#181
mr self destruct wrote:
I eventually finished Wuthering Heights yesterday. I did get distracted by a very thick Marc Almond autobiography in the middle of it though. I appreciated WH and thought the writing was great…but it did drag on a bit. I was relieved when Heathcliff finally popped his clogs to be honest.
Next I have a history book to read about Anglo Saxon paganism. This was purely inspired by watching The Wicker Man.
Posted on Fri, 21 October 2005 at 09:00
#182
McKekS wrote:
Mark Chagall - My life.
Absolutely amazing!
Posted on Fri, 21 October 2005 at 09:02
#183
not_that_kind_of_guy (a story on the radio) wrote:
does anyone know if iain banks’ sci fi stuff is worth reading? i’m going to work my way through his “usual” books regardless if the wasp factory is anything to go by.
mr self destruct wrote:
This was purely inspired by watching The Wicker Man.
watched that film again the other day. it’s a classic.
Posted on Fri, 21 October 2005 at 10:25
#184
mr self destruct wrote:
not_that_kind_of_guy wrote:
watched that film again the other day. it’s a classic.
Indeedy. I still have the director’s cut to watch which is about 20 minutes longer.
I love the music, creepy as fuck even though it shouldn’t be!
Posted on Fri, 21 October 2005 at 10:28
#185
interzone (What's up sucker !!!) wrote:
“The talk of the method” by Descartes
“The Spleen of Paris” by Charles Beaudelaire.
===> Very good this thread. Nice idea
Posted on Fri, 21 October 2005 at 17:27
#186
Dermot (The Derm) wrote:
I love Baudelaire’s stuff. At the minute I’m reading Either/Or by Soren Kierkegaard.
Posted on Fri, 21 October 2005 at 19:03
#187
interzone (What's up sucker !!!) wrote:
Dermot wrote:
I love Baudelaire’s stuff. At the minute I’m reading Either/Or by Soren Kierkegaard.
What does it talk about?
Posted on Fri, 21 October 2005 at 22:06
#188
realityfuck (Richard Splash) wrote:
‘The Pillars of the Earth’ by Ken Follett
I’ve only read the first couple of hundred pages, but it’s good so far.
Recently read ‘Freaky Dancing’ by Bez. A good read. Never a Mondays fan, but a good book.
Posted on Sat, 22 October 2005 at 22:24
#189
Reverend Savage? wrote:
not_that_kind_of_guy wrote:
does anyone know if iain banks’ sci fi stuff is worth reading? i’m going to work my way through his “usual” books regardless if the wasp factory is anything to go by.
They’re darkly comic but tend towards the ‘space opera’. Try starting with ‘the player of games’, which should give you a good feel for what his sci fi’s like - and a scathing parody of capitalism/thatcherism, to boot. If you like it read on, if not stick with his ‘novels’. The Bridge is my favourite of these, but someone mentioned The Crow Road, which is also good. There are a few stinkers - Canal Dreams, Espedair Street and Dead Air really didn’t do it for me. Raw Spirit is non fiction and is a good read if you are a scotch whisky obsessive (like Banks).
I’ve just finished re-reading Stasiland by Anna Funder. It’s a collection of peoples’ experiences in East Germany before reunification. Absolutely heartbreaking stuff. The simultaneous read was ‘How mumbo-jumbo conquered the world’ by Francis Wheen. Equally heartbreaking , in its own way.
Posted on Mon, 24 October 2005 at 12:20
#190
tgE wrote:
I wuz in Eason’s today lookin at some geeky computer magazines when this old fucker comes in and asks me to stretch to reach a copy of hustler cuz he was too small to reach the top shelf. needless to say i grabbed him a copy, then scarpered outta there in embarrassment. might get myself one next time tho…
;)
Posted on Mon, 24 October 2005 at 15:07
#191
interzone (What's up sucker !!!) wrote:
“Some Freedom” - Epictète
Posted on Thu, 3 November 2005 at 00:42
#192
FNYANKEZ wrote:
“Paths not Taken” from Simon R Green, the 4th Nightside book.
