Afro Droid Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 ahhahahahhahhahahahahhahahahaahahahahaahhahamight I recommend "the very hungry caterpillar" by eric carle' date=' it has PRETTY PIKTURES AND THE WORDS ARE VERY EASY.[/quote'] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tv tanned Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 Cold Granite - by Stuart MacBride, good Rebus-esque crime novel set in Aberdeen.Give Me Ten Seconds - John Sargeant's autobiography, cracking read.Captive State - by George Monbiot, awesome read.In the middle of reading No Logo at present, and then have Nelson Mandela's autobiography to start... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachie Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 Cold Granite's good then? I forgot to seek it out when it was being advertised at Ottakars etc, must have a looksee at that one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tv tanned Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 I enjoyed it. It's not really a challenging book, but it's a good relaxing read.In terms of favourite all time books, Animal Farm is my favouritest ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachie Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 Cheers, might pop to the library this afternoon then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardcore Mel Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 ahhahahahhahhahahahahhahahahaahahahahaahhahamight I recommend "the very hungry caterpillar" by eric carle' date=' it has PRETTY PIKTURES AND THE WORDS ARE VERY EASY.[/quote']ahahahahhhahahahahahahahahahahahahprick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 "Down and out in Paris and London" is a great book. 1984 is my favourite Orwell though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janine Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 down and out in paris and london is great' date=' 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']Well, if we're being pedantic, its not a novel...but yes, it is great. It actually makes you...want to be in poverty (if only for a week), just to experience it. I often get bored with dystopian novels like 1984, Brave New World is the only one which has ever really interested me to any degree. But back to the point, I like Chaucer because I've had an interest in the whole mediaeval morality/seven deadly sins idea for a while, after reading Dante, Milton, Aquinas and the like. Its a natural progression. Also, the language really fascinates me, and its great fun to read out loud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swingin' Ryan Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 Haha' date=' spot on.Well, if we're being pedantic, its not a novelShe's right, novel = narrative fiction. Let's be pedantic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2 minutes of hate Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 a good book is the silmarillion by tolkein, everything you could want in one book really. the begining is immense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Lucifer Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 ahhahahahhahhahahahahhahahahaahahahahaahhahamight I recommend "the very hungry caterpillar" by eric carle' date=' it has PRETTY PIKTURES AND THE WORDS ARE VERY EASY.[/quote']Mick Foley is a brilliant author. Read one of his books (I recommend "Blood And Sweatsocks", his first book). His fiction stuff is awesome as well. To make patronising remarks like that is just ignorant. You twat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bluesxman Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 Just finished Almost Home by Damien Echols (the West Memphis Three prisoner on death row). It was good but the editing should have been tighter!Can't decide what to read next, I have a huge stockpile of books waiting to be read, I never seem to have time these days. Should really try and finish the Da Vinci Code but want to read the Motley Crue biography the Dirt, supposed to be hilarious. Then the Hungry Caterpillar, sure my girlfriend can get me it at the nursery she works at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardcore Mel Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 The Dirt is amazing! Some of the shit those guys got up to! Gonna re-read it tomorrow during a long car trip to Chester. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripey Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 Sorry, I don't get the joke, you'll have to explain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripey Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 Mick Foley is a brilliant author. Read one of his books (I recommend "Blood And Sweatsocks"' date=' his first book). His fiction stuff is awesome as well. To make patronising remarks like that is just ignorant. You twat.[/quote']How is it ignorant? Surely if anyone deserves to be patronised, it's people who post to a thread about books to say that they have just read the biography of a wrestler. Then again, I suppose the ability to distinguish between commercial products and genuine, meaningful creative output is something that the people who inhabit this website seem to lack anyway. You twat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 Surely if anyone deserves to be patronised' date=' it's people who post to a thread about books to say that they have just read the biography of a wrestler.[/quote'] Why is that book less relevent than any other in this thread? The original poster didn't say "Recommend books, but only ones that are deemed intellectually valid by Gridlock". Why is one person's story invalid as literature just because of the job they do? Be that wrestler, academic or musician. Where does this imaginary line that only you seem able to see lie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripey Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 Why is one person's story invalid as literature just because of the job they do? Be that wrestler' date=' academic or musician.