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>>By Lynn (Tuesday, 4 Oct 2005 00:18)
Does anyone on here read Sven Hassel books? not quite the same sort of thing as mcnab but i thought they were good and contain some very funny passages. for abit info check out http://www.svenhassel.info/
>>By Psicosis (Wednesday, 5 Oct 2005 21:47)
Will the first person who reads "Payback" (Boy Soldier 2) please send me a fawning review to put on my website? I've got the Amazon blurb on there now, I'd like an opinion from a real person.
Ya'll don't want me reviewing it, I assure you.
>>By Just Jon (Friday, 7 Oct 2005 04:04)
You're just in denial Jon ;-)
Ok, silly post maybe but I have to get it of my chest:
Friendships Between Women
By Victoria Coren
snippit:
"Female friendship is a composite of abstractions incomprehensible by concrete nouns.
It is not golf, ale, Andy McNab novels. It is love, fear, secrets, dreams."
She thinks she got the answer?? Give her 5 min with us and she'll be confused as hell.
>>By Lynn (Friday, 7 Oct 2005 11:17)
Also odd, getting a google alert for old news??
The Dark Art of Interrogation
... "I'll tell you how to make a man talk," a retired Special Forces officer says.
"You shoot the man to his left and the man to his right. ...
Moral of the story, when you're caught make sure you never stand on the left...er right..er middle??
>>By Lynn (Friday, 7 Oct 2005 11:39)
Lynn
Soumrak is czech for twighlight/dusk/nightfall..I too speak czech oddly...very oddly !! but my cheeky czech chick Marketa speaks it very well indeed...which helps because she was born there
>>By Slartibartfast (Saturday, 8 Oct 2005 13:18)
Ahh great Slartibartfast. So 'nightfall' as in Last Light.. :-)
Thank Marketa for me!
>>By Lynn (Saturday, 8 Oct 2005 14:16)
on GML you say 'now you all bought Payback' - sigh Jon. Waiting for a signed copy. But I'm definitely not, no way, double negative, hardly, anything but impatient. Grrrrrrrrr. But then .. if signed would turn into 'dedicated' I forgive the world for being such a shitty place. Well.. for a moment at least ;-)
>>By Lynn (Sunday, 9 Oct 2005 14:43)
And yes, that was a hint to whomever it may concern. Hehe.
>>By Lynn (Sunday, 9 Oct 2005 14:44)
Quick lit as best selling authors write for 12m non-readers
By Andrew Alderson (Filed: 09/10/2005)
Twenty of the nation's best-loved authors have agreed to write specially commissioned stories in an attempt to persuade Britain's 12 million non-readers to pick up a book.
(...)
All the writers have been given style guidelines for their books, which should be no more than 20,000 words long. Every author is being asked to write sentences that average 15 words and not to use words of more than two syllables.
Paragraphs should be of no more than 10 lines and chapters no more than seven pages in a move that it is hoped will encourage millions of adults to read their first book. Each book will cost just £2.99.
The involvement of McNab, the former SAS hero turned best-selling novelist, is seen as crucial to the success of the Quick Reads scheme, which will be aimed at the millions of adults in Britain who have literacy skills at or below the age of a 13-year-old child.
McNab, who by his own admission was a lazy schoolboy, had a reading age of 11 when he joined the Army at 16. However, since leaving the SAS to write his best-selling book Bravo Two Zero about his exploits during the first Gulf war, he has become a prolific writer and a voracious reader.
McNab, who was Britain's most-decorated soldier when he left the SAS in 1993 and who continues to do unpaid work encouraging new Army recruits to pursue their education, said yesterday: "All we are trying to do is get people to be able to say, 'I have read my first book'. Hopefully that will inspire them to read more themselves and to encourage their partners and children to read. We hope it will be a virtuous circle."
In the past 12 years, McNab has written 12 books, including two autobiographical works about his time in the SAS. His eighth adult thriller Aggressor is published next month and his second children's book Payback, co-written with Robert Rigby, was published on Thursday. His short story is The Grey Man, which tells of a seemingly harmless bank employee who robs his own bank.
(...)
The Quick Reads project is being launched in March next year to coincide with World Book Day.
Full article on
http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/
news/2005/10/09/nlit09.xml
>>By Lynn (Sunday, 9 Oct 2005 14:56)
Hi everyone,
It’s been awhile since I’ve been here. Maj congrats on the addition. A buddy of mine was recently blessed. I’ve been helping out a little bit. I don’t see why people think it is so hard to raise a child. I think four people working shifts just about make’s it manageable. Then of course the gold team takes a break and the silver team takes over for a week.
No real damage but I tell you I am about sick of hurricanes. People complain about the weather and never do anything about it.
Jon did you have a melt down while I was way? Ouch! If you want to rant at someone, I’m pro war. I know this isn’t po-co. I don’t really care.
Lynn, just looked at your profile (trying to re-familiarize myself with who’s who). You never had Key Lime Pie? I was just down in the Keys and had a piece for you. I don’t normally care for desserts, but it’s my fav. You don’t know what you’re missing.
