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    • TobiT
      Tobi
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      Re-reading (actually audio-book now) the Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson.
      These were written in the 90's and the plot is set to begin in the 2020's. Some hilarious projections of 1990's technology got me though. For example: they are still sending Fax on Mars in the future, and have video rental stores in Martian cities 🙂

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      • mclaincauseyM
        mclaincausey
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        @GraemeE well I’ve found what to ship you alongside Sympathy for the Drummer then 🙂

        Think it, be it.

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        • Tago MagoT
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          @Tobi said in Books:

          still sending Fax on Mars

          I didn't know Germany had colonized Mars

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          • TobiT
            Tobi
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            @Tago-Mago don't even get me started.. at least fax was somewhat digital. Was effectively unable to vote in the recent German elections, since a letter from DE to DK took 13 days! So we are left with fully analog exchange of letters, but with a dysfunctional mail service. Actually today the Danish Post (Post Nord) announced that it will stop all letter delivery from next year.

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            • J-IVJ
              J-IV
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              @mclaincausey nope, at least not yet. It’s on my list to read this year though. I debating on whether reading that first or Saxophone Colossus by Levy. I’ve had the latter in the bookshelf for a minute, it’s just an intimidating read but I know I’ll breeze (relatively speaking lol) though it once I start.

              I'm as ugly as you

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              • InorganicI
                Inorganic
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                @Tobi i still think about Red Mars. Robinson did a wonderful job of describing the landscape of Mars - the enormous proportions and size of the cliffs, canyons etc. I didn't go on to read the following 2 books, but listening to them does sound enticing.

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                • InorganicI
                  Inorganic
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                  I finished The Secret Society this evening. What a read….i actually picked it up based on what peeps were saying in this thread about it. Thanks!

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                  • N
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                    A tag line that should go down well here. I’ve never bought his clothes, or seen much of his tv work but I thought this book was brilliant. An echo of my own thoughts over the last few years.

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                    • TobiT
                      Tobi
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                      @NickD I fixed the title for the average IH customer:fewer.png

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                      • jerkulesJ
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                        @Inorganic really enjoyed secret History. Wish they’d made a movie with a young Philip Seymour Hoffman as Bunny Corcoran.

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                        • InorganicI
                          Inorganic
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                          @jerkules that would have been a solid casting, he crushed a similar role ‘Talented Mr Ripley’. Your post got my mind running on which 90’s (book was published in ‘92) actors could play Henry - Richard E. Grant I think could do it justice. And a bonus thought if they made it today he could make an excellent Julian.

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                          • GilesG
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                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                            • SKTS
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                              Been on my list for so long and finally getting around to reading it. Just a few chapters in but it’s already very tense

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                              • SFMCfrankyS
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                                In my opinion, this right here is the greatest American novel. So many scenes are burned into my memories.

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                                • GraemeEG
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                                  @J-IV said in Books:

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                                  Just finished the audiobook on my way back from the coast

                                  Spoiler Alert:
                                  Parker, Coltrane, Evans and Davis all end up dying early....

                                  On a serious note I highly recomend this either in print or narrated on headphones
                                  10 out of 10

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                                  • J-IVJ
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                                    @GraemeE Gald you enjoyed it. Agreed with the above message - if you’re torn between which medium, the book has pictures. 😅

                                    I'm as ugly as you

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                                    • GilesG
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                                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                      • pechelmanP
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                                        Let me know what you think @Giles

                                        Some of the stuff they did back then to just make things happen was crazy.

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                                        • GilesG
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                                          Will do

                                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                          • GraemeEG
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                                            Got some mail today from @mclaincausey (via @SKT via @Jett129 )

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