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Finally back to reading fiction after a long period in which I seemed to identify with people in New York (sales of fiction crashed in 2001) who seemed to be saying:
Fiction?
Fiction?
Are you having a laugh?
But it has to be "undemanding" and very well written. Perfect for bedtime reading. And that sometimes means wasting time reading the first couple of chapters of very disappointing novels.
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The aire looks good.
Shame about the bumper.
Anyway best not dwell on it.
Cheers mate.
I'm reading the Rock and Roll Diaries Series by Jamie Scallion - it's got a few moments like that too.
. . . which was quite good.
I'm now re-reading Unto Leviathan (also published as Ship Of Fools) by Richard Paul Russo.
Non-fiction: Woodshop Dust Control
Went to the daughter's school fete and, knowing nobody and resisting the booze stall (unbelieveable how many middle-class women were getting lashed!) bought that and a couple of other books from the book stall, and read about half of it leant up against a goal post until it was time to go home.
Bloody good read actually. Might plough through the rest!
EDIT: reminds me actually - there was a bloke playing goalie at the other end of the pitch and kids were paying 20p for five penalties or something. This fucking guy was clearly living out his England World Cup fantasy - he was in his full Sunday team kit and had the flash boots and gloves and not a single kid's shot went in. They were primary school age and the 20-something prancing pillock was leaping across the goal like he was being scouted for the premiership. Absolute tosser.
I'm sure I'll still enjoy the remaining one but it is a bit irksome finding out now why there was a bit of a jump to the last book from the first. There's a fair bit of jumping around anyway so it wasn't obvious at the time.
Ah well.
The Last Policeman - fantastic modern noir crimes drama, with a great setting. Loved it.
I am about halfway through at the moment. Harrowing read about life inside a North Korea prison camp, but I think Nothing to Envy provided a better picture about NK life in general.
. . . which wasn't bad at all.
I'm currently finishing Empty Space, the third and probably my favourite book of the Empty Space trilogy, by M John Harrison.
I love that so many reviews on Goodreads confess that they had no idea what it was all about, for me that's part of the fun.
I've always been fascinated by the Battle Of Britain and have read A Summer For Heroes by Wood and Dempster, and The Most Dangerous Enemy by Stephen Bungay. I think I'll try to get hold of The Narrow Margin (also by Wood and Dempster: A Summer For Heroes is apparently a much condensed version of it).
I'd be interested in any other recommendations for books on the subject.
I said maybe.....
I've moved from weird sci-fi to Swedish detective fiction:
The Laughing Policeman by Sjöwall and Wahlöö (Book 4 of the Martin Beck series)
The BBC are broadcasting some (or all) of the Beck books at the moment, but I haven't seen any.
He wrote the Book of Eli and I've followed him in a gaming capacity for years as he used to be editor in chief at PC Gamer and has appeared on several Podcasts I listened to.
It's his first published Novel and I am loving it. I'm about 2/3 of the way through now and it's a real page turner.
It's a medieval setting with a magic type twist, the descriptive work and scene setting is amazing and his writing style seems to fit perfectly with my reading taste and for me it's the best fantasy setting book I've read since Waylander.
Dick is a great author, and the book is no disappointment. Great source material for the film.
And this:
Depressingly good, in that it sums up the problems with humanity so well, and our likely failure to be able to do anything about it.