What book are you reading now / or recommend?

[lust overlord]

Just finished Paul Kearneys "Monarchies of God" series.

You'll love it if you're into Cornwell/Gemmell.

So, what next? I'm a big fan of Joe Abercrombie, George RR Martin etc. Any ideas.

If you've not read Kearney's macht series,try them.
I've finished The Fell Sword by Miles Cameron, although it wasn't as good as The Red Knight, for me, it was still pretty good.
I have almost finished The Great King,superb so far.
If Abercrombie is a big fave try The Prince of thorns by Mark Lawrence,the main "hero"is an utter twat,brilliant imo.

 

[jimmy blue shoes]

Just finished Paul Kearneys "Monarchies of God" series.

You'll love it if you're into Cornwell/Gemmell.

So, what next? I'm a big fan of Joe Abercrombie, George RR Martin etc. Any ideas.

If you've not read Kearney's macht series,try them.
I've finished The Fell Sword by Miles Cameron, although it wasn't as good as The Red Knight, for me, it was still pretty good.
I have almost finished The Great King,superb so far.
If Abercrombie is a big fave try The Prince of thorns by Mark Lawrence,the main "hero"is an utter twat,brilliant imo.

Cheers. I'm a couple of chapters into The Red knight due to your earlier recommendation. I'll let you know what I think.

 

[mancmackem]

Storm of Swords book 2 by George R.R. Martin (Game of Thrones series).

 

[DelToro]

A History of Ancient Britain - Neil Oliver.

So far so good.

 

[dobingsdobber]

Just finished Doctor Sleep.Typical King,Brilliant in parts,let-down ending.Think he's getting a bit lazy in his old age,but he should give a shit.

 

[droylsdenblue]

Uwe Roslers biography, a bit dour if I'm honest.

 

[mackenzie]

A History of Ancient Britain by Neil Oliver.

I love this writer; he is passionate about history and really takes you to a different place.


This is a great read.

 

[BimboBob]

A History of Ancient Britain by Neil Oliver.

I love this writer; he is passionate about history and really takes you to a different place.


This is a great read.

Agree with this. It's a very good book.

 

[Plaything of the gods]

Biblical Archaeology: A Very Short Introduction (Eric H Cline) - A good read. Broader scope but less detailed than Finkelstein and Silberman's "The Bible Unearthed" which I read a couple of years ago. Story's the same though: unsubstantiated ancient myths and later realities distorted into myths - a bit like what the Americans do with their war films.

People and Nature: An Introduction to Human Ecological Relations (Emilio F Moran), Blackwell's Primers in Anthropology series - A cracking read (if you want to know the extent of the doom and gloom) and an admirable companion read to Schumacher's "Small is Beautiful", Tainter's "The Collapse of Complex Societies" and Diamond's "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive", inter alia. The book crams an awful lot into 177 pages - Malthus's population collapse, Hardin's tragedy of the commons and any number of environmental, demographic and societal disasters coming at us like a mega-tsunami. It starts with a history of human societies, detailing the development to more dense living and the problems that complexity brings, a clear example being the physical and accountability disconnect between political and economic leaders and the locations of production and pollution. As usual with these types of books, it is very strong on problem analysis but flounders with solutions - for example, turn your TV off to avoid being bombarded with consumerist advertising, or buy high-quality locally produced goods rather than cheap gunk from the supermarket; all very commendable, but it's not going to happen with enough people to prevent the tsunami hitting sooner or later.

Currently reading Free to be Human: Intellectual Self-Defence in an Age of Illusions (David Edwards) - Another cracking read, this time about how our whole view of our society and our place in it is distorted by what Chomsky has described as the 'Propaganda Model'. (Only about a third the way through so far.)

 

[DelToro]

A History of Ancient Britain by Neil Oliver.

I love this writer; he is passionate about history and really takes you to a different place.


This is a great read.

Agree with this. It's a very good book.

I said this on the previous page you bastards.

It makes me want to dig things up.