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Re: Do You Remember the Pacesetters Books? by SMC(f): 11:08pm On Aug 08, 2007 |
PTH: The Wages of Sin is definitely the title of the book I described (though I do not know the name of the author so I cannot confirm if it is Ibe Oparandu). |
Re: Do You Remember the Pacesetters Books? by PTH(m): 11:12pm On Aug 08, 2007 |
i cant remember much of the stories anymore lol i used to have a whole library of them but. . . time is a thief of memories. |
Re: Do You Remember the Pacesetters Books? by Ndipe(m): 2:22am On Aug 09, 2007 |
Pacesseter novels and African Writers series. Now, those ones are also classics, and it is unfortunate that the series is no longer being published. I think those series actually gave some publicity to African writers. Now is there an umbrella that all African writers, the new generation could publish, so that their works can be classifed as African literary pieces? |
Re: Do You Remember the Pacesetters Books? by chiogo(f): 5:44pm On Aug 10, 2007 |
Oh, yes!! I do remember d Pace-setters books, really fun to read. Mostly read by my parents when they were in school. I read all d ones i found in their book-shelves since i was like 11. I do read a lot for my age. d ones i remember are Wages of sin,The betrayer, Tell me no more. aww, don't remember d titles of d rest. |
Re: Do You Remember the Pacesetters Books? by kanz: 12:45pm On Aug 16, 2007 |
SMC:my favourite was Evbu my love. there was one about two brothers, i think they could fight. i can't really remember the name or the storyline. but anyone who has an idea should please say it. |
Re: Do You Remember the Pacesetters Books? by PTH(m): 4:53am On Aug 17, 2007 |
see and buy pacesetters novels here https://sslrelay.com/www.pacesetternovels.com/sess/utn;jsessionid=1546c51c158384e/shopdata/index.shopscript |
Re: Do You Remember the Pacesetters Books? by PTH(m): 4:58am On Aug 17, 2007 |
SMC: You're very right, the book i was confusing it with was "death is a woman" by Dickson Igbavini! Classic! |
Re: Do You Remember the Pacesetters Books? by brimbrack(m): 3:36pm On Aug 22, 2007 |
"On the road" by Kalu Okpi was a bomb! that guy could write. Coup by the same author was also very good. I think he was the best of the lot. Phillip Phil-Ebosie was another very interesting pacesetter author. As a child i had a very active imagination, after reading "sweet revenge" i thought of carving my own gun and pulling off my own bank heist, thank God i did not have the requisite carving skill. I also loved "tell me no more" i remember the book was so captivating and i could not drop it, i was reading in under my desk while my English teacher was delivering his lecture. he noticed i was not paying attention and on close examination he discovered what i was doing, he promptly seized the book. when i tried begging him to return the book after the lecture he harshly told me "tell me no more" to give you this book. he eventually returned it after about 4 weeks when i caught him reading it in the staff room. If you can recall the storyline in "The Cyclist", the bicycle repairer told his wife to enter the room and prepare for conjugal activity when he learnt that the woman's 1st husband had just returned from the Biafra war. back in those days that part of the story seemed like full blown pornography. i remember visiting that particular page several times afterwards. ( i was under 10 yrs at the time). i used to get a kick by just reading that portion over and over again. i can go on and on about the funny experiences i had with each of those books. |
Re: Do You Remember the Pacesetters Books? by teeroy(m): 5:02pm On Aug 22, 2007 |
pacesetter, back in primary school,if u weren't reading those then u weren't "in". |
Re: Do You Remember the Pacesetters Books? by soulpatrol(f): 1:59am On Sep 08, 2007 |
has anyone bought any books off the website that was recommended? i need to know fast, as i have a huge list of books i want to order! this thread brought back too many memories. i spent all my pocket money on novels when i was in school. i need to build up my long lost collection once again. |
