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Post by RECKY on Oct 18, 2011 8:30:45 GMT 10
if you like navy seals running around shooting al-queda operatives through the frontal lobe...then brad thors new book, foreign influence is for you, starring his recurring hero...scott horvath...if you like matthew reilly then you'll dig brad thors work
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Post by dragon on Oct 19, 2011 21:24:01 GMT 10
if you like navy seals running around shooting al-queda operatives through the frontal lobe...then brad thors new book, foreign influence is for you, starring his recurring hero...scott horvath...if you like matthew reilly then you'll dig brad thors work Just going through Matthew Reilly's Jack West Jr books now, and have read the others. After I finish Five Greatest Warriors I'll look up Brad Thor. Just on Reilly, was reading that one of the US stations is starting work on a TV series for the West trilogy. I hope they don't fuck it up. |
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Post by rogue9 on Oct 20, 2011 14:08:21 GMT 10
I am Jackie Chan - My Life in Action.
I'm quite interested in the Matthew Reilly books you guys are talking about. What's a good one to start with?
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Post by dragon on Oct 20, 2011 15:03:37 GMT 10
I am Jackie Chan - My Life in Action. I'm quite interested in the Matthew Reilly books you guys are talking about. What's a good one to start with? I'd start with Ice Station. This is the start of the series where the main character is a US Marine called Scarecrow. Te ones I'm reading are a series on an Aussie soldier type called Jack West - first book is the 7 Ancient Wonders. Also a good series, more like an Indiana Jones as they try to beat competing forces to these ancient sites and artifacts, going through trap systems like you see in the Indy films. |
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Post by RECKY on Oct 21, 2011 8:54:44 GMT 10
I hope they do the jack West properly...the world needs a new Indiana Jones and jacks the man to be him.....Ice Station is fkn brilliant, hell all Reilly books are, but the Scarecrow ones are special indeed
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Post by dragon on Oct 21, 2011 10:02:29 GMT 10
Ice Station blew my mind when I first read it. Had never read a book that had such lengthy, detailed action sequences.
I read Contest before that, and was a bit 'meh' on that one. It's okay, but you can tell it was his first effort as a writer. Ice Station made me a Reilly fan.
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Post by RECKY on Oct 21, 2011 13:17:03 GMT 10
the best one, I think, is the book called SCARECROW....the story about all the Bounty Hunters, The Black Knight especially is an intriguing character...well suffice it to say, as I read it, i could see it unfolding in my minds eye, always a indicator of a top read.
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Post by johnholmes on Oct 23, 2011 17:24:40 GMT 10
Superman v. Muhammad Ali.
I downloaded this one today and I have been giving it a read over.
As an alien race called the Scrubb demand that Earth's greatest champion battle their world's own greatest fighter. Both Superman and Muhammad Ali step forward of the challenge to determine who is truly Earth's greatest fighter, Superman temporarily loses his powers and faces Ali in the ring.
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Post by MrX on Oct 25, 2011 4:33:58 GMT 10
Muhammad Ali wins then?
Supes without powers is useless.
Batman would kick Supes ass even worse than Ali.
I read Marvel's The Dark X-Men hardcover.
It was pretty grim with Norman Osborn having his own evil X-Men to police mutants. It was OK, but not near as good as the classic Thunderbolts: Faith In Monsters/Caged Angels a few years back written by Warren Ellis & art by Mike Deodato, for a badass villain team, that took the cake.
I've been very lax when it comes to reading my comics.
Trying to fix that soon.
Recently grabbed
Dark X-Men The Beginning 1-3
Justice League 1 [2011] involving a reboot of the entire DC lineup
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Post by johnholmes on Oct 25, 2011 16:25:06 GMT 10
Muhammad Ali wins then? Supes without powers is useless. Batman would kick Supes ass even worse than Ali. Yeah, Muhammad Ali gives Superman a whooping and Knocks him out and then is forced to face the scrubb's warrior beast with a stipulation that Ali must pick the round he wins the fight in or the earth will be destroyed and all humans will become slaves of the scrubb. You then find out it was an elaborate plan by superman, that he couldn't defeat Ali so he teams up with Ali and he gets his powers back to defeat the scrubb. At the end Ali says he knows Superman is Clark Kent. some great 70's nostalgia. |
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Post by lonewolf on Oct 26, 2011 15:58:52 GMT 10
Treasure by Clive Cussler. my fave author and tells a very good story. Dirk Pitt is tracking down the lost treasure of Alexander the Great while saving his father from middle eastern extremists
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Post by RECKY on Oct 27, 2011 13:15:48 GMT 10
Abraham Lincoln - VAMPIRE HUNTER.....title says it all really
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Post by mr kek on Oct 27, 2011 13:46:15 GMT 10
Just started reading, Ruthless: A Memoir, by Jerry Heller.
The white Jewish guy who started Ruthless Records with Eazy-E.
I'm gonna also try an read the new Steve Jobs bio(as Steve would have wanted it done, on an iPad).
I normally read a book at a time, but in this case, I want to read both, and I can't put one infront of the other.
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Post by MrX on Oct 27, 2011 14:06:23 GMT 10
Thanks Recky, love that Steampunk type of thing.
Just grabbed it myself, due of your good taste of media.
Found some spare sick leave time to delve in the comic collection
Read recently
Marvel Comics
Dark X-Men 1-5 Hardcover
Green Goblin/Norman Osborn wants a nice happy PR X-Men Team to represent Mutant kind for the post Skrull Invasion World.
In reality, the team is a bunch of homicidal depressive misfits. Bad things happen as usual.
It’s a good dark oddball humour read, but not an essential purchase at a high price.
Grabbed recently
Hack/Slash: some too cool for hell Indy comic involving a sexy Goth chick taking on various nasty ghoulish types.
This thing is starting to pick up a cult following, so I wanted to see the fuss about it:
Hack/Slash: Halloween Treat
Hack/Slash: Living Corpse Annual
Hack/Slash: Entry Wound
Artwork looks rather solid & characterful, so we'll see.
Marvel Comics
Venom 01. 02, 03, 04 & ongoing issues
There’s a new Venom on the block & he’s on the Government Spec Ops payroll,
gonna be some ass kicking.
I’ve not read any of them, yet.
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Post by rogue9 on Nov 16, 2011 16:18:10 GMT 10
I am Jackie Chan.
The guy has had a pretty interesting life. The book was written just prior to him completing RUSH HOUR so it would be interesting to get his take on America now. Throughout the entire book he didn't have much time for the way yanks make flicks. I wonder if his opinion has changed now he is successful there.
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