TSF Book Club
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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 .
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Just grabbed [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Soccernomics-Australia-Turkey-Iraq-Are-Destined/dp/1568584253"]Soccernomics[/URL] from the library.<br />
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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. -
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? <br />
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: -
pommie bastard, not having read those GOT books, but they sound very much like the Cornwall series of books. <br />
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[url]http://www.bernardcornwell.net/index2.cfm?page=1&seriesid=6[/url]<br />
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The Grail Quest, Saxon Series, the Arthur books all good hack and slash historical novels.<br />
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The Starbuck chronicles on The American Civil War good too, and for the mindless read the Sharpe books. -
Cheers, doffing my cap in your directions. x
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[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]<br />
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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 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]<br />
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You will want to get Book 2 lined up fairly quickly. Top series. -
of which one? <br />
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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:' /> -
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:' /><br />
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I keep coming back for recommendations and it's all fantasy, fantasy, and fantasy. Grrrr.<br />
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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. -
[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]<br />
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[quote name='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:' /><br />
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I keep coming back for recommendations and it's all fantasy, fantasy, and fantasy. Grrrr.<br />
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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[B]. It also has an insight into US politics around research[/B].[/QUOTE]<br />
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isnt every book that is not fact based essentially fantasy?<br />
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Now you sound like the nerd!! -
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I realise that, nerd!<br />
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there are others mentioned not in the fantasy genre though <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' /> -
Grrr! I didn't say all were - just that there seems to be lots! Stop picking on me <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' />.
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[quote name='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.<br />
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There's going to be a sequel and I'll grab it. If you like historical fiction, this might interest you.[/QUOTE]<br />
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I havent read that, but someone else recommended it so I must get onto it. Felt that way reading Alison Weir's Innocent Traitor (about Lady Jane Grey) even though you know she gets her head lopped off, utterly gripping. Love Tudor books, completely fascinating time period.<br />
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Used to read heaps of Regency-era, but not so much now that I write it. Like others, find the military history stuff quite interesting, so in my first book have the hero go to France to rescue a soldier who went missing after the Battle of Bayonne in April 1814.<br />
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Talking about military stuff, has anyone read Colin Peel? Written about 25 military thrillers. Met him last weekend at a writers retreat. He's similar to Bob Mayer (met him at a conference in August) in that a lot of his stuff is written from first hand knowledge. Both interesting guys.