Re: Do You Remember the Pacesetters Books? by newera(f): 8:49am On Sep 27, 2007 |
At the last Nigerian International Book fair, the books were on display and i realise that they are still available. They requested that i should write some stories for them but i had to decline because i wouldn't have the time. This may however be an opportunity for those may want to approach Macmillan with their manuscripts. Who knows, |
Re: Do You Remember the Pacesetters Books? by liftedone(f): 9:27am On Sep 27, 2007 |
I must have read all the Pacesetters novels that were available then. I had most of them but I have no idea where they are now. I can't remember most of the story lines except Love on the rocks. I read it many times over. |
Re: Do You Remember the Pacesetters Books? by Gobi38: 9:16pm On Oct 03, 2007 |
I also was a BIG fan of the Pace-setters novels - just wondering if Nollywood ever thoght of using Pace-setters novels as a movie script. |
Re: Do You Remember the Pacesetters Books? by jkpretty(f): 10:40am On Oct 09, 2007 |
i loved loved pace setters that was what brought me into the world of romance novels, after my lady bird & Enid blyton series, When i first read 'Undesireable element' i thought that was the bomb until i started reading others, "ebvu my love", "rich girl poor boy" e.t.c i read a whole lot of them until i stopped seeing them, i even re-read some. very delicious. i loved the African setting, i loved d modesty in d ladies & men in those books. Its a real scary movie to what we have now. |
Re: Do You Remember the Pacesetters Books? by ifyalways(f): 10:30pm On Oct 14, 2007 |
yeah really good one here.i remember them very well.the cyclists,evbu my love etc.i wonder if they are still in the markest. |
Re: Do You Remember the Pacesetters Books? by adisalago(m): 2:06am On Dec 02, 2007 |
awww, thanks for bringing back the golden memories of my time in naija. I beg who didnt read pacesetter series? That was when reading culture was in naija, when you see a primary school kid reading a novel with more than 200 pages. OMG our reading culture has dramatically gone down the rail! I remember when i first read "The Undesirable Elements" i couldnt stop reading it! How I wish naija could be like it was b4! Why cant the Nollywood use pacesetter series to do their movies instead of the useless storyline they re now using? |
Re: Do You Remember the Pacesetters Books? by themba(m): 5:24pm On Feb 06, 2008 |
halo nnenna, if this is u kindly write me back, u attended bonny camp pry school with me, and ur friend saviour. anyhow if this is the nnenna we are looking for, it will be great 2 reunite with us again. reply me at themba.okoye@gmail.com |
Re: Do You Remember the Pacesetters Books? by wanitas(f): 8:48am On Feb 09, 2008 |
the pacesetter series were definitely IT!!!! this thread has brot back some good old memories, if they r really in the market, then am surely back in, |
Re: Do You Remember the Pacesetters Books? by Bawss1(m): 10:45pm On Feb 11, 2008 |
Mark of the Cobra. On the Road. I cant even remember the other pacesetter books I read but I know they were definately interesting. |
Re: Do You Remember the Pacesetters Books? by ifyalways(f): 6:37pm On Feb 12, 2008 |
too cold for comfort evbu my love etc ooooooooooooooooh good old days.from MacMillan readers to pacesetters |
Re: Do You Remember the Pacesetters Books? by lami4life(f): 12:46pm On Feb 20, 2008 |
Uhh, Pacesetters! I remember the books with amazing fondness! Tho i can hardly remember most of the story lines, i recall such titles as 'Love on the rock' ( I remember taking dat title literally at some point) 'The Cyclist', 'Undesirable element'( my fav), 'Sacrificial Child'(hope i got dat right), Sisi, Too cold for comfort, Obsessed (spooked me like crazy) the Director and several more i can't recollect. Those books flagged up my appetite for reading and right down to this day, I'm an ardent reader of a variety of good books. |
