Reg in slippers
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by way of light relief
am reading
Will Self - Great Apes
quite amusing, even if it is a one trick (lap) pony
am reading
Will Self - Great Apes
quite amusing, even if it is a one trick (lap) pony
*What book are you reading ?
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beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
The Golden Fool by Robin Hobb, the second book of the new Tawny Man trilogy (this follows on from the Farseer and Liveship books).
I've raved on here about Robin Hobb before, but this is the best yet. If you like fantasy and haven't read her stuff yet then do, it's the best there is, bar none. You do need to read them in order though - Start with the Farseer trilogy, then Liveship, then the new Tawny Man series.
My only problem is that I've now got to wait about 12 months for the third and final part......
I've raved on here about Robin Hobb before, but this is the best yet. If you like fantasy and haven't read her stuff yet then do, it's the best there is, bar none. You do need to read them in order though - Start with the Farseer trilogy, then Liveship, then the new Tawny Man series.
My only problem is that I've now got to wait about 12 months for the third and final part......
Lollybelle
recorderist
Small update - now well into reading Not Fade Away and it's fantastic. Just go buy it, please - by Jim Dodge, pub. Rebel Inc.
Swearing Nonna
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Started Enduring Love - Ian McKewan
After just 2 pages I was hooked!
After just 2 pages I was hooked!
onemonkey
winmonkey
CHANTILLY LACE
Hello, baaaaby!
Yeah, this is the Big Bopper speakin'
Ha ha ha ha ha! Oh, you sweet thing!
Do I what? Will I what?
Oh baby, you knoooow what I like!
Chantilly Lace had a pretty face and a ponytail hangin' down
A wiggle in her walk and a giggle in her talk
Make the world go 'round
Ain't nothing in the world like a big eyed girl
To make me act so funny, make me spend my money
Make me feel real loose like a long necked goose
Like a--oh baby, that's a-what I like!
What's that, baby?
But... but... but... oh, honey!
Oh baby, you know what I like!
Chantilly Lace had a pretty face and a ponytail hangin' down
A wiggle in her walk and a giggle in her talk
Make the world go 'round
Ain't nothing in the world like a big eyed girl
To make me act so funny, make me spend my money
Make me feel real loose like a long necked goose
Like a--oh baby, that's a-what I like!
What's that, honey?
Pick you up at eight, and don't be late?
But baby,...I ain't got nooo money, honey!
All right, baby, you know what I like!
Chantilly Lace had a pretty face and a ponytail hangin' down
A wiggle in her walk and a giggle in her talk
Make the world go 'round
Ain't nothing in the world like a big eyed girl
To make me act so funny, make me spend my money
Make me feel real loose like a long necked goose
Like a--oh baby, that's a-what I like!
Lollybelle
recorderist
onemonkey
winmonkey
Two hundred Pharaohs, Five Billion Slaves
Great titles but tedious rant of a book. Picked it up at last months Anarchist's Bookfair. Author had written and anti-capitalist screed while working in a call-centre and the tone and presentation of it appealled.
But having slogged through to the end, I kind of feel that i needn't have bothered, it was basically a long and winding rant about the evils of the new world order, but it really doesn't stand up. Inventive but ultimately it's just 250 pages of paranoia, unsubstantiated finger-pointing and fantasy, giving far too much credit to the idea that rich and powerful people could conspire and work harmoniously together, dragging the whole edifice of the states along to ante up their bank balances and keep 'the workers' toiling forever.
To illustrate the good and bad points about it, I was impressed by the originality of the photomontage of the pope giving stephen hawking a blow job.. a touch of genius, but the caption was well over the line into madness
"The Pope and Stephen Hawking achieve orgasm at how reactionary the world has become since they concocted a religious myth about a dying universe riddled with black holes in 1981"
I'm mean honestly!
Everybody knows it was 1979
Great titles but tedious rant of a book. Picked it up at last months Anarchist's Bookfair. Author had written and anti-capitalist screed while working in a call-centre and the tone and presentation of it appealled.
