{"id":1691,"date":"2016-01-29T16:28:42","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T16:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1691"},"modified":"2020-04-18T17:44:55","modified_gmt":"2020-04-18T17:44:55","slug":"top-5-books-from-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andyparkes.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2016\/01\/29\/top-5-books-from-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Books From 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve been asked for book recommendations a few times recently so thought I\u2019d share them here too.<\/p>\n

I read some really great books last year but here are 5 that really stood out for me.<\/p>\n

In no particular order\u2026<\/p>\n

Masters Of Doom: How two guys created an empire and transformed pop culture<\/a>\"\" \"\"<\/a>\"\" – David Kushner<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve read quite a few books recently about the back story of classic games but was the best of the lot.<\/p>\n

Doom is the most definitely a classic and hearing how the team that put it together came into being as well as the highs and the lows and their eventual split was fascinating. I received this as a gift and could not put it down.<\/p>\n

This was also a real trip down memory lane as like a lot people my age I sunk a lot of hours into playing ID games! If you\u2019ve spent any period of time playing Doom this is certainly a recommendation.<\/p>\n

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Nexus (The Nexus Trilogy Book 1)<\/a>\"\" \"\"<\/a>\"\" – Ramez Naam<\/p>\n

In this story taking a pill can install an operating system into the super computer that is your brain! Imagine the applications you could run, especially if you could network with other people.<\/p>\n

All of this could also be used for much more sinister purposes by shady government agencies and the like.<\/p>\n

What I loved about this is that the story is based on actual research. Technology that may be in the not too distant future.<\/p>\n

The end of book also has a nice section on some of the research that provided the author with inspiration.<\/p>\n

This is the first of the three books and I raced through all of them.<\/p>\n

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Static Push (The Push Series Book 1)<\/a>\"\" – Richard Horsley<\/p>\n

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A decent British Sci-Fi book!<\/p>\n

With a story that covers aliens destroying the earth with some great comedic writing it\u2019d be easy to mistake this as a Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy clone but it\u2019s certainly more than that.<\/p>\n

It also has a great set of characters who really come off the page. I can\u2019t wait for the next one!<\/p>\n

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Beacon 23<\/a>\"\" – Hugh Howey<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\" I think this was my favourite thing from last year. It\u2019s a basically a lighthouse story in space. It\u2019s only short as it was originally released as series of Kindle Singles but it packs so much into it and goes over a whole range of emotions. I loved reading it and when I got to the end I was really disappointed there was no more!<\/p>\n

I recommended it to anyone asked me if I\u2019d read anything decent recently and it\u2019s highly likely I\u2019m go back and read it again.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m a big Hugh Howey fan and can also recommend pretty much everything else he writes!<\/p>\n

Check it out.<\/p>\n

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The Girl With All The Gifts<\/a> \u2013 M.R. Carey<\/p>\n

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A Zombie road trip story.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s difficult to talk about this one without spoiling it but underneath it\u2019s a fascinating story about people and relationships and how their moral viewpoints may or may not change when it\u2019s the end of the world.<\/p>\n

The ending also wasn’t quite what you’d normally expect to see either but it made a refreshing change to do something different.<\/p>\n

It’s pretty brutal in parts but this is zombie-fiction so kind of needs to be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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