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Thanks ppl re Banks. He is hard to find near me. I wanted to buy some for my dad first but couldnt get any so got Bright Shiny Morning by James Frey. He wrote A Million Little Pieces and My Friend Leonard both of which I enjoyed a lot.

Anyway, dad liked this and he gave me one in return, Weapons Of Choice by John Birmingham. I was thinking that it might be the same guy who wrote He Died With A Falafel In His Hand, but it looked like a Clive Cussler cover... turns out to be the same guy after all. This is real different to HDWAFIHH but the same aussie slacker humour is apparent and it works so well.

Weapons is about a close future maritime war situation off the coast of Western Australia. We are at war with the Indos and Malaysians and the high tech gadgetry is headed by a research vessel commandeered by the navy which is still carrying out its research regardless. When they execute their experiment the fleet is moved to Midway circa 1942 as the yanks prepare to nuke Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The fleet lands right in the middle of the large US '42 fleet and in some cases fuses ships together as the suddenly take up the same space - this is really interesting in fact. Im currently here in the story. The mess is slowly being realised.

There are 3 books in the series it seems. Im hooked to reading an actual book again as opposed to those audiobooks.

Still want to get those Banks recommendations still and will try ordering them if no luck.

Onya Underworlders.

Croz