But having slogged through to the end, I kind of feel that i needn't have bothered, it was basically a long and winding rant about the evils of the new world order, but it really doesn't stand up. Inventive but ultimately it's just 250 pages of paranoia, unsubstantiated finger-pointing and fantasy, giving far too much credit to the idea that rich and powerful people could conspire and work harmoniously together, dragging the whole edifice of the states along to ante up their bank balances and keep 'the workers' toiling forever.
To illustrate the good and bad points about it, I was impressed by the originality of the photomontage of the pope giving stephen hawking a blow job.. a touch of genius, but the caption was well over the line into madness
"The Pope and Stephen Hawking achieve orgasm at how reactionary the world has become since they concocted a religious myth about a dying universe riddled with black holes in 1981"
I'm mean honestly!
Everybody knows it was 1979
The Pickwick Papers. Dickens. That homeboy lived in a very different world. Those crew were piss heads, like big time! And they had ready access to other stuff. I'ld love to see Mr Pickwick spark up a pipe of opium and hashish with Sam! It would have made for an interesting read, rather than the horribly constrained morality that the characters have to pay lip service to. I dig the way Dickens mocks the social conventions though. I surprised myself by enjoying this old school novel.
i haven't read a book for a while, but the last one i did read was the bourne ultimatum.....by robert ludlum.......brilliant!....when i heard about nthe film i thought 'GREAT' how dissapointed was i?....read the book before you watch that crap movie. They've turned it into a cheap action movie.......
WelshFreeLoader
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Things can only get better - John O'Farrell
Eighteen miserable years in the life of a Labour support.
Has to be one of the funniest books I've had the pleasure to read.
Eighteen miserable years in the life of a Labour support.
Has to be one of the funniest books I've had the pleasure to read.
Cartoon Cowboy
Jack of all tirades
Porno - Irvine Welsh
I was sure there was a thread about this book. I didn't want to read it until I'd finished it and now that I have, it's gone!
It was utterly engrossing. He never lets you off the hook and the depth of emotional honesty was painful at times. There's something about the way he cuts through so ruthlessly to the core of each of the characters that's horrifying and and the same time compelling. There's a strong feeling of J'accuse! coming out of the book from these caustic, hard-as-nails characters who contain this awful clarity to soft-as-shite, comfortable me who encapsulates everything Welsh despises.
Some of the characters were a bit sketched-in. Dianne didn't really make much of a presence but all the ones who were given first person roles were distictive and rounded. It was subtle but you began to know who was speaking very quickly although they weren't introduced. The thing I couldn't get my head around was the accents. It got easier the more I read it but I couldn't hear the voices in my head and it was a struggle at times follow the flow, especially Begbie and Spud. That was just me though, the bits I did hear sounded spot-on.
Next up is either Atonement by Ian McEwen or Dorian by Will Self. Both late birthday pressies. Shit, it's nearly Christmas!
I was sure there was a thread about this book. I didn't want to read it until I'd finished it and now that I have, it's gone!
It was utterly engrossing. He never lets you off the hook and the depth of emotional honesty was painful at times. There's something about the way he cuts through so ruthlessly to the core of each of the characters that's horrifying and and the same time compelling. There's a strong feeling of J'accuse! coming out of the book from these caustic, hard-as-nails characters who contain this awful clarity to soft-as-shite, comfortable me who encapsulates everything Welsh despises.
Some of the characters were a bit sketched-in. Dianne didn't really make much of a presence but all the ones who were given first person roles were distictive and rounded. It was subtle but you began to know who was speaking very quickly although they weren't introduced. The thing I couldn't get my head around was the accents. It got easier the more I read it but I couldn't hear the voices in my head and it was a struggle at times follow the flow, especially Begbie and Spud. That was just me though, the bits I did hear sounded spot-on.
