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    #32
    GLaDOS
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    I'm a big fan of Cormac McCarthy's writing style, so starting the first book of The Border Trilogy, All The Pretty Horses

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    #33
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    Back to one of my favourite authors and the latest instalment in the 6 Duchies: Robin Hobb's Fool's Quest

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    #34
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    Something for Halloween :)

    The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (and Other Stories) by Robert Louis Stevenson

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    #35
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    A book I've had recommended to me several times before, mostly because I like Steven King's The Stand

    Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon

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    #36
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    It's been too long since I've read some Discworld

    Monstrous Regiment - Terry Pratchett

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    #37
    wreade1872
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    Ugh! i think Monstrous Regiment might be the least enjoyable of all the Discworld book :mad: . It certainly feels the least funny.


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    #38
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    Ah Im enjoying it so far :) more than a few audible snorts when I'm reading it on the train :o

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    #39
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    Been meaning to start reading the Sherlock Holmes books for a while so picked this up for next to nothing in chapters :)

    Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles - Arthur Conan Doyle

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    #40
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    A book I knew I had to read as soon as I heard about it.

    The Dice Man - Luke Rhinehart (George Cockcroft)

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    #41
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    Combining my pursuit of classic ficiton with my love of all things dystopian

    Aldous Huxley - Brave New World

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    #42
    GLaDOS
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    I like Stephen King
    I like short stories

    The Bazaar of Bad Dreams - Stephen King

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    #43
    wreade1872
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    ScienceNerd wrote: »
    Combining my pursuit of classic fiction with my love of all things dystopian

    Aldous Huxley - Brave New World

    Whats this one like its on my to-do list?

    If you like dystopia/classics i recommend 'We by yevgeny zamyatin' or
    'Meccania the superstate by Owen Gregory', the latter doesn't really have a plot but its still interesting.


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    #44
    GLaDOS
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    wreade1872 wrote: »
    Whats this one like its on my to-do list?
    It's a good read, comparable to 1984, although I did prefer 1984. Worth a read if that sort of thing appeals to you.
    If you like dystopia/classics i recommend 'We by yevgeny zamyatin' or
    'Meccania the superstate by Owen Gregory', the latter doesn't really have a plot but its still interesting.[/QUOTE]

    If you like dystopia/classics i recommend 'We by yevgeny zamyatin' or
    'Meccania the superstate by Owen Gregory', the latter doesn't really have a plot but its still interesting.
    Cheers I'll be sure to check them out :)

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    #45
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    Another Sci-Fi classsic. 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C Clarke. I've not seen the film so looking forward to seeing what all the fuss is about.

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    From one voyage gone awry to another, I'm reading Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

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    #47
    wreade1872
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    That seems an inappropriately cheery cover for crusoe which is actually pretty bleak and filled with existential as well as actual dread :) .


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    #48
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    Definitely doesn't match what I've read so far :)

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    Terry Pratchet & Stephen Baxter - The Long Mars

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    My first Dickens Novel, recommended by a friend.

    Charles Dickens - David Copperfield

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    #51
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    2 months since I last updated this. I haven't forgotten about it, just took me awhile to get through David Copperfield :p

    Onto another first for me, my first Ray Bradbury, one of two I got for my birthday. Keeping up my love all things dystopian, Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451

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    #52
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    Stephen King - Revival

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    #53
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    A Classic Fantasy Series I'd been waiting awhile to get stuck into

    Terry Brooks - The Sword of Shannara

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    A big fan of his novels, I'm giving his latest collection of short stories a try

    Neil Gaiman - Trigger Warning

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    #55
    wreade1872
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    They had adaptations of 4 of Gaimans short stories on Sky Arts a few weeks back, they'll probably be repeated sometime if you missed them.
    They're called Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories.
    They were ok but i preferred the H.G. Wells short stories they adapted a few weeks before the Gaiman ones. Those were called H.G. Wells Nightmare Worlds.


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    #56
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    I'm sure they can be acquired online somewhere ;) Thanks for the tip

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    Another Ray Bradbury after reading my first earlier this year

    Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury
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    Raymond E Feist & Janny Wurts - Daughter of the Empire

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    Had stopped reading for a while since my last update as I was finishing up my thesis so October was a mental month for me.

    In the last few weeks I've been getting back into the swing of things.

    Terry Pratchett - A Hat Full of Sky

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    This was knocked out while away on holiday :D

    Since then I've moved onto a collection of Classics from Franz Kafka, including The Trial and The Castle.

    The Essential Kafka - Franz Kafka

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    wreade1872
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    You should know the Castle is unfinished so be prepared for a rather abrupt ending. I think i liked it much more a few weeks after finishing it, it tends to stay with you.

    Also there's a black comedy web series based on the Trial, its pretty decent i gave up on it after a few episodes because black comedy isn't really my thing but i also havn't read the Trial so maybe i'll look at it again if i ever get around to reading that.
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    #61
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    wreade1872 wrote: »
    You should know the Castle is unfinished so be prepared for a rather abrupt ending. I think i liked it much more a few weeks after finishing it, it tends to stay with you.

    Also there's a black comedy web series based on the Trial, its pretty decent i gave up on it after a few episodes because black comedy isn't really my thing but i also havn't read the Trial so maybe i'll look at it again if i ever get around to reading that.
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWC3VbS1VRaG3MPMdo7PqEA

    Yeah I just finished The Castle, thoroughly enjoyed it, but to say it ends abruptly is putting it lightly! Its a pity, I really wanted to know what would happen. Reading Metamorphaseis now, which is a very different to The Castle and The Trial.

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