I thought 'The Lincoln Lawyer' was pretty good and Bosch makes an appearance. Apparently the film was half decent too, although I haven't seen it.
Re the Bosch TV series, I sent the IMDB link to a friend who is a big Connelly fan and he said 'but Bosch has a moustache in the books!'
Reading liar's poker by michael Lewis. Pretty good so far
Just finished the last one in book 5. Its a great read and very engaging.
The only downside is that there are 3 more books to go and no timeline for delivery.
Finished 'One Day' by David Nicholls last night and it was incredible.
For probably 75% of it, I thought "this is good but it feels slight". As much as I was enjoying it, I couldn't see that it had a great deal of point. Having now finished it I see how wrong I was, what Nicholls has done is create two characters who are so utterly true and real that you feel like you know them. You feel their joy and pain in a natural, organic way, rather than as a distanced reader.
'One Day' is a really wonderful book and got under my skin to the extent that the morning after finishing it I'm still feeling it. Great book.
Karl Marlantes - "what it is like to go to war". If you interested in the psychological effects of war then this book is necessary reading.
For anyone who enjoys a bit of fantasy:
"The name of the wind" by Patrick Rothfuss closely followed I am sure by the second book in the trilogy: "The wise man's fear".
Just re-read 39 Steps for the first time in nearly 50 years! What a great 'yarn'. Timeless classic. Inspired me to revisit a volume of Dorothy L Sayers tales of Lord Peter Wimsey and Monty Egg. Marvellous innocence about them.
Love Logan nine fingers, one of my favorite characters ever
Great books wife and sun love tem as well.
I have read all of the game of thrones books - my friend was the mountain that rides in the first series. When I heard he was to be in the show I thought I would give the books a try.
I also like Richard Morgan and Peter v Brett for fantasy
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Logan Nine-Fingers. Oh yes. "You have to be realistic about these things" :-)
Not to mention Sand den Glokta.. one of the most interesting fantasy characters ever.
Richard Morgan is very good. Love his Takeshi Kovacs series..
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I've just downloaded the latest Haller book - I don't think they're as good as the Bosch books, but they still compare very well to most in the same genre.
Just checked out IMDB, and maybe the TV series won't be too bad. From what I remember of Lost, Titus Welliver was pretty good. Hopefully it won't be the standard Hollywood maverick cop whose boss will have their badge if they don't close the case in 24 hours.
Anyhow, Dennis Lehane isn't bad either - he has a series of PI novels, as well as some good standalone books (Shutter Island etc).
Really, really liked Altered Carbon - I reckon it'd translate really well to the big screen too.
Would love to see an Altered Carbon movie, we need more good science fiction.
Alistair Reynolds has some stories that could be fantastic movies too. Reminds me I need to look up what he's done lately :-)
If you like audiobooks, the audio version of "Great North Road" is very, very good.
Just half way through Neal Asher's 'Orbus' which is book 3 of the 'Spatterjay' series.
Brilliant action packed series full of weird alien-ness and convoluted intertwined mystery.
Some of you people have excellent taste in science fiction and fantasy
Just started Robert Harris' Enigma.
Interesting read so far.
Cheers,
Neil.
Peter James Roy grace series of books is worth a read.
Oh Stephen leathers series of dan spider shepherd are good to.
Well, have now finished 'Prador Moon'. a rather short book by Neal Asher. Not bad, not a lot of depth to the characters, a bit 'Dan Dare' in places.
Preferred Spatterjay series.
Have just ordered 'Departures' from same author.
Wounded From Battlefield to Blighty, 1914-1918 by Emily Mayhew, moving and powerful
I finished "The Gods of Guilt" by Michael Connelly (latest Mickey Haller book). I've either forgotten a lot since the last one, or I missed a book in the series, because it feels like a lot happened since the last book. Anyway, not a bad read - but the Haller books just aren't as good as the Bosch ones IMO.
I've started reading "Gorky Park", a Soviet crime fiction book. It's the first in a series, so hoping I've found a set of books I can get stuck into.
