OrderedCousin Jack wrote: ↑Mon Jul 05, 2021 3:15 pm Just finished "Going the Wrong Way" by Chris Donaldson.
Insane adventures on a Guzzi Le Mans, UK to Cape Town, and then USA to Rio de Janeiro, via Canada back in about 1980. If you think you are hard core, read this book!
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Yer arse would need to be hardcore to do it on a Lemon.Cousin Jack wrote: ↑Mon Jul 05, 2021 3:15 pm Just finished "Going the Wrong Way" by Chris Donaldson.
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Nick Wossisname did his around the world trips on an R1!Skub wrote: ↑Mon Jul 05, 2021 4:45 pmYer arse would need to be hardcore to do it on a Lemon.Cousin Jack wrote: ↑Mon Jul 05, 2021 3:15 pm Just finished "Going the Wrong Way" by Chris Donaldson.
Insane adventures on a Guzzi Le Mans, UK to Cape Town, and then USA to Rio de Janeiro, via Canada back in about 1980. If you think you are hard core, read this book!
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Sanders?
I'd take the 'comfort' of an R1 over a Lemon anyday.
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You have to be hardcore to do it with a front suspension tied up with a rope, regardless of the bike.
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Proper Ohlins rope,I trust?Cousin Jack wrote: ↑Mon Jul 05, 2021 5:59 pmYou have to be hardcore to do it with a front suspension tied up with a rope, regardless of the bike.
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Scrounged from a goatherd, earlier provenance uncertain.Skub wrote: ↑Mon Jul 05, 2021 6:00 pmProper Ohlins rope,I trust?Cousin Jack wrote: ↑Mon Jul 05, 2021 5:59 pmYou have to be hardcore to do it with a front suspension tied up with a rope, regardless of the bike.
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It arrived today, didn't realize this was a new book that had taken him 40 years to write
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I've read them all, but only cause I want to know what happens with the main story arc. The final one comes out later this year. I don't think I could tell you the titles though, I just think of them as books 1, 2 etc.demographic wrote: ↑Mon Jun 21, 2021 10:32 pm Been reading soke of "The Expanse" books after watching the TV series.
First one was Leviathan Wakes and the next one I've fairly blitzed through is Calibans War.
Easy read, not much different from the TV series really and I suspect has been written with an eye on the idea of turning it into a series anyway.
As I've said before I think, I reckon the TV series is better. That's a pretty odd occurrence for a book. The books often feel like they were written by and for a teenager IMO.
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I'm sure there was a newer thread than this for books?
Anyways...
This last week I've read "Piranesi"
It's a good (short) read. Some interesting concepts and ideas. Shame about the lack of sword fights or spaceship battles.
I've just finished Gideon The Ninth.
The first chapters are really really strong, introducing a brilliant wise cracking lead. Then it turns into Ready Player One for a bit of egg hunting and then full on gothic horror, still brilliant, but not quite living up to the earlier parts, however it's a great story and I recommend it. I didn't see the 'twist' coming, which is unusual for me. I need to order the next in the saga.
Next up to read is A Deepness in the Sky.
Anyways...
This last week I've read "Piranesi"
It's a good (short) read. Some interesting concepts and ideas. Shame about the lack of sword fights or spaceship battles.
I've just finished Gideon The Ninth.
The first chapters are really really strong, introducing a brilliant wise cracking lead. Then it turns into Ready Player One for a bit of egg hunting and then full on gothic horror, still brilliant, but not quite living up to the earlier parts, however it's a great story and I recommend it. I didn't see the 'twist' coming, which is unusual for me. I need to order the next in the saga.
Next up to read is A Deepness in the Sky.
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You're probably remembering all the chat about sci-fi books in the 'Best sci-fi spaceship' (something like that)? Piranesi looks interesting.
Not my reading (no space-ships) but I bagged two Folio Society hardback+slipcover books in Oxfam for the other half. 'All Quiet on the Western Front' (then found she already has it) and 'Secret Pilgrimage to Medina and Mecca' by Sir Richard Burton - bargain at £20 (double that+ elsewhere and originally a fair bit more than that), not my cuppa but she's a happy bunny.
Not my reading (no space-ships) but I bagged two Folio Society hardback+slipcover books in Oxfam for the other half. 'All Quiet on the Western Front' (then found she already has it) and 'Secret Pilgrimage to Medina and Mecca' by Sir Richard Burton - bargain at £20 (double that+ elsewhere and originally a fair bit more than that), not my cuppa but she's a happy bunny.
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I read Snowcrash, thought it brilliant, but then didn't read anything else he did. All the reviews of stuff like Diamond Age, made them sound a bit high brow.
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Just started True Names (and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier) by Vernor Vince....I'll report back.
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I did A Fire Upon The Deep, a couple of months back, great story with a bit of a shit ending. Didn't stop me buying A Deepness In The Sky,Count Steer wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 7:42 pm Just started True Names (and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier) by Vernor Vince....I'll report back.
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I tried the method of "try anything that is Booker nominated" which worked great for a while and then I had two or three real stinkers in a row. I'm stuck in a rut now and not really got into anything for ages.Potter wrote: ↑Mon Dec 13, 2021 9:53 am Finished John Nichols book about the Lancaster Bomber and now I've started the Spitfire one, best books I've read in a while.
I've started doing what I used to do with music LPs, I go in and grab anything that looks vaguely interesting on the cover and just give it a try without knowing what it's even about, but there really is a lot of shite out there. I got one by a lady that moved to Cornwall and it's basically just a rambling journal in the form of a story with no point to it, I read it to the end because it's easy reading but afterwards I wondered why she'd bothered.
I grabbed a bagful from Waterstones to take back with me.
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I have read moost..baroque trilogy is great....anathem was the one i havent got into yet....KungFooBob wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 7:39 pmI read Snowcrash, thought it brilliant, but then didn't read anything else he did. All the reviews of stuff like Diamond Age, made them sound a bit high brow.
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Right, need some more books....
Horror related please....
What you got ?
Horror related please....
What you got ?
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Sequel to The Shining. Dr. Sleep.
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