Craig fae the Vale Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 The Stasi Game by David Young. What looks to be the last in the Karin Miller series of East German police novels was a wild ride from start to finish. A really enjoyable way to end the series. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Liberation Day by George Saunders. An enjoyable collection of short stories. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Evidence of the Affair by Taylor Jenkins Reid Somewhere between a short story and a novella, Jenkins Reid tells a tender and devastating tale, told completely through letters as the lives of four people come together and change forever in late 70s California. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 First Blood by David Morrell This is the book that spawned the Rambo franchise. A decent read, though not too challenging. I read it in a couple of sittings. It's broadly similar to the film but with a few crucial differences. Rambo is far more violent and far less sympathetic than in the film. There's a much higher body count. I'd say the book is better, well worth checking out if you're a fan of the films. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 The Brightsiders by Jen Wilde. I think the best word to describe this would be cute. Likeable characters (once you get past the first 10% or so) but a bit too far fetched in places. An enjoyable enough read, but no literary masterpiece. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield. Ethereal and creepy throughout. A really good horror without being jump out scary. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves by PG Wodehouse. For Wodehouse fans, this is the one with Alpine Joe. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 The No-Show by Beth O'Leary. A really fun, clever book with a couple of fantastic twists (although one was absolutely devastating) Big shout out to my wife for the the recommendation. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamuraiJock Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 Use of Weapons - Iain M. Banks Have read a bunch of the Culture novels, but somehow had never read this one despite it being a lot of folk's favourite. Once i got my head around the structure side of things i thought it was superb 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandcowden Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 On 06/01/2023 at 18:13, HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows said: Totally this. There's a character in a Chris Brookmyre book whos talking to his old English teacher and says that maybe a book about teuchter farmers raping their kids is maybe not the best book to get Scottish kids into literature. He has a point. Sunset song? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oystercatcher Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 I've just finished Dune by Frank Herbert. It was a bit of a slog. Everything was building up to a crescendo that lasted about 25 pages. I do think though that George Lucas ripped it right off for star wars and after some looking online it appears that he was lucky Herbert never sued. Anyway, just started the satsuma complex by Bob Mortimer and already enjoying it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 10 hours ago, Oystercatcher said: I've just finished Dune by Frank Herbert. It was a bit of a slog. Everything was building up to a crescendo that lasted about 25 pages. I do think though that George Lucas ripped it right off for star wars and after some looking online it appears that he was lucky Herbert never sued. Anyway, just started the satsuma complex by Bob Mortimer and already enjoying it I read it again recently too and agree with this. Interestingly, folk accused Glen A Larson of ripping off Star Wars when he made Battlestar Galactica. Harlan Ellison called him "Glen Larceny" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSU Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Just discovered a new Bret Easton Ellis is out. The Shards sounds like it's a mock autobiography, which I think he's done already with Lunar Park, about a serial killer, which depending on your interpretation he's kinda done already with American Psycho, set in 1980s LA, which sounds a lot like Less Than Zero, and is a bloated 700+ pages, which reminds me of Glamorama. Still bought it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 19 hours ago, Oystercatcher said: I've just finished Dune by Frank Herbert. It was a bit of a slog. Everything was building up to a crescendo that lasted about 25 pages. I do think though that George Lucas ripped it right off for star wars and after some looking online it appears that he was lucky Herbert never sued. The problem with that theory, is that Lucas ripped of Kurasawa’s 1958 “The Hidden Fortess”, while Dune was published in 1965. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oystercatcher Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 That just tells me lucas ripped off multiple sources 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 16 hours ago, Oystercatcher said: That just tells me lucas ripped off multiple sources I always thought that he'd ripped off 633 Squadron for the Death Star sequence. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 On 11/01/2023 at 12:46, scottsdad said: I always thought that if he wanted to keep going back, write some stories about him as a young copper in the 70s. No need to have an octogenarian wheezing his way through a novel. Rebus going full Gene Hunt on neds in 1970s Niddrie has potential certainly... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent by Isabel Wilkerson. Fascinating and infuriating in equal measures. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 Went to the launch of my friend's latest novel last night, In Ascension by Martin MacInnes. Looking forward to reading it - I'm biased but I don't think there are any writers like Martin, the literary-science/speculative fiction he produces is unique. Guardian review of the novel - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/22/in-ascension-by-martin-macinnes-review-a-deep-dive-into-sea-and-space Buy it here - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ascension-Martin-MacInnes/dp/1838956247 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 2 hours ago, ICTChris said: Went to the launch of my friend's latest novel last night, In Ascension by Martin MacInnes. Looking forward to reading it - I'm biased but I don't think there are any writers like Martin, the literary-science/speculative fiction he produces is unique. Guardian review of the novel - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/22/in-ascension-by-martin-macinnes-review-a-deep-dive-into-sea-and-space Buy it here - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ascension-Martin-MacInnes/dp/1838956247 My dad served in the police with a guy who has turned into a novelist. He brings my dad copies of his new books when they come out. Dad doesn't want to hurt his feelings, but says the books are dreadful. In one, a car was forced off the road and the occupants all shot in the back of the head. A traffic cop showed up and declared the scene to be "suspicious". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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