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veato
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:17 am
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Location: Nottingham
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Changed my mind about the Blood Line hardback. Picked it up from Tesco for under £9. Will start it today.
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oceanicitl
Official forum cat lady
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:04 am
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Location: London
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Leadbelly by John Silvester ad Andrew Rule
The true store of gang wars in Australia. Was made in to a TV series called Underbelly.
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pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm
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Location: Belfast
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I have some episodes of that on the hard disk to watch  _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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oceanicitl
Official forum cat lady
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:04 am
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Location: London
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Make sure you do, it's ace. I bought the whole series on DVD (yes paid for it haha!). I enjoyed it much more than the Wire. Mind you it's a true story and the characters are very endearing, even the baddies. _________________Still the official cheeky one
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leeds_manc
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:19 pm
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Location: Manchester
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The first season of The Wire is also based on a true story The Wire is by far the best TV programme I have ever watched, and consequently the only ever show that I watched from beginning to end, almost non stop, without for a second getting bored, it was gripping I'll see what Underbelly is like 
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oceanicitl
Official forum cat lady
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I'm nearly at the end of the 4th series now and it hasn't grabbed my attention as I thought it would. Everyone has been raving about it but I'd say it's OK, not brilliant. Maybe it's been over-hyped but I preferred Underbelly *shrugs* _________________Still the official cheeky one
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lacloss
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:48 am
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Location: Marbella Spain
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Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming...
Damn, What a ride!!
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pcernie
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Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm
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Location: Belfast
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Finished The Doomsday Prophecy in work - it's alright, especially if you like books that go at quite a pace, but I would only recommend buying it cheaply or getting it from the library... I don't think I'd really bother with any of Scott Mariani's other books as they seem to be even more implausible as the one I've been reading  I might have to renew that SAS book I got from the library or just take it back altogether - I can't seem to get into the mood for reading it, even though it seems good  , and I've also started The Greatest Sci Fi Movies Never Made by David Hughes _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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cloaked_wolf
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:46 pm
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Can't remember what the proper title is but it's the QI book of ignorance or something.
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Linux_User
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:29 pm
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The Communist Manifesto - Karl Marx and still A Tale of Two Cities.
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Fogmeister
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:35 pm
Posts: 6580
Location: Getting there
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Currently reading Mysetry Man by Bateman.
I like it a lot. I've read all of Douglas Adams' books and I love his humour and Bateman is different but keeps the same style of humour. Not as surreal as DA though.
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tombolt
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:38 am
Posts: 2967
Location: Dorchester, Dorset
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Just finished The Dice Man and started Crash. Not really ideal books when you've got a bit of hangover paranoia.
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Angelic
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:16 pm
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Location: Leeds, UK
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Reading the Orokon series by Tom Arden.
Very gritty, real series which questions quite a lot of things taken for granted in fantasy fiction. I've read it before, this is my 2nd time through.
In much the same vein that Battlestar Galactica and Firefly broke from the mould of conventional sci-fi, Arden makes the whole story more about the relationships between the characters, social and political influences and religion rather than swords, elves and magic.
Thoroughly recommended =)
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pcernie
Legend
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Location: Belfast
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Just got that Apache book and Ross Kemp's Gangs 2 for £6.19 delivered off eBay  _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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rustybucket
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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