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| Discussion: Chris Ryan >YOU'VE GOT YOUR HAND BACK!!!!!!!!!!! who had it??? c'mon own up... i will find out y'know... >>By bikergirl YOU'VE GOT YOUR HAND BACK!!!!!!!!!!! who had it??? I've still got it and it will cost you mega bucks to get it back, see Mr Ryan's hand-guarding it for me. "Who's the Daddy?" "You are baby" "Who's the Daddy?" "You are Bethie" Sorry shite song, I'll be singing it all day, serves me right.... >>By Bethan Forgot what I was going to post with all that silliness. Have you finished Greed yet bikergirl? Now I've been mean and taken the piss out of this guy relentlessly lately but credit where it's due Greed shoots straight into my top ten at number two (sorry but it will have to be a special book to knock Without Remorse off the top spot). It is absolutely fantastic from beginning to end and the ending, well I didn't see that coming. This will no doubt earn me a few well thrown punches on McNab board (don't worry I can duck and weave with the best of them!!) but while McNab is off the boil, this man's on fire (well from Watchman onwards). Ha ha, how sad a sentence was that?? Favourite bit (won't spoil anything) "Women, reflected Matt. Now there's a regiment that really knows how to fight for one another. Cross one, and you take on the whole damned army" True. Final word - Let's hope it's not too long before he writes more of the same, can't say the same for McNab........ >>By Bethan ho ho ho... 'single-HANDedly' got us onto p.8 didn't notice that yesterday...who has my brain? >>By bikergirl "who has my brain?" The same person that had your hand? >>By Bethan RE GREED: YEP, you took the words right outa my mouth, BETH. RE: Without Remorse - would take some beating... Don't honestly think any of the SAS writers are in that class, yet! >>By buddy Buddy This has been said before. Personally I don't put the SAS writers in the same bracket as Clancy et al (sorry, horrid science habit!), you can't, just like you couldn't compare me with Mendel (okay ignore the fact he's dead, same subject, but even with today's technology he's way ahead of me). Compare McNab and Ryan and the last two fiction books they have published speak volumes. In the beginning I didn't have much time for CR's fiction writing (or non-fiction I must say), I much preferred AM's style. I thought the first four CR books were okay, but I wouldn't bother reading them again. Now? Comparing the last two. In writing terms Ryan wins hands down. There is only so far you can go with first person writing. You end up in a never-ending loop, where one action mirrors what you did in previous books. The originality disappears, we've seen that in DW and we will see it again in his next two. The SOP writing is getting dated and it worries me that if he can't change tack and head into the wind, then he'll disappear into the cloud of okay writers that line the library shelves. Change is essential. It keeps you fresh. That shows in Ryan's writing. It's no longer tired and okay here and there, it's solid, well-thought out twists, with enough action to keep the men happy and enough emotions to keep us women happy. Although how these men don't have RSI with all the bra unsnapping and trouser unzipping they do I don’t know. That's just my opinion, lots of others will disagree, some may agree. I try and judge each book on its own merit, regardless of an author's previous work. Do I succeed? That's for you to tell me. >>By Bethan not sure about my copy of greed...can this really be right?...or do i have a pirate copy *lol* ***** Matt rolled over on his side...he'd had it (uh huh...yeah we know...) Alice's legs were still wrapped around him like a Handy-Bendy-Ghandi...how could he ever escape? Her false fingernails remained embedded in his back...he was p!ssed off about that...trust her to choose a dodgy nail-bar just to save a few quid. He could smell her sweat on his skin...he'd be recommending a deodorant in the morning. 'Next time I see you, you'll be a wich man,' she said with her unfortunate speech impediment. 'Witch man?' She shrugged. 'You...' 'WTF about me?' 'You'll be wolling in it!' She was getting stroppy now. 'I haven't a bloody clue what you're talking about woman. You're at your best when you've got your mouth full and you can't say anything. Believe me.' Alice pouted sulkily at him. Matt decided not to push his luck any further and dressed quickly, lobbing a tin of body spray at her as he left. Unbeknown to Matt, it was a direct hit between the eyes and Alice slumped unconscious to the floor. ***** acknowledgements to my spare hand for typing that for me...he he he that aside...i started it yesterday and finished it today...excellent work mr ryan... apart from enthusiastic use of the thesaurus... p.7 lively...must've been a look-up of perky? and...would assaf really say to sallum... 