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  1. SmellyStuff MP Chung

    Well, Montgomery was pretty jelly that Patton and the Americans were getting all the attention and recognition for their rapid gains further south and wanted some attention. And the Allied command wanted to utilise the airborne divisions they'd assembled before the war ended because you know...it'd be a waste if they didn't... :rolleyes:

    The fact that the pre-D-Day airborne landings took months to plan despite being on a scale about 10% the size of Market Garden which was planned in a week says it all really. Landing your airborne troops 5-8 miles away from Arnhem bridge and expecting to maintain the element of surprise. :hughesy:
     
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    SmellyStuff, Dec 1, 2014
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  2. Sultan Pepper HG Emm

    Getting back into the Koran tomorrow and going to try and read it all by next week. From the 70 odd pages I've read so far the idea of a 'religion of peace' really doesn't have a leg to stand on. I actually quoted this gem on someone calling it a religion of 'peace and love' today:

    ....In fact to says it's a 'religion of peace and love' is an out and out lie to what I've read. It's a religion of subservience and fear. There's a fair degree of intolerance in there too, at the beginning of the Koran it states that the Koran is 'the infallible word of god' then goes on to have such passages as 'when you meet the unbelievers strike off their heads and, when you have wreaked widespread slaughter among them, bind your captives tightly' (book of Muhammad). How you reconcile that with peace and love ill never know
     
    Sultan Pepper, Jan 12, 2015
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  3. Julian BJ Taylor

    I'm reding Junk by Burroughs atm. Not as brilliant as his spliced works but still enjoyable and ridiculously ahead of it's time.
     
    Julian, Jan 12, 2015
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  4. HeathDavisSpeed HT Davis

    Been reading some Peter Carey lately. The Booker prize winning Ned Kelly book was pretty solid, and I could see some common literary themes between that book and Eleanor Catton's The Luminaries

    Currently reading Illywhacker. Pretty good yarn so far, but hard to see where it's going.
     
    HeathDavisSpeed, Jan 12, 2015
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  5. hedger OX Gbagbo

    Got given loads of Murakami books over the holiday. Will keep me going a while.
     
    hedger, Jan 12, 2015
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  6. BoyBlunder BOY Blunder

    BoyBlunder, Jan 12, 2015
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  7. hedger OX Gbagbo

    A great author for mine - even if his books are, for the most part, extremely similar to one another.
     
    hedger, Jan 12, 2015
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  8. Toolman TR Man

    Just read Currency Wars, would recommend.
     
    Toolman, Jan 14, 2015
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  9. Roaddogg AJ Izett

    Have been about 100 pages into the first wheel of time book for the last couple of years. Should really get the rest of it. Just can never really be bothered
     
    Roaddogg, Jan 14, 2015
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  10. hedger OX Gbagbo

    I wouldn't bother. It's not a bad series, but nothing ever really happens, and it just goes on and on forever, with much of the time spent with the characters travelling around aimlessly, and talking about how they will never understand women.
     
    hedger, Jan 14, 2015
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  11. GIMH GIMH Martyn

    Sounds like real life
     
    GIMH, Jan 15, 2015
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  12. hedger OX Gbagbo

    Ironically it's more boring than real life.

    Nah, I kid, there are some really good bits, but they inevitably come at the beginning and end of each volume, meaning you have to trudge through about 700 pages of dirge to get to them.

    Also, it's amusing how literally all of the female characters are the same (angry, aggressive, think they know better than everyone, but are actually stupid), but it doesn't make for a very good read. Apparently the author based every female character on his wife, for some stupid reason.
     
    hedger, Jan 15, 2015
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  13. Toolman TR Man

    That is how all girls are though.
     
    Toolman, Jan 15, 2015
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  14. Sultan Pepper HG Emm

    Should I read George Orwells books?
     
    Sultan Pepper, Jan 18, 2015
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  15. MrPrez CM Dyer

    I have never read Animal Farm but I've heard it highly recommended from everyone who has mentioned it.
     
    MrPrez, Jan 18, 2015
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  16. hedger OX Gbagbo

    His books are very thought-provoking, but I have never actually enjoyed one, despite feeling enriched for having read them.
     
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    hedger, Jan 19, 2015
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  17. SmellyStuff MP Chung

    Not a huge fan of Animal Farm but 1984 is one of my favourite books of all time. Down and Out in Paris and London is worth a read too.
     
    SmellyStuff, Jan 19, 2015
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  18. Roaddogg AJ Izett

    Only have read 1984 and i thought it was pretty good

    Need to read animal farm at some point
     
    Roaddogg, Jan 19, 2015
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  19. Sultan Pepper HG Emm

    About halfway through animal farm and am enjoying. I've got all his books in one big super book so will give Burmese days a crack next
     
    Sultan Pepper, Jan 19, 2015
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  20. Toolman TR Man

    Maybe I was too young when I read it.. but I swear 1984 was kinda.. boring? Namely the first half of the book.
     
    Toolman, Jan 19, 2015
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