What books are we reading? - Page 12

Drachen · 08-17-2010, 07:15 PM

just finished Silver which is a book about Long John Silver.more to the title but i cant be bothered to go pick it up to read it.

next up.. Ghengis: Birth of an Empire.

Stabulator · 08-17-2010, 08:23 PM

Just finished - Deadly Edge, Slayground, and Plunder Squad by Donald Westlake under the psuedonym Richard Stark
The 14th, 15th, and 16th novels in a classic 24 book crime series starring a heist-man named Parker. They've been movie-ized a few times, most notably as Point Blank starring Lee Marvin and Payback starring Mel Gibson.
The important thing is that the University of Chicago Press is re-printing them three at a time- in order. This allows me to complete my collection since some of them have been out of print since the mid-70s. at this point, I'm only one book away from having all of them and this makes me over-f*cking-joyed.
Having finished those over the past 3 days, I'm starting to re-read Shogun by James Clavell for the first time in several years.

strongbad · 08-19-2010, 06:44 PM

Devil May Care - a James Bond book NOT by Ian Fleming

meh...

IF any of you have read Bond books, you know what you are going to get...and this one was a little lame...

Rob · 08-20-2010, 04:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by strongbad

a James Bond book NOT by Ian Fleming

there are quite a few of those and none of them seem to be any good.

gil · 08-20-2010, 07:13 PM

Some of the earlier ones from the '70's are better than okay.
Not great, but worth a read.
Just finished a James Rollins.
Just started the "last" Robert B. Parker book. "Blue-Eyed Devil".

Lordy · 09-06-2010, 08:53 PM

I was reading 'Apocalypse 2012', but couldn't finish it. I dropped it 1/3 of the way through. Just too boring.

Getting ready to read 'The Power of Coincidence' by David Richo. I've had this book on my shelf for a while, and tried getting into it before, but just didn't make a real effort. This book focuses on the idea of synchronicity and how to recognize and benefit from meaningful coincidences.

Stabulator · 09-07-2010, 05:52 AM

Just finished re-reading Pattern Recognition and Spook Country by William Gibson in preparation for Zero History coming out today.

I really hope it works a bit better that Spook Country did, although I liked SC much more after re-reading it. Still not up there with his best work, though.

08-19-2010, 06:44 PM	#333
strongbad i love pizza Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,539	Devil May Care - a James Bond book NOT by Ian Fleming meh... IF any of you have read Bond books, you know what you are going to get...and this one was a little lame... __________________ "we are all athiests about most of the gods humanity has believed in, some of us just go one god further" - Richard Dawkins "When plunder becomes a way of life for a goupp of men living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it." -- French economist, statesman and author Frederic Bastiast (1801-1850) Last edited by strongbad; 08-19-2010 at 06:49 PM..

08-20-2010, 07:13 PM	#335
gil GTX Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Leavenworth, KS Posts: 686	Some of the earlier ones from the '70's are better than okay. Not great, but worth a read. Just finished a James Rollins. Just started the "last" Robert B. Parker book. "Blue-Eyed Devil". __________________ Cogito, Ergo, Zoom.

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08-17-2010, 07:15 PM	#331
Drachen GTX Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,618	just finished Silver which is a book about Long John Silver.more to the title but i cant be bothered to go pick it up to read it. next up.. Ghengis: Birth of an Empire.

08-17-2010, 08:23 PM	#332
Stabulator Werewolf Bar Mitzvah Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: The Blood Meridian Posts: 977	Just finished - Deadly Edge, Slayground, and Plunder Squad by Donald Westlake under the psuedonym Richard Stark The 14th, 15th, and 16th novels in a classic 24 book crime series starring a heist-man named Parker. They've been movie-ized a few times, most notably as Point Blank starring Lee Marvin and Payback starring Mel Gibson. The important thing is that the University of Chicago Press is re-printing them three at a time- in order. This allows me to complete my collection since some of them have been out of print since the mid-70s. at this point, I'm only one book away from having all of them and this makes me over-f*cking-joyed. Having finished those over the past 3 days, I'm starting to re-read Shogun by James Clavell for the first time in several years.

09-06-2010, 08:53 PM	#336
Lordy King Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 1,719	I was reading 'Apocalypse 2012', but couldn't finish it. I dropped it 1/3 of the way through. Just too boring. Getting ready to read 'The Power of Coincidence' by David Richo. I've had this book on my shelf for a while, and tried getting into it before, but just didn't make a real effort. This book focuses on the idea of synchronicity and how to recognize and benefit from meaningful coincidences.

09-07-2010, 05:52 AM	#337
Stabulator Werewolf Bar Mitzvah Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: The Blood Meridian Posts: 977	Just finished re-reading Pattern Recognition and Spook Country by William Gibson in preparation for Zero History coming out today. I really hope it works a bit better that Spook Country did, although I liked SC much more after re-reading it. Still not up there with his best work, though.