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    rereading* the 'zones of thought' trilogy by Vernor Vinge.
    should keep me going for a while

    *cos I can't find any decent new Science Fiction. it all seems to be rehashes of old ideas. even the steampunk genre's become a sausage machine
    Last edited by sadkingbilly; 31 December 2022, 15:43.

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      Originally posted by DoctorStrangelove View Post
      Next: Lions donkeys & dinosaurs by Lewis Page: the impressive story of the MOD & their endless wasting of money.
      Done. He's really unimpressed with BAE & who can blame him? Equally unimpressed with the MOD.

      And quite why the armed forces are so top heavy is a mystery wrapped up in an enigma.

      Next: TBD. "Things can only get better" by John o'Farrell being a memoir of the glories of the Ditch the Bitch era.

      Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 12 January 2023, 09:06.
      When the fun stops, STOP.

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        Originally posted by Lost It View Post
        Just started on my Terry Pratchett collection again..... Sadly missed genius.
        I have converted them to audiobooks and when I have a long drive I can enjoy them.
        Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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          Originally posted by DoctorStrangelove View Post
          Next: TBD "All our Todays": 40 years of the Today programme by Paul Donovan. Really up to the moment stuff. written in 1997. .
          Done. It became quite tedious towards the end.

          Lots of vaguely remembered names. 1997 being a long time ago, like. . I have no recollection whatever of Anna Ford being a presenter on Today.

          Next: TBD. "Dirty Words" by Mark Morton. Dunno how this one will go, it being about etymology.
          Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 16 January 2023, 10:21.
          When the fun stops, STOP.

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            As a huge fan of American Noir I really loved The Contortionist’s Handbook by Craig Clevenger. A cross between Chuch Pahlaniuk and James Ellroy. Top recommended reading list in the appendices too.

            Just starting on The Shards by Brett Easton Ellis - been looking forward to this for ages, it's his first book in over ten years.




            ...my quagmire of greed....my cesspit of laziness and unfairness....all I am doing is sticking two fingers up at nurses, doctors and other hard working employed professionals...

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              Originally posted by DoctorStrangelove View Post
              Next: TBD. "Things can only get better" by John o'Farrell being a memoir of the glories of the Ditch the Bitch era.
              Done.

              Next: "An utterly impartial history of Britain" by John O'Farrell.

              Moderately amusing: I've got as far as 1066 and the Norman bastards since I woke at 05:58 and read for an hour before returning to the land of nod.

              When the fun stops, STOP.

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                George MacDonald Fraser - Flashman. The first book in the series.

                Just finished Tom Brown's Schooldays (which actually doesn't have a lot of Flashman & his bullying antics in it) so seemed a logical choice.

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                  The Hour: A Cocktail Manifesto by Bernard DeVolo

                  One man's highly opinionated (and tongue-in-cheek) view that there is only one type of cocktail worth having - a martini. It must be made a certain way and drunk at a certain hour. Anything else is an abomination, especially if it contains rum.

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                    Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
                    The Hour: A Cocktail Manifesto by Bernard DeVolo

                    One man's highly opinionated (and tongue-in-cheek) view that there is only one type of cocktail worth having - a martini. It must be made a certain way and drunk at a certain hour. Anything else is an abomination, especially if it contains rum.
                    What's his opinion of whiskey drinkers?

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                      Originally posted by woohoo View Post

                      What's his opinion of whiskey drinkers?
                      Mixed!

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