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Dirty Secrets. Our ASIO files. (2014)

I'm not reading this yet, but am parking this here so that I remember to get this book.
Just ran across Anthony Albanese's speech at the launch. I am reminded why I am right behind him.
 
A friend loaned me the DVDs of The Expanse, which a lot of people here have enjoyed.

It was OK, and i will finish it, but by the 3rd ep. I wanted to read the book.

I think I love this author. The science is within the bounds of the outrageous, as far as I know, and he wrote the line "A man's hole is his castle where values of castle approach dorm room."

I am going to enjoy this.
 
spikepipsqueak said:
A friend loaned me the DVDs of The Expanse, which a lot of people here have enjoyed.

It was OK, and i will finish it, but by the 3rd ep. I wanted to read the book.

I think I love this author. The science is within the bounds of the outrageous, as far as I know, and he wrote the line "A man's hole is his castle where values of castle approach dorm room."

I am going to enjoy this.
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James S A Corey is an excellent author, and I really enjoyed The Expanse (which I read before it was adapted for TV).

This is him:

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No, not the guy on the left.

No, not the guy on the right, either.


He is actually two authors who use that nom-de-plume when writing as a team.

So both those guys are him, but neither one is.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_S._A._Corey

 
I'm coming towards the end of Adrian Tchaikovsky's Pretenders to the Throne of God, the final book (I think?) in his Tyrant Philosophers book series. Incredible world building and excellent characters.
 
Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green. "The history and persistence of our deadliest infection." Fascinating book.

About 2 billion people are infected with TB (aka consumption), the vast majority being inactive infections, waiting for the opportunity to flare up. It's been around for thousands of years, flipping between "disease of the impoverished" to "disease of the artistic" to even influencing the definition of female beauty that's lasted to today, and then back to a third world problem, where the main obstacles to control are, as usual, drug cost and infrastructure. Favorite quote: "Victor Hugo was told that he could have been a great writer if only he'd gotten consumption."
 
I've just started Regime Change by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan. The subtitle is: "Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump." In interviews. Haberman and Swan refuse to give their sources, whether digital or human, but it's clearly meticulously researched. So for those who want to relive the political details of the previous two years in America, have at it.
 
bilby said:
James S A Corey is an excellent author, and I really enjoyed The Expanse (which I read before it was adapted for TV).
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That's a pretty good trick as five of the nine books weren't written until after the show started. ;)
 
I feel as if I've missed my aim but still won a prize.

What I've been reading is not closely related to what I saw in 3 eps of the series but a book of short stories I am very glad not to have missed.

Memory's Legion. The complete Expanse story collection.

What are the books that the series is based on called?
 
spikepipsqueak said:
I feel as if I've missed my aim but still won a prize.

What I've been reading is not closely related to what I saw in 3 eps of the series but a book of short stories I am very glad not to have missed.

Memory's Legion. The complete Expanse story collection.

What are the books that the series is based on called?
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The first book is Leviathan Wakes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Expanse_(novel_series)

Memory's Legion is a compilation of the short stories that provide extra background for some of the key characters; I was today years old when I found out they had been published as a bundle.
 
spikepipsqueak said:
I feel as if I've missed my aim but still won a prize.

What I've been reading is not closely related to what I saw in 3 eps of the series but a book of short stories I am very glad not to have missed.

Memory's Legion. The complete Expanse story collection.

What are the books that the series is based on called?
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The last episode of each season is named after a book.

When you say 3 episodes do you mean the first 3 episodes or 3 just out of sequence? Also, the first season of the show suffers the same issue a lot of sci-fi/fantasy shows do - they've got to do a lot of world building whereas books can do an exposition dump.
 
Finished Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman. It is the companion to Stalingrad (post 1,273). It continues the chronicle of the battle of Stalingrad through the surrender of the Germans. It is a bit more philosophical than the previous volume. Grossman draws strong parallels between life under the Nazis and life under the Communists - the fanaticism of some, the cynicism of others, the constant fear of being informed on, the strength of the ideologies on the adherents. A long book, but a very good read.
 
Patooka said:
spikepipsqueak said:
I feel as if I've missed my aim but still won a prize.

What I've been reading is not closely related to what I saw in 3 eps of the series but a book of short stories I am very glad not to have missed.

Memory's Legion. The complete Expanse story collection.

What are the books that the series is based on called?
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The last episode of each season is named after a book.

When you say 3 episodes do you mean the first 3 episodes or 3 just out of sequence? Also, the first season of the show suffers the same issue a lot of sci-fi/fantasy shows do - they've got to do a lot of world building whereas books can do an exposition dump.
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What happened was, a friend loaned me The Expanse on DVD. 3 eps in I went "I have to read this in book form." The library had only one book by this "author" and I loved it. Short stories, good ones, which seem to be peripheral to the main story arc.

Turns out the library doesn't have Leviathan Wakes, I'll have to haunt the second hand book stores.
 
spikepipsqueak said:
Patooka said:
spikepipsqueak said:
I feel as if I've missed my aim but still won a prize.

What I've been reading is not closely related to what I saw in 3 eps of the series but a book of short stories I am very glad not to have missed.

Memory's Legion. The complete Expanse story collection.

What are the books that the series is based on called?
Click to expand...
The last episode of each season is named after a book.

When you say 3 episodes do you mean the first 3 episodes or 3 just out of sequence? Also, the first season of the show suffers the same issue a lot of sci-fi/fantasy shows do - they've got to do a lot of world building whereas books can do an exposition dump.
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What happened was, a friend loaned me The Expanse on DVD. 3 eps in I went "I have to read this in book form." The library had only one book by this "author" and I loved it. Short stories, good ones, which seem to be peripheral to the main story arc.

Turns out the library doesn't have Leviathan Wakes, I'll have to haunt the second hand book stores.
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There are other sails to sail.
Netflix used to be able to play it in Aus. Same as FOXTEL
 
Fair enough. I'm just passionate about the book/show because I told a bunch of 20-somethings to watch it.
Where I work, I mean. I don't yell at trains if that's what you think..
But I remember how my Dad felt when he told my mates about Star Trek. I just want to do that as well.
The second is never as good as the first.
 
Patooka said:
Fair enough. I'm just passionate about the book/show because I told a bunch of 20-somethings to watch it.
Where I work, I mean. I don't yell at trains if that's what you think..
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: D

I know how you feel, I've just given the 6 Foundation books to the woman who loaned me The Expanse.

It feels like you're expanding someone's horizons.

I've given up having expectations, though. I loaned someone my copy of Children of Time and she didn't like it. I'm trying hard not to think less of her.
 
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