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[DoctorStrangelove]

Next: "I was Hitler's Chauffeur" by Erich Kempka. He wasn't very keen on Martin Bormann.

Done: off to Oxfam with it. He seemed to like the mad bugger, but there you go. Bits of it made one almost sorry for the poor sods in the bunker, especially the Goebels kids.

Next: "Weapons of Mass Destruction" by Robert Hutchinson. Chapter one: "Doctor Strangelove lives!". .

[DoctorStrangelove]

Next: "The canopy of time" by Brian Aldiss. 1959 collection of short stories.

Done: off to Oxfam with it. Some good stories, many were pretty meh, to be honest. Never been one of my goto authors.

Next: TBD.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Next: "Time Trap" by Keith Laumer. The one with the giant rutabaga aliens.

Done: off to Oxfam with it. Took no time at all to read that, a refreshing change from some of the turgid tomes. .

I remembered reading it back in the 70s: the rutabaga thing being so memorable.

Next: "The canopy of time" by Brian Aldiss. 1959 collection of short stories.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Next: "Vile Bodies" by Evelyn Waugh.

Done: off to Oxfam with it.

Next: TBD.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Next: "Decline and Fall" by Evelyn Waugh.

Done: off to Oxfam with it.

Next: "Vile Bodies" by Evelyn Waugh.

Not getting much out of this one. .

[Dorkeaux]

I do like a bit of Evelyn Waugh.

I'm reading "Where the Past Lies" by Geoffrey Seed.

Full disclosure, we've met and get on well.
I try to buy everything my friends, family and acquaintances write, record or paint.
It's not all great, but this is. A good book.

[NotAllThere]

Andy Weir - Project Hail Mary.

Really enjoyed the film last week.

[sadkingbilly]

a snowball in hell by chris brookmyre.
well up to his usual standard.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Next: "Black Mischief" by Evelyn Waugh. The earlier appearance of Basil Seal who reappears 10 years later in "Put out more flags".

Done: off to Oxfam with it.

Next: "Decline and Fall" by Evelyn Waugh.

Oh good, full of Gog Welsh people. I've never heard any one (outside a Shakespeare play) use the phrase "look you".

And he's not shy about terming the Black chauffeur a N****r.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Next: "The loved one" by Evelyn Waugh. The Septic funeral business in California. It's short.

Done: off to Oxfam with it.

Next: "Black Mischief" by Evelyn Waugh. The earlier appearance of Basil Seal who reappears 10 years later in "Put out more flags".

One can see how some of the language might offend those afflicted by a fit of the vapours these benighted days, things were different 94 years ago.

Amusing enough with a nasty twist at the end. Yum.

Fascinating that "The Tablet" was rather more upset by failing to fast on Good Friday, contraceptives, and sex outside marriage than the twist. .

[sadkingbilly]

Ken McCleod's 'lightspeed' trilogy.
quite entertaining. Enough so to start some of his other works.

[NotAllThere]

Dan Wheatcroft - the leveller series.

The second in the series is a free ebook. So I read that first and then paid for the other two. Quite good but a bit hard to follow.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Next: "Daddy we hardly knew you" by Germaine Greer.

Done: off to Oxfam with it. Inneresting enough.

Next: "The loved one" by Evelyn Waugh. The Septic funeral business in California. It's short.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Next: "Put out more flags" by Evelyn Waugh. The Phoney War.

Turns out I should read "Vile Bodies" and "Black Mischief" first but I've started this one now.

Done: off to Oxfam with it (both copies). Written in 1941 whilst the "fun" was still building up. Oddly unlikable main character.

Next: "Daddy we hardly knew you" by Germaine Greer.

Gosh. His name wasn't Greer. He was an officer in the RAAF intelligence during WWII: in an SLU (possibly), was on Malta, or rather in Malta underground. She finally tracks his origins down in Tasmania in the 1900s. Not too keen on the stuck up Brits it must be said.

His "adopted" mum was Emma Greeney of Launceston, Tasmania.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Next: "Work Suspended" by Evelyn Waugh: book of short stories plus a novella.

Done: off to Oxfam with it.

Next: "Put out more flags" by Evelyn Waugh. The Phoney War.

Turns out I should read "Vile Bodies" and "Black Mischief" first but I've started this one now.