to the point where I'm now quite happy ploughing through a book in bed rather than shooting stuff/tearing up fifa on xbox so any awesome recommendations for stuff like GoT would be wonderful. :i_am_so_happy:

dK

Check out Glen Cooks 'Black Company' series. An oldie but very good read. Check out Joe Abercrombie and Patrick Rothfuss as well.

BartMan

pommie bastard, not having read those GOT books, but they sound very much like the Cornwall series of books. 
 
[url]http://www.bernardcornwell.net/index2.cfm?page=1&seriesid=6[/url] 
 
The Grail Quest, Saxon Series, the Arthur books all good hack and slash historical novels. 
 
The Starbuck chronicles on The American Civil War good too, and for the mindless read the Sharpe books.

pommiebastard

Cheers, doffing my cap in your directions. x

taniwharugby

[quote name='Cactus Jack']I have read Empire Of Silver . I thought it was the last of the Conqueror series , I had not heard about a fifth book but I will certainly be going out to find it at lunchtime today . Cheers Bones .[/QUOTE] 
 
Have procured me a copy of the Wolf of the Plains (appears to be book 1 of the Conquerer series) so looking forward to getting stuck into this once I finish Game of Thrones.

Crucial

[quote name='taniwharugby']Have procured me a copy of the Wolf of the Plains (appears to be book 1 of the Conquerer series) so looking forward to getting stuck into this once I finish Game of Thrones.[/QUOTE] 
 
You will want to get Book 2 lined up fairly quickly. Top series.

taniwharugby

of which one? 
 
A song of Ice and Fire or Conquerer, given both I mentioned were book 1 <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' />

Nepia

Can we change the thread title to the TSF Fantasy Nerd book club please? <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' /> 
 
I keep coming back for recommendations and it's all fantasy, fantasy, and fantasy. Grrrr. 
 
Just finished reading Michael J Fox's semi biography (the 2nd one) mostly about Parkinsons disease, it's a good quick read and you learn some interesting stuff about the disease and how it effects the sufferers. It also has an insight into US politics around research.

Tim

Nepia, read [I]Eleven Kinds of Loneliness[/I] by Richard Yates, and [I]The Moviegoer[/I] by Walker Percy. Both were excellent and were influences on Matthew Weiner.

Nepia

[quote name='Tim']Nepia, read [I]Eleven Kinds of Loneliness[/I] by Richard Yates, and [I]The Moviegoer[/I] by Walker Percy. Both were excellent and were influences on Matthew Weiner.[/QUOTE] 
Cheers - I'm off to get Eleven Kinds of Loneliness from the library now - the library doesn't have The Moviegoer.

Tim

Cool, enjoy. [I]Builders[/I] is one of my favorite short stories.

The Silver Fern

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