waltz Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Mac Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 Currently reading the following:Crime : Irvine Welsh.Slash autobiographyChildren of Huron : J.R.R. Tolkien Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 I've started to read Catch 22 at work.My favourite novel. It's fantastic, every page is hilarious. Finally finished Hemingway's 'For Whom the Bell Tolls', nice grim read for a sunny day....Another one of my faves, awesome book. The part where Pilar tells the story of Pablo's army taking revenge on the fascist supporters they captured in a town, where they get called out of the church one by one to walk through the two lines of people, is absolutely awesome writing.I've gone through a bit of a lean reading spell of late, partially due to becomming obsessed with the wire. However I did just start "The Shock Doctrine" by Naomi Klein yesterday.More grim reading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RF Scott Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 I've gone through a bit of a lean reading spell of late, partially due to becomming obsessed with the wire.Ha, me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S I D C A Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 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............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S I D C A Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltz Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepeep Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 didn't go for the bible in the end...nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Denim.. Posted October 17, 2008 Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 Just finished The Watchmen. I didn't think I'd really like graphic novels, but I was properly engrossed. Definitely one of the best reads I've had in quite some time.I keep telling people to read this but they just don't want to read a 'comic'. It's fantastic. I also recommend The Preacher graphic novels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltz Posted October 17, 2008 Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 I'm just about to read 'Complicity' by Ian Banks.Turns out it's brilliant. Where next with Ian Banks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaTsunami Posted October 21, 2008 Report Share Posted October 21, 2008 'The Bridge', 'The Wasp Factory' and 'Espedair Street' are my favourite Banks novels.I'm reading essays and poetry by Adrienne Rich at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen B Posted October 21, 2008 Report Share Posted October 21, 2008 I'm read Indian Peter by Douglas Skelton, a biography of Peter Williamson who was kidnapped off the streets of Aberdeen as a young un and sold as a slave in America and variousw other interesting things happened in his life, but I won't spoilt it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KarmaTsunami Posted October 25, 2008 Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 different encloures by irena klepfiszsome of it's very grim, some of it's very beautiful, and some of it's downright odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirsten Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 Re-reading Stephen Fry's 'The Liar'. My old copy disappeared. Gawd bless HMV and their 3 Fry books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted November 2, 2008 Report Share Posted November 2, 2008 You would think my Nirvana obsession would have waned somewhat after 14 years, but I soon as I heard about this book, I pre-ordered it:Cobain Unseen: R. Cross Charles: Amazon.co.uk: Books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted November 2, 2008 Report Share Posted November 2, 2008 Re-reading Stephen Fry's 'The Liar'. My old copy disappeared. Gawd bless HMV and their 3 Fry books.Wonderful book, very clever and very funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirsten Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 Wonderful book, very clever and very funny.True. Last time I read it, I hadn't read Moab Is My Washpot, so it was interesting in that way this time round.I'm re-reading The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi. I don't know why I'm re-reading books and not reading new ones... I'm gonna buy Submarine by Joe Dunthorne soon though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda Strong Posted November 12, 2008 Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 I thought it was about time i read Slaughterhouse 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirsten Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 I thought it was about time i read Slaughterhouse 5.Fantastic book. Still sad that Mr. Vonnegut's not around any more... so it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metarie Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 I love HMV for having cheap books. I got A Million Little Pieces by James Fray the other day for 4 or something. Not a bad book, it did seem a wee bit fantasical for a memoir, but then I've never been in rehab so what do I know?I think I shall keep to the theme of excess and re-read Fear and Loathing and Naked Lunch next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda Strong Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 Fantastic book. Still sad that Mr. Vonnegut's not around any more... so it goes.So it goes!I finished it yesterday. What an incredible read! "They had teeth like piano keys."My mind is still buzzing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirsten Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 You read it fast. Nice!Oh, and I didn't wanna make a new thread, but is anyone gonna go see Mark Gatiss at the Union Bridge Waterstone's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Zero Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 I have recently read - 'Child of God' by Cormac MacCarthy,'Things The Grandchildren Should Know' by Mark Everett,'No-One Belongs Here More Than You' by Miranda July.Now reading 'King Solomon's Mines' by H.Rider Haggard. These green 2 quid Penguin books from Waterstones are great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda Strong Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 These green 2 quid Penguin books from Waterstones are great.They really are! I love the feel of cheep paper.I've picked a few over the last months. Good size, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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