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16 Aug 15 08:37

~~vandervelde~~

Joined: 10 Dec 11
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11 Apr 16 14:24

Marc Eliot's biography of Cary Grant - arrived to-day by post.

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Rohan

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11 Apr 16 20:41

Reflections on the Revolution in Europe

by Christopher Caldwell

NoEarthlyReason

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11 Apr 16 22:30

A History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr

Ponderable

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Linkenheim

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17 Apr 16 06:42

Eoin Colfer: and another thing.

Not quite Douglas Adams, but a funny read in the multiverse Douglas Adams created.

~~vandervelde~~

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17 Apr 16 11:24

Originally posted by vandervelde
Marc Eliot's biography of Cary Grant - arrived to-day by post.

Very detailed biography by no means sensationalistic yet sounds like psychological novel. Full of data (*how much was week sallary, was studio in financial troubles, was the acotr on loan or on contract, box office result upon opening week) but at the same time sharp in description of personalities.
Grant was spying his own wife Barbara Hutton on the order of J. E. Hoover.
He loved to spend most of the day in his bed and could talk only about the money and career. Besides Randolph Scott, he spent a lot of time with Howard Hughes.
Grant's mother had spent 19 years in asylum probably sane.
Etc.

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Linkenheim

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25 Apr 16 13:52

Lisa Shearin: Magic lost, Trouble found

It is a quite pleasureable read. Not for the hard-core Fantasy fans I fear.

Ponderable

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Linkenheim

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03 May 16 07:21

Originally posted by Ponderable
Lisa Shearin: Magic lost, Trouble found

It is a quite pleasureable read. Not for the hard-core Fantasy fans I fear.

I am now in the third volume of the series. It is funny, the story is of course quite naive in the sperheroine.

Great Big Stees

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03 May 16 13:49

Private Vegas - James Patterson

nimzophysh

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Rohan

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03 May 16 20:57

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

Kegge

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03 May 16 21:23

Joe Haldeman - The forever war (and sequels)

NoEarthlyReason

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13 May 16 09:35

Little Sister by Giles O'Brien

NoEarthlyReason

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13 May 16 09:48

Originally posted by Kegge
Joe Haldeman - The forever war (and sequels)

I'd like to read that, just read the first chapter. How many in the series?

~~vandervelde~~

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13 May 16 09:53

I finished yesterday Thieves fall out by Gore Vidal (under pseudonym Cameron Kay) and I purchased it via abebooks very cheap after I had read fabulous reviews.
Spy trash novel full of conventions but one twist: a gay subtext (Egyptian police officer preffer men). But, the main character falls in love with beautiful German spy Anna Mueller and they escaped at the end: happy end is so pleasing.
I wouldn't mind more descriptions, some chapters cosist almost exslusively of dialogs.

~~vandervelde~~

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13 May 16 10:44

Of course I don't mind conventions coz spy genre is made of them.
I am not disatisfied at all.

~~robbie carrobie~~

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13 May 16 14:07

Have ordered Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, wanted to read it for ages.