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boards.ie cybercrime / computer books (fiction)  
13:56 19-Aug-08   [Replies: 0, Views: 12]    By: LoLth
I'm looking for some novels that involve believable cybercrime / hacking. What I've read in the past: Cryptonomicon (of course!) . excellent book Blue Nowhere: jeffrey deaver, actually v...
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boards.ie Irish Mythology and Legend  
13:46 18-Aug-08   [Replies: 0, Views: 21]    By: Unnamed
Can anyone recommend a concise book of Irish Myths and Legends? Not necessarily a childish illustrative book but something more thorough. ...
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boards.ie Best book by Paul Auster?  
02:31 16-Aug-08   [Replies: 15, Views: 191]    By: síofra
Recently picked up his "Brooklyn Follies" by chance and progressed to "Timbuktu" and "Oracle Night", but what would you consider his best? I've heard Mr Vertigo is gr...
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boards.ie john healy  
00:28 14-Aug-08   [Replies: 2, Views: 48]    By: Unnamed
hi, anyone know where i can get a copy of "nineteen acres" by john healy? out of print but might be able to get it second hand.... ...
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boards.ie Malazan: Reading Order?  
08:05 13-Aug-08   [Replies: 1, Views: 56]    By: Fr Clint Power
I recently started reading Steven Erikson's Malazan books, I am really enjoying them. Just wondering what the best reading order is? I assume it makes most sense to read Erikson's series in order,...
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boards.ie Good Authors who write Novels in a Series.  
00:10 13-Aug-08   [Replies: 12, Views: 220]    By: pookie82
I'm short on good books to read at the moment - seem to have exhausted all of my favourite authors (Jodi Picoult used to be a firm favourite but her latest are just churned out repetitive junk - b...
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boards.ie Frank O Connor - where to start?  
21:28 12-Aug-08   [Replies: 0, Views: 34]    By: Unnamed
I keep hearing great things about the guy, so where should I begin with his works? ...
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boards.ie Please help me to remember the name of this series!...  
22:10 11-Aug-08   [Replies: 5, Views: 144]    By: Unnamed
Hi all and thank you for reading!, I read a series of fantasy novels many years ago and although I loved them as much as I love many of my favourite series I tend to read a lot...a LOT! and in b...
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boards.ie RECOMMENDED SCI-FI BOOKS  
02:11 10-Aug-08   [Replies: 21, Views: 396]    By: síofra
I've recently taken an interest in sci-fi as a genre and would love to know of some classic books in this category. Thanks!!! ...
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boards.ie Best description of a town/city/other setting  
19:57 7-Aug-08   [Replies: 1, Views: 58]    By: gaf1983
I like it when you get a really good sense of the place where a novel is set, when it is so good that it would make you want to visit, or avoid, the place in question. Came across this in Robe...
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boards.ie The Dice Man  
14:49 6-Aug-08   [Replies: 15, Views: 320]    By: Unnamed
I presume there are a good few people on here who have read this briliant book!!! What did ye think of it? I thought it was excellent and compelling stuff What I really want to know is ---...
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boards.ie Science Fiction Book Club  
17:46 5-Aug-08   [Replies: 4, Views: 96]    By: Unnamed
It just seems to me that Sci fi/fantasy books are becoming a lot more main stream but most people dont really admit to reading them, whereas someone will be fairly willing to bring up in a random...
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boards.ie Irish Authors  
17:38 5-Aug-08   [Replies: 1, Views: 69]    By: Unnamed
I'm quite interested in reading Irish born / Irish based authors work, And i was looking around recently at all the Irish authors around and was amazed at the sheer amount of them who live / wo...
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boards.ie Suicide in Literature  
12:19 5-Aug-08   [Replies: 21, Views: 452]    By: Memnoch
Hey guys, I'm doing research for an article and I'm basically looking for examples of suicide in great works of literature/classic novels/ books by famous authors. I'm looking for books wher...
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boards.ie Speed Reading/ Photoreading  
12:11 5-Aug-08   [Replies: 3, Views: 124]    By: myfatherrsson
Greetings! I am trying to master the basics of at least one of these skills. I am aware there is a fundamental difference between the two that being; speed reading is just that, reading real...
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boards.ie Anyone read 'The Black House' by Stephen King?  
11:39 5-Aug-08   [Replies: 6, Views: 139]    By: ncmc
Has anyone read this book (co-written by Peter Straub). I have read the first couple of chapters and while the story seems interesting enough, the narrative style is very irritating. What I mean i...
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boards.ie female authors  
21:54 4-Aug-08   [Replies: 29, Views: 564]    By: one-angry-dwarf
hi just posted up my reading log, and realised that all the recent books I've read have been my male authors. Anyone recommend any decent books by female authors? ...
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boards.ie Alexander Solzhenitsyn dies at 89  
00:54 4-Aug-08   [Replies: 5, Views: 131]    By: Unnamed
I've only read "A Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich" which I found to be quite an astounding book. I shall kick on and read The Gulag Archipelago in honour of who was a truly important ...
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boards.ie Roddy Doyle  
13:28 3-Aug-08   [Replies: 9, Views: 178]    By: Affable
What is your favourite Roddy Doyle novel? Personally, I like 'The Van' best. ...
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boards.ie Ross O'Carroll-Kelly  
21:17 2-Aug-08   [Replies: 21, Views: 563]    By: Unnamed
What is the general consensus from board members on the Ross O'Carroll-Kelly series of books? ...
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boards.ie Recommend me an Irvine Welsh book  
14:37 2-Aug-08   [Replies: 26, Views: 415]    By: kraggy
Hi. Have read Glue and it's one of my favourites of all time. Thought it was genius. What else would you recommend me to get? Need something to read as I'm half way through The Shadow o...
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boards.ie The Haunting of Hill House  
13:18 31-Jul-08   [Replies: 2, Views: 56]    By: Unnamed
By Shirley Jackson - is it out of print??? I've not been able to find it in the last 8 or so bookshops I've been in. Obviously, if it's OOP I'll need to start looking second-hand. ...
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boards.ie What's this book called?  
22:34 30-Jul-08   [Replies: 4, Views: 127]    By: IanCurtis
I read a book a few years ago in one afternoon, it was that good. For the life of me I don't remember it's title. It's a true story about a guy who, to avoid shame, makes up a story to his frien...
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Holmesian.net Unfactual Facts  
16:51 30-Jul-08   [Replies: 29, Views: 522]    By: Unnamed
Have you ever stumbled upon a site that listed Sherlock Holmes "Facts" and then noticed several listed that were wrong? Which ones drove you up the wall? Which ones made you sit back and won...
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boards.ie Do you prefer  
12:48 30-Jul-08   [Replies: 2, Views: 73]    By: StormWarrior
Reading books that are written in the first or third person, and why? ...
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