>>By BadTime (Tuesday, 11 Oct 2005 01:13)
Oh yeah, one more thing. Jon, I think painting pictures so realistic you think you are there, is art to me. I also think AM is a damn fine writer. True I’m not a recognized literary critic. Just imho. I am seriously ready for a new AM book.
>>By BadTime (Tuesday, 11 Oct 2005 01:23)
> why people think it is so hard to raise a child. I think four people working shifts just about make’s it manageable. Then of course the gold team takes a break and the silver team takes over for a week.
HAHAHAHA!!!! Imagine this caused by a little person who can't speak, walk and usually don't have teeth nor hair. Amazing.
Good to see you Badtime, you just made my morning :-)))
I'll forgive you for drooling over something (Key Lime Pie) I never had.
For something completely different: Someone made a remark to me about Randy McFab which makes me say this: I seriously hope there is no one around who thinks it is making fun of Andy McNab!!!!!!!!!!!
If you read the McFab stories you'll realise its absolutely ridiculing his fans. The wannabees. The since-I-read-the-books-I-know-all-about-war people.
Hope that's clear.
>>By Lynn (Tuesday, 11 Oct 2005 09:11)
Enjoy while you can BadTime... wait till they hit the Terrible Two's! Then the real fun begins * evil cackle *
NW
>>By Ninjawoman (Tuesday, 11 Oct 2005 21:09)
Quick Clarifications:
McFab definitely not a spoof of Andy McNab (other than the name, obviously). As far as McNab fans go, McFab is what I believe many people perceive McNab fans to be like--not what they're actually like. It IS intended to make fun of Soldier of Fortune readers though, so if you're a subscriber feel free to feel insulted.
BadTime--I indeed had a brief meltdown, am much better now. Medication increased, hallucinations much less frequent. Gotta go, walls melting again.
>>By Just Jon (Tuesday, 11 Oct 2005 23:18)
For those who haven't purchased and read it yet (shame on you!), Camban has kindly contributed an insightful and quick review of Payback to greymansland. Check it out at:
http://www.greymansland.com/index2.html
Thanks, Cam!
>>By Just Jon (Wednesday, 12 Oct 2005 15:58)
Boy Soldier 3 (out May 2006) will be called 'Avenger'
:-)
>>By Lynn (Wednesday, 12 Oct 2005 19:41)
>>Boy Soldier 3 (out May 2006) will be called 'Avenger'
How do you follow up titles like "Payback" and "Avenger"?
Here's my top five guesses as to the next title:
5) The Unwillingness to Forgive
4) I'm Still Pissed
3) Turn the Other Barrel
2) And the Horse You Rode In On
1) Apology Accepted, If By Accepted You Mean "I'm Gonna Kill You"
>>By Just Jon (Thursday, 13 Oct 2005 01:18)
Sorry to post again but no one else is talking anyway. Just thinking...If Andy's really into this whole "Boy Soldier" thing, maybe he should talk about the 12-year-old kids (actually, even younger) who were forced into battle in El Salvador.
Lots of "Boy Soldiers" there...Wrong colour, I guess?
>>By Just Jon (Saturday, 15 Oct 2005 10:59)
errr... Just Jon, that's assuming that he (and we, or me?) knows (know) about them. Wanna edumacate me?
>>By am-i-binned (Saturday, 15 Oct 2005 18:43)
errr...sorry, JJ, that was knee-jerk....
I do know about El Salvador; I'm referring more to the difference between being "forced" vs "enlisting"....
>>By am-i-binned (Saturday, 15 Oct 2005 18:45)
The movie "Innocent Voices" (hope that's the right title), which was just released in the U.S., depicts the situation in 1980's El Salvador--it was in fact written by a survivor of the conflict. I saw the writer interviewed recently, and definitely plan to see the film.
The United States of course backed the military junta which was forcing children as young as nine to fight. I say forcing rather than enlisting because those who refused were shot. As to why they would force kids into battle, the answer is simple. The leftist uprising was a popular one, and despite extensive U.S. military aid, the government was running out of troops. To be fair, the leftists used kids too, but to a much more limited extent...And we didn't aid them in doing so by giving them money and arms.
Anyway, I'd recommend the film to anyone interested in learning about real "boy soldiers."
>>By Just Jon (Sunday, 16 Oct 2005 09:03)
Heh, sorry, didn't mean to ruin the board for ya. Don't blame the SAS for training Pol Pot's troops and don't blame the U.S. Special Forces for teaching torture techniques to our Central-American puppet regimes. They're all good guys, I'm sure. I mean, if they were ashamed they would hide their faces and names...OOPS...Meant, If they were ashamed, they'd write outrageously-fictionalized accounts of their actions and leave out every dead child and civilian...I mean...Okay, I'll shut up.
