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  1. Vinnie BBQ Justice is lost Justice is raped Justice is gone.

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    Raymond E. Feist. Best fantasy writer ever imo.

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    Vinnie BBQ, Nov 2, 2016
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  2. Callum McGregor The Captain Gold Member

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    Irvine Welsh. But I mostly read non-fiction.
     
    Callum McGregor, Nov 3, 2016
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  3. Dembele the next messi

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    Dan brown.
     
    Dembele, Nov 3, 2016
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  4. trip2themoon Concomitant Allez-Vous?

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    Arthur C Clarke and Irvine Welsh.

    Minty have you read the Begbie book: Blade Artist? It's not too bad but reading it I just can't see it as Frank Begbie. His sections in * and Trainspotting he's a hot-headed, easily angered, woman beating thug ("she kens wit am like so she shouldnae wind me up") but after a few years in jail he's like super intelligent now. Worth a read if you've not read it yet, I stuck it on my Kindle from a Pirate Bay download.
     
    trip2themoon, Nov 3, 2016
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  5. Callum McGregor The Captain Gold Member

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    No, I haven't read it yet but I'll add it to my list. Currently reading a book about Bletchley Park code breakers at the moment.
     
    Callum McGregor, Nov 3, 2016
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  6. Markybhoy

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    I'm the same. What kind of non-fiction do you read?
     
    Markybhoy, Nov 3, 2016
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  7. Liam Scales Gold Member Gold Member

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    Terry Pratchett by far for me.
     
    Liam Scales, Nov 3, 2016
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  8. Callum McGregor The Captain Gold Member

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    A mixture. History, biographies, sport, science, philosophy and so on.
     
    Callum McGregor, Nov 3, 2016
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  9. Callum McGregor The Captain Gold Member

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    A mixture. History, biographies, sport, science, philosophy and so on.
     
    Callum McGregor, Nov 3, 2016
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  10. superleigh

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    Bill leckie
     
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  11. Aidan O’Shea

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    I like a bit of George Orwell.
     
    Aidan O’Shea, Nov 3, 2016
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  12. CheGuevara

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    CheGuevara, Nov 3, 2016
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  13. Jax Teller

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    Im a fan of Richard Laymons books.

    Mostly horror, guy mustve been a bit of a deviant as you can see his depravitys shining through in his writing.
     
    Jax Teller, Nov 3, 2016
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  14. This Charming Man

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    Jack London
    Samuel Beckett
    Theodore Dalrymple
    H.P. Lovecraft
    Friedrich Neitzsche
    Carl Jung
    Plato

    * picking one, I could go on in fact.
     
    This Charming Man, Nov 3, 2016
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  15. This Charming Man

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    My book collection is yet to woo any girls, so having an E-Book with hundreds of books on it (many of them free/less pricey) seems like the future.
     
    This Charming Man, Nov 3, 2016
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  16. This Charming Man

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    One thing that often is never associated with Ireland is their sheer amount of talented authors/poets. Per capita I'd say Ireland actually has the best authors in the world, and without population counted they'd still be top 5. Samuel Beckett, James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, W.B. Yeats, Jonathan Swift, Bram Stoker, George Bernard Shaw, etc. That's not even including Irish-Americans like Jack London, William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Edgar Allen Poe, Eugene O'Neill (etc..)

    Oppression churned inwards, when the Irish had nothing they still had their creativity and wonder. Literary Gods.
     
    This Charming Man, Nov 3, 2016
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  17. Aidan O’Shea

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    What a fantastic selection of writers.
     
    Aidan O’Shea, Nov 3, 2016
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  18. Aidan O’Shea

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    Scots were good with a pen, too.
     
    Aidan O’Shea, Nov 3, 2016
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  19. This Charming Man

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    Couldn't lace Ireland's shoes when it comes to literature, mate. England doesn't even come close. Russia, Greece, the U.S. and maybe France are the only ones on their level.
     
    This Charming Man, Nov 3, 2016
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  20. Aidan O’Shea

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    I agree with you. The Russians are personally my favourite writers.
     
    Aidan O’Shea, Nov 3, 2016
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