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( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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I read all the time, I don't think I would like the books, but I said that about telly show and <3 it.
I'm currently reading World's End, Cavy recomended it to me, donno the author but its about dragons'n'mythology shit only set in modern england.
( , Fri 13 Apr 2012, 19:02, Reply)
I'm currently reading World's End, Cavy recomended it to me, donno the author but its about dragons'n'mythology shit only set in modern england.
( , Fri 13 Apr 2012, 19:02, Reply)
You should check them out then, I always ask as some people hate reading.
( , Fri 13 Apr 2012, 19:04, Reply)
Yeah', most of my mates I grew up with don't like to read for pleasure, I actually got into it from taking the piss.
I was on a lads holiday, 15 of us in 'raki, at 17 years old. Had never picked up a book in my life, except for Goosebumps, and that was only to look cool, only read 3 of them all the way through. He was reading some army book, it was a real story, about the guy in "Alpha Two Zero" who saved McNab from "Bravo Two Zero". I knicked the book from him to get to do something instead of reading, and then I started reading it and I was hooked.
From then, I went through ever Andy McNab and Chris Ryan book of the time, with a handful of one-off-writters, by the time I was 20 I had read a few dozen army books, then moved onto other authors like Dean Kontz and Martina Cole and Michael Chricton.
There are only a few books I've read more than once, but these books I've read 4 or 5 times. They're "The Magicians" and "The Magician King" by Lev Grossman, Jurrasic Park + sequal and finally the K-Pax books.
( , Fri 13 Apr 2012, 19:12, Reply)
I was on a lads holiday, 15 of us in 'raki, at 17 years old. Had never picked up a book in my life, except for Goosebumps, and that was only to look cool, only read 3 of them all the way through. He was reading some army book, it was a real story, about the guy in "Alpha Two Zero" who saved McNab from "Bravo Two Zero". I knicked the book from him to get to do something instead of reading, and then I started reading it and I was hooked.
From then, I went through ever Andy McNab and Chris Ryan book of the time, with a handful of one-off-writters, by the time I was 20 I had read a few dozen army books, then moved onto other authors like Dean Kontz and Martina Cole and Michael Chricton.
There are only a few books I've read more than once, but these books I've read 4 or 5 times. They're "The Magicians" and "The Magician King" by Lev Grossman, Jurrasic Park + sequal and finally the K-Pax books.
( , Fri 13 Apr 2012, 19:12, Reply)
I never got into non-fiction but will read a good bio if it's someone I'm interested in. If you like fantasy writing with a more realistic edge try David Gemmell, bit less serious than GOT but really good. His Greek stuff was great. Troy, and Lion of Macedon series.
( , Fri 13 Apr 2012, 19:14, Reply)
I love a good bit of mythology, but I like a modern setting, can't handle anything before WW2 at the earliest, unless timetravel is involved.
( , Fri 13 Apr 2012, 19:24, Reply)
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You might also like "Dies The Fire" by SM Stirling
Modern world where electricity and internal combustion stop working. Massive die-off, survivors are Wiccans and LARPers and others with useful skills. Bit of magic hinted at, too.
( , Fri 13 Apr 2012, 19:19, Reply)
Modern world where electricity and internal combustion stop working. Massive die-off, survivors are Wiccans and LARPers and others with useful skills. Bit of magic hinted at, too.
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