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Oct 15, 2017
The Man Booker Prize shortlist has been announced! Paul Auster, Emily Fridlund, Mohsin Hamid, Fiona Mozley, George Saunders and Ali Smith are all in the running.
Read more: http://themanbookerprize.com/news/man-booker-prize-announces-2017-shortlist

The Man Booker Prize was established in 1969. Here's the longlist for 2017.


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Paul Auster

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On March 3rd, 1947, Archibald Isaac Ferguson, the only child of Rose and Stanley Ferguson, is born....

Days Without End

Days Without End

Sebastian Barry

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'Time was not something then we thought of as an item that possessed an ending, but something that...

The History of Wolves

The History of Wolves

Emily Fridlund

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Linda has an idiosyncratic home life: her parents live in abandoned commune cabins in northern...

Exit West

Exit West

Mohsin Hamid

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Discover the unforgettable novel picked among 2017's most anticipated books by the Guardian, Daily...

Solar Bones

Solar Bones

Mike McCormack

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Marcus Conway has come a long way to stand in the kitchen of his home and remember the rhythms and...


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Death Race (2008)
Death Race (2008)
2008 | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
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7.1 (12 Ratings)
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A very good if totally OTT action film. A mix of Fast and the furious meets Running Man. Great no-brainer action film to kill 90mins with complete with some seriously modified cars!!
  
The Running Man (1987)
The Running Man (1987)
1987 | Action, Sci-Fi
Ill Be Running Man
The Running Man- is actually a good movie. Its action mixed with sci-fi mixed with survival. And who better than Arnold to be in it. He does say alot of one liners in this movie. Like his one liner in the terminator, "Ill be back".

The plot: In the year 2019, America is a totalitarian state where the favorite television program is "The Running Man" -- a game show in which prisoners must run to freedom to avoid a brutal death. Having been made a scapegoat by the government, an imprisoned Ben Richards (Arnold Schwarzenegger) has the opportunity to make it back to the outside again by being a contestant on the deadly show, although the twisted host, Damon Killian (Richard Dawson), has no intention of letting him escape.

Wait one second, its 2019 and this is has not happened yet. It still could.

Its a very underrated sci-fi action 80s movie. I would reccordmend watching it.
  
    Mega Man 3

    Mega Man 3

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    Mega Man 3 took every lesson that Capcom learned from Mega Man 2 and expanded, refined, and remixed...

    Run Wild

    Run Wild

    Boff Whalley

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    Book

    Boff Whalley just likes running - the places it takes him, the moments of exhilaration and snapshots...

This book isn't bad..I enjoyed it however the main girl and the guys mom both annoyed me. The girl was very irritating by not staying by her man and running every five seconds. The guys mom was just a b&&ch lol. But overall I enjoyed it.
  
    Women

    Women

    Charles Bukowski

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    YOU CAN TAKE THE MAN OUT OF THE GUTTER, BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE THE GUTTER OUT OF THE MAN Low life writer...

PP
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10.0 (3 Ratings)
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Hannah finds another dead body, this time the man running the local Christmas tree lot. Yeah, the series is stuck in a rut, but I still really enjoy them.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/03/book-review-plum-pudding-murder-by.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
The Dark Tower (2017)
The Dark Tower (2017)
2017 | Horror, Sci-Fi, Western
I enjoyed the movie because I felt entertained. I believe Idris Elba played the lead character well and Matthew is McConaughey did fantastic as the villain. (0 more)
I felt it was too much for too little running time. It felt rushed and would have liked to see more dialogue between Roland and the man in black. (0 more)
Good movie