*What book are you reading ?
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souljacker said:
truman capote said:
i'm reading Confederacy Of Dunces again, because it makes me laugh.
Walter Mitty
Seasoned lizard hunter
Clifford the big red dog by Norman Bridwell. Its a bit hard going and I'm struggling to finish it, I mean the finding Clifford stuff what the fucks that about? Anyone understand here it?
PursuedByBears
Go stick your head in a pig
Godless Morality by Richard Holloway, Bishop of Edinburgh. Bit hard to get into but rewarding. I've never really read anything on ethics before and it's a good introduction to the subject of whether morality derives from the "creator" or changes according to changes in society.
I spent valentines night in the most appropriate way imaginable-getting pissed and reading Touching From A Distance by Deborah Curtis (Ian Curtis' biography,by his wife).first time i've read a book all the way through in one go in ages. Turns out he was a racist Tory arsehole who treated his wife like shit,but he was also an undiagnosed schizophrenic.tragic really.
and i still want atmosphere by joy division playing at my funeral.
and i still want atmosphere by joy division playing at my funeral.
jeff_leigh
What happened to Dubversion ?
The Walkaway by Scott Phillips
Clintons Cat
Walks Like A Twat.
A Users Guide To The Brain-John Ratey,Associate Clinical Professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
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Recommended
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dirtysweet
Just finished What I Loved - Siri Hustvedt.
Slow going (painstakingly so) at first which made me put it down a few times but as Lolly told me to persevere, I did. And I'm glad I did. This is a good tale of our times imo - so much packed in self image, family, misunderstandings, lies, and the desperation parents feel to believe in their children. The portayal of the 'sociopathalogical' Mark was incredible - and very unnerving.
I'd recommend it.
Slow going (painstakingly so) at first which made me put it down a few times but as Lolly told me to persevere, I did. And I'm glad I did. This is a good tale of our times imo - so much packed in self image, family, misunderstandings, lies, and the desperation parents feel to believe in their children. The portayal of the 'sociopathalogical' Mark was incredible - and very unnerving.
I'd recommend it.
golightly
Uneconomically Active
Just reading The Hacker Crackdown by Bruce Sterling, which I'm sure quite a few of you have read before, but I'm really enjoying it. Basically it focusses on the US security services and phone companies attack on hacker groups in 1990. Nicely balanced, I think. Sterling doesn't take sides, but shows that both groups can be equally heroic or stupid. It's good to get some historical perspective on the current situation of bulletin boards, file sharing, viruses and trojans, and the electronic underground.
Blagsta
Minimum cage, maximum cage
golightly
Yeah read that a couple of years ago. Interesting book.
Still trying to plough through Naked Lunch at the moment, its hard going though.
Also dipping in and out of "The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of Narcotics" by Richard Davenport-Hines. Its a good book, but I seem to have a bit of a mental block with history books, I find them slow going.
Yeah read that a couple of years ago. Interesting book.
Still trying to plough through Naked Lunch at the moment, its hard going though.
Also dipping in and out of "The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of Narcotics" by Richard Davenport-Hines. Its a good book, but I seem to have a bit of a mental block with history books, I find them slow going.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
mr spork said:
As he's a bishop I should imagine he'll say morality is external and derives from gawd. It would be a bit odd for a bishop to say otherwise.
Ive just finished reading Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
It was a long and thorough but compelling and fantastic book
I didnt want to stop reading it!
i definitely recommend it, it makes excellent reading
It was a long and thorough but compelling and fantastic book
I didnt want to stop reading it!
i definitely recommend it, it makes excellent reading
pilchardman
Dances With Penguins
Prepare for oddness, then.rubbershoes said:
Dirty Martini
gets what he cant want
golightly said:
A great book. I read it with 'Approaching Zero' by Paul Mungo and Bryan Clough, which covers some of the same ground and has good stuff on phone phreakers and the early 90s Bulgarian virus writers.
Prescription For Murder - The True Story of Doctor Shipman.
Very good read examing his childhood, education, how he killed and why he killed. I come from Hyde originally and it's just crazy thinking that Britain's biggest serial killer was there.
I even met him as he was my god daughter's doctor.
Very good read examing his childhood, education, how he killed and why he killed. I come from Hyde originally and it's just crazy thinking that Britain's biggest serial killer was there.
I even met him as he was my god daughter's doctor.
Dirty Martini
gets what he cant want
Just finished 'Reefer Madness and Other Tales from the American Underground' by Eric Schlosser. Lots of research, well-written, very entertaining - but just a bit thin, like some old magazine features strung together in fact.
I'm a good way through 'Yonder Stands Your Orphan' by Barry Hannah, mad Mississippi-set gothic comedy, great fun.
I'm a good way through 'Yonder Stands Your Orphan' by Barry Hannah, mad Mississippi-set gothic comedy, great fun.
currently reading "a short history of bosnia" by Noel Malcom. it seems that some people do not like the book view of bosnian history as its reaches the 20th century. any good criticism?
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