Books

[Morose_Penguin]

Harry Harrison has died. The world of SF is less without him.

[madmonday]

currently reading sincerity by R.Jay Magill Jr. & just looking at the pictures in Lost New York by Marcia Reiss

[Morose_Penguin]

Currently reading:

A book written by the author of the short story "Fire in the hole" which the tv series "Justified" was based on. It's basically a few of the tv episodes written as short stories.
Where it gets really weird is that Raylan Givens also features in two other Elmore Leonard novels that were written about 15-20 years ago. But like all good heroes, Raylan doesn't age.

And a few years ago Elmore Leonard wrote a couple of books featuring a Carl Webster a US Marshal in the 1930's. But at the moment I can't remember if they were related.

[Sugar Mountain]

My current reading:

Don Delillo at his best. So, so good.

[derivative666]

^great author

[Sugar Mountain]

@derivative666:

^great author

Indeed. Libra blew me away. Utterly brilliant book with the most impressive sense of tension and atmosphere I've read in a long time. I didn't know a great deal about the Kennedy assassination prior to this, but Delillo's portrayal of Lee Oswald is compelling.

Now getting into:

I really enjoyed Ford's The Sportswriter and this one is proving to be great as well.

[hectic]

Just finished Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan - go read it!

[Giles]

Just got "Time Out, Country Walks, Vol 1 - 52 Walks Near London".  The walk that Sugar Mountain did at the weekend is in it, so needed it.  Thanks SM….

[hectic]

You may like this too Giles: http://www.amazon.com/City-Fishing-Jerry-Dennis/dp/0811703576

[Giles]

Thank you.  Ordered….

[Sugar Mountain]

@Giles:

Just got "Time Out, Country Walks, Vol 1 - 52 Walks Near London".  The walk that Sugar Mountain did at the weekend is in it, so needed it.  Thanks SM….

Great stuff! The directions can be overly detailed and sometimes tricky to follow but most of the routes I've done are wonderful so it's well worth it.

[Giles]

I'll get myself and OS map and ignore the book once we start walking…How long did it take you, just wondering if I need to delay this until we have longer days again.....

[Sugar Mountain]

The 14.3 miler took me and my brother about 5 and a half hours to do with a short pub break included. Once you're on the South Downs Way, you can motor along at a decent clip should you wish (we walk fairly quickly by most peoples' standards I think).

We only started walking at 13.15 so an earlier start would give plenty of time in daylight.

[Guest]

One of the books I consider to be absolutely essential to my library.  A smorgasbord of useful, fascinating information

[Seul]

Spring literature…

1 "The Throwback"
Sharpe, Tom; Paperback; £0.01

1 "Vintage Stuff"
Sharpe, Tom; Paperback; £0.01

1 "The Midden"
Sharpe, Tom; Hardcover; £0.01

1 "The Wire Re-up: The Guardian guide to the greatest TV show ever made"
Steve Busfield; Paperback; £0.01

1 "Blott On The Landscape"
Sharpe, Tom; Paperback; £0.01

[Snowy]

Good bump! I'm reading through the Rift Wars saga at the moment. Have completed the 1st 3, and am now onto the Tsurani side of the story.

[Chris]

Are those the Daughter/Mistress/Servant of the Empire ones?

Man, I loved all of those Riftwar books when I was a kid.

[tatmantall]

Nice… Hadn't noticed this thread before. Currently studying Shakespeare and just finished reading _Much Ado About Nothing_and also picked up Stephen Hawking's The Grand Design today after a discussion regarding wave particle duality that blew my mind.

[Snowy]

@Chris:

Are those the Daughter/Mistress/Servant of the Empire ones?

Man, I loved all of those Riftwar books when I was a kid.

They are. I'm enjoying the political rigidity and subtly of the Tsurani, and in general the series' focus on character development.

[Sugar Mountain]

I am currently reading Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace and expect to be reading the book for some time (it's a biggie). So good though - incomparable really to any other writer I know.