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    • ChrisC
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      The Gentleman Bastard series is pretty damn entertaining. I didn't love The Lies Of Locke Lamorra, mostly for a couple of stylistic quirks by Lynch.  The subsequent two books, on the other hand, I liked much more.

      This reminds me that I've gotta stop reading unfinished, still in progress series.  Waiting for the next book always sucks.  Looking at you in particular, Patrick Rothfuss…

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      • xtcclassicX
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        @Chris:

        Waiting for the next book always sucks.  Looking at you in particular, Patrick Rothfuss…

        Tell me about it. It's like he's having the opposite of a race with George R. R. Martin.

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        • FinksterF
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          http://www.design-deli.com/design-made-in-germany/gestalten/blue-blooded.html

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          • GilesG
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            We'll have them for sale here shortly.  USD50

            "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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            • Max PowerM
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              Is he really wearing Pike Brothers on the cover?

              @elclintor:

              > I don't care what people say.. The Max Power way is the right way…

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              • FinksterF
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                ^ Don't judge a book by its cover  😉

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                • GilesG
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                  @Max:

                  Is he really wearing Pike Brothers on the cover?

                  Yup…..

                  "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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                  • steelworkerS
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                    @Giles:

                    We'll have them for sale here shortly.  USD50

                    I take it you liked the book @Giles ?

                    Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                    Well, I have others.

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                    • GilesG
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                      I was apprehensive and took a little persuading to be involved, but I think that they have done a bloody good job with it….

                      "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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                        • AnesthetistA
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                          Bought this in Vancouver for about $5 Canadian (out of print) and although I don't read French the pics and bits I get are very cool. I'm a big fan of Hudson's Bay blankets so I am very excited to have this book.

                          Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

                          IG: bluehandsslim

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                          • FinksterF
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                            Got my copy today … excellent book - highly recommended!

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                            • ChrisC
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                              @michaeljcr:

                              Of course, what you all really need is a bit of this:

                              Muskets, magic and mayhem…

                              Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

                              Been meaning to thank @michaeljcr for this recommendation for years.  The fourth book in the series, The Guns Of Empire just came out, and I'm sure I'll enjoy it as much as I did the first three.

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                              • michaeljcrM
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                                Yes indeed! I left Del Rey at the end of 2015 to go freelance, but it's great to see book four coming out from Head of Zeus. I was just emailing with Django last week about it. I'm torn between the instant gratification of having the eBooks, or waiting a week or so for the nice hardback to come out.

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                                • ChrisC
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                                  Hardback came out in the US on Tuesday, and since I preordered, Amazon delivered it on Tuesday.  I love my Kindle, but nothing beats a hardback for overall reading experience.

                                  Hope the freelancing is going well for you, by the way.

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                                  • michaeljcrM
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                                    I agree. The U.K. Kindle edition is out now, and much cheaper, but I really want the HB. I have nothing against eBooks and eReaders, they're very useful for work, actually, but nothing beats the physical book.

                                    I'm enjoying the freelance life, thanks, no weekly trips to London and there seems (fingers crossed) to be plenty of work available right now.

                                    Plus, working from home means I might be able to get a dog, and you can't put a price on that. Well, except that Beagle puppies seem to be about £400-£500. Aside from that, you can't put a price on it…

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                                    • BloodnThunderB
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                                      @Chris:

                                      nothing beats a hardback for overall reading experience.

                                      Ditto.  Not to mention a Kindle doesn't make for a nice full bookshelf.

                                      IG: Shadesofindig0

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                                      • GilesG
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                                        Nor heavy cartons when you move house 🙂

                                        "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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                                        • GilesG
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                                          I'm reading this at the moment….

                                          Second-Hand Time by Svetlana Alexievich - It's first-hand accounts of the fall of the USSR

                                          http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/books/review/secondhand-time-by-svetlana-alexievich.html?_r=0

                                          It is seriously heavy and unpleasant reading.  I spent a few years working in Russia in the early 90's, so I am forcing myself to understand a little bit more...

                                          "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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                                          • xtcclassicX
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                                            @trail:

                                            @bubbapest:

                                            1Q84 - Murakami (first half awesome, 2nd sucked)

                                            exactly!

                                            Goddamn it. I'm just about at the halfway point of this book.

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