TSF Book Club
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Lately i have read All three Conn Igguldon Emperor series book about Julies Caesar , absolutely brilliant books at least as good as the Conquerer series about Ghengis Kahn . I have also read King Of Ithaca , The Gates Of Troy and Armour Of Archilles a series by Glyn Illiffe , also an absolutely brilliant series . Now about half way through Game Of Thrones and enjoying it very much . Thoroughly reccommend any of these books .
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[quote name='Cactus Jack']Lately i have read All three Conn Igguldon Emperor series book about Julies Caesar , absolutely brilliant books at least as good as the Conquerer series about Ghengis Kahn . I have also read King Of Ithaca , The Gates Of Troy and Armour Of Archilles a series by Glyn Illiffe , also an absolutely brilliant series . Now about half way through Game Of Thrones and enjoying it very much . Thoroughly reccommend any of these books .[/QUOTE]Empire of Silver is well worth a read then Jack and he has just released Conqueror, the fifth book, about Kublai Khan.
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I have read Empire Of Silver . I thought it was the last of the Conqueror series , I had not heard about a fifth book but I will certainly be going out to find it at lunchtime today . Cheers Bones .
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Just grabbed [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Soccernomics-Australia-Turkey-Iraq-Are-Destined/dp/1568584253"]Soccernomics[/URL] from the library.<br />
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Really interesting reading so far - some interesting thoughts on the state of English football, and some interesting analysis of the numbers. Statistics can always be used to paint a picture that backs up your perspective, but I like the challenge of some of the ideas. Interesting to consider how a similar data analysis of international rugby might look. -
I started reading Game of Thrones in July when I was hoofing around Vietnam for 6 weeks. I have now consumed all of the series and am completely at a lost end on what to read now. Lining up the Lies of Locke Lamora, are there any other series of books I should be taking in? <br />
I've got to the point where I'm now quite happy ploughing through a book in bed rather than shooting stuff/tearing up fifa on xbox so any awesome recommendations for stuff like GoT would be wonderful. :i_am_so_happy: -
pommie bastard, not having read those GOT books, but they sound very much like the Cornwall series of books. <br />
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[url]http://www.bernardcornwell.net/index2.cfm?page=1&seriesid=6[/url]<br />
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The Grail Quest, Saxon Series, the Arthur books all good hack and slash historical novels.<br />
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The Starbuck chronicles on The American Civil War good too, and for the mindless read the Sharpe books. -
Cheers, doffing my cap in your directions. x
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[quote name='Cactus Jack']I have read Empire Of Silver . I thought it was the last of the Conqueror series , I had not heard about a fifth book but I will certainly be going out to find it at lunchtime today . Cheers Bones .[/QUOTE]<br />
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Have procured me a copy of the Wolf of the Plains (appears to be book 1 of the Conquerer series) so looking forward to getting stuck into this once I finish Game of Thrones. -
[quote name='taniwharugby']Have procured me a copy of the Wolf of the Plains (appears to be book 1 of the Conquerer series) so looking forward to getting stuck into this once I finish Game of Thrones.[/QUOTE]<br />
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You will want to get Book 2 lined up fairly quickly. Top series. -
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A song of Ice and Fire or Conquerer, given both I mentioned were book 1 <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' /> -
Can we change the thread title to the TSF Fantasy Nerd book club please? <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' /><br />
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I keep coming back for recommendations and it's all fantasy, fantasy, and fantasy. Grrrr.<br />
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Just finished reading Michael J Fox's semi biography (the 2nd one) mostly about Parkinsons disease, it's a good quick read and you learn some interesting stuff about the disease and how it effects the sufferers. It also has an insight into US politics around research. -
[quote name='Tim']Nepia, read [I]Eleven Kinds of Loneliness[/I] by Richard Yates, and [I]The Moviegoer[/I] by Walker Percy. Both were excellent and were influences on Matthew Weiner.[/QUOTE]<br />
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[quote name='Nepia']Can we change the thread title to the TSF Fantasy Nerd book club please? <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' /><br />
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I keep coming back for recommendations and it's all fantasy, fantasy, and fantasy. Grrrr.<br />
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Just finished reading Michael J Fox's semi biography (the 2nd one) mostly about Parkinsons disease, it's a good quick read and you learn some interesting stuff about the disease and how it effects the sufferers[B]. It also has an insight into US politics around research[/B].[/QUOTE]<br />
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isnt every book that is not fact based essentially fantasy?<br />
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Now you sound like the nerd!! -
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I realise that, nerd!<br />
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there are others mentioned not in the fantasy genre though <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' /> -
Grrr! I didn't say all were - just that there seems to be lots! Stop picking on me <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' />.
