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Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (245) • United Kingdom 10 Nov

Me and my best friend and confidante went down to Birmingham yesterday. Usually I drive, but BFAC has got it into her head that she doesn't like driving long distances anymore - I mean, it's only a couple of hours drive,...

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Victor Frankenstein Cheers Shavkat.

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Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (245) • United Kingdom 10 Nov

Me and my best friend and confidante went down to Birmingham yesterday. Usually I drive, but BFAC has got it into her head that she doesn't like driving long distances anymore - I mean, it's only a couple of hours drive,...

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Victor Frankenstein Yes, I'll probably do that again. I'm not sure how the ticket price compares to the total cost of petrol plus parking, but it's certainly more relaxing.

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Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (245) • United Kingdom 8 Nov

I've just finished reading this science fiction novel by an author who I've been getting in to lately. I don't see vintage science fiction books in charity shops very often, but I was lucky enough to find this one in an Oxfam...

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Victor Frankenstein Thanks for commenting.

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Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (245) • United Kingdom 8 Nov

I've just finished reading this science fiction novel by an author who I've been getting in to lately. I don't see vintage science fiction books in charity shops very often, but I was lucky enough to find this one in an Oxfam...

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Victor Frankenstein Cheers Ymeko. I too had to look up what a kinkajou is!

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Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (245) • United Kingdom 15 Sep

The news has just come through that shots were fired at a golf club where Donald Trump was playing golf. According to the BBC, agents saw someone pointing a rifle at the golf course and fired on the suspect, who then dropped the...

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Victor Frankenstein From what's come out so far, it seems that the suspect has serious, long-standing mental health issues.

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Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (245) • United Kingdom 15 Sep

The news has just come through that shots were fired at a golf club where Donald Trump was playing golf. According to the BBC, agents saw someone pointing a rifle at the golf course and fired on the suspect, who then dropped the...

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Victor Frankenstein Yes, it's usually best not to jump to conclusions.

17 Sep

Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (245) • United Kingdom 15 Sep

The news has just come through that shots were fired at a golf club where Donald Trump was playing golf. According to the BBC, agents saw someone pointing a rifle at the golf course and fired on the suspect, who then dropped the...

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Victor Frankenstein Wouldn't surprise me!

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Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (245) • United Kingdom 15 Sep

AE Van Vogt was one of those authors who most science fiction fans have at least heard of, but I haven't read much of his work, except for his famous "Weapon Shop" stories many years ago. I sometimes buy job lots of vintage books...

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Victor Frankenstein Thanks for commenting.

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Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (245) • United Kingdom 14 Aug

I don't normally read book series one right after the other, but I had the first three books in this series and after I'd finished the first, I decided to carry on and read the next two. This is a series of period detective...

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Victor Frankenstein Thanks for your kind words.

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Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (245) • United Kingdom 26 Aug

I've just finished reading a pretty good alien invasion/post-apocalyptic novel. "The Furies" was the first novel by Keith Roberts, a British writer who wen on to have a pretty good reputation. I think this is the first of his...

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Victor Frankenstein Thanks for your kind words. They did a lot of above ground testing in the 50s, but that had been brought to an end by a test ban treaty by the time this book was written. Thank heavens that treaty is still in force!

15 Sep

Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (245) • United Kingdom 26 Jul

He's been trying to wriggle out of it since Biden stepped down, but now Donald Trump has officially admitted that he won't face Kamala Harris in the televised debate that was scheduled for September. I'm not aware of any other...

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Victor Frankenstein If I was Trump's campaign manager, I'd definitely keep him on the golf course as much as possible!

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Always smiling @allknowing (138320) • India 20 Jun

I am asking this because ever since I got addicted to the Internet I hardly read from any book I was a voracious reader once upon a time and spent hours over them. I even watched movies based on the books I read. What is your...

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Victor Frankenstein @allknowing I disagree. I like eating and I like reading, and I have no problem combining those activities. But we're all different.

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NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (120384) • United States 24 Jul

At least that is what he said a few years ago before being elected and eventually selected as Trump's vice president candidate. Yup. JD Vance said that women like Kamala Harris, AOC, and even Pete Buttigieg (not a woman) were...

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Victor Frankenstein @NJChicaa Just because someone went to a fancy school doesn't necessarily mean they've got any brains to speak of. Money and connections can also get you into a good uni. Look at Charles Mountbatten-Windsor. He got degreed up at Cambridge, but no-one...

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Always smiling @allknowing (138320) • India 20 Jun

I am asking this because ever since I got addicted to the Internet I hardly read from any book I was a voracious reader once upon a time and spent hours over them. I even watched movies based on the books I read. What is your...

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Victor Frankenstein @allknowing Why?

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josefina @josie_ (10032) • Philippines 1 Jul

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Donald Trump cannot be prosecuted for actions that were within his constitutional powers as president. They gave Trump a free pass (presidential immunity) to evade prosecution from his pending...

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Victor Frankenstein @josie_ True, that is the way we use that phrase in Britain, but it's the best description I could come up with for the American system as it now works. Poor choice of words really, as any US president who uses this newly-created immunity to get away with...

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John nyambegera @thebos (5960) • Kisumu, Kenya 16 May

Hello friends It is a chilly night here, and my dinner is almost ready. As we were preparing our dinner a question ran across my mind, when did I hold a book to read? To my surprise, I could not even remember because most of...

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Victor Frankenstein @thebos Mostly science fiction, but I'm also reading the Saint series in order, and I sometimes read biographies (mostly of astronauts or entrepreneurs). Books of finance and personal development from time to time, the occasional bit of history. Bits and...

27 May

Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (245) • United Kingdom 5 May

I've been reading the adventures of Leslie Charteris' famous adventure character Simon Templar, aka “The Saint” in order of book publication. It's been a while since the last one, because I save money by buying books in job lots...

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Victor Frankenstein Yes, the TV series with Roger Moore was one of many adaptations. The character has turned up in movies, TV, radio, comics, you name it. The Roger Moore series is the one that people tend to remember best.

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Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (245) • United Kingdom 10 Apr

I've seen advertising for a new movie that's coming out soon - "Civil War", set in a nightmarish near future America. I've been thinking of seeing it. Has anyone else seen it yet, and if so do you think it's worth the price of a...

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Victor Frankenstein I hadn't heard of "Leave Behind the World" before. It looks interesting. I might watch it the next time I take out a Netflix subscription. Thanks for comenting.

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Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (245) • United Kingdom 10 Apr

I've seen advertising for a new movie that's coming out soon - "Civil War", set in a nightmarish near future America. I've been thinking of seeing it. Has anyone else seen it yet, and if so do you think it's worth the price of a...

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Victor Frankenstein Sometimes a bit too interesting. ;-) Thanks for commenting.

11 Apr

Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (245) • United Kingdom 17 Feb

Anyone reads a fair amount of science fiction has at least heard of Robert Heinlein, one of the top SF authors of the 20th Century. This is a quick review of "If This Goes On-", his first published novel-lenghth story. It was...

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Victor Frankenstein Yes, there's always been a scary element of religious fanaticism in American culture, going right back to colonial times. I think it's the current political crisis that gave me the idea of re-reading it, but hopefully it won't turn out to be prophetic!

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