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RosieH

RosieH

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mockney piers Wrote:

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> If you've ever considered getting into sci-fi

> /fantasy or horror but don't know where to start

> (or are afraid to ask you saddo!!) then this handy

> flow chart might help

> http://www.box.net/shared/static/a6omcl2la0ivlxsn3

> o8m.jpg

>

> http://flowingdata.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/

> Books-partial-954x624.png



That's all well and good Mockers, but do any of them come with the kind of dust jacket that don't make you look like a 45 year old computer programmer who lives in his mum's basement?

maxxi

maxxi

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Simple, take the fly leaf cover from this...


http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Bq5axqTAy_4/ThGY-OEJ_eI/AAAAAAAAC0Y/_MYrMsEyPd4/s1600/odyssey1.jpg


...wrap it around your novelette of choice and you can read anything unobserved - including modern fantasy classics like this...


http://farm1.static.flickr.com/166/346052293_66cd5ce765.jpg

RosieH

RosieH

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Actually maxxi, have just noticed (how could I have missed?) the very fabulous Killer Dyke book cover, and believe me, if I owned a copy of that, I'd turn it into a dust jacket to cover my every read. It's ossom.


However, I am reading Skippy Dies, which I am loving. Although the stuff on M theory means little to me, rather like same on the science thread. The hwever book made me want to go away and read about M theory, as it sounded interesting. The science thread has made me not want to.

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El Pibe

El Pibe

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Have just finished The Psycopath Test by Jon Ronson, a very personal, if typically lighthearted and self-deprecating, journey into madness.


It kicks off with the interesting idea that maybe society is so awful because it's psycopaths who inevitable rise to the top and they don't give a shit about anyone but their own egos.

Instantly compellingly plausible but never satisfactorily pursued.


Regardless it was very enjoyable, and that rare thing actually unputdownable as I ripped through it in two sessions!

Ping for borrowage if it sounds your thing.

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katie1997

katie1997

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Thanks for that PGC, I am going to try that book out (tu)


Has anyone read the Kite Runner by Khaled Hossaini (yes, yes I know it was also a film - I haven't seen that either)


This book has been sitting around my house for ages and I finally got around to reading it. It begins in 1970s Afghanistan and is a fascinating insight into the people and culture although the story is more about universal themes of friendship/betrayal. I really enjoyed it although it was incredibly sad too.

Townleygreen

Townleygreen

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>>Has anyone read the Kite Runner by Khaled Hossaini?


Yes, I enjoyed that hugely when I read it years ago.


Currently am enjoying Great Expectations (Dickens) - this will be my first ever reading of a Dickens book, I am ashamed to say. But it is good, without pages of description!

Jah Lush

Jah Lush

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Charles Dickens. Now you're talking. I didn't really get into him until I was into my late 30s early 40s. Still only read half of his stuff but have really enjoyed all of it. Hard Times and the aforementioned Great Expectations are great little reads.
El Pibe

El Pibe

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I've only read Great Expectations of his, a little while back (we never did Dickens at school), and was amazed by how fresh and modern it felt compared to the fustiness of other victorian /pre war writers. Great Stuff.


Am just finishing Just My Type, a history and commentary on Fonts, the whys and wherefores and how they pervade our lives.

Surprisingly interesting stuff and done lightheartedly enough that it only veers occasionally into design freak onanism.


And now I notice fonts EVERYWHERE!!!!!

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