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    I have read the Soldiers Son trilogy, I enjoyed it alot but found some parts hard to follow. I have been meaning to read more Robin Hobb novels.

    I have been re-reading Joe Abercrombie novels, he is my favourite author by far. Anyone who jumped on the George RR Martin bandwagon, read Abercrombie. Martin was an influence of his but he writes in a more succinct style and I can't get enough of his work. Start with his first trilogy, the First Law, as characters will pop up in later novels.

    Guilty pleasure reading, apart from comics, has been Brian Keene horror novels. I find his style so easy to read and fly through his books in a couple of days. He has a talent for making me feel squeemish and writeslikable characters you want to survive....though most of his stuff has a grim ending.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BigTransformerTrev View Post
    Would you recommend Moby Dick for someone who does not have very much time to read?
    Actually yeah. Many of the chapters are pretty small and the language can be pretty hard going sometimes. It took me ages to read it, as I was only reading a couple of pages a day most of the time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tetsuwan Convoy View Post
    Actually yeah. Many of the chapters are pretty small and the language can be pretty hard going sometimes. It took me ages to read it, as I was only reading a couple of pages a day most of the time.
    In my younger days when I read Bram Stoker's Dracula I had the same problem. Good story, hard reading. Took me about 3 months to read. And it's not a long book.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tetsuwan Convoy View Post
    Actually yeah. Many of the chapters are pretty small and the language can be pretty hard going sometimes. It took me ages to read it, as I was only reading a couple of pages a day most of the time.
    Cool - if I ever get through my current backlog of books I'll definitely give it a go - thanks mate

    Quote Originally Posted by Trent View Post
    In my younger days when I read Bram Stoker's Dracula I had the same problem. Good story, hard reading. Took me about 3 months to read. And it's not a long book.
    I knocked it off pretty quick, but doing drama and philosophy at uni for three years meant I was reading a LOT of old texts so I found myself pretty familiar with the language from days of yore.

    So it helped me understand writing from yesteryear - did those degree's help me find a job? Hells no!

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    I just finished reading for the 4th time "The Regulators" by Richard Bachman (Spoiler alert... Stephen Kings alias ) It's a sci-fi horror cross with plenty of pace to keep me wanting to turn the pages every time I read it.
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    I am currently reading Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline and after page 100 it then heats up and becomes gripping.

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    Anyone recommend a good post apocalyptic single story or series?
    Think Mad Max, Fallout, Metro, The Road, Book of Eli, so on and so forth.

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    Quote Originally Posted by shockNwave View Post
    I am currently reading Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline and after page 100 it then heats up and becomes gripping.
    When did this come out? Are we going to get a sequel movie now

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