Tornado of insanity!!!!!!
The Power of One - Bryce Courtenay
I've recently read this book, more by accident than anything else, and I have to say that I was hooked from the start! It was written like 21 years ago, and has probably been in more than one school's reading list or English setwork, and for good reason!
Stolen from Wiki:
Once I finished the book I realised that it was on the '101 books to read before you die' book list, so I get to tick another one off the list! (Almost like a lifetime progress barOriginally Posted by Wikipedia
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Optical Vortex: A corkscrew of light, with darkness at the center..
Postwhore
where is this book list?
Lazy lazy lazy.
I want references or I'll get upset cos now I gotto Google. My life is busy enough trolling forums ;p
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Yeah it was an awesome read. Bought Tandia after wards but it didn't read quite the same for me. Didn't get to finish it and now its MIA
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Kung-Foo Panda
Postwhore
thx sintax... see vorty was that so hard?
Tornado of insanity!!!!!!
There are two lists here for you to check out..
http://www.wargeeks.org/showthread.p...868#post176868
Happy, chair?
Last edited by Vortex; 20th July 2010 at 08:13 AM.
Optical Vortex: A corkscrew of light, with darkness at the center..
Ze Dsherman
I've actually read a few of the less likely ones.
Hmm, 17 and counting...
It is not the responsibility of a defender to leave the objective unguarded just so his opponent sucks less.
Tornado of insanity!!!!!!
Sorry Rainy - moved the list..
Hmm - I must get that Pillars of the Earth book and try it..
Optical Vortex: A corkscrew of light, with darkness at the center..
Supreme Grandmaster Postwhore
Wait what?!?!?! you have only read this now?!?!?!
I've recently read this book, more by accident than anything else, and I have to say that I was hooked from the start! It was written like 21 years ago, and has probably been in more than one school's reading list or English setwork, and for good reason!
Stolen from Wiki:
Once I finished the book I realised that it was on the '101 books to read before you die' book list, so I get to tick another one off the list! (Almost like a lifetime progress bar
No man its one of my favorite books of all time. you should read Tandia next, also by Bryce Courtenay. Its not as good but it wraps up the story nicely. His writing is brilliant.
Tornado of insanity!!!!!!
Well I'm glad that the story can be finished off - I was getting very close to the end of the book and getting increasingly nervous that it wasn't going to come to any conclusion! Fortunately there is a fairly good end to it, but I still want more!
Optical Vortex: A corkscrew of light, with darkness at the center..
Tank Driver IRL
I've recently decided not to like fiction with some sort of political message or social lesson. Until I'm mature enough to appreciate them. So I put "Cry the beloved country" in the back of the shelf. For example.
I opened this book and got the idea there's some sort of political or social lesson in it. Then I saw the words Anglo-African on the back and I put it down immediately. Your glowing review might get me to reconsider if you can tell me I'm wrong. Otherwise I'll just leave this for when I'm mature enough too.
I got the same feeling when I opened Spud in Exclusive so I skipped that too. That is also on the list. Was I wrong on that one too?
Rainy if you want to make progress on the list I could borrow you an English copy of "Fiela se kind" that I have lying around (long story). It's lost some in translation but it'll allow you to finish the list without learning the language. That also has a political colour, more in English than Afrikaans, but I'd read it already when I decided I wasn't mature enough for political fiction.
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