All booked up

[White Knight]

Just starting "The Icewind Dale Trilogy", by R.A. Salvatore.

 

[White Knight]

The Day Wall Street Exploded: A Story Of America In Its First Age Of Terror, written by Beverly Gage.

 

[teddy]

Brighton Rock by Graeham Greene A classic piece

teddy

 

[teddy]

Just about to start Michael Caine's biog. Should be a good read.

teddy

 

[White Knight]

@teddy, He is one of my favorite actors, and he seems like a decent guy in real life. Please let me know should you discover otherwise after reading his biography.

 

[teddy]

Will do Steve, although as it is an auto biog I doubt it. have you seen HARRY BROWN, which I believe is his last film. Some really beautifull acting in it not to mention some of the direction and photography. Worth a watch

teddy

 

[White Knight]

@Teddy, No, I haven't but as long as I can order it from Netflix, I'll have a go at it. Thanks. Enjoy your book! I still rember him with much fondness in the movie The Man Who Would Be King {based on a Rudyard Kipling story} in which he played poor Peachie Carnahan. Along with Sean Connery, Michael Caine has always been one of my favorite actors.

 

[teddy]

Yes, an enjoyable film Steve. And then of course there was THE ITALIAN JOB................

teddy

 

[White Knight]

Another great movie indeed, Teddy!

 

[GoneBaroque]

If I remember correctly his first film was Zulu, another great one. I believe he is now Sir Michael.

 

[teddy]

I believe he made one before called Gambit. His first hit I think was THE IPCRESS FILE a brilliant book by Len Deighton. These were the days of John Steed and The Avengers so they decided to make it jokey and in my opinion completely ruined a good story. They did the same with Modesty Blaise, another series of books I enjoyed. Caine was actually tried for the part of the Welsh corporal in Zulu, and got the shared lead by the skin of his teeth.

teddy

 

[Corno Dolce]

Rereading "The Bronze Horseman" by Aleksandr Pushkin.

 

[methodistgirl]

I'm looking for a book on how to make plush toys.
judy tooley

 

[teddy]

Finished Michael Caines FROM THE ELEPHANT TO HOLLYWOOD. Lot of name dropping but if you like the actor you will enjoyed it. Entertaining informative and amuseing

teddy

 

[White Knight]

Just began reading yesterday, by Philip K. Dick: Five Novels of the 1960s and 70s:
Martian Timeslip
Dr. Bloodmoney
Now Wait for Last Year
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
A Scanner Darkly

 

[teddy]

Have you read DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP, which they adapted as BLADE RUNNER?

teddy

 

[White Knight]

Have you read DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP, which they adapted as BLADE RUNNER?

teddy

No, Teddy, I haven't, so perhaps that will be next, as I am really "getting into" this guy's writing. The only other work by him which I had previously read was The Man In The HIgh Castle, and it left me completely confused. But I did see the movie Blade Runner quite a few times, and was very impressed with its storyline and imagery.

 

[teddy]

CASTAWAY by Lucy Irvine A couple deliberately maroon themselves on a desert island for a year. I believe her male "husband" also wrote an account of their time there but I have not been able to trace it

teddy

 

[White Knight]

Philip K.Dick--Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?
Peter Hart--The Somme: The Darkest Hour On The Westen Front

 

[Contratrombone64]

@ teddy - interesting (I found this which you might like to read http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/lucy-irvine-hell-is-other-people-898978.html)