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Machine Vendetta by Alistair Reynolds.

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I was a little disappointed with Elysium Rising. It wasn't bad, i enjoyed it, but i thought it was a little dull so i hope this is better.

War Bodies by Alistair Reynolds.

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I haven't read much of Neal's work recently. I'm not sure why as i really love his work. I will address that this year. Great cover art by Steve Stone.
 
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Bit of a book haul...found a load of Dean Koontz...just got the one today cos my bag was full from a previous charity shop visit.
I bought the Great Detective Stories for one book, Fuzz by Ed Mcbain. Just not been able to find it
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AE35Unit said:
Bit of a book haul...found a load of Dean Koontz...just got the one today cos my bag was full from a previous charity shop visit.
I bought the Great Detective Stories for one book, Fuzz by Ed Mcbain. Just not been able to find it
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About Great Detective Stories, I assume you know Chandler and Sayers, but Creasy isn't as well-known now as when I was a kid. He published a lot, and from all I've heard the quality was variable. One thing, though, if you like McBain, you might was to check out Creasy's Gideon books, a series of police procedurals, among the earliest such series, which he usually published as by J. J. Marric. I don't remember anything about them except enjoying one or two, and I doubt they had the flavor of McBain, but thought I'd mention it in case you didn't already know.

If anyone remembers a late '60, early '70s syndicated TV show, The Baron, that was based on another series by Creasy.
 
The 1960's TV series based on Creasey's books, Gideon's Way, is being shown at the moment on the excellent Talking Pictures TV, Freeview 82.
 
Randy M. said:
About Great Detective Stories, I assume you know Chandler and Sayers, but Creasy isn't as well-known now as when I was a kid. He published a lot, and from all I've heard the quality was variable. One thing, though, if you like McBain, you might was to check out Creasy's Gideon books, a series of police procedurals, among the earliest such series, which he usually published as by J. J. Marric. I don't remember anything about them except enjoying one or two, and I doubt they had the flavor of McBain, but thought I'd mention it in case you didn't already know.

If anyone remembers a late '60, early '70s syndicated TV show, The Baron, that was based on another series by Creasy.
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I was only interested in the McBain, though I might give the others a read. Crime fiction isnt really my bag, yet I love McBain
 
Giles is named after Tolkien’s redbeard farmer. I’m fond of the book and wanted a reddish ginger tabby tomcat I could name after the farmer. The little guy (as he then was) checked all the boxes, and needed a home too. Here he is in the shed where he lived with his ma and siblings.
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Pyan said:
I see you have acquired a small but fierce demon to guard your books. Is your other feline named after a certain Watcher, maybe?
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Oh -- I should have said, Aino is a Finnish name for a woman -- Sibelius's wife was named Aino, and their residence was called Ainola, roughly "place of Aino." Our kitten Aino just looked to me like some creature you might glimpse looking around a tree trunk in some Northern forest. Her official name is Jenny -- that's what the vet record has.
 
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