*** 'THE OFFICIAL BOOK THREAD' ***

[Redsgirl]

(The times is helping alot recently with this thread!) 

10 Thrillers you must read....having learnt from last time, I continued to read...Hey presto....Another "False, headline grabbing sub heading"

As it continues....Are these the best 10 thrillers of all time? Maybe not..but these are my (Linwood Barclay) top 10.

Shan't bother to write the whole thing up...But Top was Marathon Man (William Goldman), other classics, The Silence of the Lambs, Misery.

Marathon Man! I read that when I was about twelve.
 Excellent book, might even give it another go.

[redarmi]

Just got the new Malcolm Gladwell book, started it last night.

That is all.

Finished this the other day.  Enjoyable and easy to read like all of his books.  Still not too sure he doesn't oversimplify things.  Saw an interesting interview with him the other day by Jon Ronson where he basically admitted that he thought that his previous books had led to some damaging consequences especially as a justification for zero tolerance policing.

[teamonkey]

from the age of 10 to 15 i was imersed in issac asimov's sci fi worlds, read every book i could, and thinking back, i want to start again as i love sci fi (self confessed nerd/geek)

at 15 i discovered the Dune series of books by frank herbert

at 17 i found the discworld series (plus other non discworld books) by terry pratchett, and have been enjoying them since, i have however noticed that they have turned from some comedic awesomness in the first few novels, to a more serious and darker comedy, but that may be due to the authors failing health and his out look on the world these days (but dont ask me about david jason and the sky programmes, not a fan tbh)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Pratchett

also still like a sci fi book, not that many get written these days, it's all andy mcpap and the special forces rebel types that seem to get written to appease the mass markets desire to read about how a skull explodes when a 9mm round hits it (hot fuzz anyone???)

[Waz1892]

Officially more pages than the computer thread.

Society rules right there!
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[Ricardov83]

Just finished Guilem Balague's book  on Pep Guardiola. 

Really enjoyed it.  An absolute must-read for any serious fan of football.

In-depth and captivating.  Pep seems like a top man and a real football man.

[Waz1892]

Just finished Guilem Balague's book  on Pep Guardiola. 

Really enjoyed it.  An absolute must-read for any serious fan of football.

In-depth and captivating.  Pep seems like a top man and a real football man.

One for the list. Cheers

[AndrewT]

from the age of 10 to 15 i was imersed in issac asimov's sci fi worlds, read every book i could, and thinking back, i want to start again as i love sci fi (self confessed nerd/geek)

Oooh, that reminds me that I'd decided I need to read the Foundation books again.

[teamonkey]

from the age of 10 to 15 i was imersed in issac asimov's sci fi worlds, read every book i could, and thinking back, i want to start again as i love sci fi (self confessed nerd/geek)

Oooh, that reminds me that I'd decided I need to read the Foundation books again.

good call


but i need to find them then read them!!

[Waz1892]

City boy done. Very contrived and not what I thought it was going to be.

A painful read really.

On to the next

[Waz1892]

My daughter asked me yesterday what my first book I read was;

Skipping the likes of Roger and Jennifer and their hats of course. So if i recall correctly the first "leisure" book I read was Worzel Gummidge by Barbara Euphan Todd

Yours?

[Redsgirl]

My daughter asked me yesterday what my first book I read was;

Skipping the likes of Roger and Jennifer and their hats of course. So if i recall correctly the first "leisure" book I read was Worzel Gummidge by Barbara Euphan Todd

Yours?

Probably not the first book I ever read, but the first I can remember was called 'Hi fella' by Era Zistrel.
My Grandad came home with a copy for me, saying he'd saw it and thought I might like it, which made it all the more special as although he had endless time and patience for his many grandchildren he wasn't really a present buyer, he left that to Granny.
I wish I still had it.

[Acidmouse]

I am about 1/4 into morrissey's book, massive fan all my life but the book is a right load of shite. I suspect it will get a lot better when it starts actually talking about music. I do not want 100 pages on how shit his school was.

[RED-DOG]

I might be persuaded to read some science fiction.

Recommendations please. Has Asimov stood the test of time? Who are the good modern writers?

It seems to me that science fiction books would quickly become dated.

[AndrewT]

Sometimes technical details can date science fiction (visions of the future are rarely accurate, usually laughably wrong - we still don't have flying cars or personal jetpacks) but good sci-fi is all about the ideas behind the story anyway (I'm talking about hard sci-fi here, rather than Star Wars type stuff).

A good entry point for sci-fi is Asimov's short stories (such as in this book - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Stories-v-Isaac-Asimov/dp/0006476473) as it gives you a good taste of sci-fi without you initially having to commit to a 500 page novel.

[RED-DOG]

Loads of Asimov titles on Kindle Andrew, but not that one.

Gonna try this though. 34 pence.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Fourth-Science-Fiction-Megapack-ebook/dp/B0085TK53K