UncertainSloth: What did you think of No one gets out alive?

Audiobooks in Italics

1. An American Tragedy - Theodore Dreiser
2. The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale - Joseph Conrad
3. Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Titan's Curse - Rick Riordan
4. Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces - Radley Balko
5. A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
6. To Have and Have Not - Ernest Hemingway
7. Rasputin and the Jews - Delin Colon
8. James and the Giant Peach - Roald Dahl
9. What is Free Trade? - Frederic Bastiat
10. Darkness at Noon - Arthur Koestler
11. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator - Roald Dahl
12. Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
13. The New Libertarianism: Anarcho-Capitalism - J. Michael Oliver
14. We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver
15. The Sweet Hereafter - Russell Banks
16. Man-Eater: The Life and Legend of an American Cannibal - Harold Schecter
17. The Rainbow - D. H. Lawrence
18. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations - Adam Smith
19. An Outline of Occult Science - Rudolf Steiner (this is the biggest collection of woo I've ever seen in one place)
20. The Mad Sculptor: The Maniac, the Model, and the Murder that Shook the Nation - Harold Schecter
21. Mistakes of Moses - Robert Green Ingersoll
22. The Rise and Fall of Nixon: A Scandalous Legacy - Calvin Murphy

VazScep wrote:UncertainSloth: What did you think of No one gets out alive?

are you asking as someone who's read it or someone thinking of doing so?...

UncertainSloth wrote:

VazScep wrote:UncertainSloth: What did you think of No one gets out alive?

are you asking as someone who's read it or someone thinking of doing so?...

Thinking of reading it. I'd love to read some good horror fiction, and it came up on several lists I was checking out.

tbh, it was good but not his best....it's very dark and grim and fairly incessant in that...

a good one of his is the ritual or, if you like an mr james vibe, banquet for the damned, his debut one....

fallible finds him a bit clumsy, which i can understand, but he has good ideas...

if you're looking for some good horror recs, though, we can certainly put a list of ideas together for you...one of our favourite genres....

Actually, that'd be awesome. Then I can come back after reading a few and maybe calibrate for my preferences.

We'll have a think over the weekend and see what we can come up with.

1. Assassin's Apprentice --- Robin Hobb
2. That's Not How You Wash a Squirrel -- David Thorne
3. The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch --- Philip K Dick
4. TechGnosis: Myth, Magic, and Mysticism in the Age of Information --- Erik Davis
5. Ubik --- Philip K Dick
6. Altered Carbon --- Richard K. Morgan
7. Broken Angels --- Richard K. Morgan
8. Futuristic guns and fancy suits --- David Wong
9. Consider Phlebas --- Iain M Banks
10. Singularity Sky --- Charles Stross
11. Dungeon Hacks --- David L Craddock
12. The Unnoticables --- Robert Brockway
13. Europe: In or Out --- David Charter
14. The Penultimate Truth --- Philip K Dick
15. The Big Short --- Michael Lewis
16. Ravenspur: Rise of the Tudors (Wars of the Roses Book 4) --- Conn Iggulden.
17. The Three Body Problem --- Cixin Liu

1. Donnie Brasco - Joseph D. Pistone
2. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich - William L. Shirer
3. The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester
4. Arthur and George - Julian Barnes
5. The Willow Wand - Derek Birley
6. The Gathering Storm - Winston Churchill
7. The Safeguard of the Sea - N.A.M Rodgers
8. The Rediscovery of Man - Cordwainer Smith
9. Wool - Hugh Howey
10. The Testament of Gideon Mack - James Robertson
11. Ammonite - Nicola Griffith
12. The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest - Stieg Larsson
13. Beware of the Dog - Brian Moore
14. Off Road Running - Sarah Rowell
15. We Need To Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver
16. Running High - Hugh Symonds
17. Dark Benediction - Walter Miller
18. Mountaincraft and Leadership - Eric Langmuir

1. The History of England vol1 Foundation - Peter Ackroyd
2. Dead Man's Ransom - Ellis Peters
3. The Nine Tailors - Dorothy L. Sayers. Thanks for the recommendation Evolving I really enjoyed it.
4. The Stranger - Albert Camus
5. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams.Read this several times in the past and it just seemed a bit flat this time.
6. Assassins Apprentice - Robin Hobbs
7. Royal Assassin - Robin Hobbs
8. The Racketeer - John Grisham Reread
9. Ghostwritten - David Mitchell
10. Children of Dust - Ali Eteraz
11. Childhood's End - Arthur C. Clarke
12. Slabscape:Reset - S. Spencer Baker
13. Slabscape:Dammit - S. Spencer Baker
14. Spies of Warsaw - Alan Furst
15. Istanbul Passage - Joseph Kanon
16. Back on Murder - J. Mark Bertrand
17. A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
18. The Power of the Dog - Don Winslow
19. The Cartel - Don Winslow
20. Savages - Don Winslow
21. The Winter of Frankie Machine - Don Winslow