>>By Just Jon (Wednesday, 19 Oct 2005 04:04)
The Press conference with Andy Mcnab
Published: Thursday, October 20, 2005
Andy McNab is the SAS hero who shot to fame with his book Bravo Two Zero, which recounted the elite troop's horror after being caught in Iraq during the first Gulf war. He endured six weeks of torture in the now notorious Abu Ghraib prison, but survived to collect the Distinguished Conduct Medal — an award second only to the Victoria Cross. This was added to the Military Medal he received for courage as an ordinary soldier in Northern Ireland when he was 20. Bravo has sold more than five million copies and McNab has become Britain's biggest-selling thriller writer, with total sales of about 16 million worldwide. He is about to publish his eighth novel. Now 45, McNab is a multi-millionaire and has a parallel writing career as a freelance journalist, penning expert war and terrorism articles for newspapers. We meet at his private members' club in Paddington and it is fascinating to see the lights come up on the silhouette that is his public image. He is only 5ft 10in, yet stocky as hell. The handshake is no bone-cruncher and the eyes are a kind light blue. He is laddishly friendly and has an unexpectedly quiet voice that is distinctly South London. But whatever his appearance, I can't help thinking: This man has killed!
Read it all on:
http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/article/201005/
press_conference_andy_mcnab
It's late now, have to read more closely later, but DO want to lift out one thing:
Q: You got ambushed by a couple of newspapers when one of your ex-wives sold her story. Did you want to sort it out with your old skills?
(....) I was angry about the story. I was thinking, "Do people really believe all this?" I was worried what friends would think, but everyone who mattered was fine.
I know I/we don't matter but I would like to say at 'believe all this'..... ABSOLUTELY not. The book is CRAP, but I got it for another reason ;-)
G'night :-)
>>By Lynn (Friday, 21 Oct 2005 00:44)
Ok, nice interview.. just one thing that strikes me as odd:
It's to be expected there's a bit more of McNab with the new book coming out.. but uhm... not ONE mention of the new book except for being 'eight novel' - Not even a title?? Usually an interview concludes with something like.. "McNabs new novel is called Aggressor and will be available from November 5". But nothing of that?
" I did a piece for that during the Afghan war (....) at www.slate.msn.com"
I swear he's teasing. (I wish...) Yep, missed that. Shame on me. But... it was 2001!!! ;-)
http://www.slate.com/id/2060242/
Last remark for now: Fantasy Headline of the story you would most like to read? "Cure Found For HIV"?
"Patients in the developed world who are HIV infected can now get decent treatment that can extend their lives to a normal life span. Treatment that will allow them to live full, productive lives. The focus now is on getting people in the resource poor areas this same treatment"
So would like to add a bit of Fantasy: "... or sufficient resources being found to treat ALL people who need treatment"
;-)
>>By Lynn (Friday, 21 Oct 2005 15:07)
http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/catalog/book.htm?
command=Search&db=main.txt&eqisbndata=0552554030
McNab on to soccer stories?? I do suppose it's just Rigby, that's the name on the cover, though Random adds McNab.
>>By Lynn (Monday, 24 Oct 2005 09:32)
Here's a strange one from the BBC...They describe as "hopeful" results from a poll that shows 57% of Iraqis feel they're better off now than under Saddam. Now think about this. Saddam put people through woodchippers, and only slightly more than half of his potential victims feel they're better off now. Oh, and only a meagre 49% feel the war is humiliating and wrong.
Hopeful indeed.
>>By Just Jon (Monday, 24 Oct 2005 20:53)
Thanks, Lynn!
Excellent interview in Press Gazette and interesting photo, too -- a few more like that and we'll have all the puzzle parts... ;o)
>>By am-i-binned (Wednesday, 26 Oct 2005 16:19)
Holy Shit! Now tell me this doesn't sound like a PLOT...!!!
"A senior British military police officer in Iraq, Captain Ken Masters, was found hung in his military accommodation in Basra on October 15. ...
In a statement on Masters’ death, Britain’s Ministry of Defence said the "circumstances were not regarded as suspicious." The only explanation offered as a justification for suggesting that Masters took his own life is that he was suffering due to the stresses of his job.
Such explanations are problematic in any circumstances, but more so given the politically sensitive nature of Masters’ work.
Masters, aged 40, had 24 years’ experience in the British Army. Married with two children, he was due to return to Britain in just two weeks. Reports indicate that he had displayed no signs of stress or illness and that no suicide notes were found at the scene. The Mirror newspaper cited "senior military sources and colleagues" in Basra saying that his death had been a "devastating surprise." ..."
http://uruknet.info/?p=17059&hd=0&size=1&l=x
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The article is rather long but includes much more than just the report about Master's alleged "suicide" -- very well worth reading. Couldn't help but see TZ's* in relation to the B20 patrol and/or incidents AM incorporated into some of his NS stories....
Anyone up for some conspiracy speculation...???
*Twilight Zone -- weirdly or uncannily coincidental qualities
>>By am-i-binned (Wednesday, 26 Oct 2005 17:19)
Hey AIB!! Good to see you back here :-) Interesting (and sad) story. One of those we'll never hear the full story about I 'm sure.
On an entirely different matter - if 'someone-whats-his-name' doesn't make up his mind about dedicated copies soon I'm gonna... I'm gonna...I'm gonna....... be sad? Sigh!!! Payback is out, Aggressor very soon. I want 'my' books!!!!!!!! :-((
>>By Lynn (Wednesday, 26 Oct 2005 20:09)
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