Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I think it's his best! All of his other books are slightly disappointing to me cos they don't stand up as well as WUBC
*What book are you reading ?
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It's got an amazingly absorbing plot, I loved that but I didn't give a fuck about anyone in it - it was all very interesting but for a story showing all the shades of humanity I didn't find a human I cared about. Actually, everyone seemed very lonely - perhaps that was the point.
There are a lot of loners trying to get back to real life aren't there? And he tries to hammer the No Man is an Island idea home with all the knock on effects of the various stories.
I'm not saying I disliked it - it was very very impressive but didn't seem to have much heart to me.
There are a lot of loners trying to get back to real life aren't there? And he tries to hammer the No Man is an Island idea home with all the knock on effects of the various stories.
I'm not saying I disliked it - it was very very impressive but didn't seem to have much heart to me.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Isn't it the one with May Kasahara in it?
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
*preens*
*makes wig*
*makes wig*
G. Fieendish
Snark Hunter
The Man In The High Castle - Philip K Dick
Boogie Boy
Rockin' on the 1210s
'The Women's War' Alexander Dumas. Something light and (no doubt) entertaining.
BB
BB
i_hate_beckham
Him From A Village
Crap Towns II
Barking_Mad
Non sibi sed omnibus
Resurrection - Tolstoy.
Great read so far.
Great read so far.
Christian Wolmar - Fire and Steam: A New Short History of Britain's Railways
I'll read pretty much anything Wolmar writes, and he's not disappointing me with this book. It's very easy reading, and very thoroughly researched.
<e2a> Actually, having now finished it, the last couple of chapters are a disappointment. Wolmar doesn't do himself or his subject justice, IMO. I can understand why he wouldn't want to repeat much that he's said in other books about the privatisation of the railways, but his treatment of the fifty years of British Rail is far too brief. It would have merited at least two chapters, one dealing with the troubled early history of BR, and another with how in the '70s, '80s and early '90s it finally got things right. He criticises the privatised railway for being inefficient in comparison, but doesn't do enough to establish BR's credentials. A good book, then, but doesn't end as well as the first half suggested it should.
I'll read pretty much anything Wolmar writes, and he's not disappointing me with this book. It's very easy reading, and very thoroughly researched.
<e2a> Actually, having now finished it, the last couple of chapters are a disappointment. Wolmar doesn't do himself or his subject justice, IMO. I can understand why he wouldn't want to repeat much that he's said in other books about the privatisation of the railways, but his treatment of the fifty years of British Rail is far too brief. It would have merited at least two chapters, one dealing with the troubled early history of BR, and another with how in the '70s, '80s and early '90s it finally got things right. He criticises the privatised railway for being inefficient in comparison, but doesn't do enough to establish BR's credentials. A good book, then, but doesn't end as well as the first half suggested it should.
Dirty Martini
gets what he cant want
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Finished this. I enjoyed it a lot, perhaps wearying of it a bit in the last 50 pages, where he begins to tread water. Still, a remarkable life and a remarkable writer. Reads very well for a translation too.
Now it's The King Is Dead by Jim Lewis, a Memphis-set tale of murder and political intrigue.
couldn't sleep yesterday so i chewed and gurned my way through the whole of Julian Cope's Japrocksampler. Somehow I think it's what he would have wanted. 
it's very very good - the usual mix of really thorough research and absurd rock'n'roll nonsense. Perhaps needed better editing - a lot of the bands' careers intersect but he could probably still have repeated himself a little less in place (yes, we KNOW the Japanese production of Hair fell victim to a drugs bust
) - but fascinating nonetheless. And, for my sins, I learned more about the recent history of Japan in the context-establishing opening chapters than I ever have elsewhere.
it's very very good - the usual mix of really thorough research and absurd rock'n'roll nonsense. Perhaps needed better editing - a lot of the bands' careers intersect but he could probably still have repeated himself a little less in place (yes, we KNOW the Japanese production of Hair fell victim to a drugs bust
) - but fascinating nonetheless. And, for my sins, I learned more about the recent history of Japan in the context-establishing opening chapters than I ever have elsewhere.
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