And a premium for unsigned copies. 
We have a number of signed copies………mostly got from DiscworldCon 2010 when Sir T would sign two books (the family all stood in line, each with two of my cherished hardbacks 
)
And d@mn sure, they ain’t going on eBay!!!
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Oh well done 
@PaperPlane @steviebee – Good to see people reading Arthur Koestler, a hero of mine growing up and – for all sorts of reasons – little read or studied today. Darkness At Noon is his best book, but if you’re enjoying the works you’re sampling, may I recommend The Gladiators, Arrival & Departure, Spanish Testament, The Ghost In The Machine and The Lotus & The Robot?
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Thanks for the recommendations. Will keep an eye out.
steve
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Wilco. The Sleepwalkers has been a rivetting read, beautifully written.
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Apologies for the late response. I was busy reading this first.
It was, er, really good actually. She’s a screen writer from Schitt’s Creek amongst other things and there are multiple great one liners.
I read the Dan Zanes whilst on a cruise and I must admit my expectations were low. Fully expected it to be one of those thirty three and a third things. How wrong can you be. I’m a fan of the superb first Del Feugos album which features the author asa young man but the young man has grown into a terrific author. He achieves what I believe all great music writing should do and makes you want to put the book down and listen to the album. I should perhaps have anticipated this but didn’t. So, back home again it’s going to get several listens, especially as I finally demo a new amp. There are few essential books about Springsteen. This is absolutely one of them./
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Reading an old favourite…
…or two!
I generally am reading 2 to 4 books at any one time. Unless I’m reading Dune or The Lord of the Rings, as these take up all my processing ability…
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Glad you enjoyed it Mike - his biography of Tom Petty is terrific as well.
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I reread the Foundation Trilogy a while ago and was surprised just how dated it was and off the mark in so many areas.
steve
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Finished Europe Central. Now taking a break with a mystery.
Never read anything by her, but I thought I should when I discovered she lives two floors above me.
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This is getting some terrible reviews. Even The Graun didn’t like it. I was curious to see whether it is really that bad. It is!
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One of the best books that came out of that war. A tale of a helicopter pilot who flew over a thousand missions in Vietnam with a great insight and awareness of what the local population was going through.
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Agree re Chickenhawk 
Topical.
But the Observer loved it…
They have to find some way to differentiating themselves from The Groan, I suppose. To the irredeemably middlebrow and bourgeois Graun/Obs hack, everything is “brave”.
Samadder’s cliche-ridden screed is the only positive review I think I’ve read. Interestingly, the Times hated it – and Moran’s one of their star columnists!
This assessment, by the fabulous Kathleen Stock, is spot-on I think:
