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[Byron]

BTW - Much looking forward to the Captain America in Afghanistan mini-series DM has penned for Marvel. Due out September
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Does he go one-on-one with Bin Laden? This series sounds like a sick joke.

Currently reading IAN FLEMING INTRODUCES JAMAICA. Brilliant book, everything you wanted to know about all aspects of Jamaican history, nature, economics and culture. A lot of the information in the book has not dated, however i get the impression that Jamaica used to be much less violent in the 60's.

[Harmsway]

Does he go one-on-one with Bin Laden? This series sounds like a sick joke.

Well, also in the pipeline is HOLY TERROR, BATMAN!

And yes, I'm 100% serious.

[0024]

I was reading 'Plot Against America' by Philip Roth, but I couldn't get through it. He puts so much mundane detail in the chapters that I just got fatigued from the sentences.

I had the same problem with parts of that book, but I somehow managed to finish it. Upon its completion I realized it wasn't as difficult as I thought it had been.

Right now, I'm reading Assassin by Ted Bell (one of my favorite authors). Great book.

Thanks very much Tiin. I will keep that in mind, and perhaps I wills start it up again. At least now I know it won't be as bad of an uphill battle as I suspected.

[Loomis]

Just finished A FOOL'S ALPHABET by Sebastian Faulks. One of the most original, most moving and most thought-provoking novels I've ever read, the kind of book you really feel like evangelising to people, so, well, here you are.

Looking forward to reading his other works, and still pinching myself that IFP has managed to land such a brilliant writer.

[Thunderfinger]

The Illiad by Homer.
Fantastic stuff. Beats the crap out of LOTR.

[DamnCoffee]

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - What a brilliant novel, i just bought it on Saturday and I'm already on Chapter 31! - my favorite Potter book by far!

[Qwerty]

Along Came A Spider by James Patterson.

[Agent 76]

going to read Moonraker and then Dr No for the first time. The copy I bought of Dr No is dated of 1960's! really cool!

[Double-Oh-Zero]

Does he go one-on-one with Bin Laden? This series sounds like a sick joke.

Well, also in the pipeline is HOLY TERROR, BATMAN!

And yes, I'm 100% serious.

Didn't they already make one called Batman: Holy Terror? It revolved around an alternate reality where Bruce Wayne trains as a reverend instead of a vigilante crimefighter after his parents are gunned down. He becomes Batman after he finds out some of the church's dirty secrets, including the possibility that they may have killed his parents. It just seems odd that they would use that as the title for the new book, given that the two titles are almost identical.

Anyway, I'm currently making my way through Trainspotting, by Irvine Welsh. Great stuff.

[mrsbonds_ppk]

Currently reading Live and Let Die.

[agentjamesbond007]

I am currently reading "YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE" by IAN FLEMING

[Safari Suit]

BTW - Much looking forward to the Captain America in Afghanistan mini-series DM has penned for Marvel. Due out September

Captain America? I thought he was dead!

[Kilroy6644]

I'm still reading Clavell's "Gai-Jin," but I just picked up Martin Cruz Smith's latest, "Stalin's Ghost." I'm a big Arkady Renko fan, and I'm hoping this book is as good as the rest.

[Qwerty]

I am currently reading "YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE" by IAN FLEMING

A great one. Be sure to post a review in the threads once you finish it.

[Harmsway]

Didn't they already make one called Batman: Holy Terror?

Yeah, in 1991. But HOLY TERROR, BATMAN! is an entirely different project.

It just seems odd that they would use that as the title for the new book, given that the two titles are almost identical.

Yeah, but they let Frank Miller do whatever he wants these days. His name sells a lot of comics.

