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OB1 said:
Not read any of those books on Rush. Might have to check them out.
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I’ve dived straight into the 80s one first. (Volume 1 covers ‘74 through to the Hemispheres tour as you’d expect).
I’ve enjoyed the insight into PW and MP so far. He then covers Exit too, which I didn’t expect, before going on to the ‘controversial’ Signals. It’s a formula of the context of the album recording, the recording studio,
location etc, interviews with band members, engineer Paul Northfield, and a lot with producer Terry Brown. Then discusses each song, lyrics & music, before covering the following tour - makes reference to other bands on the bill, and a funny anecdote about how Aerosmith shafted them in the early years, but they got payback later on when Joe Perry supported them. I’m up to grace Under Pressure at the mo.
I’m reading it on Kindle, but I think the paperback editions may be due out next month.
 
chesterbells said:
I’d forgotten all about this thread, cheers for bumping it @ob

@hammocity ive not heard of those 3 but I’m definitely interested. I’ve read a lot of the Len Deighton books so this might be of interest I guess. I also really enjoyed Follets Eye of the Needle (as well as the film with Donald Sutherland in). With those 3 do you really need to read all 3 or do they work as free standing novels?

On a different note, @OB1 have you read any of the 3 Martin Popoff books about Rush? I’m midway through Limelight the second one covering the 80s - great for the interviews and details, not so for his personal opinions which I think are often wide of the mark, or debatable at the very least.

Lastly, I know it’s not everyone’s cuppa but finished the last of the Strike novels by JK Rowling recently - brilliant stuff to delve into.
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You can kind of read out of order but it makes more sense to go from the top (Fall of Giants), I learned a lot about the era from that book, eg, the first WW kind of petered out and was superseded by the Russian Revolution. Great read, all three books are knocking on for 1k pages!

Btw, Eye of the Needle was brilliant and I also enjoyed the film, couldn't remember it was Donald Sutherland. I've read a few Follett books and there's one partly set in Afghanistan, Lie Down with Lions that I enjoyed as well.
 
hammocity said:
You can kind of read out of order but it makes more sense to go from the top (Fall of Giants), I learned a lot about the era from that book, eg, the first WW kind of petered out and was superseded by the Russian Revolution. Great read, all three books are knocking on for 1k pages!

Btw, Eye of the Needle was brilliant and I also enjoyed the film, couldn't remember it was Donald Sutherland. I've read a few Follett books and there's one partly set in Afghanistan, Lie Down with Lions that I enjoyed as well.
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Thanks for that pal - happy to get stuck into a 1K page book- especially having read a couple of Stephen King’s books in the last year, which certainly aren’t brief!

ok, will start with the first & let you know how I get on
 
chesterbells said:
Thanks for that pal - happy to get stuck into a 1K page book- especially having read a couple of Stephen King’s books in the last year, which certainly aren’t brief!

ok, will start with the first & let you know how I get on
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There's a few families involved over various countries, in the books there's a family tree to reference members, my memory isn't what it was and this was very useful, especially when moving to the second and third books, hope you enjoy.
 
My top ten favourite books, limited to one-per-author, no particular order:

  • One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
  • The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
  • Dubliners (James Joyce)
  • The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
  • His Dark Materials - Series (Phillip Pullman)
  • Down and Out in Paris and London (George Orwell)
  • Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
  • Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
  • The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
  • A Series of Unfortunate Events - Series (Lemony Snicket)
 
Joe Rogan has a brilliant interview on Spotify with S C Gwynne about his Empire of the Summer moon book.
 

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The Pandorica Opened said:
My top ten favourite books, limited to one-per-author, no particular order:

  • One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
  • The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
  • Dubliners (James Joyce)
  • The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
  • His Dark Materials - Series (Phillip Pullman)
  • Down and Out in Paris and London (George Orwell)
  • Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
  • Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
  • The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
  • A Series of Unfortunate Events - Series (Lemony Snicket)
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Grapes of Wrath and Lord of the flies both read at school and brilliant films too (the original flies one not that shite remake)
 
Foreground Music a Life in 15 gigs / Graham Duff

A Life Among Strangers (Peter Wyngarde biography, cracking read)
 
The world of books is a superb site if you don't mind 2nd hand books. I just bought the below for a total of £8.

The Spy and the Traitor - Ben McIntyre
Armageddon- Max Hastings
Catastrophe- Max Hastings
 
Fighters in the shadows by Robert Gildea is a great read, telling the true story of the french resistance .
 
This review for that book.

Eck and Timu, otherwise known as Echo and the late Tim Mileson, can be found in a book just shy of sixty glossy pages. The compact pocketbook is presented through poetry and story alike. It is conventional and yet unconventional. Interpretation is a skill you can choose to use, or just float on the muse.

Sandwiched between Tim’s personal writing, Eck explores emotions such as loss, belonging and echoes nature throughout. Cute eye-catching illustrations using a variety of sketching styles follow an imaginative route to deliver a peaceful and loving tribute in the form of a poetic manuscript.

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There are lines throughout that transport the reader, catch them, hold them and bring them downward. There are uplifting words, moments of hope and flashes of light. It’s a sweet little book deserving of a wider audience. The book comes in both Chinese and English editions. My grade four students at Tungwah Wenze International School greeted that with joy. Next up they’ll interview the author…
 
Given the current crazy times, here is a book that is apt. The Doomsday Machine by Daniel Ellsberg. From his perspective, the book recounts how he became involved in the thing that eventually became the Pentagon Papers. It also discusses other things the Pentagon was dealing with, namely the nuclear arsenal and the possible nuclear war. It is a not a fun read but a quick one. After reading this, the Stanley Kubrick film has begun to feel like a true story, not a satire.
 
Pep Guardiola: Another Way of Winning: The Biography https://amzn.eu/d/61LlJD6

Has anybody read this? Is it a good read? I know the author hasn't been to kind in his coverage of city recently but fancy reading something city related when I go away, Nedum is on my radar as well but can only find it in hardback which is a pain in the arse to carry.
 
There's a reading challenge thread OP, some great suggestions in there. Some books I'd never have picked up if hadn't been recommended in there
 
Thinking of giving Time & The Technosphere, written by Jose Argüelles, Ph.D a 2nd reading

Already gave The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks, written by Rebecca Skloot a 2nd reading

Halfway through Dilla Time (The Life n Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm) by Dan Charnas ...so far it beats any other book i've read on Dilla, hands down.

Not finished Dark Fleet by Len Kasten as yet, its this book that makes me want to re-read Time & The Technosphere, again.

Also, The Telomere Effect, written by Elizabeth Blackburn n Elissa Epel was a decent read as was The Telomerase Revolution by Michael Fossel.
 
This just popped up on my bookface thing

Paranormal Nonsense: Blue Moon Investigations Book 1 - A Supernatural Thriller Kindle Edition​


anyone read it?
 
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