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Stanisław Lem, Joanna Kilmartin (Translator), Steve Cox (Translator)

I just finished Solaris and what a departure the movie took from this book! Although I enjoyed the movie (2002), maybe the 1972 version is more in line with the book. 4/5
 
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I’ve just grabbed The Young Team by Graeme Armstrong which is getting a lot of good press in Scotland. It’s written in the same style as Trainspotting, i.e. a mixture of English and street Scots and may be difficult to pick up, but I’m told it’s going to have the same impact as Trainspotting did in popular Scottish culture.
 

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I'm busy reading the critically acclaimed historical tome The Seed is Mine by Charles van Onselen. It is impressive, and at times so well written, but it is a slog! Perhaps it should come with a warning: Not for the faint-hearted! I obviously belong in theThe Seed is Mine.png this category.
 

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Just finished The Puppet Show by MW Craven. An excellent thriller set in the Lake District in England and the first of a new crime series.

 

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Two aliens arrive on earth, the one hunting the other. A powerful force field appears over a small town. Chaos enfolds. I would have enjoyed this more if I was still 16. 2/5
 

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A bit of a cliched premise, but the characters in this book are second to none and make it a fantastic read.
Which one? The Stephen King book? Then I agree, but the tv series is an abomination.
 

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Which one? The Stephen King book? Then I agree, but the tv series is an abomination.

Yes, the book. I purposefully never watched the TV series for that reason, I didn't want to spoil what was a fantastic read.

Same with 11.22.63. I loved the book and the characters so much I avoided the series. Jibbers but I cried my way through the last few pages, I couldn't spoil that.
 

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The Never Game (Colter Shaw, #1)
The Never Game
(Colter Shaw #1)by
Jeffery Deaver (Goodreads Author)
3.95 · Rating details · 7,931 ratings · 990 reviews
From the bestselling and award-winning master of suspense, the first novel in a thrilling new series, introducing Colter Shaw.
"You have been abandoned."
A young woman has gone missing in Silicon Valley and her father has hired Colter Shaw to find her. The son of a survivalist family, Shaw is an expert tracker
 

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Dimension of Miracles (Dimension of Miracles #1) by Robert Sheckley

A man tries to find his way back to his earth. Similar to Douglas Adams' Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy, but written before that book. 3/5
 

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Busy reading this

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Never seen the related TV series though
 
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