1. The History of England vol1 Foundation - Peter Ackroyd
2. Dead Man's Ransom - Ellis Peters
3. The Nine Tailors - Dorothy L. Sayers. Thanks for the recommendation Evolving I really enjoyed it.
4. The Stranger - Albert Camus
5. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams.Read this several times in the past and it just seemed a bit flat this time.
6. Assassins Apprentice - Robin Hobbs
7. Royal Assassin - Robin Hobbs
8. The Racketeer - John Grisham Reread
9. Ghostwritten - David Mitchell
10. Children of Dust - Ali Eteraz
11. Childhood's End - Arthur C. Clarke
12. Slabscape:Reset - S. Spencer Baker
13. Slabscape:Dammit - S. Spencer Baker
14. Spies of Warsaw - Alan Furst
15. Istanbul Passage - Joseph Kanon
16. Back on Murder - J. Mark Bertrand
17. A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
18. The Power of the Dog - Don Winslow
19. The Cartel - Don Winslow
20. Savages - Don Winslow
21. The Winter of Frankie Machine - Don Winslow
22. The Slaughter Man - Tony Parsons

Audiobooks in Italics

1. An American Tragedy - Theodore Dreiser
2. The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale - Joseph Conrad
3. Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Titan's Curse - Rick Riordan
4. Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces - Radley Balko
5. A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
6. To Have and Have Not - Ernest Hemingway
7. Rasputin and the Jews - Delin Colon
8. James and the Giant Peach - Roald Dahl
9. What is Free Trade? - Frederic Bastiat
10. Darkness at Noon - Arthur Koestler
11. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator - Roald Dahl
12. Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
13. The New Libertarianism: Anarcho-Capitalism - J. Michael Oliver
14. We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver
15. The Sweet Hereafter - Russell Banks
16. Man-Eater: The Life and Legend of an American Cannibal - Harold Schecter
17. The Rainbow - D. H. Lawrence
18. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations - Adam Smith
19. An Outline of Occult Science - Rudolf Steiner (this is the biggest collection of woo I've ever seen in one place)
20. The Mad Sculptor: The Maniac, the Model, and the Murder that Shook the Nation - Harold Schecter
21. Mistakes of Moses - Robert Green Ingersoll
22. The Rise and Fall of Nixon: A Scandalous Legacy - Calvin Murphy
23. Tender is the Night - F. Scott Fitzgerald

Fallible wrote:We'll have a think over the weekend and see what we can come up with.

Did you guys post this anywhere? I'd love to see your list too!

We haven't no, life has taken over a bit this week - the Destroyer of Worlds has been at home sick, and US has had an OFSTED inspection. I've got a proficiency test on Saturday, but hopefully we'll still get around to it, especially now we know that a couple of people would be interested.

1. Assassin's Apprentice --- Robin Hobb
2. That's Not How You Wash a Squirrel -- David Thorne
3. The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch --- Philip K Dick
4. TechGnosis: Myth, Magic, and Mysticism in the Age of Information --- Erik Davis
5. Ubik --- Philip K Dick
6. Altered Carbon --- Richard K. Morgan
7. Broken Angels --- Richard K. Morgan
8. Futuristic guns and fancy suits --- David Wong
9. Consider Phlebas --- Iain M Banks
10. Singularity Sky --- Charles Stross
11. Dungeon Hacks --- David L Craddock
12. The Unnoticables --- Robert Brockway
13. Europe: In or Out --- David Charter
14. The Penultimate Truth --- Philip K Dick
15. The Big Short --- Michael Lewis
16. Ravenspur: Rise of the Tudors (Wars of the Roses Book 4) --- Conn Iggulden.
17. The Three Body Problem --- Cixin Liu
18. The Dark Forest --- Cixin Liu

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really enjoyed this - little bit neil gaiman, little bit clive barker and a sprinkling of other stuff...the fallible creature picked it for me, she knows what i like....

1. The History of England vol1 Foundation - Peter Ackroyd
2. Dead Man's Ransom - Ellis Peters
3. The Nine Tailors - Dorothy L. Sayers. Thanks for the recommendation Evolving I really enjoyed it.
4. The Stranger - Albert Camus
5. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams.Read this several times in the past and it just seemed a bit flat this time.
6. Assassins Apprentice - Robin Hobbs
7. Royal Assassin - Robin Hobbs
8. The Racketeer - John Grisham Reread
9. Ghostwritten - David Mitchell
10. Children of Dust - Ali Eteraz
11. Childhood's End - Arthur C. Clarke
12. Slabscape:Reset - S. Spencer Baker
13. Slabscape:Dammit - S. Spencer Baker
14. Spies of Warsaw - Alan Furst
15. Istanbul Passage - Joseph Kanon
16. Back on Murder - J. Mark Bertrand
17. A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
18. The Power of the Dog - Don Winslow
19. The Cartel - Don Winslow
20. Savages - Don Winslow
21. The Winter of Frankie Machine - Don Winslow
22. The Slaughter Man - Tony Parsons
23. Arrival - Ryk Brown

1. Open Secrets - Alice Munro
2. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - J. K. Rowling
3. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes - Edith Hamilton
4. Ancient Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction - Julia Annas
5. Film and Female Consciousness: Irigaray, Cinema and Thinking Women - Lucy Bolton
6. The Unicorn - Iris Murdoch

given up listing them as itd fill a page by the time i reach 25... i just prefer seeing covers rather than titles, which tell me nothing...

anyway...

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and havent forgotten the horror list, rl has been a pita recently....