"Mythos" by Stephen Fry. Enjoying it a lot
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Originally posted by woohoo View PostI'm reading the The Mortal Word (The Invisible Library series Book 5). I've liked all of the books in this series and same for this one, easy read.
I'm desperate to find some great sci-fi or fantasy books. I think I've gone through most of them.Comment
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Originally posted by ladymuck View PostJanny Wurts The Empire Series trilogy was good, had an overlap with Raymond E Feist's Riftwar Saga (he co-authored The Empire books). I still think Feist's book, Magician, is a brilliant story.Comment
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My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk. I do like his books.England's greatest sailor since Nelson lost the armada.Comment
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Originally posted by DoctorStrangelove View Post"The Mitrokhin Archive", being a tale of KGB naughtiness.
Stone me, that was hard work in parts, many parts.
Pretty good way of sending yourself to sleep on a postprandial sunny afternoon.
<hiatus>
Next: "Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA" by Tim Weiner.
<reading hiatus>
Stone me, the CIA Septics are even crazier than one might have imagined.
In fact, some were actually crazy crazy as in locked up in mental "Sanatoriums" & brain zapped.
I'm sure Oxfam were grateful to receive both of these..
Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 24 September 2025, 13:11.When the fun stops, STOP.Comment
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Exercise Cygnus
Russia Report
Or not...
Basically just reading anything that's lying around but mainly going through all my Tom Sharpe and Carl Hiaasen books“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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Tales of the Alhambra by Washington Irving which I've been meaning to read for ages but never got around to.England's greatest sailor since Nelson lost the armada.Comment
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Originally posted by ladymuck View PostJanny Wurts The Empire Series trilogy was good, had an overlap with Raymond E Feist's Riftwar Saga (he co-authored The Empire books). I still think Feist's book, Magician, is a brilliant story.Comment
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Originally posted by Uncle Albert View PostTales of the Alhambra by Washington Irving which I've been meaning to read for ages but never got around to.Comment
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