'you will sneak undetected across the tracks...' p.268 in mine ...that's the sort of thing only b.a.b.e.s would say... >>By bikergirl Following Buddy's lead, here's my panto-esque tribute to the masterful Greed. Who Is The Greed-iest Of Them All? Act I Scene I Matt Browning enters the room, he glances towards Gill who is sitting provocatively on the chair, knowingly beckoning him over. M "Hi honey, I'm home. Do it to me now" G "Oh, Matt, that's the spot" The audience averts their eyes until Matt has finished. They both lie exhausted on the floor, their muscles taut. G "What were you going to say?" M "I have to go away, not for long, I can't function without your good loving." G "Matt you say the nicest things" M "Come here woman" he growls You have to admire the man's powers of recovery. The audience find themselves politely staring at the ceiling yet again. M "I have a man-sized thirst now, I'm off to the boozer" Act I Scene II Matt sits in the Trumpet Player's Lounge, holding his pint and thinking sexual thoughts to himself. Enter Alison, she's tall, blonde and stunning. All the men stare at her, apart from Matt, wishing that they could get a piece of the action. She sees Matt staring into his pint and sidles up to him. A "Hey lady-killer, what are you doing by yourself?" She dips her fingers into his pint and flicks it at him. A "Now then we'll have to get you home and out of those wet clothes before you catch a chill" M "I can't, I'm not in the mood…… Who am I kidding? Let's go love" They sprint out of the pub and back to Matt's place. A typical bachelor pad, posters of Kylie are everywhere. He puts on the CD. "I knew you'd be there tonight….. So I put my best dress on…. Boy I was so right….." A "I don't usually do this." M "Who cares? Strip for me now" The audience sulkily resigns itself to letting him get on with it yet again. Over a post-session fag they chat quietly. M "I'm good aren't I?" A "The best, you are simply the best, better than all the rest" M "Keep going baby…." Act I Scene III Matt and Alison are still alone in bed. M "Alison…." A "Do you mind? I am smoking a fag" M "Sorry babe but seeing you like that, well….." A "Good God man, what are you on? Enough pillow talk you have a job to do for me. I want this golden gun see, it's here in Spain and since you've now taken advantage of me and placed me in this awkward post-coital position you can steal it for me" M "WTF? You seduced me" A "Noooo, you came on to me. Grow up man you owe me" M "Guess I'd better get a team of men together then. I'll pick Cookie, Reidie, Damo and Ivanna" A "Perfect. I knew you'd help. We'll meet at 08.30 hours in the Big Dipper tomorrow. Don't be late" Alison starts to leave, stubbing her fag out into the ashtray and leaping out of bed. M "Um Ali, your clothes…." A "Thanks, yeah, didn't think of that" Act II Scene I The Big Dipper, a dark and gloomy pub on the Spanish Coast, home to the old ex-pats who miss a warm beer and afternoons spent propping up the bar. The bar smells of stale beer and old crisps. Instantly Matt and his team feel at home. I "Where's the top totty then Matty boy?" M "She'll be coming soon" I "I bet she will" VBW D "Oh please, boys become men, there is more to life than sex you know" I and M "There is?" They look horrified. Unseen to them Alison enters and sneaks up behind them. A "Lads, lads you'd be dead by now, if I was an assassin who was supposed to be watching the door?" D "No-one" A "Oh, classy operation Matt. Your brief is get the golden gun from the F-Troop stronghold at the edge of the docks and return it to me. Do you understand?" M "No, you see we only ever really get it on the second time" A "In that case. Your brief is get the golden gun from the F-Troop stronghold at the edge of the docks and return it to me. Do you understand?" M, D, I, C and R all reply "Yes, oh we get it now" A "In that case, I'll leave you to it, there are some bushes you can hide in to set up an OP nearby" Each lad struggles to hold in the giggles. A "I've left the map in the car, Matt can you fetch it?" M "Sure thing babe" Matt and Alison leave the pub and walk over to her classy escort estate with amazing bright pink go-faster stripes. A "Come here" M "Yeah, baby, yeah" Yet again, Matt rises to the occasion and the audience looks the other way. To Be Continued? >>By Bethan Re first-person narrative: can work with each new book written, but the narrator has to explore different environments plus totally different fields of action, even if the central theme remains the mainstay of the main character. That's why Dick Francis was a master of FPN. The background base subject he knew inside out and vice versa (horse racing), but he was brave enough to set his main characters (narrators) outside of the horse racing mind-set while at the same time they were inevitably drawn into it, with the exception of Sid Halley born to jockey/PI status right at the start. >>By buddy Bethan..... you'll get spanked on your bottom for this.............................by CR offcourse >>By borisette Keep at it Beth, Panto shot to hell 'cause *star quality* couldn't hack a walk-on-walk-off part at McNab's Theatre. You just know it's other self will come to its own defense, as always... Thank God CR has a great sense of humour. Did you see his face on the last "Hunting Chris Ryan" ? The out-takes, well, hilarious!! >>By buddy Oh my, buddy, can't get enough, can you? I do read this board as well, you know. Walk-on-walk-off isn't the problem at all. He**, got 'em "standing to attention" so can't complain with that! ;) And I don't ever need another "self" to come to my defense. *bows* I am perfectly capable of defending myself... and my friends, if need be. :) CR is a randy fellow, isn't he? ;) Wish we could get HCR here though. :( It'll be sad getting all the way to England for a visit and spend most of my time in the room watching telly! :) >>By Dare