What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)

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Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)

Post by Tero » Tue Jun 20, 2017 6:44 pm

Quentin Bates, Thin Ice
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When two small-time crooks rob Reykjavik's premier drugs dealer, hoping for a quick escape to the sun, their plans start to unravel after their getaway driver fails to show. Tensions mount between the pair and the two women they have grabbed as hostages when they find themselves holed upcountry in an isolated hotel that has been mothballed for the season.
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Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)

Post by Svartalf » Wed Jun 21, 2017 12:20 pm

mostly stories by Rober Howard thes days, though I also have a collection of stories by various authors thematically organized around Frank B Long's Hounds of Tindalos and a more or less complete edition in French of Clark Ashton Smith's fantasy.
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Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)

Post by Brian Peacock » Thu Jun 22, 2017 11:05 pm

Śiva wrote:Just started The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon Vol. 1 of 6
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Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)

Post by Brian Peacock » Thu Jun 22, 2017 11:11 pm

Tero wrote:Finishing up the Elvis Cosello book I've had since january. In the last 50 pages this event comes up
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Diana (who was soon to be Mrs Elvis after that) sings in well enough, but it is worth watching for Willie's phrasing. Elvis does an acceptable vocal.
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Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)

Post by JimC » Thu Jun 22, 2017 11:40 pm

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Post by Sean Hayden » Thu Jul 27, 2017 10:03 pm

Mind Reading "Politics Solved!"

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Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)

Post by Sean Hayden » Fri Jul 28, 2017 8:14 pm

The Case for God, Karen Armstrong

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Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)

Post by Svartalf » Sat Jul 29, 2017 8:28 am

Sean Hayden wrote:The Case for God, Karen Armstrong
Is it any good, or is it just woo?
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Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)

Post by Animavore » Sat Jul 29, 2017 8:58 am

Karen Armstrong writes some interesting and well researched history books, but then goes off on a conclusion which isn't warranted. It's a non-sequitur to point at the similarities between religions and say that there is therefore something to it.
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Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)

Post by JimC » Sat Jul 29, 2017 9:05 am

The similarities merely point to a common humanity, based on our evolutionary history - different cultures are all vulnerable to a god delusion, with minor differences via historical accident...
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Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)

Post by Sean Hayden » Sat Jul 29, 2017 8:15 pm

I haven't got to the woo just yet. I've been playing the guitar more than reading lately -getting quite hooked actually. :biggrin:

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Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)

Post by Tero » Sat Aug 19, 2017 1:33 am

Mick Fleetwood's autobiography. Mostly for the pre America band.

Anyway, he is a 15 year old school drop put, playing srums day after day in his sister's garage. Then the drummer's dream happens: a musician walks into the garage and hires him.
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Starting regular gigs at 16, nobody ever asked him for ID as he was 6'6" tall.

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Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)

Post by Jason » Sat Aug 19, 2017 11:31 pm

Inquisition: The Reign of Fear by Toby Green

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Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)

Post by JimC » Sun Aug 20, 2017 12:37 am

"The Delirium Brief" by Charles Stross, currently one of my favourite SF authors...
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Re: What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)

Post by Tero » Sun Aug 20, 2017 2:52 am

I have not been able to read science fiction since college. Well, the closest thing, reread Vonnegut's Galapagos a couple of years ago.

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