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[sadkingbilly]

William Gibson - Mona Lisa Overdrive.

I had no idea his work was built into several trilogies, I've always read them as stand alone books. I found out about 5 minutes ago when I looked up his bibliography to see what else I hadn't read of his work.

see above, i've just read the latest two.

[ladymuck]

William Gibson - Mona Lisa Overdrive.

I had no idea his work was built into several trilogies, I've always read them as stand alone books. I found out about 5 minutes ago when I looked up his bibliography to see what else I hadn't read of his work.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Next: TBD. "Dirty Words" by Mark Morton. Dunno how this one will go, it being about etymology.

Thank feck that's done with.

Next: "Space Chronicles" by Neil deGrasse Tyson. Somewhat lighter. It was half read 5 or more years ago, time to read the rest & off to Oxfam it'll go.

Stone me, I must read a lot, I have 25% of the posts on this thread. .

[woohoo]

There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm. I've just finished it but will probably read again. It can be hard going at times but overall have enjoyed it.

[sadkingbilly]

William Gibson 'the peripheral'
next: 'the agent'

nice bit of cyberpunk

[DoctorStrangelove]

Done, having woken early this morning.

Next: TBD (there's so little choice).

"Island on the edge of the world" by Charles MacLean.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Island-Edge.../dp/1841957550

This one is for EO who spent some time there IIRC. .

Done. Pretty good though the final chapter is a bit hard going where he contemplates the reasons for the community's demise.

A fair percentage of them buggered off to Oz which might explain it a little.

Sounds like they were pretty happy until the outside world started interfering.

Randomly falling off seacliffs must have added some spice to life.

New word: "eleemosynary". Well there's a thing.

Next: TBD. "IBM and the holocaust" by Edwin Black. Purchase, according to the receipt, in 2002. Thankfully it was a non fading receipt with actual printed print rather than the more modern disappearing text type.

More light reading. .


Some lune on the Amazon reviews for the above tome seems to think there were mainframes in the 1940s.

Though he/she/it/them/they were aware of Colossus.

https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/1035

[DoctorStrangelove]

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.

Done, having woken early this morning.

Next: TBD (there's so little choice).

"Island on the edge of the world" by Charles MacLean.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Island-Edge.../dp/1841957550

This one is for EO who spent some time there IIRC. .

[ladymuck]

What's his opinion of whiskey drinkers?

Mixed!

[woohoo]

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?

[ladymuck]

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.

[The Green View]

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.

[DoctorStrangelove]

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.

[Lockhouse]

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.

[DoctorStrangelove]

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.

[vetran]

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.