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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
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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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                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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                          • JordJ
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                            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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                            • JordJ
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                              @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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                              • SKTS
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                                @GraemeE nice…looking forward to your thoughts.

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                                  I’m new here, and I’ve searched through and I can’t see anything mentioning my favourite author.

                                  Christopher Brookner writes in the genre of “tartan noire”. Which basically means Scottish darkly comic crime novels. He is funny and writes some of it in Scots which is interesting for an Englishman. But they’re brilliant, sometimes absurd.

                                  More recently they’ve been less funny and more crime focussed, but very well written. Be My Enemy is my favourite.

                                  It’s about a corporate getaway in the highlands where they are under siege by pay to play murderers, one of which manages to cut his own head off with garden shears whilst slipping on snooker balls.

                                  Broken old houses, boring Scottish whisky, weird Japanese denim, all French wine, sad American music, wool socks in summer.

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                                  • mclaincauseyM
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                                    It’s taking me a lot of time to find time to read but working on “This Isn’t Happening” from @GraemeE witb Skunk Works hot on its heels by way of @pechelman ’s suggestion. I listened to a podcast (Acquired’s Lockheed episode) that probably was largely informed by Skunk Works and am itching to learn more about that operation.

                                    I have a PDF about the SR71 (Sled Driver) after that.

                                    Think it, be it.

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                                    • steelworkerS
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                                      Hell, yes.

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

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                                      • todyT
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                                        @steelworker that sounds pretty grim and bleak. put it on my wishlist!

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                                        • seawolfS
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                                          Does anyone have any book recommendations for someone that needs a book that's hard to put down?

                                          To give you an idea of what I'm into, here are a few things that I like:

                                          Sci-fi:

                                          • Star Trek: The Strange New Worlds series is one of my favorites, and of course DS9.

                                          • I enjoy Star Wars to a lesser degree overall—it's fine in general—but the Andor series was exceptionally well done.

                                          • Dune

                                          Fantasy:

                                          • Lord of the Rings

                                          • The Wheel of Time series

                                          • etc.

                                          I'm sitting here trying to think of other genres I like, and I guess I've never tried to verbalize it before, so it's making that difficult! Mystery could be cool I guess. And I like a good heist.

                                          I appreicate any and all recommendations. Thank you!

                                          “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

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                                          • SKTS
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                                            @steelworker added to my list

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