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Rob

robhardware@ramblingreaders.org

Joined 1 year, 4 months ago

Book lover living in North West Wales, but originally from Birmingham. Enjoys politics, folklore, history, sci-fi, fantasy, etc.

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Rob's books

To Read (View all 63)

Friedrich Nietzsche: Sammlung (1977)
Όμηρος: The Iliad (1998, Penguin Books)
Fyodor Dostoevsky: The Devils (Paperback, 1987, Penguin Books)

Currently Reading (View all 5)

Ian Irvine: A Shadow on the Glass (View from the Mirror) (Paperback, 2000, Orbit)
Robert Macfarlane: The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot (2013)
Michael Kramer, Brandon Sanderson, Kate Reading: Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection (Paperback, Gollancz)

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J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2005)
Robin Hobb: Assassin's Quest (The Farseer Trilogy) (Paperback, 1998, Voyager)
Kazuo Ishiguro: Never Let Me Go (2006, Vintage Books / Random House)

2024 Reading Goal

41% complete! Rob has read 5 of 12 books.

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reviewed A Fire Upon The Deep by Vernor Vinge (Zones of Thought, #1)

Vernor Vinge: A Fire Upon The Deep (Paperback, 1993, Tor Science Fiction) 5 stars

Thousands of years in the future, humanity is no longer alone in a universe where …

Fantastic sci-fi epic

5 stars

Fantastically deep and original sci-fi epic. Picked this up on a whim and can't recommend it to others enough. The various species are really well developed and the intertwining plots are both incredibly interesting in of themselves. May have taken me some time to get though as it isn't a short book, but enjoyed every moment I was reading.

finished reading From a Mountain in Tibet by Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche

Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche: From a Mountain in Tibet (2020, Penguin Books, Limited) 5 stars

I picked this up when I visited Samye Ling Monastery recently. This is genuine a really fantastic autobiography reflecting on Lama Yeshe's escape from Tibet, his excesses in the West and his eventual reconciliation to Tibetan Buddhism. Really well written and just a fascinating life, and well worth a read whether you've an interest in Buddhism or not.

finished reading The Moth and the Mountain

The Moth and the Mountain 4 stars

The Moth and the Mountain: A True Story of Love, War, and Everest is a …

Really interesting read. Maurice Wilson was a fascinating, complex character and this biography does a good, if imperfect, job of trying to understand him. Worth it for anyone with an interest in adventure, mountain climbing, or simply eccentric Yorkshiremen.