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[jlhoots]

Jo Nesbo: The Thirst

[erwbol]

I'm about halfway through China Miéville's October: The Story of the Russian Revolution (Verso).

[paul secor]

Haruki Murakami: The Elephant Vanishes

[Brad]

8 hours ago, ghost of miles said:

Great book, best of the trilogy. 

[BillF]

[ejp626]

A few books on the fantastical side.  I'm reading PKD's The Man in the High Castle.

Then Findley's Not Wanted on the Voyage.

[BillF]

10 hours ago, ejp626 said:

A few books on the fantastical side.  I'm reading PKD's The Man in the High Castle.

 

For alternative history involving a Nazi WW2 victory, I can also recommend Robert Harris' Fatherland and Len Deighton's SS-GB. 

[EKE BBB]

Someone to Watch Over Me: The Life and Music of Ben Webster (Jazz Perspectives) by Frank Büchmann-Moller

[Larry Kart]

6 hours ago, BillF said:

For alternative history involving a Nazi WW2 victory, I can also recommend Robert Harris' Fatherland and Len Deighton's SS-GB. 

Best alternate history novel I know is Ward Moore's "Bring the Jubilee," in which the South wins the Civil War.|

https://www.amazon.com/Bring-Jubilee-Ward-Moore/dp/143447853X

The second link contains spoilers:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bring_the_Jubilee

[kinuta]

A timely reminder.

[John Tapscott]

[T.D.]

[kinuta]

Just finished.

[ejp626]

Enjoyed The Man in the High Castle.  Parts of the plot move at pulp speed.  The ending is sort of evocative, though still a bit anti-climatic.

Not Wanted on the Voyage is also good.  I've just hit the point where Lucifer shows up in disguise to get a spot on the Ark.

I'm also reading the Confessions of St. Augustine, but am very underwhelmed for literary and extra-literary reasons.

[kinuta]

Just finished.

[BillF]

5 hours ago, kinuta said:

Just finished.

[Brad]

I can't say this is the best written book but the War in German East Africa was something I knew nothing about. 

[BillF]

1 hour ago, Brad said:

I can't say this is the best written book but the War in German East Africa was something I knew nothing about. 

This is a readable novel with a similar background:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Ice-Cream_War

[Brad]

Thanks Bill, I will check it out.  Gaudi's bibliography has a couple of books that I may want to check out. 

[kinuta]

Nearly finished.

[alankin]

Coincidentally, I just finished reading Highsmith's "The Talented Mr. Ripley."

[BillF]

3 hours ago, alankin said:

Coincidentally, I just finished reading Highsmith's "The Talented Mr. Ripley."

[kinuta]

Nearly finished.

 For anyone interested, might I propose a subsection entitled What Are You Reading In The Toilet?

My starter for eight is-

At over a thousand pages it will keep me busy for a long time.

[Brad]

Not cover to cover but a story here and there. 

[kinuta]