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Post by threehundred on Apr 6, 2024 19:01:12 GMT
I'll take them, stick them down. It's not just for me I'm sure others will like a recommendation too currently reading: Jasper Fforde, start with "Shades of Grey" and then there is a sequel called "Red Side Story", he describes his own writing genre as "absurdist fiction", I personally find it a nice relaxing read that's not too challenging but highly enjoyable. don't know if I would recommend his other books, but these 2 were a clever and humorous read. I can also highly recommend John Scalzi, his "old man's War" series is brilliant sci-fi, start with the book "Old man's War" and you can chase up the sequels if you want to. He's got some great easily readable stand-alone books like "Starter Villain" which I think you might like just for its sly humour and its rampant piss take of the bond genre. I can also recommend "Agent to the Stars" & "Kaiju Preservation Society" as some nice easy reading you can zip through but, is at the same time, really captivating. Pierce Brown writes some interesting sci-fi, "Red Rising" is the start of a series and well worth reading, the next 2 in the series get progressively more involved with the whole storyline and then after that it goes to shit but the first 3 are probably worth reading. I would always recommend William Gibson, some of his stuff, most of it actually, has been made into TV or movies, the books are ALWAYS better. "The Peripheral" was a TV series that inexplicably they only made one series of, the book however is better. "Neuromancer" I think is going to be made into a movie soon but the book is great, there are loads of other books he's written, I would honestly recommend anyone of them. "Johnny Mnemonic" was also one of his although again the book is better. you should also look up "Burning Chrome". Neal Stephenson I can't recommend highly enough, I've never read one of his books I didn't like and they are so very clever and complex and engaging. You probably heard of "Snow Crash", if not pick it up. There are many many others. "Quicksilver" is book number one in his Baroque Cycle, followed by "The Confusion" and finally "The System of the World", it's a wonderful series. also of note is the Crypto series starting with "Cryptonomicon". But whichever of his books you pick up you can't pick the wrong one. lastly, you've probably read this guy, but Ben Aaronovitch is brilliant, all of his books are good but you really need to get them in order. the "Rivers of London" series (and indeed that is the title of the first book) may well be right up your alley, it's based in proper police procedurals, and set in proper police systems and practices however it mixes in fantasy and weirdness galore. I like the way it's set in contemporary Britain, the lead character is a black copper in the Met, who comes across something that changes his life. Can't recommend it highly enough, it gets a bit weird in places through the series but the writing is always brilliant and some of the comedy which is just scattered about within it just makes me giggle out loud (although when I try and tell the wife, she just doesn't get it… so maybe it's me?) anyway, enjoy. I've got more recommendations if you want them, obscure little modern rural fantasists like Cory Doctorow (the guy is brilliant) or Eliot Peper (also brilliant)… I could write a novel about people that write novels that I like to be honest *Late edit* someone just recommended this to me… Sounds like it might be up your alley as well? "The Price You Pay by Aidan Truhen " Yeah - love the Rivers of London books - an easy read…fun. Simon Pegg bought the rights to film them, I believe, but that appears to have died on its arse. A shame.
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Post by THE BEAST on Apr 7, 2024 11:41:49 GMT
I’ve heard of Cory Doctorow in library circles but haven’t read any of his stuff. you should, "Pirate Cinema" is a good example of his work
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Post by THE BEAST on Apr 7, 2024 11:42:33 GMT
currently reading: Jasper Fforde, start with "Shades of Grey" and then there is a sequel called "Red Side Story", he describes his own writing genre as "absurdist fiction", I personally find it a nice relaxing read that's not too challenging but highly enjoyable. don't know if I would recommend his other books, but these 2 were a clever and humorous read. I can also highly recommend John Scalzi, his "old man's War" series is brilliant sci-fi, start with the book "Old man's War" and you can chase up the sequels if you want to. He's got some great easily readable stand-alone books like "Starter Villain" which I think you might like just for its sly humour and its rampant piss take of the bond genre. I can also recommend "Agent to the Stars" & "Kaiju Preservation Society" as some nice easy reading you can zip through but, is at the same time, really captivating. Pierce Brown writes some interesting sci-fi, "Red Rising" is the start of a series and well worth reading, the next 2 in the series get progressively more involved with the whole storyline and then after that it goes to shit but the first 3 are probably worth reading. I would always recommend William Gibson, some of his stuff, most of it actually, has been made into TV or movies, the books are ALWAYS better. "The Peripheral" was a TV series that inexplicably they only made one series of, the book however is better. "Neuromancer" I think is going to be made into a movie soon but the book is great, there are loads of other books he's written, I would honestly recommend anyone of them. "Johnny Mnemonic" was also one of his although again the book is better. you should also look up "Burning Chrome". Neal Stephenson I can't recommend highly enough, I've never read one of his books I didn't like and they are so very clever and complex and engaging. You probably heard of "Snow Crash", if not pick it up. There are many many others. "Quicksilver" is book number one in his Baroque Cycle, followed by "The Confusion" and finally "The System of the World", it's a wonderful series. also of note is the Crypto series starting with "Cryptonomicon". But whichever of his books you pick up you can't pick the wrong one. lastly, you've probably read this guy, but Ben Aaronovitch is brilliant, all of his books are good but you really need to get them in order. the "Rivers of London" series (and indeed that is the title of the first book) may well be right up your alley, it's based in proper police procedurals, and set in proper police systems and practices however it mixes in fantasy and weirdness galore. I like the way it's set in contemporary Britain, the lead character is a black copper in the Met, who comes across something that changes his life. Can't recommend it highly enough, it gets a bit weird in places through the series but the writing is always brilliant and some of the comedy which is just scattered about within it just makes me giggle out loud (although when I try and tell the wife, she just doesn't get it… so maybe it's me?) anyway, enjoy. I've got more recommendations if you want them, obscure little modern rural fantasists like Cory Doctorow (the guy is brilliant) or Eliot Peper (also brilliant)… I could write a novel about people that write novels that I like to be honest *Late edit* someone just recommended this to me… Sounds like it might be up your alley as well? "The Price You Pay by Aidan Truhen " Yeah - love the Rivers of London books - an easy read…fun. Simon Pegg bought the rights to film them, I believe, but that appears to have died on its arse. A shame. Don't know why, it would make brilliant TV or film
