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| Posted by Roy on May 6, 2006, 9:11am |
Quote:| Whats he like ? I think with Moorcock( and yer man Terry) possibly Moore is one of engerlands most underrated treasures. Note he took his name off the V movie but no damage done . Whats he like , looks radio rental but I love his cheek ~ league of extraordinary was so inventive but well cultured ( who'd have thought of resurrecting SHE). Boys Own but subversive and reverential. 82 for V I'm told but don't remember it. |
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Translating this for the benefit of the sober, what is being said I think is that writer Alan Moore is good. But looks a bit mad (don't know what you mean:
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| Posted by hanksblues on May 6, 2006, 9:58am |
f---in awesome pic
scary stuff
ray |
| Posted by moonwatcher on May 6, 2006, 6:30pm |
What books am I reading at the moment? Well a fair mix actually.
Starting off with my mainstay and bedtime reading is Steele, currently #36 ‘The Hellraisers’. Interesting that this is the last of the old style Masero covers on my NEL collection. From now on the familiar disc containing the title etc. will be replaced by the more stylised letters across the top. Next in line is the third and last Steele/Edge story ‘Double Action’ – looking forward to that.
Also reading at the moment, off and on, are retired american shuttle astronaut Story Musgrave’s autobiography. Met him a few years ago – some guy. His autographed book is a prized possession. On a similar vein I’ve started astronaut Neil Armstrong’s biography, but haven’t really got into that yet. UK TV programme ‘Time Team’ have brought out a book on the history of Britain called ‘What Happened When’ and this absorbs me when the mood takes me.
Recently finished Dan Brown’s ‘Angels and Demons’ and ‘Da Vinci’. Thought the former was the best. His first one ‘Digital Fortress’ was thought provoking.
Terry Pratchett amused me for years but I haven't read any of his stuff for a while.
Always dipping into Rikky Fulton’s wee book ‘Last Call’ the Rev I.M. Jolly always makes me smile.
My bookshelves are a fair assortment of stuff. Main one is taken up with my collection of spaceflight books. I’ve probably got one of the largest collections in Scotland, some very rare and dating back to the early days of spaceflight. They’re a mix of historical, astronomical, rocketry, biographical and space science. Many of the biographies, and the photographs on the wall are autographed – Aldrin, Scott, Glenn, Carpenter, Schirra, Collins, Worden, Cooper, Musgrave, Yeager, Shepard, Lovell, Kranz, Cernan, Young, Duke. Even got old uk astronomer Patrick Moore in there!
Family history is another hobby of mine and there are a fair collection books in that vein in a small bookcase. In amongst this lot are a number of books on the Forth Rail Bridge – my great grandad built that bridge, not on his own you understand – my great, great uncle gave him a hand. Tough job, tough men.
On the fiction side, various editions of Clarke’s 2001. Likewise, JRR Tolkien’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ of which the main collection from year’s ago, along with a load of memorabilia, is in two boxes in the attic.
Sorry, guess you guys have either logged off or nodded off by this time. Back to Steele #36.
Bob. |
| Posted by The Guinness Kid on May 6, 2006, 7:22pm |
Hi Bob
Perhaps you can clear up something that has puzzled me for years now. When Thunderbirds originally came out my ma said something to the effect that all the members of International Rescue were named after astronauts in the early US space programme. I then got the idea, for some reason, that they were on a space flight or test flight that had gone wrong. With your interest in this subject I wondered if you could enlighten me. I would ask ma but she shuffled off several years ago but she was definately the intelligent one in our family so she could have been right. |
| Posted by moonwatcher on May 7, 2006, 6:39am |
Yep your mum was right Kid! Sit back and let me tell you the strory. When Gerry Anderson created the Thunderbirds concept in the 60s he decided the scene had to be set in America because that was where the space programme was 'taking off' and the rocket and space technology was. [He could have chosen Russia but that wouldn't really have gone down well at that time - being the height of the cold war!] Anyway, when it came to finding names for his characters he turned to the real life American heroes of the day - 'The Original Seven' Mercury astronauts. They were considered the new 'cowboys' of their day and the nations hopes lay with them in pulling America from the political mess and apathy it was in at that time. These guys sat in a tin can atop IBM missiles that had something like a 1 in 5 chance of exploding under them and similar odds in returning safely if it didn't! Their names were;
Alan B Shepard. Mercury/Redstone 3 (Freedom 7)
Virgil (Gus) Grissom. Mercury/Redstone 4 (Liberty Bell 7)
John Glenn. Mercury/Atlas 6 (Friendship 7)
Scott Carpenter. Mercury/Atlas 7 (Aurora 7)
Walter (Wally) Schirra. Mercury/Atlas 8 (Sigma 7)
Gordon (Gordo) Cooper. Mercury/Atlas 9 (Faith 7)
The seventh astronaut: Donald (Deke) Slayton was grounded with a heart murmur and didn't get to fly until the end of the Apollo era.
These guys names are virtually forgotten now.
However, their names as translated into the Thunderbirds characters are;
Scott Tracy - Thunderbird 1
Virgil Tracy - Thunderbird 2
Alan Tracy - Thunderbird 3
Gordon Tracy - Thunderbird 4
John Tracy - Thunderbird 5
Gus Grissom died in the Apollo 1 fire of 1967. This is probably the source of the story you heard that they had died in a test flight. Apollo 1 was to be the first manned launch of the Apollo (moon) spacecraft. Gus Grissom, Ed White and Rodger Chafee died on the pad, trapped inside the capsule when it caught fire during a simulated test.
