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Post by Marv on Jan 11, 2018 2:19:41 GMT
Unfortunately im in a slump. I keep picking at Mr Mercedes but its not really hooking me and im not really giving it much of a go. Might have to revisit my shelf to see if theres something else that tickles me fancy.
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Post by theravenking on Jan 12, 2018 10:12:37 GMT
I just finished Black Alibi by Cornell Woolrich.
Started reading Murder Ink edited by Dilys Winn a collection of articles and essays on crime fiction.
Also reading The Curse Of The Nibelung by Marcel D‘Agneau.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Jan 13, 2018 1:55:52 GMT
Just finished the February 1910 edition of Edison Phonograph Monthly (a magazine I've described on page 1 of this thread).
Nice little retro magazine, but didn't like the casual racism which appears.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Jan 20, 2018 18:56:55 GMT
Read issue 24 of the magazine The Home Computer Course, published 1984. It includes a prediction of the computer of the future (the use of CD-ROM drives was predicted). Fun.
Unfortunately, it is the final issue of the magazine. It can be found online with a bit of googling.....
Now that I have finished The Home Computer Course, I'll probably start reading another vintage computer magazine. Not sure which one yet, but might be "Dragon User", a magazine for users of the cute Dragon 32 home computer.
I still have my new year's resolution of reading a Sherlock Holmes book, but to be honest, I'm not sure if I have the attention span to read a novel. The internet has ruined my attention span.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Jan 21, 2018 18:48:00 GMT
Started reading Creed by James Herbert.
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Post by faustus5 on Jan 21, 2018 19:49:14 GMT
I'm reading The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay right now and will follow up by re-reading Annihilation in preparation for the film adaptation.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2018 20:30:37 GMT
Fall of Giants by Ken Follett
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2018 21:05:24 GMT
Dangerous - Milo Yiannapolous.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Jan 22, 2018 9:47:00 GMT
I just finished the May 1983 edition of the magazine Dragon User, intended for owners of the popular though short-lived Dragon 32 computer. Some amusing fanboyism appears in an article comparing the Dragon 32 with the Commodore Vic-20, Sinclair ZX Spectrum and BBC Micro. On the plus side, the name of the computer means many of the adverts have drawings of dragons....cool.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2018 14:11:49 GMT
I was a voracious reader until that universal, middle-aged phenomenon kicked in and I didn't know what reading glasses were for. Finally my eye doctor told me I was going to need them soon but by then my reading habit was broken. I kind of miss it but at least I have found a lot more things to do. I am hoping to finish James Michener's books someday. Definitely my favorite author.
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Post by cryptoflovecraft on Jan 22, 2018 14:44:50 GMT
Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid by Jimmy Carter and Suedehead by Richard Allen
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Post by dougb on Jan 28, 2018 18:17:34 GMT
Madder music, stronger wine.....A biography of the post Ernest Dowson.
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Post by karryon99v2 on Jan 29, 2018 2:28:52 GMT
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco Is it a difficult read?I'm thinking about reading it myself.
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Post by mmexis on Jan 29, 2018 5:22:45 GMT
Finished the third book of the Neapolitan quartet by Elena Ferrante. Have just moved into book 4. Kudos need to go to her translator!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2018 11:27:14 GMT
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco Is it a difficult read?I'm thinking about reading it myself. Not in my opinion.
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Post by SuperDevilDoctor on Jan 29, 2018 14:24:23 GMT
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Post by koskiewicz on Jan 29, 2018 18:12:07 GMT
...I am currently reading Eric Hoffer's 1951 book entitled "The True Believer" and it is so very appropriate to the current mindset of so many people...I found it in a second hand bookstore...
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Jan 29, 2018 18:14:36 GMT
Recently read the July 1999 issue of Unique Cars magazine. Various articles on new and classic cars, plus pictures of various collectable/classic cars for sale. I was surprised to see that the term "nanny state" was already around by then.
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Post by sadsaak on Jan 29, 2018 21:09:27 GMT
I am currently reading Bread For All: The origins of the Welfare State.
Usually I go into Waterstones bookshop and read all Bernard Cornwell's swords and whatever fiction for fun and free. But once a year I buy a book by way of an admission fee and this year I ended up with Chris Renwick's little effort which was well worth it, particularly since it had been remaindered and was going for washers.
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Post by karryon99v2 on Jan 29, 2018 21:56:13 GMT
Is it a difficult read?I'm thinking about reading it myself. Not in my opinion. Thanks.
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