Books

[Tago Mago]

@Tobi said in Books:

still sending Fax on Mars

I didn't know Germany had colonized Mars

[Tobi]

@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.

[J-IV]

@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.

[Inorganic]

@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.

[Inorganic]

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!

[NickD]

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.

[Tobi]

@NickD I fixed the title for the average IH customer:

[jerkules]

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

[Inorganic]

@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.

[Giles]

[SKT]

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

[SFMCfranky]

@stever

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

[GraemeE]

@J-IV said in Books:

@GraemeE

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

[J-IV]

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

[Giles]

@pechelman

[pechelman]

Let me know what you think @Giles

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

[Giles]

Will do

[GraemeE]

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

[Jord]

I love reading, of course there's a reading thread on here...
I mostly read on kindle though, I just finished South of The Border, West of The Sun by Murakami ... good read, but weird.

[Jord]

@tody You'll enjoy "Never Flinch" if you enjoyed Holly, the "Bill Hodges" series is what got me into reading, I read them all in like a month during summer 2023.

Holly Gibney gets a lot of hate as a character, but I enjoy her.

Also King is my favourite author so maybe I'm biased