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    Tobi
    Haraki san Prodigy
    @Tago Mago
    Joined: 12 Aug 2022

    @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-IV
      啓蒙家
      Joined: 19 Oct 2011

      @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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        Inorganic
        Haraki san Student
        @Tobi
        Joined: 7 Sept 2022

        @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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          Inorganic
          Haraki san Student
          Joined: 7 Sept 2022

          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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            NickD
            Raw and Unwashed
            Joined: 17 Nov 2024

            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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              Tobi
              Haraki san Prodigy
              @NickD
              Joined: 12 Aug 2022

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

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                jerkules
                啓蒙家
                @Inorganic
                Joined: 26 Aug 2018

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

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                  Inorganic
                  Haraki san Student
                  @jerkules
                  Joined: 7 Sept 2022

                  @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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                    Giles
                    IHUK Crew
                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

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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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                      SKT
                      見習いボス
                      Joined: 26 Aug 2019

                      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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                        SFMCfranky
                        Raw and Unwashed
                        @stever
                        Joined: 1 Oct 2024

                        @stever

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

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                          GraemeE
                          @J-IV
                          Joined: 18 Sept 2022

                          @J-IV said in Books:

                          @GraemeE

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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-IV
                            啓蒙家
                            @GraemeE
                            Joined: 19 Oct 2011

                            @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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                              Giles
                              IHUK Crew
                              Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                              @pechelman
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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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                                pechelman
                                啓蒙家
                                Joined: 24 Jan 2022

                                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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                                  Giles
                                  IHUK Crew
                                  Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                  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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                                    GraemeE
                                    Joined: 18 Sept 2022

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

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                                      Jord
                                      Raw and Unwashed
                                      Joined: 10 Nov 2024

                                      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.

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                                        Jord
                                        Raw and Unwashed
                                        @tody
                                        Joined: 10 Nov 2024

                                        @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 😃

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                                          SKT
                                          見習いボス
                                          @GraemeE
                                          Joined: 26 Aug 2019

                                          @GraemeE nice…looking forward to your thoughts.

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