"The Spy who came in from the Cold" is always worth reading, it's much shorter than his later books..was le Carre's "The Little Drummer Girl" which was excellet.
but is one of the all time classics of cold war spy novels.
"The Spy who came in from the Cold" is always worth reading, it's much shorter than his later books..was le Carre's "The Little Drummer Girl" which was excellet.
Definitely agree with that. Have you seen the movie with Richard Burton? It's very faithful to the book.STEVE G wrote:"The Spy who came in from the Cold" is always worth reading, it's much shorter than his later books..was le Carre's "The Little Drummer Girl" which was excellet.
but is one of the all time classics of cold war spy novels.
lomuamart wrote:I'm not usually a great lover of sci-fi but I've just finished "The Martian" by Andy Weir and enjoyed it immensely.
It's billed as a cross between Apollo 13 and Castaway which would be about right and centres on a manned mission to Mars (not the first) that goes horribly wrong on the surface during a violent dust storm. One crew member is hit by an radio antenna and is blown away with his space suit punctured. As the landing craft is in danger of toppling over due to the storm, the other crew members make the difficult decision to call off the search for him and evacuate as they believe he's dead.
Of course he isn't.
Then, in log/diary form, follows the next year and a half or so of the stranded spaceman trying to survive with limited resources and no contact with earth.
The author is some kind of scientist in his own right but read up on loads of related fields such as botany, how to produce water and oxygen etc etc and the science of a lot of the story is meant to be viable. Must admit that some of it went over the top of my head but it wasn't so technical that I was ever lost as to the general thread of what was being attempted.
The book is also dead funny in places and is sure to get you chuckling in places.
All-in-all a good read. Maybe they'll make a film out of it?
Recently finished my first Harry Hole/Jo Nesbo book - The Devil's Star - on your recommendation.dundrillin wrote:I have recently read most of the novels by Jo Nesbo, he is from Norway. Superb plots and many diversions. The hero is a flawed detective called Harry Hole. He often mentions Thailand in the books,i wonder if anyone has met the author in Hau Hin? Be careful if you do though as most people who meet H'H' end up dead or damaged!
I'm not sure a piece of fiction, as good as it might be, would ever influence me on my thoughts about the Kennedy assassination!dundrillin wrote:If you read them you will doubt that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone assassin! Now there's a big topic for discussion - for my part I have always been suspicious of Jack Ruby's motives.