Fictionist
Serving Eargasms....
I'll reserve judgement until Corax answers. A little criticism from outside can be a good thing.
*What book are you reading? (part 2)
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Fictionist
Serving Eargasms....
Genuine questions, genuine answers.
Yes, the manner people choose to articulate on this thread pisses me off. It seems to be a constant competition to see who can use the longest words. I really hope you don't protest as you have been by far the worst offender.
Do I find the 'language used elitist or exclusive'? I think so, but as most of the words you've used aren't readily understood it's a bit hard to tell?
A genuine response.
I'm quite taken aback, I use language that I understand and am comfortable with in that it allows me to attempt to articulate and express my perception of books etc.
I'm really not sure what to say.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Genuine questions, genuine answers.
Yes, the manner people choose to articulate on this thread pisses me off. It seems to be a constant competition to see who can use the longest words. I really hope you don't protest as you have been by far the worst offender.
Do I find the 'language used elitist or exclusive'? I think so, but as most of the words you've used aren't readily understood it's a bit hard to tell?
you are engaging in an anti-peristaltic motion. Indeed you are enacting the direct opposite of micturation
Genuine questions, genuine answers.
Yes, the manner people choose to articulate on this thread pisses me off. It seems to be a constant competition to see who can use the longest words. I really hope you don't protest as you have been by far the worst offender.
Do I find the 'language used elitist or exclusive'? I think so, but as most of the words you've used aren't readily understood it's a bit hard to tell?
It's just language used by people who read a lot of books. There is some lit-crit language in there too, but it's mostly from people who have studied literature at a certain level and who use the terminology that is employed in any kind of literary analysis
i was doing loads of this shit before i even realised there were terms for it. semiotics? yep - did that all the time. It's just that there are sometimes easy terms for other shit
Fictionist
Serving Eargasms....
vauxhallmum
had to scrap the cheap car
I am reading Missy by Chris Hannan.
It's not highbrow but I'm really enjoying it .
It's not highbrow but I'm really enjoying it .
cyberfairy
http://unicycle-emptiness.co.uk/
Bloodhunt by Neil M Gunn. A novel set in the highlands and utterly spellbinding-atmospheric, creepy and so evocative of a byegone era-makes you question your own morals and stays with you.
vauxhallmum
had to scrap the cheap car
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
If you really don't read books then why have you clicked on this thread? I don't take drugs and I don't go into the the drugs forum saying "You are excluding me because I don't know what meph is"
Also this thread has a real range of books from esoteric to popular. Strange attitude.
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
Grandma Death
Reconfiguring & Reconstructing
Corax
Luke 5:16
Well you know the solution to that dont you...read some books you thick twat
Not all of us can afford "books" you know.
Fucking elitist fash attitude.
mentalchik
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit."
*smells the scent of a wind up*
Well you know the solution to that dont you...read some books you thick twat
Yes, then you too can be clever like Granny D.
I just finished Andrew Mango's biography of Ataturk. He was a right ruthless bastard, but the right man for the job that had to be done etc. Liked his raki a bit too much too.
Dirty Martini
gets what he cant want
I finished The Damned Utd, which I enjoyed a lot. Not sure how much it stands up if you didn't have an interest in Clough or football in the first place. Quite moving in parts. Peace's CTRL C gets a good workout.
Now reading Whispering Death: The Life and Times of Michael Holding by, er, Michael Holding (with Tony Cozier).
Now reading Whispering Death: The Life and Times of Michael Holding by, er, Michael Holding (with Tony Cozier).
Corax
Luke 5:16
*smells the scent of a wind up*
I admitted it feckin ages ago. I thought the BA in English Lit would have been clear enough!
I found ıt hard goıng tbh. It's all lıke:
'He's the manager of England. Not you. Don fuckıng Revıe. England manager. Not you. Not Clough. Revıe. Fuckıng Revıe. England manager. Manager of England. Not Clough. Never fuckıng Clough. '
On and on and on. I suppose the ıdea ıs that's how Clough actually thought, but stıll, ıt ges a bıt much.
Dirty Martini
gets what he cant want
... and the dogs, the ferrets, the clouds, the stones, the blood. Yep
It was an attempt to replicate Clough's paranoia and obsession I guess. I got past it though, just about, and enjoyed the story and the dignity of tragedy that it tried (sometimes a bit too hard, granted) to give to a figure that most novelists wouldn't think was worth exploring. I liked the detail of it.
I thought the way he made Leeds a character in its own right hard and convincing.
He's thinking of writing a novel about Boycott apparently. Given that man's obsessions, it could just be a couple of paragraphs repeated over and over and over again.
Paulie Tandoori
shut it you egg!
yes, i didn't get on with it at all either, just didn't do it for me on any level.
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
... and the dogs, the ferrets, the clouds, the stones, the blood. Yep
It was an attempt to replicate Clough's paranoia and obsession I guess. I got past it though, just about, and enjoyed the story and the dignity of tragedy that it tried (sometimes a bit too hard, granted) to give to a figure that most novelists wouldn't think was worth exploring. I liked the detail of it.
I thought the way he made Leeds a character in its own right hard and convincing.
He's thinking of writing a novel about Boycott apparently. Given that man's obsessions, it could just be a couple of paragraphs repeated over and over and over again.
Given Boycs playing style just the word "Block...." repeated over and over!
Mr. QofG's has read The Damned United and also the first part of David Peace's Red Riding series, both of which he enjoyed.
I keep toying with reading the latter but, I don't know, I started reading his Tokyo Year Zero a while ago and just couldn't get on with it.
Dirty Martini
gets what he cant want
Alternating with "My granny". I think I'll give it a miss.
Now reading The White Cities: Reports from France 1925-39 by the incomparable Joseph Roth.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
illness, ignorance, disease, squalor and want - wow - i can still remember my gcse history
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