[Number 6]

Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons

[Thunderfinger]

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[The Dove]

I'm on chapter 13 of Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows.. Really loving it!! ( Have to admit that I did cheat and skimmed through the book when I bought it to find out who dies..really needed to do that.. the suspense was just killing me!! LOL)

[Kilroy6644]

me too! me too! me too! A fan of Clavell and Renko that is. Gorky Park - incredibly clever moving thriller and the movie was as good as the book for a change. Reading 'Shogun' for me, gave birth to a love of all things Japanese then Chinese, then East Asian.

"Shogun" started it for me too. "Gai-Jin" isn't nearly as good. It's not really bad, but it's no "Shogun." I got started with Renko when I picked up the first three books at a library book sale. I haven't missed one since.

Haven't read Stalin's Ghost, I assume you are recommending it?

I haven't read it yet. I just bought it yesterday, and I'm going to finish the Asian Saga first.

I also assume you are aware of Thomas Blake Glover? A real Scottish Samurai (famed for being Shogun but I am not actually sure if he was).

see http://www.rampantsc...blfamglover.htm

I wasn't aware of Glover. But it's interesting how things tie together. On that page it says: "Glover visited Shanghai with his brother in 1857, and in 1859, in the closing days of the Tokugawa Shogunate, he arrived in Nagasaki, aged 21. He worked for Jardine, Matheson & Co., tea merchants (possibly also a bit of opium trading too), and two years later set up his own independent business." It's well known that Clavell based Struan's on Jardine-Matheson, and from that sentence, it seems that Glover was a partial inspiration for the Jamie McFay character in "Gai-Jin."

[Agent 76]

I started today reading Moonraker , later tonight I'm going to continue the reading, at the fifth chapter : "Dinner at Blades" .

[agentjamesbond007]

GOLDFINGER - by IAN FLEMING

[Qwerty]

I started today reading Moonraker , later tonight I'm going to continue the reading, at the fifth chapter : "Dinner at Blades" .

You're getting to one of the really, really good parts in an already excellent novel.

[Agent 76]

I started today reading Moonraker , later tonight I'm going to continue the reading, at the fifth chapter : "Dinner at Blades" .

You're getting to one of the really, really good parts in an already excellent novel.

Indeed it was an excelent part, amazing how Mr Fleming describes the tension, the people, and the Blades ambient. We feel like, almost being there at the bridge table. His writing is fantastic, full of details, as always of course, I love the way 007 makes Drax very angry.

[sharpshooter]

No Deals, Mr Bond

[lois lane]

Expresso Tales by Alexander McColl Smith - bbbbbbooooooooorrrrrrriiiiiiinggggg.

[Qwerty]

I started today reading Moonraker , later tonight I'm going to continue the reading, at the fifth chapter : "Dinner at Blades" .

You're getting to one of the really, really good parts in an already excellent novel.

Indeed it was an excelent part, amazing how Mr Fleming describes the tension, the people, and the Blades ambient. We feel like, almost being there at the bridge table. His writing is fantastic, full of details, as always of course, I love the way 007 makes Drax very angry.

Yep. And Drax is definitely one of his best villains.

[Agent 76]

I started today reading Moonraker , later tonight I'm going to continue the reading, at the fifth chapter : "Dinner at Blades" .

You're getting to one of the really, really good parts in an already excellent novel.

Indeed it was an excelent part, amazing how Mr Fleming describes the tension, the people, and the Blades ambient. We feel like, almost being there at the bridge table. His writing is fantastic, full of details, as always of course, I love the way 007 makes Drax very angry.

Yep. And Drax is definitely one of his best villains.

Agreed sir.

[TortillaFactory]

Harry Potter, etc. Ties the other novels together nicely, in a way that would probably be more enjoyable if she hadn't obviously hashed it together fairly recently. I suppose it's possible she had this grand scheme all planned out, but I doubt it. The epilogue is rubbish. All in all, fun read and satisfying conclusion.

[Agent 76]

Finished today: MOONRAKER

a great read, not one of my favourites, but still a good solid adventure of 007.





ps: going to start reading DR NO

[Kilroy6644]

King Rat by James Clavell.