Re: Do You Remember the Pacesetters Books? by lami4life(f): 1:20pm On Mar 10, 2008 |
lami4life: Ooops! I meant 'Possessed' and not 'Obsessed'. What was i thinking? |
Re: Do You Remember the Pacesetters Books? by uchetobi(f): 3:01pm On Mar 10, 2008 |
Yes O! i remember the first i read was Sisi, then Evbu my love, Bloodbath at lobsters close, the cyclist, Felicia, Too cold for comfort, christmas in the city, mark of cobra, on the road, tell me no more, agony in her voice, the worshippers, money doublers, stop press: murder, for Mbatha and Rebecca, rich girl poor boy, wages of sin and the list goes on and on, i had so many of them, |
Re: Do You Remember the Pacesetters Books? by lucabrasi(m): 12:11am On Mar 15, 2008 |
hell to the yeah!! remember secondary schl days when i was addicted literarily to pacesetters and i can confidently say i v read all the pacesetters published, remember a funny incident when i was reading in class and this funny classmate of mine then dapo tapped me while i was reading and i jumped up,grabbed a stick i found and chased him outside lol lmao |
Re: Do You Remember the Pacesetters Books? by Nobody: 3:25pm On Jun 23, 2008 |
Can't forget them ever! Evbu my love The hopeful lovers Sisi For Mbatha and Rabecca Bloodbath at lobster close Undesirable element The delinquent Felicia Too cold for comfort Synphony of destruction Too young to die Agony in her voice Meet me in Conakry The smugglers The betrayer The cyclists Christmas in the city Coup Director Equitorial assignment. . . Read too many of 'em! Still have many of them stacked somewhere in my house in naija! |
Re: Do You Remember the Pacesetters Books? by Sisikill: 3:56pm On Jun 23, 2008 |
oh my God! I remember those books. . .my favs in no particular order Evbu My love, Sisi Too Cold for Comfort Bloodbath at Lobster(sp) close. Time Changes Yesterday Gah! I'd so love to get my hands on those books again. |
Re: Do You Remember the Pacesetters Books? by Sisikill: 4:01pm On Jun 23, 2008 |
@Candy May the Lord bless your might heart!!! Thanks for the list. |
Re: Do You Remember the Pacesetters Books? by Nobody: 4:08pm On Jun 23, 2008 |
Sisikill: AMEN! ! ! |
Re: Do You Remember the Pacesetters Books? by MadMax1(f): 5:06pm On Jan 07, 2009 |
I loved Pacesetters. Bloodbath at Lobster's Close- I read it for that fantastic title and had a fantastic time! My favourite Pacecesetter author was Victor Thorpe. His books were funny as hell and terribly imaginative, with a motor-mouth,one-legged journalist getting into all sorts of otherworldly wahala. He wrote The Instrument and The Worshippers.The only one I didn't like was The Cyclist.Hated the ending. But there's so much innocence in those books, they're such a wonderful series and the stories were so marvelous.There's even a sort of James Bond in the series, some black South African guy who pursues baddies all over the globe. In all I have read: Agony In Her Voice Angel Of Death The Betrayer The Black Temple Blackmailers Stranger’s Son Tell Me No More Stone Vengeance Stop Press: Murder! Too cold for Comfort The Undesirable Element Vicious Circle Wages Of Sin The Worshippers Cross-Fire The Cyclist Death Is Woman The Delinquent The Equatorial Assignment Bloodbath At Lobster Close† Christmas In The City Evbu My Love The Extortionist Director! Double Trouble Felicia For Better For Worse For Mbatha And Rabeka A Fresh Start Hopeful Lovers* The Instrument Love On The Rocks Mark Of The Cobra On The Road Possessed! Race Against Rats Rich Girl, Poor Boy Sisi The Smugglers State Secret Why did they let this amazing series die? |
Re: Do You Remember the Pacesetters Books? by LadyAnn(f): 10:11pm On Jul 02, 2009 |
OMG, I remeber those pacesetter novels, use to go crazy reading them, |
Re: Do You Remember the Pacesetters Books? by LadyAnn(f): 10:44pm On Jul 02, 2009 |
Did anyone buy from that website, wanna buy all of them for my future kids men, those novels rocked my childhood, started reading at age 7 and its a superb hobby, Reading is, |
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