Hope this clarifies the situation.
Bob.
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| Posted by The Guinness Kid on May 7, 2006, 8:11am |
| Thanks Bob. Another of lifes littlt queries put to bed. |
| Posted by hanksblues on May 9, 2006, 8:44pm |
just finished re-reading -jubal cade 10-after many many years,brilliant stuff as good as the first time round,imho one of the best pc books written,klein a worthy opponent for cade.what was your favourite in the cade series mick t?
ray |
| Posted by hanksblues on May 21, 2006, 7:31pm |
3 chapters into jubal cade 22  jesus i"ll be finished soon )dont ya hate it when you come the end of a series(the end of an era)
ray |
| Posted by hanksblues on Jun 10, 2006, 3:09pm |
just finished reading 2 sergeant books by gordon davis.out of this world the violence is horrific ,but great humour in there as well ,will be watching out for more of these. 
ray |
| Posted by flymo on Jun 17, 2006, 9:16am |
Read that Bravo Two Zero myself, it's a damn good book. I've read all McNabs books and all Chris Ryans. Ian Rankin's Rebus series are pretty good too.  |
| Posted by hanksblues on Jun 17, 2006, 3:11pm |
just got a white apache from the library seems ok so far
ray |
| Posted by hanksblues on Jun 17, 2006, 6:36pm |
hey pretty damn good that white apache.steve  to the rescue buddy ,can you tell me how many are in the series m8 
ray |
| Posted by Glyn on Jun 17, 2006, 7:05pm |
Quote:hey pretty damn good that white apache.steve to the rescue buddy ,can you tell me how many are in the series m8
ray |
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Steve's work again. All i did was search then copy and paste 
WHITE APACHE as by Jake McMasters
Ran from 1993 to 1996. 10 books. |
| Posted by cowboy on Jun 17, 2006, 8:19pm |
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Quote:hey pretty damn good that white apache.steve to the rescue buddy ,can you tell me how many are in the series m8
ray |
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Steve's work again. All i did was search then copy and paste
WHITE APACHE as by Jake McMasters
Ran from 1993 to 1996. 10 books. |
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A good series that like many at that time were stopped before they had gone the full distance. 
Jake McMasters is one of the pen names of David Robbins an American author who writes the Wilderness books as David Thompson and written many of the Trailsman books as Jon Sharpe. 
Brian |
| Posted by hanksblues on Jun 17, 2006, 9:06pm |
thanks for the info on white apache brian &glyn jr
ray
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| Posted by SteveM on Jun 18, 2006, 2:39pm |
What more can I add?
Titles are as follows:
WHITE APACHE as by Jake McMasters
1. Hangman's Knot
2. Warpath
3. Warrior Born
4. Quick Killer
5. Bloodbath
6. Blood Treachery
7. Blood Bounty
8. The Trackers
9. Desert Fury
10. Hanged!
This series is best read in order.
David Robbins is an author that many people who read the PC westerns also enjoy.
If there's interest I'll start a thread about him as I've done for Peter Brandvold. |
| Posted by hanksblues on Jun 18, 2006, 3:00pm |
cheers steve ,i was pleasantly surprised after reading no 1 seen it about here and there thinking it wouldnt be my cup of tea but i thoroughly enjoyed it
ray |
| Posted by hanksblues on Jun 19, 2006, 6:24pm |
got white apache no 8 from the library,might not be in sequence but hey i dont expect jam on it. 
ray |
| Posted by cowboy on Jun 19, 2006, 6:58pm |
Ray, you can get some some of the White Apache in double editions.
Brian
Over to you Steve |
| Posted by SteveM on Jun 19, 2006, 7:16pm |
Try a search on ABE (contact sellers direct, don't buy through ABE, much cheaper that way ) or other book sellers you know. Amazon might turn up a few too.
If you don't mind buying from America check ebay.com. The whole set of 10 was on there last week at a great price. |
| Posted by MickKeetley on Jun 19, 2006, 8:19pm |
| I read Gordon D Shirreffs Southwest Drifter Recently and found that great, also read John Dalmas The Bavarian Gate series for a change from westerns and they were great as well. |
| Posted by SteveM on Jun 19, 2006, 9:26pm |
Quote:| I read Gordon D Shirreffs Southwest Drifter Recently and found that great |
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Shirreffs is an author I collect too |
| Posted by Roy on Jun 25, 2006, 8:23pm |
Quote:| I'll look out Chris Bunch. Every so often you just think every hero needs a shag, ( no offence meant , lady readers) |
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Just read 'The Blade Itself' by Joe Abercrombie - new heroic fantasy writer - fantastic! Not just the same old stuff - can't wait for the next one. |
| Posted by james on Jul 13, 2006, 7:07pm |
Quote:| Hi fellers just wondered what sort of books everyone reads. |
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I have a fairly schizophrenic reading habit, driven partly by the need to research various subjects, partly by study and partly by fun. For example, I just read a couple of GGG titles, but before that I read a book about first-century Christian dynasticism, another about Aktion T4 (Nazi "euthanasia" program) and a novel of WWI. It's hard to know what I'm going to pick up next. |
| Posted by The Guinness Kid on Jul 18, 2006, 7:33pm |
Have now read 8 James Bonds and enjoyed them more than the films.
Some of the titles have no resemblance to the film other than the title and gadgets seem to be artistic licence (note the correct spelling for our American friends) made up by the film directors.
I highly recommend the Fleming novels and will give a personal verdict on the Gardner novels when I finish them. |
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