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#21
Posted 11 November 2023 - 09:36 AM
#22
Posted 12 November 2023 - 03:57 PM
#23
Posted 12 November 2023 - 04:23 PM
The Earl of Chesterfield, on 10 November 2023 - 08:22 PM, said:
Meanwhile the televised series doesn't even begin to reflect the depth of Dick's 'The Man in the High Castle'.
Superb...
Just found the series on Amazon. I'll be tuning in tonight after I've finished bingeing Bosch Legacy.
#24
Posted 12 November 2023 - 05:51 PM
The Earl of Chesterfield, on 10 November 2023 - 08:22 PM, said:
And if you're a Sci-fi fan I'd also recommend Harry Harrison's 'West of Eden' trilogy.
Meanwhile the televised series doesn't even begin to reflect the depth of Dick's 'The Man in the High Castle'.
Superb...
Wow. The book must be astonishing, because I thought ‘The man in the high castle ‘ tv series was absolutely brilliant.
Will get the book now, thank you..
#25
Posted 12 November 2023 - 11:10 PM
The Earl of Chesterfield, on 10 November 2023 - 08:22 PM, said:
And if you're a Sci-fi fan I'd also recommend Harry Harrison's 'West of Eden' trilogy.
Meanwhile the televised series doesn't even begin to reflect the depth of Dick's 'The Man in the High Castle'.
Superb...
Arthur C Clarke and Stephen Baxter’s ‘The Light of Other Days’ is very thought-provoking, exploring how wormhole technology makes travel instantaneous, destroys human privacy, and then gets used to travel back in time, including to observe whether biblical stories were true or not (with inevitable social consequences). Baxter’s imagination is incredible- I always remember reading his ‘Flux’, about a civilisation of tiny humans existing within a neutron star and travelling around using pigs which propel themselves with farts. His book ‘Evolution’ is phenomenal, covering human evolution from mammals in the dinosaur era to 500 million years hence when humanity will have regressed to a chemically tree-dependent type of mammal whilst descendants of our robotic creations will have left to colonise the stars.
This post has been edited by Siberian Spireite: 12 November 2023 - 11:22 PM
#26
Posted 28 December 2023 - 05:59 PM
#27
Posted 28 December 2023 - 06:02 PM
hilly81, on 08 November 2023 - 01:43 PM, said:
Got this for Christmas too
#28 Guest_Quaker_*
Posted 14 January 2024 - 09:42 PM
#29
Posted 15 January 2024 - 07:39 AM
Quaker, on 14 January 2024 - 09:42 PM, said:
Got that for Christmas too 😂. If he was “traditionally” thought of as better looking and sounded less like a toff then I think he’d have been very electable.
#30 Guest_Quaker_*
Posted 15 January 2024 - 08:16 AM
s42blue, on 15 January 2024 - 07:39 AM, said:
Only got through the first two chapters on my dog walk this morning and my opinion of him has changed already. You summed up my initial thoughts perfectly.
#31
Posted 15 January 2024 - 12:41 PM
Grateful for any recommendations along those lines.
#32 Guest_Quaker_*
Posted 15 January 2024 - 12:59 PM
RN Blue, on 15 January 2024 - 12:41 PM, said:
Grateful for any recommendations along those lines.
One of the best books I’ve ever read is “The Burning Shore” by Wilbur Smith. If you haven’t read it and you’re a fan of his I’d highly recommend it.
#33
Posted 15 January 2024 - 05:18 PM
RN Blue, on 15 January 2024 - 12:41 PM, said:
Grateful for any recommendations along those lines.
Sam Bourne books are along the same line. The Righteous Men is the first.
#35
Posted 17 January 2024 - 05:02 PM
RN Blue, on 15 January 2024 - 09:13 PM, said:
The Tom Wood books about Victor (the assassin) are consistently good. I think I’ve read them all.
#36 Guest_Quaker_*
Posted 24 January 2024 - 08:47 AM
s42blue, on 15 January 2024 - 07:39 AM, said:
Its been a very interesting listen/read, recomend it to anyone who like me, doesn't really have an allegiance towards any political party.
#37
Posted 30 January 2024 - 08:14 AM
#38
Posted 03 March 2024 - 03:31 PM
NF book about the Chesterfield Serial killer. Who knew!!? Very good book depicting the murders in the 60s but also about the town, its industry and pubs. Even covers Wingerworth where he killed one of his victims.
Chesterfield called “the gay capital of the North”….dont tell some posters on here…..
#39
Posted 03 March 2024 - 04:03 PM
s42blue, on 03 March 2024 - 03:31 PM, said:
Don't mind that, rather that than the incest capital of England that's the other side of the motorway!
This post has been edited by Johnnyspireite7: 03 March 2024 - 04:03 PM
#40
Posted 11 March 2024 - 01:55 PM
Twisty, turny thriller. Written well enough and really enjoyed for a quick read.