Don't know if I can finish this one..
Its first publish in 1968, and the language is so esoteric and cheesy its a bit of put off. Way groovy and hip dudes. Of its time.
Flash Boys by Michael Lewis. One to read if you haven't quite got enough reasons to despise the financial industry, or enjoy tales of innovation and greed outpacing regulation and incompetence.
Ugly Americans by Ben Mezrich. One to read if you haven't quite got enough reasons to despise the financial industry, or enjoy tales of innovation and greed outpacing regulation and incompetence, plus oriental sex and debauchery.
Paul
Use of weapons is another good Ian M Banks book. Rip Mr Banks.
I bought 4 books by an author who was recommended to me but he writes in a style which I believe is known as "timeslip". Alternate chapters are set in different times and at some point, it becomes clear how the two stories are related. I'm not impressed.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
What author Eddie?
Bit brave of you to buy 4 books in one go from an author you haven't read before too. I like to one book from a new guy before I buy any further.
BTW I am just finishing book 3 of the Owner series by Neal Asher; Excellent!
Any further recommendations from similar authors sci-fi fans??
I've just finished "Disgrace" by Jussi Adler Olsen, the second in a series of Danish detective books - pretty enjoyable.
I'm reading "True Detective" by Max Allan Collins now, based on a recommendation from this thread. It's good so far; a bit easier to read than the Ellroy novels (they're set a few decades later, but not too dissimilar).
Currently reading Robert Harris' Archangel, pretty good, I like his stuff.
I am getting a bit low on bedroom books, fortunately the boot sales are open again to stock up.
Cheers,
Neil.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bigger-Leane.../dp/B006XF5BTG
Very well written without the Bull
RIAC
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson,bloody fantastic book.Almost gave up on it but so glad I stuck with it as it's now in my top 10.Set in the present day and WW2,code breaking and code making, following many different characters and nationalities whose threads all tie in together.Fantastic story and very well told,highly recommend it.
Will now try more Stephenson and give Snow Crash another go as I failed miserably first time round and binned it early doors,fingers crossed it's almost as good as Cryptonomicon
Has anyone read 'S' by Dough Dorst/JJ Abrams?
It's a novel cum alternate reality game that's pretty interesting that works on three different levels of fiction/reality. On the innermost 'universe' you content of the printed novel itself, Ship of Theseus written by fictional author VM Straka, story about a guy with amnesia abducted and taken to sea. Then on the level above that, you have the story of an undergrad and uni academic that are passing this book between themselves discussing the novel, the identity of Straka, a revolutionary and the conspiracy theories surrounding him by writing to each other in the margins and including paper cuttings, coffeeshop napkins with maps drawn on them, postcards and letters. And then in our reality, there are websites, podcasts, and all sorts of cryptic stuff to add to the 'experience'.
It's quite good in that you can go as deeply as you like; just read it as a novel and that's it, delve deeper into the notes and codes and work some stuff out for yourself or go whole hog and spend the rest of your life posting on forums and wikis trying to solve the entire thing, Lost-style.
It was quite hard work, but fun and made a change. Definitely an interesting take on the traditional novel and a showcase for the physical book over an e-book.
I just finished the first book - I quite enjoyed it. I don't like heavy sci-fi, but I like futuristic books, if you know what I mean - so this was a good match.
Going to take a break and read the second Arkady Renko book by Martin Cruz Smith before moving on to the next Wool one.
Joe Abercrombie's books are excellent. As are Patrick Rothfuss'. Scott Lynch's Gentleman Bastards series is also excellent.
Oh. As is Terry Brook's Prism series.
Shudder to think of the watch I could buy if I totalled up my book expenditure. :)
Hi All,
I just read again The Man in the High Castle by PKD, one of my favourites, I'd recommend it to anyone anytime.
Also recently read Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson, allthough more of a romp through important figures in history than the cyberpunk he used to produce it is nevertheless quite entertaining and enjoyable
Richie