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  • LudovicoLudovico
    edited March 2022 Posts: 15,124
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    THE STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE, WITH MERRY MEN AND OTHER STORIES by Robert L. Stevenson. I know the title story through adaptations and popularisations, but never read anything other than TREASURE ISLAND by Stevenson before.

    It's a great novella. Far better than its adaptations and structured a bit like a murder mystery, as the Jekyll and Hyde twist was meant to be exactly that.

    I've finished Meeting Mozart by Howard Jay Smith. Published fanfic, pretty bad, although entertaining at times. Going to start Six Days of the Condor by James Grady.
  • Agent_Zero_OneAgent_Zero_One Ireland
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    Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union by Vladislav Zubok. A really insightful analysis of the final days of the Soviet Union under Gorbachev, and the myriad of causes for its destruction. A lot of new stuff here.
  • JohnBarryFanJohnBarryFan
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    A people's tragedy by Orlando Figes. It's the story of the Russian Revolution, from 1891 to 1924. You'll understand how and why Russians can only be govern by force. They like it.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    MINORITY REPORT by Philip K. Dick. Also contains eight other stories. As for the title story, only some core characters and premises were kept in the movie.
  • CharmianBondCharmianBond Pett Bottom, Kent
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    Contacts by Mark Watson. I've enjoyed Watson as contestant on Taskmaster and No More Jockeys was one of the bright spots of the pandemic but this book was such a slog to get through, I never connected with any of the characters and the premise was the only thing that kept me going only to pull a final act twist that felt hollow.
  • ImpertinentGoonImpertinentGoon Everybody needs a hobby.
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    Finally got around to getting a copy of Forever and A Day by Anthony Horowitz, which I'm getting to now after finally finishing The Tailor of Panama by John Le Carré after stoping and starting with that for quite a while.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
    Posts: 4,636
    ImpertinentGoon wrote: »
    Finally got around to getting a copy of Forever and A Day by Anthony Horowitz, which I'm getting to now after finally finishing The Tailor of Panama by John Le Carré after stoping and starting with that for quite a while.

    Please let us know what you think of FAAD. Is it Bond movie material or not? I always enjoy people’s opinions on Bond continuation novels.
  • DrunkIrishPoetDrunkIrishPoet The Amber Coast
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    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. For the first time ever. Wow.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    DrunkIrishPoet wrote: »
    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. For the first time ever. Wow.

    A true classic.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    edited March 2022 Posts: 13,978
    Still plugging away with Don Pendleton's Executioner series, though I have a few gaps, I am nearing the end of #11 California Hit.
  • DrunkIrishPoetDrunkIrishPoet The Amber Coast
    Posts: 156
    Cuckoo's Nest was awesome--better than the film.
    Now about halfway through John le Carré's A Legacy of Spies.
  • GerardGerard
    Posts: 5,994
    Right now, I'm reading the tenth Modesty Blaise novel, The Xanadu Talisman. As usual with Peter O'Donnell, the villains are really great. Makes me wonder why there hasn't been a proper movie (or movie series) about Modesty and Willy. Really puzzling, that.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    edited April 2022 Posts: 13,978
    Finished Panic In Philly, yesterday. I have to be honest, I am not enjoying these early Don Pendleton books as much as I thought I would. They all.... kind of blend together. This is book #15, but I feel like I have been reading one long book this whole time. Part of me want to skip to the post-Pendleton books, but as I have gaps, and don't have many left of this era, i'm going to grit my teeth and try to stick with them.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    edited April 2022 Posts: 13,978
    Even though I said that I was going to try and stick the remaining Pendleton books out. I have ended up skipping straight to Executioner #39: The New War. It took me only two days to get through this one. I enjoyed The New War much more than the previous books. A little cheesy here and there, but an easy read.

    A sort of reboot for the Executioner series, leaving behind the Mafia Wars. Mack (or John Phoenix as he is otherwise known), is sent in the jungle between Colombia and Panama, to a Arab compound, to rescue or elliminate (if the former isn't possible) a US agent held hostage.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    LORD OF LIGHT (1967) by Roger Zelazny
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  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    Continuing with The Executioner series. #42, The Violent Streets.
    While working for Able Team, Blancanales sister is beaten and raped by a lunatic, whose 5 previous victims were murdered following their ordeal. When the police don't seem to eager to investigate Blancanales asks Mack to step in and investigate in his own inimitable way. As Mack hits the streets of Minneapolis, kicking over rocks to see what crawls out, Mack uncovers a possible police cover up, leading him to question whether his 'killing no cops' mandate has any flexability.

    Rather than rank all I have read this far, I am just going to rank those that stood out as favourites...

    1. The Violent Streets by Mike Newton (The Executioner #41, 1982)
    2. The New War by Saul Wernick (The Executioner #39, 1981)
    3. War Against The Mafia by Don Pendleton (The Executioner #1, 1969)
    4. Double Crossfire by Steven Krauzer (The Executioner #40, 1982)
  • CraterGunsCraterGuns
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  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Reached no 47 in the Rocambole series by Ponson du Terrail.
  • CharmianBondCharmianBond Pett Bottom, Kent
    Posts: 557
    Singing Charlie Higson's praises is what I spend most of my time here doing but I've just finished reading his newest novel 'Whatever Gets You Through the Night' and it's a cracking read. It's his first adult thriller in 25 years and it tries perhaps a little too hard at the beginning to tell you that. It's a very dark opening, with staccato prose. It's also very consciously modern, with myriad references to current events and popular culture. It's took a little while to get into but I was so hooked. There are a few allusions to Bond, with the main character lamp shading how little the story is like a Bond film, but it's very much still a classic thriller with a contemporary edge. It flicks through character's points of view which leads to callback that I couldn't help but laugh out loud, it's a well-crafted story as always and I highly recommend it.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    IN SEARCH OF THE MIRACULOUS (THE TEACHINGS OF G.I. GURDJIEFF) by P.D. Ouspensky (1949)
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  • CharmianBondCharmianBond Pett Bottom, Kent
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    The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper. Picked it up on a whim after watching Books and Bao's video on it and now it's my favourite book I've read this year.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    The Encyclopedia of Spirits by Judika Illes.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MAN S POSSIBLE EVOLUTION (1940) by P. D. Ouspensky.
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  • GerardGerard
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    Just finished Busted Flush, the 19th Wild Cards novel. Good read.

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  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
    Posts: 4,636
    Once Upon a time…in Hollywood by Quentin Tarantino.
  • LudovicoLudovico
    Posts: 15,124
    Any Old Iron by Anthony Burgess.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
    Posts: 4,636
    MaxCasino wrote: »
    Once Upon a time…in Hollywood by Quentin Tarantino.

    Great read, really different than the movie.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    À bientôt…. By Sir Roger Moore.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
    Posts: 4,636
    Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli, The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather by Mark Seal.
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