nerfbat Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 It's French, you doink. Help me. Muh-aid-ay. Everywhere I look reminds me of food. Look at these books - Charles Lamb, Herman Wok, the complete works of Sir Francis Bacon, Eric Van Lustbader ah lol, i now get it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiro Protagonist Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 (edited) "That's it? There's nothing else?""Just a Pot Noodle. Oh, and I found a tin of dog food in the tool cupboard." "Well. Pretty obvious what gets eaten last........I can't stand pot Noodles." One of my favourite episodes I must say... Edited October 2, 2011 by Hiro Protagonist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philbey Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 So off the back about a nostalgic conversation about classic computer games, I decided to buy a Battletech E-book off amazon. Not too bad so far although there's less battling and more subterfuge. While we're on the topic of Red Dwarf (the show not the Mod) have any of you guys read the books? Great read, and they really tie in lots of episodes into a full story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiro Protagonist Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 I've read Last Human, been meaning to read some of the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwarf Posted October 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 I've read Last Human, but it would be nearly ten years ago (my black Lab ate it when he was a puppy, and he's nearly ten) and it wasn't a bad read. Have just read Clockwork Orange for the first time, it's been one of those books that I've been meaning to read for years. I didn't find it as disturbing as i thought (was told.....) I would. still a lot to think about though. Am embarking on Neal Stephenson's latest now, "reamde". About 2.5 million pages long as his later books tend to be, so I'll get back to you on that one in about a month..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiro Protagonist Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 Am embarking on Neal Stephenson's latest now, "reamde". About 2.5 million pages long as his later books tend to be, so I'll get back to you on that one in about a month..... That reminds me, I still have to go back and try and understand The Diamond Age for the upteenth time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwarf Posted October 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 I liked the Diamond Age. The last couple of chapters screwed with my head, but on the whole I liked it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiro Protagonist Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 I liked the Diamond Age. The last couple of chapters screwed with my head, but on the whole I liked it. Yeah same, it gets better every time you read it but I'm still not 100%. Snow Crash was more accessible overall, and in my mind cooler, but they're both good. Reamde looks cool too, I should pick it up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7shades Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 Just finished Marieke Hardy's "You'll be sorry when I'm dead". Admittedly, I may be *slightly* in love with her wonderful brain, (the rest of her, mmm not so much) but I enjoyed it a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrInKryption Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 The Sherlock Holmes books by Arthur Conan Doyle and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (I quite like classic literature). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philbey Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 If anyone wants a bit of non fiction, check out Stasiland by Anna Funder. It's all about the crazy shit the east German secret police got up to before the Berlin wall came Down. Oh and seriously, my favorite piece of non- fiction, possibly my favourite book: Chickenhawk by Robert Mason, an absolutely amazing story about a Vietnam War chopper pilot and his experiences, absolutely mind boggling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philbey Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 Just started reading 'Life on the Mississippi' by Mark Twain. Only about 5 chapters in and it's so far fantastic. Check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philbey Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 (edited) Hooked on mark twain. Life on the Mississippi was good, read the Tradgedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson and am now reading the innocents abroad, a biographical recollection of a long trip to europe and the Mediterranean. I'm traveling right now and it's interesting to see that many things haven't changed about tourism in 150 years! Edited January 12, 2012 by philbey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coln72 Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 Read all of the Wilbur Smith novels. Read a lot of Clive Cussler. Same with Tom Clancy. Currently going through a Jack Higgins phase. Also have a few of David Morell, Leigh Deighton. Michel Crighton, Evan Green and others in the collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madKE35coupe Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 pretty much anything written by matthew reilly :) really hope some of his books make it to the big screen like ice station or temple. always loved the tomorrow when the war began series by john marsden too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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