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  1. monty987

    monty987 Well-Known Member

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    Rob mason's 'what if' some really interesting facts, we nearly had Bobby robson/Don revie as our manager and other stories.
     
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    Hitler's Monsters, by Eric Kurlander. About the influence of the occult and border science in Nazi Germany.
     
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    I've had a little Google of those and the Kingkiller Chronicles and First Law series are probably the ones that sound most appealing to me. If I was to add one to my Amazon wishlist, which one of those two would you recommend?
     
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    Interesting subject. My post-graduate research touched on this and related subjects. The more you dig into this stuff, the more you have to wonder how they convinced anyone to take them seriously.
     
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    Tough one. Kingkiller is awaiting the third book so not a complete series yet. That makes me suggest First Law. If you enjoy the cultures and the setting there are other books that follow the first trilogy too.
     
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    Stephen King, his earlier stuff was amazing
     
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    Thomas Covenant books - the first three books were excellent. Second three ok. They’ve gone to a charity shop now along with all the Dark Tower series from Stephen King. Again just ok. Disappointing in the end. Books I’ll never read again.
    I seem to have collected a 1000 books over the last 60 years and I’m working through them in retirement.
    Just read The Chrysalids again. Now onto Prelude to Foundation. Great fan of Asimov.
    Next up Gormenghast.
     
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    The Covenant books ended up at 10. I agree the second three werent great. The last 2 really brought everything to a nice closure though.

    Gormenghast has a big thumbs up from me.
     
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    Love all of Asimov's SF books and short stories.
     
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