I haven't read a book in ages. Every time I see this thread pop up I feel ashamed for not making an effort.
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Done: A book I ended up reading the chapters thereof in reverse order.Originally posted by DoctorStrangelove View Post
It was still hard going.
Next: "AD500" by Simon Young: a fictionalised journey through the dark age British Isles by a Byzantine "embassy".
Can't say it's a brilliant read but it's a good deal easier going than the aforementnioned.
When the fun stops, STOP.Comment
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A bit of a change: "Garry Halliday and the disappearing diamonds".
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Garry-Halli.../dp/B0000CKQWV
You really have to be an
to remember these epics.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162080...m_flmg_act_134
as watched on a12"9" b&w Pye console TV back in the mysts of time of 1960.
http://www.tvhistory.tv/1950-Pye-CV306.JPGLast edited by DoctorStrangelove; 30 July 2022, 10:01.When the fun stops, STOP.Comment
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rereading the jean le flambeur series by Hannu Rajaniemi.
my brain hurts ;-)Comment
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Done. One had forgotten how dumb Bill Dodds was, played by the late Terrence Alexander rather before he became Jim Bergerac's father in law.Originally posted by DoctorStrangelove View PostA bit of a change: "Garry Halliday and the disappearing diamonds".
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Garry-Halli.../dp/B0000CKQWV
You really have to be an to remember these epics.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162080...m_flmg_act_134
as watched on a12"9" b&w Pye console TV back in the mysts of time of 1960.
http://www.tvhistory.tv/1950-Pye-CV306.JPG
Next: TBD.When the fun stops, STOP.Comment
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Done. Amusing enough. One can see why the Sais were so loved.Originally posted by DoctorStrangelove View Post
Next: TBD. There's so little choice.
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A book extracted from a bookshelf upstairs:
"A brief history of Stonehenge" by the recently late Aubrey Burl (1926 - 2020). Mostly Sais free I'd have thunk since they didn't start turning up until about 400 AD and it would appear that those who built it buggered off before the Celts turned up.
Ancient Alien Researchers are of the opinion that the Aliens from the Pleiades abducted them.Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 7 August 2022, 15:03.When the fun stops, STOP.Comment
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Just Bought : Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities - Bettany Hughes
Reread & recycled : Battle Circle - Piers Anthony (found it in the loft)Comment
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"The illustrated history of Gadget Warfare: The Vietnam War" by F. Clifton Berry Jnr.* 82nd Airborne.
All that materiel, all those crazy weapons, Puff the Magic Dragon, Agent Orange, Daisy Cutters, CBU-55 FAE.
And they still lost to little men with AK47s and bicycles.
If there's something to be grateful to Harold Wilson for, it's keeping us out of that mess.
*That's the late F. Cliffton Berry Jnr.
https://www.airforcemag.com/f-clifto...-jr-1931-2020/Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 9 August 2022, 12:51.When the fun stops, STOP.Comment
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Done. I have no idea why it's taken 30 years to get a round tuit.Originally posted by DoctorStrangelove View Post
Next: "The Donkeys" by that Alan Clark chap, celebrating the genius of Kitchener, French, and, of course, dear old Dougie "Butcher" Haig.When the fun stops, STOP.Comment
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Been reading quite a few biographies recently.
Currently, "Blade Runners, Deer Hunters & Blowing the Bloody Doors Off ..." by Michael Deeley
Makes for a good read about the life of the producer of a number of cult movies over the years.
Amusing fact:
The Black Daimler used to pick up Michael Caine's character from prison near the start of the film, where he picks up a flag from the glove box and exclaims "This car belongs to the Pakistani Ambassador!".... was actually the Pakistani Ambassador's car. It was regularly serviced by the garage that had been tasked with supplying many of the cars for the movie and was quietly lent to the film crew without the owner's knowledge. The line was written in to the film as a result.
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