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  1. Haven't read that one myself, something else for me to acquire!

  2. I've only just started to be honest. Didn't even finish Preludes before I decided I had to buy this stuff!

    I'm also partway through 1602, which is getting a bit weird for me as I'm not a Superhero person, but we'll see :)

  3. Oh, wonderful stuff, I shall have to keep my eyes peeled for it! Any particular favourite volume out of the series? I particularly enjoyed volume 2, but I'm equally fond of the ones which feature Death. I'm reading "Child 44" by Tom Rob Smith at the moment, I can heartily recommend it! I'm a bit of a softy for anything set in a distopian state a la 1984 :)

  4. One of 4 special SM editions. The different collections are again collected but over 4 books, all of which are hardback in beautiful slipcases. Lush.

  5. Just discovered Barry Eisler by chance this weekend whilst raiding my dad's collection. Very rewarding, will definitely continue with the series. Indeed, it was the second Jeffery Deaver novel I've read, alongside "The Blue Nowhere". Top drawer. Thanks for the suggestions everyone, they have been noted!
  6. Preludes and Nocturnes is fantastic, and was for me an excellent introduction to Kazuo Ishiguro. Enlighten me, what is Absolute vol.1?

  7. Hi SM. Just wanted to mention that after picking up Preludes and Nocturnes in the library, I investigated Amazon and got hold of a copy of Absolute V1. Let the journey commence :)

  8. Good suggestions, added them to my master "to buy" list.
  9. Well, I really got started on crime novels when I first read Patricia Cornwell's Scarpetta series. Since then I've kind of been hooked on crime books which go into the nitty gritty forensic aspect of death. However, I also have a penchant for books orientated around the actual killer, hence my thread on hitmen. What attracts me to such books is the fact that I'll probably never (hopefully) have to experience events like those described, and it grounds me I guess into the harsher reality of existence: that as long as there are two people left on the planet, someone is going to want someone dead.
  10. I know I shouldn't really be starting new threads as a newbie, but I was wondering if anyone can suggest some thrillers about hitmen? I've read the Matthew Keller series by Laurence Block, and I own "The Day of the Jackal" by Frederick Forsyth, but apart from that I haven't come across a whole lot. Any suggestions?
  11. 1. 1984 - George Orwell 2. The Man Who Was Thursday - G.K. Chesterton 3. Collected Short Stories - Anton Chekhov
  12. Constantine. I'm just in love with Keanu Reeves
  13. Currently engrossed in Stephen King's The Dome. I kind of like what he's done with it, less spooky gory, more a staunch rebuke of human behaviour under trying circumstances. Or so I think.
  14. The first sci-fi book I read was Devil on my Back by Monica Hughes. Kind of a nice introduction to the Brave New World scenario.
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