Next up is either Atonement by Ian McEwen or Dorian by Will Self. Both late birthday pressies. Shit, it's nearly Christmas!
septic tank
the wanky Yankee
Dashiel Hammett, sad to say, couldn't keep my attention, so I moved on to Porno, and I'm completely riveted. Fantastic fucking book, and the London bits bring me right back there. Thankfully, he's moved onto Leith, so the biting pangs of nostalgia are subsiding a bit.
tijuanadonkeyshow
sells sheds to the needy
1984 - marvellous, surprised I've never read it until now.
goldenecitrone
post tenebras lux
Straw Dogs by John Gray and Babylon by Victor Pelevin a book about the new Russia with mafia, corrupt advertising agencies and plenty of magic mushrooms
Nervous Rash
Stopped scratching
Just reading Underground by Haruki Murakami. It's a series of interviews of people involved in the Tokyo subway gas attack - both the victims and members of the Aum cult.
Not sure what I think of it yet. The interviews are presnted with no commentary, so it's hard to see if there's anything to learn from it.
To be honest I've liked everything else I've read of Murakami's but this quite different because it's factual.
Not sure what I think of it yet. The interviews are presnted with no commentary, so it's hard to see if there's anything to learn from it.
To be honest I've liked everything else I've read of Murakami's but this quite different because it's factual.
black&redflag
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A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution
by Orlando Figes
bit heavy going but good stuff
by Orlando Figes
bit heavy going but good stuff
Reg in slippers
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at last
my Pynchon odyssey is over, for now.
V, Gravity's Rainbow, The Crying of Lot 49 - some of the finest literature, Lot 49 being my favourite.
I know that a re-read is in order, perhaps in 18 months.
also picked up Vineland for 10p at a charity shop. A metaphor for American counter culture?
Might make a pig of meself and get Mason-Dixon.
So, for Xmas, what better than some Dickens.
my Pynchon odyssey is over, for now.
V, Gravity's Rainbow, The Crying of Lot 49 - some of the finest literature, Lot 49 being my favourite.
I know that a re-read is in order, perhaps in 18 months.
also picked up Vineland for 10p at a charity shop. A metaphor for American counter culture?
Might make a pig of meself and get Mason-Dixon.
So, for Xmas, what better than some Dickens.
Donna Ferentes
jubliado
Currently on Xenophon, The Persian Expedition. Great stuff.
Reg in slippers
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J
I enjoyed Arrian's Campaigns of Alexander, is The Persian Expedition on par?
I enjoyed Arrian's Campaigns of Alexander, is The Persian Expedition on par?
souljacker
innit
Absolutely LOVED Porno. Great to hear what the old Trainspotting dudes are doing now. I've waited years to hear Begbie threaten to give someone "a burst mooth" again!!!
I'm currently reading Valhalla Rising by Clive Cussler. My mum bought it for my Birthday. Its quite entertaining in a "yank hero saving the world in an underwater stylee" kind of way. It's a Dirk Pitt novel you know? Like that's supposed to make it any better!!!
I'm currently reading Valhalla Rising by Clive Cussler. My mum bought it for my Birthday. Its quite entertaining in a "yank hero saving the world in an underwater stylee" kind of way. It's a Dirk Pitt novel you know? Like that's supposed to make it any better!!!
Swearing Nonna
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The lovely milesy gave me Fast Food Nation for Christmas so I started that on the train yesterday
As advertised on urban75
My children should really start to worry about weight loss and malnutrition now.
As advertised on urban75
My children should really start to worry about weight loss and malnutrition now.
i'm reading The Most Radical Gesture by Sadie Plant, a critique of Situationism and its relationship to Marxism, postmodernism etc etc etc.
dull as fuck, to be honest. but it's a Uni. thing.
dull as fuck, to be honest. but it's a Uni. thing.
kained&able
Here for the football.
stupid white men by micheal moore. Only justs atrted it and i already hate bush more then i did before!
dave
dave
I've got two on the go at the moment: A Crown of lights by Phil Rickman - described by the Sunday Times "as if the Vicar of Dibley had suddenly turned into Cracker" - and it is a cracking read. Also Lindsey Davis' Last Act in Palmyra - sort of "whodunnits" set in Roman times. Excellent fun - its one of a series, I'm on about 3or4 and there's loads to come - can't wait
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