TSF Book Club
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<p>I don't think so, but I haven't read the 3rd installment, yeah that aspect was quite good, Prince Harry in the SAS, the ships AI in the voice of Posh.</p>
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<p>Julius Caesar was never Emperor of Rome [/pedant]</p>
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<p>I guess Dictator for life isn't as catchy a title</p>
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<p>Brutus was a Barber!</p>
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<p>Wasn't Brutus considerably older than him also? so they couldnt have been childhood friends.</p>
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<p>My uni days are a long time ago, but my recollection is Caesar was the older of the two.</p>
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<p>Brutus was a supporter of Pompey - I'm sure theres a familial connection - and only joined Caesars circle after Phaarsalus.</p>
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<p>So he was an opponent of Caesar except for the last few year of JC's life.</p>
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<p>Back to Krakauer... I have read numerous difficult accounts of what happened up there in 96 and there is nothing to suggest that he made up any of the actual events. There is obviously a little guesswork in places because the only people at certain places at certain times didn't live to tell their tale. Any controversy on this book was mainly around his opinion on Boukreev's behaviour during the night. He criticised Boukreev after guessing his original acts were 'selfish', while Boukreev himself (and others) say there was logic in the way he acted.</p>
<p>Either way the book itself is a great read.</p>
<p>Quite a bit of the background shots for that movie were shot at the same time as Mrs C was doing her Everest Base Camp trek last year and she spent a few days walking with some of the crew and the consultant climbers from NZ. Her party was used a few times to be 'extras' or appear as the 1996 team walking in the distance. Needless to say we are hoping the shots get past the cutting room.</p>
<p>The main actors and close up filming was done in Europe, much like the way the recent Ed Hillary movie was shot mainly on Aorangi.</p> -
<p>Eighth Air forth by Donald L Miller,</p>
<p>Really well written , finishes up asking whether or not the bombing was worth the human cost on both sides. He covers a lot of stuff like the allies sent economists to interview various Germans after the war and to see if it was all worth while, the germans tried their own kamikaze attics and it was pretty cool reading about Jimmy Stewart actually going into combat. </p> -
<p>I started the Tyler Hamilton book yesterday, and I've damn near finished it, what a great story! It's a frankly amazing confession of a double life under extreme pressure. It's obviously a lot less shocking to read now after the Lance thing was all confessed, but in 2012 it would have been a startling admission, and look in to cycling, and Armstrong's character. </p>
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I <strong>started the Tyler Hamilton book yesterday, and I've damn near finished it</strong>, what a great story! It's a frankly amazing confession of a double life under extreme pressure. It's obviously a lot less shocking to read now after the Lance thing was all confessed, but in 2012 it would have been a startling admission, and look in to cycling, and Armstrong's character. <br><br>
He certainly doesn't hold anything back</p></blockquote>
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<p>finished it. Great story. Glad i had the latest edition that had the additional chapter on the Armstrong confession, it tied it up nicely.</p>
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<p>It's a sad story really, these guys bust their ass to make it, get given a choice, dope or go home, so they dope, everyone does it, and then, invariably, they get caught, and end up with nothing to show for a lot of effort. I hope it's different now. </p> -
I mentioned it on the app thread but it should go here. The unabridged audio book of World war z is fantastic, for those unaware it has bugger all to do with the movie, its a series of interviews with various people around the world about their experiences during the zombie war. There are a few big name actors doing the voices including Mark Hamil, Alan Alda..and more that slip my mind. Must be at least 5 hours long, perfect if you have a long drive coming up and as they are interviews it really suits the audio book format. I've put it on a couple time with family and mates who were super dubious about it but the gripping story soon makes everyone a fan.
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<p>PIcked up Killing Pablo by Mark Bowden on Jeggas recommendation (after watching the series Narcos) so looking forward to reading that.</p>
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<p>For Father's Day I was given "The Universal Tone" by Carlos Santana. Not really sure why as, besides being an amateur guitar player (who hasn't even picked the thing up in months) I've never really followed his career.</p>
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<p>Respect his ability with a guitar, but he's clearly going senile or stoned as fuck writing this. Talking about the universe and god and gifts and letting the music flow through him and all that shit. Its tough going. Get to the fucking point!</p> -
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<p>Is Carlos still taking inspiration from an alien?</p>
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<p>Alien? I only know about him talking with an archangel called Metatron.</p>
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<p>I'll have what he's having...</p>
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<p>I'm not sure why the archangel decided to start up a conversation with someone who was into Buddhism though. Surely Phil Keaggy or one of the other Christian guitar heroes would have been a better bet.</p> -
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<p>Is Carlos still taking inspiration from an alien?</p>
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<p>I don't know that I've been far enough into the book to find out. I don't know that I ever will.</p> -
<p>A new book based podcast with Robin Ince and Josie Long hosting. Guests so far have been Stewart Lee and Sara Pascoe</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://cosmicgenome.com/features/podcasts/shambles/'>http://cosmicgenome.com/features/podcasts/shambles/</a></p>
