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[RF Scott]

Originally Posted by Paranoid Android

I've gone through a bit of a lean reading spell of late, partially due to becomming obsessed with the wire.

Ha, me too.

[S I D C A]

I'm working my way through my Clifford D Simak backlog, a bargain job lot from e-bay, a bit formulaic but pleasing. I'd thoroughly recommend "way station"- its class. Pastoral, gentle, intelligent sci-fi...great for bedtime reading..
Apart from that I'm halfway through Will self's Liver and looking forward to The Butt....allready I've had to raid the dictionary at 12.30 am just to see what the fuck he was talking about.

flat earth news next i reckon.............

[S I D C A]

Originally Posted by euanisacowboykiller

I'm just about to read 'Complicity' by Ian Banks. I've been reading more Scottish stuff recently, Irvine Welsh, Ian Rankin... even some Norman MacCaig poetry. How patriotic.

If you've not hit his tomes before I'd well reccomend James Kelman- Kinda like Irvine Welsh and Bank's cooler more authentic pissed uncle down the pub. His stuff is dense, hard to get into and odd- but its worth it. Last one i read was "land of the free"- or something similar, he really captures classic working class paranoia and inferiority. oops, perhaps that says more about me than him.

his stuff is the nuts though, and you feel like its the real deal..i enjoy banks ( partic the bridge= masterwork) and welsh ( maribou storks= masterwork, for the same reasons as the bridge, hee..he) but he's the boss.

[euanisacowboykiller]

Originally Posted by S I D C A

If you've not hit his tomes before I'd well reccomend James Kelman- Kinda like Irvine Welsh and Bank's cooler more authentic pissed uncle down the pub. His stuff is dense, hard to get into and odd- but its worth it. Last one i read was "land of the free"- or something similar, he really captures classic working class paranoia and inferiority. oops, perhaps that says more about me than him.

his stuff is the nuts though, and you feel like its the real deal..i enjoy banks ( partic the bridge= masterwork) and welsh ( maribou storks= masterwork, for the same reasons as the bridge, hee..he) but he's the boss.

Funnily enough, i've read some James Kelman. A couple of short stories, "Nice To Be Nice" and another one, I think it was called "The Cards", I quite liked them. Good shout!