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Post by Destry on Dec 4, 2020 23:25:37 GMT
'night Mr. C.
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Post by Destry on Dec 4, 2020 23:27:41 GMT
Tent Hen has not been around for a while. Hope everything's okay with her and her rooster.
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Post by Chumbles on Dec 5, 2020 1:44:40 GMT
I'm so fooking fooked... finally remembered my tablets Fook of Fook's Pills
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Post by Ozymandias Kane on Dec 5, 2020 2:03:40 GMT
"how 'bout them pork scratchings then" "Yarp"  |
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Post by MrTiddles on Dec 5, 2020 21:27:33 GMT
Quiet in here tonight. All playing their fookin' PS5s, I expect.
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Post by Ozymandias Kane on Dec 5, 2020 23:35:10 GMT
Yarp
or Narp if it's an X series X (otherwise known as an Essex)
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Post by Chumbles on Dec 6, 2020 0:05:08 GMT
I've been totally mesmerised by the final part of Arden's tour de force the Winternight Trilogy; better than two of my other favourite trilogies The Riddle-Master's Game by Patricia A. McKillip, and the Fionavar Tapestry by Guy Gavriel Kay... I should be asleep, but... I am an incorrigible romantic; so the stories in these heal my soul |
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Post by tenthenemy on Dec 6, 2020 16:14:20 GMT
A good pint of Guinness is both eating and drinking.  |
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Post by stxdpr on Dec 6, 2020 17:51:47 GMT
Mr Chumbles, do you have a list of books that should be read?
Have gone usually for sci-fi or fantasy, the last kvothe book seems to have failed to appear this year.not sure about the streaming the new dune film at home over going to a cinema.
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Post by Shenguin on Dec 6, 2020 23:44:27 GMT
Mr Chumbles, do you have a list of books that should be read? Have gone usually for sci-fi or fantasy, the last kvothe book seems to have failed to appear this year.not sure about the streaming the new dune film at home over going to a cinema. FOR FUCKSAKE MAN, HAVE SOME FUCKING TACT. DO NOT MENTION THE LAST KVOTHE BOOK UNLESS IT'S ACTUALLY PUBLISHED. FUCKSAKE. I am so upset right now. I realise he'll never publish it, so could people please just not talk about it. Talking about it does not help me repress. |
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Post by Shenguin on Dec 6, 2020 23:45:00 GMT
Fuckit
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Post by Shenguin on Dec 6, 2020 23:45:49 GMT
Look what you made me do.
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Post by Chumbles on Dec 7, 2020 0:07:26 GMT
Look what you made me do. You'll have to clean THAT up by yourself. |
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Post by Chumbles on Dec 7, 2020 0:23:49 GMT
Mr Chumbles, do you have a list of books that should be read? Have gone usually for sci-fi or fantasy, the last kvothe book seems to have failed to appear this year.not sure about the streaming the new dune film at home over going to a cinema. If you don't put the magic strudel i.e. @ in front of Chumbles I won't see your post. In answer to your question, my knowledge is OK up until 2005 when ophthalmic zoster fucked up my eyes so I can barely read for any more than 30m; whereas I got through a couple of books a week before ... How many and do you prefer hardcore sf or softcore; and how much effort do you want to put in... e.g. Stephen Donaldson's Covenant stuff is long and starts grim and gets grimmer... Whereas Ursula K LeGuin's is shorter and more approachable - comic fantasy is really hard to write so you get few of those. I like nearly everything so guide me a bit! I'll try and get together a list, but for the more modern stuff I suggest Sheep2 and cobblers... |
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Post by Sheep2 on Dec 7, 2020 10:28:21 GMT
Depends innit
Fantasy
Joe Abercrombie is fantastic. I can't recommend him enough if you haven't read them. Not 'comic' but plenty of humour
N K Jemison
Scott Lynch
John Gwynne
Anthony Ryan
Adrian Selby
Miles Cameron
Connie Willis - Particularly The Doomsday Book
Glen Cook
Sci-Fi
Al Reynolds
A Reynolds
Al Reynolds
Cixin Liu
Ann Leckie
Greg Evans
Adrian Tchaikovsky
Adam Roberts
Paul McAuley
Jeff Van Der Meer - though the books get worse. The first is preety good.
There should be something on that list that is approachable and you haven't read.
I could probably find others....
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Post by Sheep2 on Dec 7, 2020 10:31:04 GMT
Stephen Donaldson - Don't read the last Chronicles. of Thomas Covenant
They are pretty grim.
By which I mean the quality of plotting and writing takes a sharp downward turn.
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Post by Tuffers on Dec 7, 2020 13:32:58 GMT
Depends innit FantasyJoe Abercrombie is fantastic. I can't recommend him enough if you haven't read them. Not 'comic' but plenty of humour N K Jemison Scott Lynch John Gwynne Anthony Ryan Adrian Selby Miles Cameron Connie Willis - Particularly The Doomsday Book Glen Cook Sci-FiAl Reynolds A Reynolds Al Reynolds Cixin Liu Ann Leckie Greg Evans Adrian Tchaikovsky Adam Roberts Paul McAuley Jeff Van Der Meer - though the books get worse. The first is preety good. There should be something on that list that is approachable and you haven't read. I could probably find others.... Nerd. |
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Post by Sheep2 on Dec 7, 2020 14:01:19 GMT
I forgot Neal Stephenson.
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Post by Sheep2 on Dec 7, 2020 14:04:45 GMT
Tuffers
If you think that list is bad you should see the list of history books. Frighteningly dusty.
I am reading a book about the outer edges of the Roman Empire (well not reading it as I've been playing Demon's Souls when not watching football)
It's excellent So far I have read the chapters on Britain & Germanica & and am working through Raetia.
I am enjoying it a lot.
Or i was until the P5 intervened.
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Post by RollingEscargot on Dec 7, 2020 14:15:48 GMT
Hit us with the history list, sheep, i am bang out of ideas for Xmas presents for my elderly relatives.
I've tried two Neil Stephensons and given up both times. The man needs an editor, I need a longer attention span, or both.
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Post by MrTiddles on Dec 7, 2020 20:34:12 GMT
I need a drink. One beer that doesn't smell of piss.
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Post by Shenguin on Dec 7, 2020 21:01:25 GMT
I need a drink. One beer that doesn't smell of piss. Beer doesn't count as a drink since the first lockdown began, it's now just a soft drink. Here, have two of my cans of Punk IPA -- they're only 330ml each, so two at a time is best. I'm drinking them tonight as I'm having an alcohol-free evening. |
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Post by Ozymandias Kane on Dec 7, 2020 22:13:46 GMT
Here, try this one  |
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Post by Ozymandias Kane on Dec 7, 2020 22:21:44 GMT
He said - "Oy lass, kick me some crushed nuts over 'ere" She heard - "Oy lass, kick me crushed nuts over me ear"! ![]()  |
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Post by Destry on Dec 7, 2020 22:46:02 GMT
I need a drink. One beer that doesn't smell of piss.  |
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