The GOT Book Club

[Professor Toffee]

Just finished Future Noir: Making of Blade Runner, fascinating, it's a wonder they got anything on the screen at all with all of the shenanigans , far less a masterpiece. Have you read this @Pat's Van ?

Nighthawks !

 

[TheFinnFan]

quite interesting book

 

[Professor Toffee]

The silence of the sea by Yrsa sigurdsadottir
A cracking locked room mystery, actually a locked boat mystery set in Iceland
Excellent twist and I rarely think twists are very clever or unexpected
This is the exception !
Read it if you get a chance!

 

[Dinsdale lesfisherwick@hotmail.com]

Thanks Pat,s Van...will look out for that

 

[ste d' indica]

The silence of the sea by Yrsa sigurdsadottir
A cracking locked room mystery, actually a locked boat mystery set in Iceland
Excellent twist and I rarely think twists are very clever or unexpected
This is the exception !
Read it if you get a chance!

Sounds interesting, have you read Jar City?

 

[Professor Toffee]

Sounds interesting, have you read Jar City?

No Ste, what's it like?

 

[ste d' indica]

No Ste, what's it like?

It's an Icelandic detective noir, bit of gov. conspiracy as well. Really sparse and minimal, tightly plotted, great read.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/009...200_QL40&qid=1413833328&sr=8-1#ref=mp_s_a_1_1

I'm gonna try and read some more of his stuff.

 

[Professor Toffee]

It's an Icelandic detective noir, bit of gov. conspiracy as well. Really sparse and minimal, tightly plotted, great read.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/009...200_QL40&qid=1413833328&sr=8-1#ref=mp_s_a_1_1

I'm gonna try and read some more of his stuff.

Thanks mate, I'll check it out. Love the Nordic stuff especially when it's full blown winter there , brrrrr

 

[paultheblue]

Im half way through reading "Towers of Deception" basically a 911 conspiracy book and to be honest it has totally changed my opinion about 911 and I am now convinced it was an inside job.

 

[ruggy]

If anyone's interested in the Aztecs or the Conquistadores then Aztec by Gary Jennings is a great read. It's an historical novel and I'm not usually a fan, but it really brings to life the Aztec culture.

Anything by Philip k dick, and A Scanner Darkly and Valis in particulaare worth a look, although as with all of Dick' stuff they can become a bit similar and many are just bizarre. His short stories are also worth a look, especially The Defenders, Paycheck and The Skull.

Finally, Evolution by Stephen Baxter.

 

[ruggy]

For laughs I'd go for Wodehouse as others have said and also Tom Sharpe's satires particularly the ones in South Africa: Riotous Assembly and Indecent Exposure.

'Is it just me or is everything [Poor language removed]?" by Lowe and MacArthur is a bathroom library essential.

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

Just over halfway through The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. Bloody long but also very enjoyable, set over a very long time span.

 

[Pat's Van]

about a third of the way through this atm...

so far so good, looking forward to the bit where he releases the genie from the lamp

 

[Steve0]

Is he the guy who conquered dozens of cities but never hurt anyone?

Religious folk don't make for reliable historians. Ripping yarns I'm sure but should be taken with a grain of salt.

 

[Pat's Van]

Is he the guy who conquered dozens of cities but never hurt anyone?

Religious folk don't make for reliable historians. Ripping yarns I'm sure but should be taken with a grain of salt.

as far as I know he's not religious