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Post by Furry Frank The Combat Wombat on Apr 9, 2024 16:25:32 GMT
I'll take them, stick them down. It's not just for me I'm sure others will like a recommendation too currently reading: Jasper Fforde, start with "Shades of Grey" and then there is a sequel called "Red Side Story", he describes his own writing genre as "absurdist fiction", I personally find it a nice relaxing read that's not too challenging but highly enjoyable. don't know if I would recommend his other books, but these 2 were a clever and humorous read. I can also highly recommend John Scalzi, his "old man's War" series is brilliant sci-fi, start with the book "Old man's War" and you can chase up the sequels if you want to. He's got some great easily readable stand-alone books like "Starter Villain" which I think you might like just for its sly humour and its rampant piss take of the bond genre. I can also recommend "Agent to the Stars" & "Kaiju Preservation Society" as some nice easy reading you can zip through but, is at the same time, really captivating. Pierce Brown writes some interesting sci-fi, "Red Rising" is the start of a series and well worth reading, the next 2 in the series get progressively more involved with the whole storyline and then after that it goes to shit but the first 3 are probably worth reading. I would always recommend William Gibson, some of his stuff, most of it actually, has been made into TV or movies, the books are ALWAYS better. "The Peripheral" was a TV series that inexplicably they only made one series of, the book however is better. "Neuromancer" I think is going to be made into a movie soon but the book is great, there are loads of other books he's written, I would honestly recommend anyone of them. "Johnny Mnemonic" was also one of his although again the book is better. you should also look up "Burning Chrome". Neal Stephenson I can't recommend highly enough, I've never read one of his books I didn't like and they are so very clever and complex and engaging. You probably heard of "Snow Crash", if not pick it up. There are many many others. "Quicksilver" is book number one in his Baroque Cycle, followed by "The Confusion" and finally "The System of the World", it's a wonderful series. also of note is the Crypto series starting with "Cryptonomicon". But whichever of his books you pick up you can't pick the wrong one. lastly, you've probably read this guy, but Ben Aaronovitch is brilliant, all of his books are good but you really need to get them in order. the "Rivers of London" series (and indeed that is the title of the first book) may well be right up your alley, it's based in proper police procedurals, and set in proper police systems and practices however it mixes in fantasy and weirdness galore. I like the way it's set in contemporary Britain, the lead character is a black copper in the Met, who comes across something that changes his life. Can't recommend it highly enough, it gets a bit weird in places through the series but the writing is always brilliant and some of the comedy which is just scattered about within it just makes me giggle out loud (although when I try and tell the wife, she just doesn't get it… so maybe it's me?) anyway, enjoy. I've got more recommendations if you want them, obscure little modern rural fantasists like Cory Doctorow (the guy is brilliant) or Eliot Peper (also brilliant)… I could write a novel about people that write novels that I like to be honest *Late edit* someone just recommended this to me… Sounds like it might be up your alley as well? "The Price You Pay by Aidan Truhen " Good post, as someone who swims in similar waters. Always hard to look past Gibson, along with Iain (M) Banks he's been very influential on much recent Scifi.. as it happens I've been watching the Peripheral of late (when the Mrs is out as it's not her cuppa) and am equally puzzled why they didn't renew it (tbh it may be that it didn't get much publicity, eg why I'm only watching it now when I'm definitely in their demographic). Neuromancer is due to be serialised on Apple (annoyingly), I've been lead to believe... which if successful may mean they segue into Burning Chrome. If you're thinking Gibson and Stevenson, there should probably also be a shout out to Jeff (or is it Geoff) Noon.. I really enjoyed Vurt and Pollen. My other shelf-fillers (aside from Banks and the classics like Aldiss, Clarke, Dick, Herbert, Heinlein etc) are the british hard sci-fi gang like Neal Asher, Alastair Reynolds, Peter Hamilton and Ken McLeod and most recently Adrian Tchaikovsky I've had Scalzi on my list for a while but hadn't got round to it, I'll make sure I move him up a bit... although I do have 3 Body Problem and a Neil Gaiman box set I got for my birthday to get through first.
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Post by ivangolac on Apr 9, 2024 22:04:00 GMT
We do music, we do TV and Film I'm now after book recommendations. I'm in a bit of a reading slump and I'm looking for someone good and new to me in the crime, horror or legal thriller genres. Anyone got anything good to recommend Try these.....I've read them time and time again. Author Jeff Gulvin, Storm Crow series. UK/USA spanning crime/terrorism novels which reference a character called Osama bin Laden and a bunch of Montana militia, these predate Sept 11, quite something. They are all great but I especially enjoyed The Covenant which is actually book number 3 (they all stand alone). Well worth a fiver off Amazon. How these never got made into a movie I don't know, they are really, really good.
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Post by theallseeingeye on Apr 10, 2024 5:15:32 GMT
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Jonathan Livingston Seagullby Richard Bach
3 hugely important books for me… and still help me now.
In my dark times I turn to anyone of these… sometimes all 3
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