Also reading “The Green Flag” by RObert Kee
Posted on Thu, 3 November 2005 at 02:53
#193
mr self destruct wrote:
I am reading ‘The Tinewaster Letters’ by ‘Robin Cooper’.
A book containing loads of absurd letters a bloke has written to loads of small British organisations, and the replies he receives. Really bizarre and funny :)
Posted on Thu, 29 December 2005 at 13:16
#194
interzone (What's up sucker !!!) wrote:
“The spleen of Paris” - Charles Baudelaire
Posted on Thu, 29 December 2005 at 18:25
#195
Chump Change wrote:
Sharpe’s Trafalgar. Got well into the Sharpe books and now on my 4th one.
Posted on Thu, 29 December 2005 at 20:02
#196
Bad Karma wrote:
I’m currently reading Suede Love And Poison by David Barnett.
Posted on Thu, 29 December 2005 at 20:36
#197
not_that_kind_of_guy (a story on the radio) wrote:
i read “i am legend” by richard matheson today.
Posted on Thu, 29 December 2005 at 20:57
#198
hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:
Anyone read any of Ethan Hawke’s stuff? I randomly received his (apparently) third novel for xmas. *bemused*
Posted on Thu, 29 December 2005 at 22:49
#199
Taunty Dan wrote:
hoochalobster wrote:
Anyone read any of Ethan Hawke’s stuff? I randomly received his (apparently) third novel for xmas. *bemused*
who’s that then Hooch? Curse my ignorance!
Posted on Fri, 30 December 2005 at 11:22
#200
hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:
An actor, and the object of my teenage lust when I was about 13 - surely you remember Reality Bites?
Posted on Fri, 30 December 2005 at 12:29
#201
Taunty Dan wrote:
i’ve erm, never seen it…should i be ashamed?
Posted on Fri, 30 December 2005 at 12:31
#202
hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:
Posted on Fri, 30 December 2005 at 12:34
#203
Taunty Dan wrote:
:(
New years resolution: Watch reality bites.
Posted on Fri, 30 December 2005 at 12:40
#204
hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:
Posted on Fri, 30 December 2005 at 12:57
#205
buffalo-boy wrote:
Ive never seen it, nor do i want to watch it but the soundtrack is worth a listen (for the most part)
Current reading:
Anthony Keidis - Scar Tissue (amazing, everyone should read it!)
The Dance of the voodoo handbag - Robert rankin
Posted on Fri, 30 December 2005 at 14:17
#206
hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:
Mmmm…Rankin. I bought Brightonomicon for my mum’s xmas pressie, with a clear view to thieving it at the first opportunity :D
Posted on Fri, 30 December 2005 at 15:32
#207
Dermot (The Derm) wrote:
not_that_kind_of_guy wrote:
i read “i am legend” by richard matheson today.
I really enjoyed that one. At the minute I’m reading Asylum by Patrick McGrath
Posted on Fri, 30 December 2005 at 16:02
#208
Taunty Dan wrote:
buffalo-boy wrote:
Current reading:
Anthony Keidis - Scar Tissue (amazing, everyone should read it!)
Yeah, i read that not long back. Man that boy was fucked up! I love how with some bands you don’t find out how fucked over they are til after the fact. Like Kurt, remember all the “accidental overdose” reports? Yeah righttt…
I’ve just (finally) read Hammer of the Gods, now THERES a story!
Posted on Fri, 30 December 2005 at 17:19
#209
30seconds wrote:
Orwell-1984, Its better than animal farm, I reckon!
I’ve fially come out of my Stephen king phase, I reckon I read about 15 of his books!
Posted on Sun, 1 January 2006 at 21:05
#210
mr self destruct wrote:
30seconds wrote:
This is my favourite novel.
Posted on Sun, 1 January 2006 at 21:39