[/quote']Well if the guy actually wrote it himself, i'd imagine its just a series of crayon scrawls, but more than likely it's been written by someone else, in order to cash in on his "image", and lets face it, I doubt the life of a redneck chicken-strangling wife-beater who earns a living by fondling men in lycra suits is of much importance to humanity. Where does this imaginary line that only you seem able to see lie?Well, obviously outside the sphere of consciousness of the kind of people that read books intended for kids and simpletons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afro Droid Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 Well if the guy actually wrote it himself' date=' i'd imagine its just a series of crayon scrawls, but more than likely it's been written by someone else, in order to cash in on his "image", and lets face it, I doubt the life of a redneck chicken-strangling wife-beater who earns a living by fondling men in lycra suits is of much importance to humanity.[/quote']Stop. For all your artistic pretensions, you really have no idea what you're talking about here.And you think Damien Hirst is good. You're the idiot chum.Well, obviously outside the sphere of consciousness of the kind of people that read books intended for kids and simpletons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripey Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 Stop. For all your artistic pretensions' date=' you really have no idea what you're talking about here.And you think Damien Hirst is good. You're the idiot chum.[/quote']Actually, I think damien hirst is crap. Chum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afro Droid Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 That was a snappy comeback.I'm getting pretty fed up of your species of internet troll - pretensious pseudo-inteligentsia who can't bring themselves to like anything that more than 2 other people like. Chris Morris is great, but there already is a Chris Morris. If you have any real friends - that is friends you have where the relationship is deeper than one based on games of "intellectual" one-up-manship - you might realise that people are infinitely more complex than "if you read x book you are stupid." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripey Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 That was a snappy comeback.I'm getting pretty fed up of your species of internet troll - pretensious pseudo-inteligentsia who can't bring themselves to like anything that more than 2 other people like. Chris Morris is great' date=' but there already is a Chris Morris. If you have any real friends - that is friends you have where the relationship is deeper than one based on games of "intellectual" one-up-manship - you might realise that people are infinitely more complex than "if you read x book you are stupid."[/quote']hahah! "Pseudo-inteligentsia" You are mistaken, I am not the kind of person who professes a dislike for stuff because it's popular, I just happen to have an opinion of my own, sorry if you don't agree with my impeccable good taste. I don't understand where chris morris comes into this either, perhaps you can explain the relevance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afro Droid Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 You come off as a Chris Morris-wannabe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinosaur Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 hahah! "Pseudo-inteligentsia" You are mistaken' date=' I am not the kind of person who professes a dislike for stuff because it's popular, I just happen to have an opinion of my own, sorry if you don't agree with my impeccable good taste. I am also a fag.[/quote']I've had just about enough of all this insulting because of people's tastes. By Impeccable taste do you mean no taste what-so-ever? You must be the most hard to please person I have ever met! Nothing seems good enough for you, no matter what the subject is, whether its books, tv or music. Why don't you do us all a favour and stop posting on every thread that appreciates something you don't like. Just because you feel all warm and tingly inside because you think you're the "super cool guy that disagrees with everthing" So what? I read a book about a wrestler? For your information, about half of the book has nothing to do with wrestling in the slightest. I also read book about Micheal J Fox and how he is coping with Parkingson's Disease, do you want to have a go about Parkingson's saying that its stupid and people that have it don't deserve to live because its not cool in your books for someone to have a problem that affects their life? Grow up and respect everyone else's opinions alrighty? :] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alvin Starclusk Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 I love Alan Warner' date=' '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']Strangely, I absolutely loved The Sopranos, but absolutely despised The Man Who Walks. Morvern Callar was OK.Currently reading the new Christopher Brookmyre, which as far as I'm concerned, confirms that he's lost his magic touch (the previous book was pretty damn poor as well). Just finished Into That Darkness, a series of interviews with the Commandant of a Nazi extermination camp. Very hard going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alvin Starclusk Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 I also read book about Micheal J Fox and how he is coping with Parkingson's DiseaseThat book has one of the finest first chapters I've ever read. Although Ronnie Corbett's autobiography probably just beats it.I'm deadly serious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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