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Post by Evilluke on Apr 2, 2009 7:27:49 GMT -5
Can't say fairer than that. I'll see if I can get a copy.
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Post by ad on Apr 3, 2009 7:46:42 GMT -5
read the hellbound heart if you bum hellraiser...short and sweet.
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Post by povey on Apr 3, 2009 8:09:18 GMT -5
Book of Blood?
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Post by exsequor on Apr 3, 2009 11:39:08 GMT -5
I wouldn't worry Nick, I just read History and Fiction. The book I last finished was The Gargoyle, the one currently in the book charts and recommended by Richard and Judy. Enjoyed it though. I work in a bookshop on Saturdays, and i'm often tempted by Richard and Judy sponsored books. That said, I'm not buying a copy of The Cellist of Sarajevo simply because they printed the R&J sticker onto the cover. Can't be doing with that nonsense. So yeah, they're not necessarily shit books. I save my scorn for people who are buying the Jade Goody books. Haha, I read The Librarian which was recommended which was pretty cool. I actually watched the Richard and Judy show when they reviewed it and they spoilt the fucking ending, AND said Bram Stokers original was "rubbish". Fucking arseholes. |
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Post by Charlotte on Apr 3, 2009 14:28:13 GMT -5
I didn't mind the Librarian too much, although the ending was a bit arse.
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Post by Nickyboi on Apr 22, 2009 9:43:30 GMT -5
Mark Danielewski - House of Leaves
Very strange but utterly compelling book. It's basically two books in one; Johnny Truant (shudder) writing footnotes to a critical book about a film that he finds in the author's house, the author (Zampano) having passed away. There's an introduction which sort of briefly outlines Truant as a character, and then you get to read Zampano's critical book which has tonnes of footnotes. Some are Zampano's own, some incredibly long, only tenuously related ones are by Truant and some are the "editors" of the book that you hold in your hands.
So that's reasonably baffling, but once you get your head around it you realise it's basically just literary showmanship and not that hard to cope with. Then it starts to get really fucked up, and becomes something not unlike a horror novel.
Fantastic stuff, can't wait to get home to read it. Haven't been this engrossed by a book since I read 1984.
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Post by ed on Apr 22, 2009 12:03:04 GMT -5
That sounds really good. I've not read anything in a week, had to finish my dissertation. I can't wait to get on and finish Moby Dick.
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Post by Wayne on Apr 23, 2009 10:34:04 GMT -5
Read Weaveworld by Cliver Barker, which was splendid and now I'm getting into Imajica.
Not so long I go I'd have dismissed fantasy without a second thought but I'm finding it better than real life nowadays.
Nick, that book does indeed sound interesting. I may give that a glance sometime.
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Post by straks on Apr 23, 2009 14:36:51 GMT -5
Excellent Stories. Midnight Meattrain with Vinnie Jones was quite a good Adaptation for the Screen |
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Post by ed on Apr 23, 2009 14:49:57 GMT -5
Read Weaveworld by Cliver Barker, which was splendid and now I'm getting into Imajica. Not so long I go I'd have dismissed fantasy without a second thought but I'm finding it better than real life nowadays. Glad you liked Weaveworld, I really loved some of the characters and ideas. Immacolata and the Salesman's jacket are really great. Hope you enjoy Imajica as much. I listened to Sham Mirrors and Tales From the Thousand Lakes alot whilst reading it, they seemed to fit some themes. |
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Post by ed on Aug 2, 2009 11:38:33 GMT -5
Finally finished Moby Dick, which had a super conclusion, then burned through The Road in a couple of days. It was hideously bleak and crushing, almost constantly.
I've since read PopCo which was entirely enjoyable. One quibble - I don't quite buy a character who is an expert on mathematics and factorisations lightly dismissing the dilution of homeopathic 'remedies'. Such solutions are diluted so much that the 'active' ingredient is imperceivable, which is partly why they don't work. I suppose that I find it a bit of a rub that a logical, sharp-witted character inherently distrusts medicine and harps on about something as daft as homeopathy.
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Post by Charlotte on Aug 5, 2009 6:57:16 GMT -5
I'm going out on a limb here and I'm going to let you all know that I recently read Twilight, yes the gay sparkly vampire shit, and I actually really enjoyed it. Perhaps I'm just a seventeen year old girl at heart.
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Post by ed on Aug 20, 2009 5:55:58 GMT -5
My missus loved the Twilight series, but she also likes proper good books, so its not a total death sentence.
I read a bunch of books on holiday; Palahniuk - Snuff, Ghosh - Sea of Poppies, Salinger - The Catcher in the Rye. Sea of Poppies was rather good, I prefered it to Adiga's White Tiger which went on to win the Man Booker prize.
I'm now on to Steinbeck - Grapes of Wrath.
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Post by Nickyboi on Aug 20, 2009 6:40:28 GMT -5
Snuff is a thoroughly decent read, although the more time passes, the more I think Palahniuk needs to take a break from writing and get his act together again. Haunted and Diary are abysmal.
I've been re-reading American Psycho. It's such a brilliant book, wholly superior to the film, but not quite as good as Glamorama.
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Post by Charlotte on Aug 23, 2009 8:51:39 GMT -5
I feel Brett Easton Ellis is totally overrated. American Psycho was pretty unimpressive stuff, and Glamorama was toss of the highest order.
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