Off Topic What books are you reading?
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I enjoyed the Dark Tower books, though I didn't enjoy the last one as much as the others. But I knew the movie would be rubbish when it came out. You can't condense a story as complex as that into a two hour movie. The whole world building established in the Gunslinger along with Jake, the succubus, the slow mutants would take up at least twice as long to do. It would make an excellent tv series though. So long as it had the right budget.
i9 finally got through 'the silmarillion' then moved onto yet another read of LOTR followed by 'the hobbit'...probably my last bit of reading till i start them again.
Just put Sky Movies on and seen that the remake of Running Man is on tonight. That, along with the recent(ish) film of The Long Walk were really good when I saw them at the pictures and a reminder of how good and how different King was when writing under the Bachman pseudonym.
His humour is a big part of it for me, I'll probably end up spending a solid year with the guy and that wouldn't happen without it. Usually pitch black and not remotely PC which is fine by me.
Don't know if you've read it, but there's a section of Dolores Claiborne where she's having what can only be described as a 'sh*t war' with the lady she works for that's some of the funniest stuff I've ever read. Still chuckle thinking about it.
Know what you mean, I always wonder what people are on about when they talk about Stephen King being a 'horror' writer. He's so much more.
Definitely, it's his character work, humour and storytelling that I'm here for. I can take or leave the horror, for example I enjoyed Duma Key more when it was just about a bloke starting a new life in Florida, before the supernatural side took over.
Not that he's not good at it but as you say it's only a small part of what makes him a great writer.
Help with a book title. I picked a book up in Waterstones before a recent holiday, put it back down, now cant remember what it was called, or find it.
Subject was FBI, (I think) trying to get people to use telekinesis and the like as potential weapons, it was non-fiction.
Anyone help?
Subject was FBI, (I think) trying to get people to use telekinesis and the like as potential weapons, it was non-fiction.
Anyone help?
There's a few like that mate. Best bet for me would be to try and search on something like Amazon or Waterstones site, you might recognize it trawling through. Good luck, it sounds interesting.
This book looks to be along those lines @Wayne the Punk
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The definitive history of the military's decades-long investigation into mental powers and phenomena, from the author of Pulitzer Prize finalist The Pentagon's Brain and international bestseller Area 51.
This is a book about a team of scientists and psychics with top secret clearances.
For more than forty years, the U.S. government has researched extrasensory perception, using it in attempts to locate hostages, fugitives, secret bases, and downed fighter jets, to divine other nations' secrets, and even to predict future threats to national security. The intelligence agencies and military services involved include CIA, DIA, NSA, DEA, the Navy, Air Force, and Army-and even the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Now, for the first time, New York Times bestselling author Annie Jacobsen tells the story of these radical, controversial programs, using never before seen declassified documents as well as exclusive interviews with, and unprecedented access to, more than fifty of the individuals involved. Speaking on the record, many for the first time, are former CIA and Defense Department scientists, analysts, and program managers, as well as the government psychics themselves.
Who did the U.S. government hire for these top secret programs, and how do they explain their military and intelligence work? How do scientists approach such enigmatic subject matter? What interested the government in these supposed powers and does the research continue? PHENOMENA is a riveting investigation into how far governments will go in the name of national security.
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Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis
by Annie Jacobsen (Author)4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (1,005)
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The definitive history of the military's decades-long investigation into mental powers and phenomena, from the author of Pulitzer Prize finalist The Pentagon's Brain and international bestseller Area 51.
This is a book about a team of scientists and psychics with top secret clearances.
For more than forty years, the U.S. government has researched extrasensory perception, using it in attempts to locate hostages, fugitives, secret bases, and downed fighter jets, to divine other nations' secrets, and even to predict future threats to national security. The intelligence agencies and military services involved include CIA, DIA, NSA, DEA, the Navy, Air Force, and Army-and even the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Now, for the first time, New York Times bestselling author Annie Jacobsen tells the story of these radical, controversial programs, using never before seen declassified documents as well as exclusive interviews with, and unprecedented access to, more than fifty of the individuals involved. Speaking on the record, many for the first time, are former CIA and Defense Department scientists, analysts, and program managers, as well as the government psychics themselves.
Who did the U.S. government hire for these top secret programs, and how do they explain their military and intelligence work? How do scientists approach such enigmatic subject matter? What interested the government in these supposed powers and does the research continue? PHENOMENA is a riveting investigation into how far governments will go in the name of national security.
Nothing highbrow atm, a series called Brutal... Sword and Sorcerery, kills monsters and badies. I also lije about woman detectives, or Reacher style one-man armies.
Recently read a biography of Benjamin Franklin... the French played a big part in us losing the States
Another interesting read was one about how stats analytics can help a club decide what player to bring in. Liverpool one of the first? There had been a movie about a baseball team doing it
Recently read a biography of Benjamin Franklin... the French played a big part in us losing the States
Another interesting read was one about how stats analytics can help a club decide what player to bring in. Liverpool one of the first? There had been a movie about a baseball team doing it
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At the moment I’m downloading the Classic Science Fiction Megapacks on my Kindle. It’s all from the 1940s thru 1960s. Pulp fiction to be honest but it’s interesting to see how those writers envisioned the future. One common trope I’ve found is that the hero tends to smoke a pipe when doing his outer space stuff.
In and out of Fake Law, by The Secret Barrister. This bloke used to do a column in The Times I think. Outstanding read, really interesting for ignoramuses like me.
And, The Predicament, by William Boyd. A spy thriller, but one only Boyd could write. I think he's my favourite living writer, and I wish I wasn't nearly finished it! It's the second featuring the same character, something I'm pretty sure he's never done before
And, The Predicament, by William Boyd. A spy thriller, but one only Boyd could write. I think he's my favourite living writer, and I wish I wasn't nearly finished it! It's the second featuring the same character, something I'm pretty sure he's never done before