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Forum: Games and Tabs 08-04-17
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The Inevitable by Kevin Kelly ...

The Inevitable by Kevin Kelly

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Wired guru and wonderful oddbod Kelly is in his element here, prognosticating the future via a cascade of...
Forum: Games and Tabs 03-25-16
Replies: 2,527
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That could almost be the title of The Sparrow...

That could almost be the title of The Sparrow (http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=980142#post980142), although that book has some great characterisation. Might be more up...
Forum: Games and Tabs 08-17-15
Replies: 2,527
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It's one of those great finds that's an accessible pleasure to read but also interesting and informative to boot.

I didn't go into its flaws too much, because she acknowledges them herself...
Forum: Games and Tabs 08-17-15
Replies: 2,527
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Self-Made Man by Norah Vincent

As a 6ft-tall tomboy lesbian, Norah Vincent had some assets in her favour when she...
Forum: Games and Tabs 03-20-15
Replies: 2,527
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Posted By Golgot
It doesn't work for you that the thing they're...

It doesn't work for you that the thing they're romanticising is pushing themselves to the limit and being 'beat'? I agree it's all a bit teen-drama-meets-machismo, but some of the benzo-bravado...
Forum: Games and Tabs 01-12-15
Replies: 2,527
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Posted By Golgot
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Heaven on Earth - A Journey Through Shari'a Law - by Sadakat Kadri

Never afraid to mock hilarious and hateful expressions...
Forum: Games and Tabs 10-23-13
Replies: 2,527
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Posted By Golgot
Review bomb time! :D --- ...

Review bomb time! :D

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The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

As a paleoanthropologist Russell is perfectly placed to construct an alien world,...
Forum: Games and Tabs 06-14-13
Replies: 2,527
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Posted By Golgot
Review dump time :) --- ...

Review dump time :)

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The Junior Officers' Reading Club by Patrick Hennessey

It's always awkward when an author isn't...
Forum: Games and Tabs 09-13-12
Replies: 2,527
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Posted By Golgot
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Ah cool. Yeah I get the idea of chasing the other / stuff you're weak at. I always regret that I shied away from the deeper end of maths (on the angsty-teen grounds that I thought it'd chase out the...
Forum: Games and Tabs 09-12-12
Replies: 2,527
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Posted By Golgot
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Woo, good stuff. My mates just keep aspiring to write the Wire and failing horribly. (And I just keep laughing at them for it - not sure this is productive ;))

He gets an almost ideal review...
Forum: Games and Tabs 07-29-12
Replies: 2,527
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Posted By Golgot
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Crimeny, it's almost like you're paid to read ;)

(I'm still slothing my way through one book - the diaries of Mr Pepys. Bit boggy to start but proving far from a slog :))
Forum: Games and Tabs 06-01-12
Replies: 2,527
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Posted By Golgot
'As an encore he proved black was white and got...

'As an encore he proved black was white and got run over on a zebra crossing'. (Agreed on the story being weak, but it reads better when you realise it came from episodic radio plays - where even he...
Forum: Games and Tabs 05-20-12
Replies: 2,527
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Posted By Golgot
Been hitting up some of the lines recos. And lo,...

Been hitting up some of the lines recos. And lo, they have been good :)

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The King of Trees by Ah Cheng

An interesting take on the...
Forum: Games and Tabs 03-10-12
Replies: 2,527
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Posted By Golgot
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Sleights of Mind by Stephen Macknik & Susana Martinez-Conde

This book directs your attention not just to the ingenuity behind...
Forum: Games and Tabs 03-02-12
Replies: 2,527
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Posted By Golgot
Interesting fella :) Lots of playful &...

Interesting fella :)

Lots of playful & pragmatic thoughts in the interview. I particularly liked it when he mixed both...



Reckon I shall be checking some of his stuff out :)
Forum: Games and Tabs 02-09-12
Replies: 2,527
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Posted By Golgot
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Bangkok 8 by John Burdett

A pacey Thai-based 'noir' that sure ain't literature, but ticks all those 'head in a box' boxes. You know what to...
Forum: Games and Tabs 01-23-12
Replies: 2,527
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Posted By Golgot
Masters of Mystery: The Strange Friendship of...

Masters of Mystery: The Strange Friendship of Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini

The linking theme here is a bit overwrought, as these novelty biographies often are, but luckily the protagonists...
Forum: Games and Tabs 12-23-11
Replies: 2,527
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Posted By Golgot
Yeah me too :D Great quote. (Shame the...

Yeah me too :D

Great quote. (Shame the article is behind a firewall - boo). I'm sure the flick will be an adventure in structure & reality. And away with the fairies too ;)

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Forum: Games and Tabs 12-22-11
Replies: 2,527
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Posted By Golgot
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Okayyyy. That def sounds very Greenaway :D

I've often wondered what kinda director Shakespeare might have made if he/they/it lived in modern times. He was no stranger to patronage, but would he...
Forum: Games and Tabs 12-22-11
Replies: 2,527
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Posted By Golgot
:D Aha, so it is that one. (The Greenaway...

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Aha, so it is that one. (The Greenaway version, not some future Simon Pegg one ;)). I've been meaning to get to that for an age :)
Forum: Games and Tabs 12-22-11
Replies: 2,527
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Posted By Golgot
Which film is that lines? Prospero's Mooks? ...

Which film is that lines?

Prospero's Mooks?

(Soz, trying for suitably ZomCom title. I'm a disgrace to my lyrical forbearers ;))
Forum: Games and Tabs 12-04-11
Replies: 2,527
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Posted By Golgot
The Corner by David Simon & Ed Burns Sudden...

The Corner by David Simon & Ed Burns

Sudden death and prolonged tragedy are familiar partners throughout this 'narrative journalism' immersion in the drug corners of Baltimore. Dodging the bullets...
Forum: Games and Tabs 09-20-11
Replies: 2,527
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Posted By Golgot
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The Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Diaz [Ed JM Cohen]

These remembrances of an ageing soldier trace the first real missionary plunges...
Forum: Games and Tabs 06-13-11
Replies: 2,527
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Posted By Golgot
Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman A collection...

Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman

A collection of anecdotes from the eccentric New Yorker physicist, collated by his bongo drumming buddy. Lots of historical colour comes through thanks to the...
Forum: Games and Tabs 01-05-11
Replies: 2,527
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Posted By Golgot
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Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada

Based around the real WW2 story of two 'amatuer' Berlin...

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