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Post by Dark Stranger on Nov 11, 2009 17:39:55 GMT
Tolstoy has been on my "to read" list for ages. Martin, which one would you recommend to read first? I'm currently on Terry Pratchett's "Unseen Academicals" and loving it. He's finally got the Ankh-Morporkians talking in working class English and it's far funnier to read now. Just on the whole book things, here's a book swapping site I use religiously to get new books for the cost of postage: www.readitswapit.co.ukYou basically input what books you have and then pick books off other people's lists, then rate each other ebay-style. Can't recommend it highly enough.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 11, 2009 18:32:18 GMT
I started Terry Pratchett's 'Nation', but unusually for one of his books I just couldn't get in to it.
My reading in 2009 has been much poorer than it usually is, due to circumstances. I hope to regain my reading habits in 2010.
EDIT: I shall check that book swapping site.
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 11, 2009 19:39:51 GMT
Tolstoy has been on my "to read" list for ages. Martin, which one would you recommend to read first? War and Peace. It's more for blokes than the other one, and has the epic sweep of armies and military tactics _and_ people's feelings, whereas the other one's just about people's feelings. Make sure you get an unabridged version. There are some strange modern translations out there that think they have improved Tolstoy's W&P by removing, say, all the bits about the grand sweep of history. You can't go wrong with this one which is the one I read, at £1.99. God, I can't think of many better ways to spend £1.99 than on arguably the greatest novel ever written. Martin
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Post by Dark Stranger on Nov 13, 2009 1:23:05 GMT
Awesome Martin, cheers for the tip.
Ralph, don't bother with Nation. Non-Discworld, plus it's a pile of shite.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2009 12:22:34 GMT
Just started reading the James Bond novel The Spy Who Loved Me. It's not the most interesting novel in the series of Fleming's Bond books but it is the easiest to read. With enough time somebody could easily read at least half of the book in one sitting without having to work out the basic plot of the story.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2009 17:53:22 GMT
I've almost finished reading The Spy Who Loved Me and it's quite an offbeat tale. James Bond himself doesn't even show up until chapter 10 (out of 15).
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2009 16:26:37 GMT
I'm now halfway through reading the third novelisation of the original Indiana Jones films. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade isn't too bad a film and the novelisation is quite well written also. Whereas the other two novelisations didn't do much for me this one does. According to the bio about the author at the back it turns out that he himself was an archeologist before becoming a novelist and this has allowed him to write the story in just the right kind of way I want to read it. Furthermore, he also wrote six other Indiana Jones novels afterwards which I may consider tracking down at some point.
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