UKRM Book club

Discussion in 'UK Motorcycles' started by Nige, Nov 28, 2009.

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    Nige Guest

    Patrick Bishop: Battle Of Britain

    What a lovely hardback book, £12.50 at Tesco's.

    Same bloke who penned Bomber Boys.

    Very nice.
     
    Nige, Nov 28, 2009
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    Mike Buckley Guest

    Not historical but..

    Am currently reading The Black Man by Richard Morgan after enjoying his
    Kovacs novels. Would recommend them - although I lent one to the FiL
    after he claimed he'd "read anything" - although that usually means
    something cheap in the Jack Higgins style - and he's not understanding
    any of it. Hah.
     
    Mike Buckley, Nov 30, 2009
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    darsy Guest

    that's exactly my take on it.

    If you want edgy non-standard Fantasy, give Joe Amercrombie a go,
    starting with "The Blade Itself".
     
    darsy, Nov 30, 2009
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    Seconded. That was quite good, as fantasy goes. :)

    As for Morgan, I rather enjoyed the Black Man, a bit like Kovacs, only
    a bit less far-future, with genetic engineering instead of mind recording.
    Market Forces, OTOH, were only "OK". So, I keep "The Steel Remains" on
    my drive, but it's way down on the "to read" list.
     
    Leszek Karlik, Nov 30, 2009
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    Switters Guest

    "Fantasy is for girls" - darsy
     
    Switters, Dec 1, 2009
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    darsy Guest

    "chicks".
     
    darsy, Dec 1, 2009
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    ogden Guest

    I took Voltaire's Candide on holiday with me last week, expecting it to
    be a fairly hard read. Breakneck romp, more like. Three cheers for pre-
    revolutionary satirists.

    Also reading Wolf Hall, after darsy (and the Booker judges) recommended
    it. Not convinced. It's a bit "The Other Cromwell Boy", though I did
    like the gag about there being so many people called Thomas.

    ObFilms, watched Inglourious Basterds on the flight out (complete
    bollocks, but thoroughly entertaining bollocks) and Network on the way
    back (ripe for a re-make).
     
    ogden, Dec 1, 2009
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    ogden Guest

    Remaking a film is a good way to bring it to an audience who wouldn't be
    interested in seeing a re-release. I'm not saying the audience aren't at
    fault, but it's a fact of life.
     
    ogden, Dec 1, 2009
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    Ace Guest

    Me neither, although I didn't realise that was. Dirty Dozen, I guess.
    What about remakes of truly crap films, e.g.
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...f-Will-Smiths-son-Jaden-in-starring-role.html
     
    Ace, Dec 1, 2009
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    darsy Guest

    it speeds up.

    She's already working on the sequel.
     
    darsy, Dec 1, 2009
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    ogden Guest

    Funny looking bird, isn't she.
     
    ogden, Dec 1, 2009
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    darsy Guest

    she looks like a total mentallist. I wouldn't want to be stuck in a
    lift with her.
     
    darsy, Dec 1, 2009
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    platypus Guest

    She looks like a Spitting Image Thatcher puppet come to life.
     
    platypus, Dec 1, 2009
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    darsy Guest

    well, that, or some other manner of animatronics.
     
    darsy, Dec 1, 2009
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