bigsinky

I ordered the George RR Martin series after watching the new series of Game of Thrones. All 6 current books ordered yesterday morning. Qualified for free delivery which was 3 - 5 working days. they arrived this morning about 10.30 by Parcelforce. Saturday delivery!!!! Result.

Jamz3k

They probably just didn't want no disident paramilitary action taken out on their headquarters, so decided to get them out asap.

tony de wonderful

On a Kindle it will come at light speed.

bigsinky

not the same tony and believe me i have tried. give me a good book in printed text anytime over a screen. really handy for holidays i suppose but just not my cup of tea.

bigsinky

yes quite right. 2nd batallion B Cpy was most impressed with the service. they will live another day as non combatants

DYK

Same here nothing like holding a book as you read..
Now i usually buy the old man a few books at Christmas and thought about a kindle,but it wouldn't be the same..

tony de wonderful

I was the same as you but have been converted over.

oldsplice

And here! Nothing like a proper book. The smell, the feel......... doesn't matter if you drop it, or spill wine /tea whatever over it, and no-one wants to nick it.

GlesgaKiss

They never disappoint do Amazon!

boxst

Yes ... this.

Well, not quite so keen on the smell. But dropping it, spill things over it etc... is why paper books are still better.

Steve

EddScott

+1

I like having the books on the shelf - makes me feel more intelligent (although 95% of my collection is either Warhammer 40K or comics )

I've got one left of my last round of purchases from The Black Libary and I'll be making a start on Game of Thrones too.

Loving the foul mouthed dwarf (His ***** in the last couple of episodes has actually made a couple of **** fillums! - proper ones too - one of the blonde dragon girls maidens was also in some soft stuff)

GlesgaKiss

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bigsinky

just re read Eisenhorn while I was on holiday last week. might have to re read Ravenor at some stage. i have run out of Horus Heresy books now. Thought Nemisis was brill.

DYK

OH so you still around eh,slipped into the back shelf for a while.I should blow the Dust of your cover

bigsinky

^^^^^^^^ good book and a bottle of red should do the trick

oldsplice

Oooh, I love the smell of a musty old book! And stationery. I LOVE stationery! Does that make me weird?

I'm reading Peter Ackroyd's 'London-the Autobiography' at the moment. It's about 6" thick!

oldsplice

How did you guess BS?


DYK........ I still nip in, but it's not worth posting most of the time. Sick to the back teeth of Muslim threads, etc.

bigsinky

do you like the smell of freshly opened Post-It notes? I do. so no you're not alone.

oldsplice

Pencils. God, I love the smell of a box of pencils.........

bigsinky

do you prefer lead in your pencils or not


sorry a bit rude................i couldn't resist

oldsplice

If I answered that, I'd be accused of being smutty!

DYK

Fair enough

I'll leave you to your book and pencils then.

Jamz3k

I hear after opening said parcel, there was a show of strength!

The Zohan

I've never had the batteries run out on any book or cracked/damaged the screen mind

oldsplice

Ah, yes.......a couple more points I neglected to mention!

EddScott

First Heretic is really good - best one for a while. Prospero Burns was OK but I see why lots of people hate it.

Reading Firedrake at the moment (2nd in Salamander Trilogy) and it doesn't read as well as the first.

bigsinky

Emperor damn you Edd. another £20 at Amazon.

The First Heretic, The Age of Darkness, Salmander and Firedrake