TSF Book Club
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[quote name='Cactus Jack' timestamp='1358288924' post='337585']I think the actual quote was "Brittish boys do not use weapons , they fight with their fists " . Or so the boy in the story was told after he gave the school bully a hiding with his gas mask case .[/quote]<br />
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[quote]I seem to remember wondering how I had already read one book that had just been released it was that similar to the previous.[/quote] I did the same! Had to check I was not re reading one of his books.<br />
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And Cato - yup, that's the Sharpe series in a nutshell. Just a good rollicking yarn, you're not going to rememebr the book 2 minutes later, but you will have enjoyed reading at the time! -
Reading "The Junction Boys" right now, about Paul 'Bear' Bryant and his coaching days at Texas A & M. Great read about a brutal coach learning probably as much about himself as about his boys. Jeez, you'd hate and love to have a coach like him - makes those Saffa training camps look soft. Went to Junction City with 111 boys for spring training, came back with 30 something. And the legend started then!
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[quote name='Cactus Jack' timestamp='1358240946' post='337479']<br />
A really good childrens book for boys is The Machine Gunners by Robert Westall . Read it again a little while ago and enjoyed it as much as I did thirty years ago . Also I still love to read Biggles books when the chance presents itself .<br />
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I'm pretty sure there's a sequel to that book , the main character is a couple of years older. Then again I remembered that quote wrong. -
just finished "the germans that never lost' about german soldiers and sailors in africa during ww1, there was only ever a few thousand of thm but they tied up over 300000 allied troops. the sailors joined the ground forces after their ship was bloackaded and sunk, so they took off their guns towed them through miles of jungle and turned them into artillery. They couldn't be resupplied so thy relied on capturing supplies and did that until they were told the war was over.<br />
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Reading "The Junction Boys" right now, about Paul 'Bear' Bryant ... And the legend started then!<br />
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Jegga, that sounds cool - who by etc? Kindle friendly? <br />
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Have now read 1 and a half Reacher books by Lee Childs. Good yarns, with good plot twists, much better than you think they're going to be (or I did). Remind me (anyone remember these) kind of of 'The Executioner. Mack Bolan' books, but for grown-ups! -
Bart, haven't got a kindle yet so I couldn't tell you but it's by Edwin P Hoyt. If you can't find it on kindle pm your address and I'll send it to you, I'd be stoked to pass it on to someone else. It only cost 50c, I got Killing Pablo by Mark Bowden for $2 at the same place if you want that too.
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14 in the end! The final book became three... and even then bringing some of the plot back in to a conclusion got a bit rushed! <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />
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I gave up on Jordan around Book 6 I think. He got completely lost in his creation and as a resuklt the plot was going nowhere. I think it took 300 pages to advance one day. His chararcters had become charicatures and the whole juvenile romance schlock became too much to stomach.<br />
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Was a shame as it had started out with a lot of promise. Glad to hear that it did get back on track and kudos to anyone with the intestinal fortitude to stay the course. -
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14 in the end! The final book became three... and even then bringing some of the plot back in to a conclusion got a bit rushed! <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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Was it a big style change for the books by [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=4]Sanderson? I started reading the series back in college (hint - finished in 1994!) and gave up waiting for him to finish. I got up to book 9 or 10 eventually. Probably need to do a full re-read before finishing up - good to hear the [/size][/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=4]Sanderson books were good though. Gives me hope![/size][/font][/color] -
I did a series re-read after book 13 (Towers of Midnight) - and found some of the worsst earlier books like Path of Daggers made more sense in hindsight (still unfuriatingly long/slow, but they did make more sense!)<br />
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I think Sanderson has stayed true to the charcters while not trying to slavishly imitate Jodan's writing style. [i]Some [/i]of the hard core fans over at Dragonmount.com think Sanderson has rushed it/got it wrong etc etc... but I think he's not only done a great job in finishing the series, he did it as quickly as possible given how far Jordan had developed and got lost in his own creation.<br />
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Paekakboyz - I 'only' got given a copy of Eye of the World to start reading in 2001 so it was a bit eaier to stay the course with nine books already out! -
Got me the latest offering from Terry Brooks (one of my fave authors) Wards of Faerie <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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re-read (actually listened/read) all his books last year, chornologically, as it should be with his intertwining of 2 of his worlds (Word & Void and Shannara) in the past couple of years. -
[quote name='Donsteppa' timestamp='1358975632' post='339325']I did a series re-read after book 13 (Towers of Midnight) - and found some of the worsst earlier books like Path of Daggers made more sense in hindsight (still unfuriatingly long/slow, but they did make more sense!)[/quote]<br />
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My point exactly - when you didn't have another book to reach for, it drive you mad!<br />
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I started reading them in about 95/96 while at uni. It blew me away, as my only real experience up until then was Dragonlance and Tolkien. -
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Got me the latest offering from Terry Brooks (one of my fave authors) Wards of Faerie <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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re-read (actually listened/read) all his books last year, chornologically, as it should be with his intertwining of 2 of his worlds (Word & Void and Shannara) in the past couple of years.<br />
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Yeah Terry Brooks is quality. 'Magical Kingdom for sale - Sold!' series is awesome. Love the Shannara series too. Farie Tale is good as well. -
Farie Tale - liked that one, and Donsteppa, my Newphew just finished the wheels of time too, and said it finished well too. I would have to re read the whole thing because I got bored shiteless too through those middle books!!<br />
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Jegga, no worries, fire them through to Jason Bartley PO Box 41, WHangamata 3620<br />
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Red Beard is set to receive The Junction Boys next week once I get the book to post office too, the TSF book exchange!