Thank God CR has a great sense of humour. Did you see his face on the last "Hunting Chris Ryan" ? The out-takes, well, hilarious!! Trust me I'm thanking God if he has, might save me from a good kicking! I hope anyway. But then if he belongs to the school of thought that humour is flattering I may be okay. If he doesn't, do you think that argument will save me, answers on a postcard please.. >>By Bethan Dare: CR is no more randy than the average ex/serving SAS man, hee,hee. I should know I was married to one, have met dozens, and seen them in action on pick-up runs. Have had to show more than one, the door!! Re, quote: "He**, got 'em "standing to attention" so can't complain with that! ;)" He**? Ha, ha, sorry, (kidding/joking) ;-) Ain't it hot enough here? I had intended leaving specific people out of the Panto script, but then I thought that wasn't fair, and a small part for Stars & Stripes seemed less likely to cause any upset, in that I wouldn't be excluding America entirely. How wrong can one be? Gee, Australia & New Zealand had yet to appear! Never mind, B.A.B.E.S get away with it and no flak. Bethan, quote: Trust me I'm thanking God if he has, might save me from a good kicking! I hope anyway. But then if he belongs to the school of thought that humour is flattering I may be okay. Believe, Believe <<<shakes hands happy-clappy preacher style>>, he'd join with you: take the piss out of himself. He does it all the time... >>By buddy BG and B where are you galls??? It's me B.ette out of the corner, and waiting to join you in the hunt for AM together with the help of CR and Stan the Man. You're giving too much advantage to AM for running away, but luckily The BABES FARMACEUTICAL CO. has invented the "Dirty Sock" Detector , so that way they can find AM much easier than before >>By borisette plus it has an optional : " PISS-DETECTOR " >>By borisette plus if you use the detector in a different way it becomes your own and only : " Personal Pregnancy Test" LOL! >>By borisette going back a few posts; Buddy-most unhappy about us ANZAC nuggets missing out on a part in your panto. haha! Borisette -glad you clarified the "one and only" business..... take care, speak soon >>By Paul R Borisette - you are totally mad and oh so worthy of a starring role, but piss???? Euwwwww no way Jose. Something much nicer please young lady! >>By Bethan Well Bethan dearie, we here at the BABES Lab we're working on it, it turned out the piss-detector didn't work all that well and kept on bleeping as Paul R passed by ( maybe 'cause of his aftershave). So we asked him what he's wearing and he told us : " well mates this is a new product, it keeps all bugs and mosquitoes away" so we asked : "what's it called" and he said : " I'm not gonna tell, it's still going through research, and we have to find out if it has any side-effects yet"... Then he starts winking his left eye, and every step he makes is accompanied by a strange "windy " noise....could it be the side-effect??? So you'll have to be patient will find out some other detector in the near future. In the meantime we from the lab have put Paul R under observation. Something strange is happening to him : What is it ?? Here are some of the visible sintoms : - white beard, white hair, huge belly, spectacles, and every now and the he goes "HO HO HO" - black boots, white shirt but red pants and red coat with black belt. That reminds me of someone but I can't figure out who????? >>By borisette >Something strange is happening... Something crazy is happening to YOU Boris!! Must be a bottle of Christmas Spirit... Is that a Taking The Piss Detector you have invented? >>By bikergirl It sounds like "HO HO HO" with every step?!?! Very strange indeed... ;o) (Ooops! Was that a wink? Help! Maybe it's contagious!!!) >>By am-i-binned Hey Boris pass the bottle, I want a little of what you've obviously been drinking ha ha. >>By Bethan Well I've just past the bottle to Paul R. He's a bit sad there on his own, he can't find Blixen and Dixen,....he's quite upset. Now I'm working on another device to track down AM and CR....it's quite experimental for the mo, it makes you disappear too, .... I tried it on Buddy, now i can't find her anymore......well I'm not gonna bother all that much, ......anyway I'll tell ya more about it later on, ...ok? >>By borisette In the spirit of Chris Mas: if you want to see AM and CR singing us our xmas song go to: http://www.belchenstuermer.de/links/ whitetrashvideo.swf and it might be Paul R in the middle - side effects again... Adults only... ;o) and I'm running.. >>By Lynn Borisette: You're on Tita Tovenaar tour?? Inventing stuff..LOL !! But you know what always happens to him right?! >>By Lynn buddy, thanks for the thought writing a "small" part for an American so no one would feel left out, but the poster featured for Dick's character is an American. :) That's alot of stage time for us Yanks when you figure that in. The B.A.B.E.S. have included Yanks too, nice girls that they are! Thank you, ladies! >>By Dare About the missing Blixen & Dixen........sorry guys, my mates & I got hungry -if it's any consolation reindeer make great burgers. and I only say "ho ho ho" to those who deserve it take care, speak soon >>By Paul R "You're on Tita Tovenaar tour" Who on earth / what on earth is that?? Now if none of us get our presents we can blame Paul R for eating Santa's Helpers..... >>By Bethan |