Paranoid Android Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 Is that the same American Nazi who tried to coax Billy Pilgrim and co to changing sides in Slaughterhouse5?I'd forgotten about that, it's been a while since I've read Slaughterhouse 5, but now that you mention it I'm pretty sure that it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thestooge Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 "Guilliver's Travels", truely the greatest book ever."1984" but it will make you cynical and paranoid."Junkie", Burroughs at his best though not quite as stylish as "Fear and Loathing" by H.S.T.Any of Robert Asprins "Myth" series, much better than Potter but similar characters/themes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 I found 1984 hard to get into, but still a very good book.I also really enjoyed Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. In a way similer to 1984, it is set in the future where books are banned and firemens job is to set alight to homes that have books in them. The man character is a fireman who go against the rules..I would really also recommend Along came a spider by James Patterson, i couldnt put it down! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 i just read skinny dip by carl hiaasen which was ace and death of an ordinary man by glen duncan which took a while to get going but was brilliant too. death of an ordinary man deals in some pretty heavy subject manner but handles it brilliantly and with an excellent grasp of language. carl hiaasen just writes brilliant surreal thrillers.also i can always recommend david attenborough's autobiography which is fully charming and a wonderful read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aceness Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 One of my favourite books of all time is "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jake Wifebeater Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 One of my favourite books of all time is "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley.Was just about to say that, great book. The film is pretty faithful to the story, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaTsunami Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 The Man Who Walks by Alan Warner. Same guy as did "Morvern Callar" and "The Sopranos" (the choir' date=' not the gangsters).[/quote']I love Alan Warner, 'The Sopranos' is both the funniest and saddest book i've read in a while. There's a lot in there, especially for what on the surface appears to be a story about a girls choir going to edinburgh and behaving badly. 'Morvern Callar' is also brilliant in my opinion. 'These Demented Lands' was a lot harder going though, worth it in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen B Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 I just re-read Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man by James Joyce and it's probably my favourite book ever now. I'm reading Factotum by Charles Bukowski right now which is good read, if a little too vulgar in places, although hilariously so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belladonnaleaves Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 Right now i'm reading the official siouxsie and the banshees biography(obviously not for everyone) But the best things i've read over the last year or so have been, jg ballard - short stories, "something wicked this way comes" by ray bradbury, "a scanner darkly" by phillip k dick, various ray bradbury short stories, some caitlin r kiernan stuff, which is pretty poetic, "the bell jar"and hp lovecraft collections plus "skeleton crew" by stephen king. I've reread cormac mcarthy's "child of god" endless times and recently had a go at "maldoror" by comte de lautreamont, found it hard going, wasn't able to get into it but i'll try again. As folks have said albert camus is great, i've read"the plague" and also "the invisible man" by ralph ellison. Thats all i can think of for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve corps Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 right now i'm reading genghis khan,life, death and resurrection by john man.its truly stunning.recently have been bravo two zero and the one that got away, next is going to be a brian lumly necroscope/vampire world novel.comic wise i always have a read of my copies of scream(banned kids comic from the eighties which fucked me up as child!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ()Papaspyrou() Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 Last book I read was Hulk Hogan's biography. Kinda random book to read' date=' but not bad if you're into biographies.[/quote']You suck.nah, only kidding.....................well, you suck a little bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachie Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 i love that book granted the books thats i have read is limited' date=' but i loved itdoes anyone have the order of the alex cross novels that they go in?also, read lord of the rings [/quote']Along Came a SpiderKiss the GirlsJack and JillCat and MousePop Goes the WeaselRoses are RedViolets are BlueFour Blind MiceBig Bad WolfLondon BridgesMary, Mary - released in Nov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimr Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 I'm currently reading Haruki Murakami - Underground and just finished the latest David Gemmel reworking of Troy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 I'm currently reading a brief history of everything by Bill Bryson, it's quite interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_inthehills Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 I'm reading Spot has a noisey day. It's about this dog called spot, but I won't tell you any more, it might spoil the plot.Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aceness Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 Was just about to say that' date=' great book. The film is pretty faithful to the story, too.[/quote']And another book of his "The Island" is also great, very thought provoking. Its the first book ive read that describes a utopia id want to live in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.Pel Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 "The Dharma Bums" has put my life into its next little phaseSimilar to 'on the road' i guess? His books all seem to have been exactly for me.At the mo I'm reading 'Oryx and Crake' by Margaret Atwood. Loving it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 i finished reading blood and chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause a while ago which was pretty cool, but a bit girly for me really (not being a girl)currently reading through the rincewind trilogy by Terry Pratchett, which is brilliantDavid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardcore Mel Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 just finished foley is good by mick foley, which was great. really funny and readable, even though i've never really been into wrestling. made me want to watch some foley matches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janine Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 Right now I'm reading 'Mrs Dalloway' by Virginia Woolf and Homer's Odyssey, and also re-reading James Joyce's 'Ulysses' and some T.S. Eliot. All great. Recently I've been reading a lot of George Orwell, namely 'Down and Out in Paris and London' and 'Homage to Catalonia'. Working my way through Baudelaire's "Fleurs du Mal' and a selection of Marx's 'Surveys from Exile'. I want to get cracking on more Chaucer soon though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodast Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 Right now I'm reading 'Mrs Dalloway' by Virginia Woolf and Homer's Odyssey' date=' and also re-reading James Joyce's 'Ulysses' and some T.S. Eliot. All great.[/quote']The Odyssey's awesome, some of my favourite lines being:"My dear old ram..""I would not allow them to lament - I stopped each man with a motion of my eyebrows"and, when the Cyclops has been blinded by Odysseus, which he had been told would happen in a prophesy:"Oh bother." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripey Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 Right now I'm reading 'Mrs Dalloway' by Virginia Woolf and Homer's Odyssey' date=' and also re-reading James Joyce's 'Ulysses' and some T.S. Eliot. All great. Recently I've been reading a lot of George Orwell, namely 'Down and Out in Paris and London' and 'Homage to Catalonia'. Working my way through Baudelaire's "Fleurs du Mal' and a selection of Marx's 'Surveys from Exile'. I want to get cracking on more Chaucer soon though.[/quote']down and out in paris and london is great, I reckon it's orwell's best novel and I get quite irritated at the way people bang on about 1984. Chaucer just doesn't appeal to me atall, what's the attraction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripey Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 just finished foley is good by mick foley' date=' which was great. really funny and readable, even though i've never really been into wrestling. made me want to watch some foley matches.[/quote']ahhahahahhahhahahahahhahahahaahahahahaahhahamight I recommend "the very hungry caterpillar" by eric carle, it has PRETTY PIKTURES AND THE WORDS ARE VERY EASY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachie Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 Stop being such a patronising cunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Mog Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 I'm reading Cash by Johnny Cash, very interesting - did you know he's descended from scottish royalty? Also read a book called The Kills by Linda Fairstein, was very good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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