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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.
 
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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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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