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    Posted: 16 Feb 2013 at 9:58am
A book which combines dark crime novel with thoughtful social commentary.
I love it and I can't wait to read the second volume, 9/10
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I'm in the middle of Thoreau's Walden right now
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I've started to read For Us, The Living by Robert Heinlein.  It's the first book of his I've read.


My novel reading is at a rather slow pace these days.  I only read during part of my lunch break at work, so even relatively short novels have taken time (especially when I'm fatigued and doze off LOL).
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I bought this as a paperback back when it was first released but no longer own it so I am reading a digital version now on my ipad. I do prefer to read actual books rather than digital versions - guess I'm just old fashioned Smile
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^ Studies have shown that reading a physical version of any text makes it easier for our brain to digest and/or memorize. 
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the last book i read was this one for school a few months ago when it was still 2012. when i was finished with it i wanted it to go on longer i didn't want it to end yet.



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Posting images isn't my thing on this forum apparently.


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This is the first sci-fi I have read.
I like it.
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Originally posted by buttsled buttsled wrote:



This is the first sci-fi I have read.
I like it.

I bought this when I bought For Us, The Living.  I might squeeze in Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles before I reach for this.
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Originally posted by buttsled buttsled wrote:



This is the first sci-fi I have read.
I like it.


One of the first sci-fi books I read in about 1972 and it's a classic. Not sure I understood it when I was 13 but have read it again since and got a lot more out of it. This was the beginning of a love of the genre which has sadly waned in recent years.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Tupan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26 Feb 2013 at 11:29am
Very good book bellow. One of the few hard sci-fi books from a modern author:


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...yes, I know...
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I'm currently read Peter F. Hamilton's Night's Dawn trilogy. Finished this one yesterday:



And I've just started the sequel.


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Interesting read for gamers and non-gamers




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Currently reading this one:


Also, I wrote a chapter in this one:

(shameless self-promotion)
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I've read this book like 100 times, it's amazing. I'm a great fan of Lem.
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Final part of the trilogy. Just about to start it. 
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I really should try reading a new book ... but I am enjoying re-reading some of my collection. Just about to start  the 'Book of the New Sun' series by Gene Wolfe.
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Originally posted by adg211288 adg211288 wrote:


Final part of the trilogy. Just about to start it. 

Have never read this trilogy. Let me know what you thought of it when you have completed this one. I liked the Greg Mandel books but believe The Night's Dawn trilogy are more of a 'space opera' in style. I like Iain M. Banks books in that style so is there any comparison?
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Originally posted by bartosso bartosso wrote:

I've read this book like 100 times, it's amazing. I'm a great fan of Lem.


Yeah, fantastic book!Clap
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