Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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1 October 2010
11:4973258Howard - indeed, the more bloody and nasty the end for villains the better I like it....
Matt - I dont read a lot of sci-fi but recently re-read the first three Edgar Rice Burroughs Barsoom books. I had forgotten how influential these were in sci-fi writing.
Keith Sansum1
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1 October 2010
11:5773262Time to be able to read, thats interesting
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Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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1 October 2010
12:0173264Its good to make time Keith. Relaxation time is important for all of us to function efficiently and for our good health, that relaxation time can be reading, tv, movies, eating out - anything that you want, a mix is good.... Thats what I get. My reading is usually an hour a day before sleep.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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1 October 2010
12:1673270Barryw
I get a lot relaxation in lots of different ways.
thanks for the advice though
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Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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1 October 2010
19:1573330Edgar Rice Burroughs - remind me what he wrote, my mother was a great fan of these books.
I read a lot of Azimov, love sci-fi. "Seeds of Time' etc.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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1 October 2010
19:2973331whilst perusing the new fiction in our library today i alighted on a book from someone that rejoiced under the name of bill vidal.
seemed rather interesting so i took a shufti at the blurb on the said quill pusher.
he was born in argentina, educated here in perfidious albion and has resided and worked in seemingly every country under the sun.
now the interesting bit, he has settled down with his wife and twin children here in east kent. surelyb the literati amongst us such as posh barry and fuhrer paul have entertained him at one of their frequent dinner parties?
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1 October 2010
19:4073339Not one I know Howard. Try David Donachie who lives in Deal and writes successful 1800's naval fiction.
Watty
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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1 October 2010
19:5473348paul
i thought your association with the bloomsbury set would have have given you the "in" on what the intelligensia are up to?
suppose i will have to wait for gordon cowan to give his appraisal.
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1 October 2010
19:5973350Don't think they would have been my cultural or social taste Howard. More your age group than mine.
Watty
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1 October 2010
21:2773362Edgar Rice Burroughs was most famous for Tarzan Kath.
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2 October 2010
10:1473381Oh of course, Tarzan!
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2 October 2010
15:5673408Recently read the biography of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Fascinating life, starting out with serving in the infamous Seventh Cavalry and started writing at 40 to pass the time while hoping for his latest business venture to take off. Had so much time on his hand he kept arguing with the rejection letters until the magazine gave in and published the Princess of Mars. Then came Tarzan, with another long exchange of letters to convince All-Story magazine to publish, and the rest is history.
Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.
Richard Armour
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2 October 2010
19:0073425I remember now, was the Princess of Mars type of book mother liked, not Tarzan !
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2 October 2010
22:5073464There is talk of a new film based on that book, which would have to be better than a recent TV pilot done of it and shown on SyFy as a film. There is also a new comic book 'expansion' (whatever that means) of it coming out from Dynamite Comics. As nerdy as that may sound the same company has also recently done some very interesting re-imaginings of The Lone Ranger, Buck Rogers, The Man With No Name (Clint Eastwoods spaghetti western character) and The Green Hornet. They will also be doing a new Flash Gordon soon.
Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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5 October 2010
15:1873832thought i would resurrect this one, just got halfway through a book by a chap called tony black, he writes thrillers set in the port area of edinburgh.
his use of language particularly rhyming slang has me in stitches.
an example of his humour was when he was describing this rather elegant lady that turned out to be "as common as muck" when she opened her mouth.
he described her as proving the point that "you can polish a turd".
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6 October 2010
08:4073902Although mainly I read military history from WW2, I must admit to borrowing the complete set of Harry Potter books from a younger relative. Just finished the fourth one yesterday.
Matt Bristow- Location: Whitfield, Dover
6 October 2010
14:3373921@Barry absolutely along with Morcock reading anything by Morcock now and then realising when it was written just goes to show how visionary and influential his writings actually were
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6 October 2010
16:2873934Moorcock, indeed. I remember reading a lot of his while a teenager.
Jan Higgins
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6 October 2010
17:1173939You are not alone Ken, I love the Harry Potter stories. I have read all the books and have the DVDs, great escapism.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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10 November 2010
00:1279401have to bring this up again, was in our esteemed library and spotted a new one from john le carre!!
well nearly new 2006, i thought he had snuffed it years ago.
does anyone remember those classic programmes on the box?
tinker taylor, soldier spy, smileys people?
absolute classics that made us all think.
i will await paul the fuhrer to comment i think he is a felllow fan.
