Reading: The Book Thread

[gremlin]

Probably recommend him before, but Ben Macintyre has never failed to entertain and educate:

http://benmacintyre.com/

Read most of his stuff, and I'd recommend A Foreign Field as a great read.

[MrLongbeard]

I've enjoyed all of his that I've read (green) so far..

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And I've just picked up his 2 new ones;
https://www.davidbaldacci.com/titles/da ... 538761557/
https://www.davidbaldacci.com/titles/da ... 538761601/

Will give them a going over this weekend.

[Horse]

Has anyone not heard of Arthur Hailey? Wheels, Hotel, etc. books and movies. But I'd not read or seen any of them I happened across 'Detective' in a charity shop. It's a lot of book for £2, about 560 pages.

It's well-written, weaving together life stories of several different people, rather than the usual crime-investigation-solved (with a side order of whatever personality quirk the particular detective has) format.

It kept me entertained for a few days. But I'm glad I didn't pay more for it.

[weeksy]

Looking for some ideas on Horror authors please.

Usual
Richard Laymon
Brian Lumley
Shaun Hutson

Recently found Mylo Carbria which was a decnt read but and overly daft twist at the end. Blood and gore a plenty though

Clive Barker can be a tough read at times.

I also like Clive Cussler but i think i've done most of his, so even that sort of stuff will do, despite not being horror.

[Horse]

Have you tried Googling 'authors like .... '?

Also, perhaps stroll into a bookshop and ask. See my link earlier to the TRC thread on the fantastic 'book spa' I had at Mr B's Emporium in Bath. As Editor said, if the member of staff you ask doesn't know, they will soon find someone who does.

[weeksy]

Have you tried Googling 'authors like .... '?

Also, perhaps stroll into a bookshop and ask. See my link earlier to the TRC thread on the fantastic 'book spa' I had at Mr B's Emporium in Bath. As Editor said, if the member of staff you ask doesn't know, they will soon find someone who does.

I got Mylo from "best horror writers" google search and it was a decent if not a little short.

Book shop, WTF.... get out of here... i'm not leaving the house

[MingtheMerciless]

Chickenhawk by Robert Mason, which is a helicopter pilots story of Vietnam.
Sea Harrier over the Falklands by Sharkey Ward which is very opinionated view of the air war by the chief pilot of the Invincible, he has a very interesting view on the Vulcan raids.
Blindmans Bluff Sherry Sontag and Christopher Drew which is a history of the US Navy submarine Cold War.

[Horse]

Which reminds me (in a very roundabout way) . . .

I recently read (on Kindle) 'Bronze Sentinels' by Greg Bennett*

It's somewhere between Pratchett and Aaronovitch. 'Fantasy' stuff but, like Aaaronovitch, set in the current world, entertaining. It features a character 'Tulliver' who also crops up elsewhere in time, usually at pivotal moments in history.

Trinity's Wake is set around the development of the first atom bombs
Assassination on the Latin Bridge is the the start of WWI

His 'Hidden Extra' books are tales from work as a 'background actor' on various film and TV productions.

* Full disclosure: he's a good mate of mine

[moth]

Looking for some ideas on Horror authors please.

Usual
Richard Laymon
Brian Lumley
Shaun Hutson

Recently found Mylo Carbria which was a decnt read but and overly daft twist at the end. Blood and gore a plenty though

Clive Barker can be a tough read at times.

I also like Clive Cussler but i think i've done most of his, so even that sort of stuff will do, despite not being horror.

Steven King, Joe Hill, Dean Koontz, Peter Straub, John Langan, Nathan Balingrud, Thomas Ligotti.

Can't read Barker. At all.

[weeksy]

Looking for some ideas on Horror authors please.

Usual
Richard Laymon
Brian Lumley
Shaun Hutson

Recently found Mylo Carbria which was a decnt read but and overly daft twist at the end. Blood and gore a plenty though

Clive Barker can be a tough read at times.

I also like Clive Cussler but i think i've done most of his, so even that sort of stuff will do, despite not being horror.

Steven King, Dean Koontz, Peter Straub, John Langan, Nathan Balingrud.

Can't read Barker. At all.

Koontz started to get a bit too far up his own arse, King did too when he did the Cowboy type series, since then i've disowned both.

The other 3 i've not read though so they'll be next on the purchase list thanks

[moth]

Koontz started to get a bit too far up his own arse, King did too when he did the Cowboy type series, since then i've disowned both.

The other 3 i've not read though so they'll be next on the purchase list thanks

I've added a couple more - Ligotti and Hill.

Joe Hill is Stephen King's son. So...

[Horse]

I finished it in two sittings.

I read this in two sessions:
Gordon Honeycombe
Red Watch: A True Story



It's the true story of a single fire, starting from when the crew leave the fire station, through the night.

I read after arriving home about 11pm, and read through until about 3.30am. That was, within, half an hour, the rate at which events actually progressed.

[ZRX61]

A Rumor Of War, Phil Caputo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Rumor_of_War

[melons]

Looking for some ideas on Horror authors please.

Usual
Richard Laymon
Brian Lumley
Shaun Hutson

Recently found Mylo Carbria which was a decnt read but and overly daft twist at the end. Blood and gore a plenty though

Clive Barker can be a tough read at times.

I also like Clive Cussler but i think i've done most of his, so even that sort of stuff will do, despite not being horror.

Scariest book I've ever read was https://www.amazon.co.uk/Third-World-Ge ... 0722141858

[demographic]

Chickenhawk by Robert Mason, which is a helicopter pilots story of Vietnam.
Sea Harrier over the Falklands by Sharkey Ward which is very opinionated view of the air war by the chief pilot of the Invincible, he has a very interesting view on the Vulcan raids.
Blindmans Bluff Sherry Sontag and Christopher Drew which is a history of the US Navy submarine Cold War.

Chickenhawk is excellent. I first read it maybe 25 or more years ago when I borrowed it from one of my sisters (the one who is now married to an Australian Vietnam vet who was over there when he was Nnnnineteen oddly enough but she wasn't even seeing him when I borrowed the book).

Anyway, the book is funny, educational and harrowing and the quite detailed description of the Huey and how the controls work makes for a slightly show start but the information is kind of needed later on.
Well worth reading.

Forgot to mention I'm re reading Frank Herberts Dune.
Read it before, spotted it on the shelf. Still a good story.

[ZRX61]

Chickenhawk by Robert Mason, which is a helicopter pilots story of Vietnam.

When ya get done read the sequel "Chickenhawk, Back In The World"
Then you'll want to read Chickenhawk again... & maybe the sequel again too.
Sequel is out of print so you'll have to find a used copy, there's plenty out there online.

[moth]

Scariest book I've ever read was https://www.amazon.co.uk/Third-World-Ge ... 0722141858

There was an airburst nuke over Winson Green, so it wasn't all bad news.

Did you read the sequel?

[Slenver]

Chickenhawk by Robert Mason, which is a helicopter pilots story of Vietnam.

When ya get done read the sequel "Chickenhawk, Back In The World"
Then you'll want to read Chickenhawk again... & maybe the sequel again too.
Sequel is out of print so you'll have to find a used copy, there's plenty out there online.

They're both in Kindle if anyone's interested. Both brilliant, I agree. The first one's eye-opening, the second one's just mental.

[rodbargee]

two fave's Popskis private army by vladimir penyakof and eastern approaches by Fitzroy Mclaine the real JAmes bond! Both boys own must reads adult or younger!

[ZRX61]

I think everyone has read Chickenhawk, several times, but I didn't know the second book existed.
Thanks.

Described by a friend of his as "A litany of fuck ups that make you glad you aren't Mason"