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  1. Jeeper Mar 30, 2020

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    In our current situation, who is Mother Abagail & who is Randall Flagg???

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  2. ERBM Mar 30, 2020

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    Funnily enough I read some of them when I was a kid, having seen the films first, but really enjoyed them, they added that bit more detail and nuance to the stories. I may have to revisit them to get my bond fix with the new film now postponed until November.
     
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  3. Chi_spur Mar 30, 2020

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    +1 for ‘The Stand’. First read it in October last year so was fresh in my mind when all this started developing.

    On a similar theme, one I read years ago was ‘Blindness’ by Jose Saramago and remember that being pretty powerful.
     
  4. RI Omega Fan Mar 30, 2020

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    That’s just too real, man... Couldn’t handle it right now.
     
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  5. wbfondren Mar 30, 2020

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    It’s fantastic!! Such a great job especially from a one man effort.
     
  6. GarethS Apr 9, 2020

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    Bought the box set about a month before lockdown - just finishing Goldfinger...

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  7. pete91m Apr 9, 2020

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    Enjoyed both of these.

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    Also -
    Shoe Dog (Phil Knight)
    Red Notice (Bill Browder)
    The Spy and the Traitor (Ben Macintyre)
     
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  8. lindo Apr 9, 2020

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    If you like historical stuff and enjoyed the movie 'Master and Commander', I can totally recommend the source series written by Patrick O'Brian. He was an absolute master of description of maritime adventure, and what seem to be extraordinary events of naval warfare at the time of the Napoleonic Wars were inspired by real accounts written by the men who took part.

    The first in the book series is 'Master and Commander' but you will find it is different to the movie, which actually combined the stories of two later books in the series, of which there are no less than twenty novels. If that sounds daunting, it's not. It is more like a treasure chest that you can dip into over a long time. The two main characters introduced in the first book become as real to you as close friends, warts and all.

    It is best to read them in the order they were written. I initially started reading them in paperbacks, but then found an edition of the whole twenty in five hardback volumes, which turned out cheaper in total than buying individual softcovers. Over the last twenty years I have read the whole series twice, and enjoyed them just as much the second time around. If I last another twenty they will certainly get read again.
     
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  9. rob#1 Apr 9, 2020

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    ‘The Road’ by Cormac McCarthy will make you look at hoarding in a different light :whistling:
     
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  10. Sidreilley Apr 9, 2020

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    “West With the Night “ by Beryl Markham. A tale of adventure in colonial Kenya by the first woman to solo the Atlantic east to west.
     
  11. Yellowjacket Apr 9, 2020

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    Totally agree! These are great books
     
  12. pdxleaf ... Jan 9, 2022

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    Got this for Christmas. Well written by an astronaut, weaves in lots of historical facts with fiction. I have learned about aspects of the space race that I didn't know existed. The book may prompt you to do more research into what history, which it did for me.

    Haven't finished it yet but far enough along for a recommendation.

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  13. Larry S Color Commentator for the Hyperbole. Jan 9, 2022

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    Really well written, fairly balanced, disturbing and compelling…
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  14. ApolloXVII Jan 10, 2022

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    I recommend Throne of glass series by Sarah J Maas..
     
  15. TimeODanaos Jan 10, 2022

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    Long term admirer of this - a sort of re-telling of twentieth century history. Cerebral, but fun. Great narrative, characters, dialogue, ideas.
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  16. dsio Ash @ ΩF Staff Member Jan 10, 2022

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    I never read due to adhd, but I discovered audiobooks a couple of years back and just finished “Dark waters” the NR-1 submarine story which I found to be fascinating as I love the whole Cold War submarine history
     
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