What are you reading now?

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Timmeh
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Just finished Elton's "Blind Faith". It turned a corner about mid way through and became compelling. This isn't a novel, it's prophecy.

Unfortunately I don't share the protagonist's optimism. :-/

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Yes it has got a lot better & less silly. Pretty Grim towards the end. I'm on the last disc now.

Also I'm starting Neal Stphenson's Snow Crash

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I am about half way through Strange Wine by Harlan Ellison. After that I dont have a clue what to read Sad

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Just finished Wrath of The Lemming Men by Toby Frost, and a cracking good read it is too - thoroughly recommend all 3 in the series, and I hope Mr. Frost writes more.

I've just started on "Bigger than Hitler, Better than Christ" by The Rik Mayall (that's not a type, that's how it's creditted). Basically a hugely over inflated auto-biography, looks good so far.

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I really enjoyed Snow Crash, Deep you are in for a treat.

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Yeah, great so far. I'm about half way through at the mo & the main plot kicking in has slowed things down a little, but I'm hopeful for an upsurge again pretty soon

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Funny you should mention Snow Crash, it was one of a varied pile I've just passed someone as part of a "here's some other things you might find interesting" - also in that pile were:
Shadows Over Baker Street
Jennifer Government
The Lies of Locke Lamora
The Good Fairies of New York
and possibly something else in an attempt to give a bit of a variety.

Personally, I've just finished reading the updatd Bumper Book of Government Waste for my non-fiction reading, and have just picked up a stack more fiction of various types

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Deep when you finish snow crash you may want to check out Alexander Besher his 1st one was "RIM" (2)"MIR" 3rd was "CHI" and Bruce Bethke's was "HEADCRASH". all in a simular vein.

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Let me know what you think of them, My fav of Besher's is Mir the other two are Ok and Bethke is a fun read sadly nothing since but then I have not looked that hard, how are getting on with snow crash.