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Reading U2 THE COMPLETE STORY.
Being a huge U2 fan since the early 80s, I just had to buy this. Lots of tidbits, discography and reviews. I learn something new on every page.
Nothing beats a good Zygon tale.
Quite agree.
Have only read the four Odyssey novels by him before, but this is the best, for me, since 2001-A Space Odyssey.
This is in my 'to read' pile (and a big pile it is too!), have only read A Fall of Moondust.
THE COMPLETE FICTION OF H. P. LOVECRAFT (Knickerbocker Classics), first time I've read any Lovecraft, about a dozen short stories into and at the moment it's okay. The kind of collection that should be dipped into now and again as opposed to reading it all in one (huge) go.
PKD may be the best sci-fi writer ever. Too bad he was never recognized during his lifetime.(He died shortly before Blade Runner made him a cult classic)
The backdrop for this story is that the Axis Powers won the war. USA is divided in three. The Japanese rule the East Coast, Asia and South America. They are desribed mostly as benign rulers. The Middle States are autonomous, while the Germans rule the West Coast, Europe and Africa (where they have wiped out the population.)
The Germans are depicted as pure evil. Hitler is in a madhouse at this point, and the new Chancellor Martin Bormann is dying, making room for a power struggle between the rest of the nazi top brass.
Funny thing: There is a novel referenced in the book, that desribes an alternative history, one where the Allied forces won the war.
Philip K. Dick always questions reality in his books, and this may be the best I have read by him so far. So many themes woven into the story.
A truly great book!
And do you know it has been adapted for a 10 episode series? It's bloody brilliant by the way. You have to see it.
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No doubt a brother of Bill Tanner's. :)
Ha ha. I didn't even think of that!
And whose brother is this, then?
I didn't want to bring it up again on this thread! :))
I have tried to read Salem's Lot THREE times and never passed page 100. I find that book dreadfully dull and overstuffed on character setups in its first many chapters.
Currently reading the latest Charlie Parker novel by John Connolly, and excellent series by a great writer.
Next up Daniel Silva, Le Carre of Karin Slaughter