Aye - can't wait to get home and start in on it again
Too many books I've picked up lately have been tiresome...seemed alright for 70p and a flickthrough in the charity shop, but utter shite once you start them
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Aye - can't wait to get home and start in on it again
Too many books I've picked up lately have been tiresome...seemed alright for 70p and a flickthrough in the charity shop, but utter shite once you start themDirty Martini
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Aye - can't wait to get home and start in on it again
I know what you mean. Once you read a shite book, it seems to start off a chain of shite books, until a month goes by and you realise you've read just shite. I reckon they can smell the fear and resentment, and search you out.
That's certainly how it's felt lately!!! With the exception of the Orton Diaries of course.Whilst still wading through Lonesome Dove ( I mean, the west was won QUICKER than it'll take me to finish this) I've also been dipping into The Wu-Tang Manual by The Rza.
Self mythology doesn't get better
"The ultimate goal of kung fu, the highest level of t'ai chi as an effective martial art, is as an energy rejuvenator. It rejuvenates your blood, your spirit, it's even supposed to rejuvenate your youth. When we applied the spirit of kung fu to our lyrics, we came with the Wu Tang".
There's nearly 250 pages of this stuff
Self mythology doesn't get better
"The ultimate goal of kung fu, the highest level of t'ai chi as an effective martial art, is as an energy rejuvenator. It rejuvenates your blood, your spirit, it's even supposed to rejuvenate your youth. When we applied the spirit of kung fu to our lyrics, we came with the Wu Tang".
There's nearly 250 pages of this stuff
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
Oh, while still ploughing through Kafka On The Shore I'm also reading Blankets by Craig Thompson, a genius piece of emo graphic novelism. Gorgeous, evocative artwork; brilliant writing that brings all those teenage feelings flooding back.
Dillinger4
Es gibt Zeit
Did you watch that program about Haruki Murakami the other week?
May Kasahara
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No, I twatting missed it 
Stupid baby brain. Did you see it, was it good? I know he wasn't in it, but it sounded quite interesting nonetheless.
Btw Dilli, I reckon you'd love Blankets.
Stupid baby brain. Did you see it, was it good? I know he wasn't in it, but it sounded quite interesting nonetheless.Btw Dilli, I reckon you'd love Blankets.
Dillinger4
Es gibt Zeit
No, I twatting missed it
Btw Dilli, I reckon you'd love Blankets.
It was really good! He was not interviewed on camera because he doesn't like publicity, but it was really interesting. I will keep an eye out for repeats for you
*goes off to check out blankets*
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Still on Satanic Verses, but I reckon I've spotted the reasons it drives fund Muslims to mouth foaming anger.
Ah Kafka On The Shore. I've got that. It's an audio book (registered blind.. Have to rely on what's available.) Frequently search torrents for anything that sounds interesting. Just reading / listening to A Brief History of Time ATM. Though I pause it and Wikapedia things as they arise. Just started another Wiliam Gibson book as well. pattern Recognician but not got that far into it yet.
If you've got the audio book of Neuromancer, it might be me reading it
(if it's really old and read by someone who isn't famous
Heh. Cool.
Not got it to hand. But I read it a couple of months ago. Will chekc later.
How did you end up doing that, if you don't mind me asking?
Fair play. The version of Nuromancer I listened to was narrated by an American, for a US audiobook company. The RNIB talking book service, though getting better, largely concentrates on the classics. I'm a bit impatient with ploughing through stuff for the sake of it TBF. Have nagged a bit to see if they can get more contemporary / scifi stuff recorded. usually look there, mininova.org or audible.com.
Actually I bet you had to read some right old dross or at least stuff that didn't exactly enthuse you. A good skill being able to narate text.
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DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Go on.......
Well there was the Mahmoud thing, with the prophet (or businessman as Rushdie calls him) wrestling with Gibreel in the cave, and the 'false' message preceding it where he wrings the 'satanic verses' from gibreel. But what must really get em riled is the idea that the prophet was getting his words delivered via some wierd symbiosis with the changed star of religious stage. That whole bit concerning the prophet and Jahilia (I took that to be Mecca cause of the black stone references-hope I'm not getting that wrong). Not Knowing much about Mohammeds revelations and stuff it's largely guesswork based on what I do know of the muslim faith.
e2a the fantasy elements are great. I still haven't worked out why Gibreel fufills dreams and is haloed, just as the transformation of Chamcha and his escape with the other transformed is still a mystery. Properly hooked now though.)
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Dirty Martini
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Am reading The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers and enjoying it.
Dirty Martini
gets what he cant want
Just about to start The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
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gaslit at scale.
The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein.
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Just finished 'Islam in the World' by Malise Ruthven.
Not. Very. Good.
Not. Very. Good.
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Just finished the Siege of Krishnapur by JG Farrell. A very entertaining satire of a British East India Company cantonment trying to survive a long siege by rebellious sepoys during the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
Highly recommended to all and sundry but particularly those who like Flashman/Sharpe etc... (having said that I haven't read any novels concerning the last two but I reckon Krishnapur would provide a nice contrast to swashbuckling tales of British Imperial derring-do).
Dirty Martini
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Reading it quite slowly. I seem to be reading every sentence twice to see how he does it.
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
Excellent novel - have you read any of his others? They are all very good. It is a while since I read them, may have to get them off the bookshelf again.
Reading it quite slowly. I seem to be reading every sentence twice to see how he does it.
Only a few pages in myself, first Chabon novel that I've read too. It's a while since I've read this kind of hard-boiled style, makes me want to dig out some 50s film noir and drink lots of whisky neat.
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