jon Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 The Fry Chronicles. Self indulgent, verbose and jolly good fun, what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Denim.. Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Just finished "Perdido Street Station" by China Mieville. Brilliant, steam-punk adventure.In the middle of "The Scar" also by China Mieville.Another steam-punk adventure (sort of a sequel to the last book) but at sea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaTsunami Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 I'm currently reading, re-reading and then re-re-reading to make sure I read it right the first time Richard P. Feynman's 'Six Easy Pieces', which isn't that easy for someone who has never done physics before. If anyone can recommend something that is aimed at complete beginners then I'd be happy to hear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Zero Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 I'm finished Roy Keane's book, it was pretty good. He really dislikes Mick McCarthy.I am now going to tackle 'Moby Dick', it's been sitting in my pile of unread 'classics' for far too long, like, years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Denim.. Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 I am now going to tackle 'Moby Dick', it's been sitting in my pile of unread 'classics' for far too long, like, years.Oh dear. My better half had to study Moby Dick as part of an English degree and I never heard the end of how bad it was. You'll be reading a lot of descriptions of whales apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirsten Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 Really enjoyed Revolutionary Road despite there being no likeable characters. Now onto Kurt Vonnegut's 'A Man Without A Country'. So far so good. I do enjoy his rambles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Oh dear. My better half had to study Moby Dick as part of an English degree and I never heard the end of how bad it was. You'll be reading a lot of descriptions of whales apparently.Have you read 20000 Leagues Under The Sea? Entire chapters dedicated to scientific classification of various sea life and plants. Theres a good story hidden in amongst all the waffle, but it's a yawnfest. Got bored halfway thru, didnt finish it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TelecasterSam Posted January 30, 2011 Report Share Posted January 30, 2011 Behind Closed Doors - Laurence Rees(World War Two)subtitled : Stalin, The Nazis and The Westvery informative, and a good read..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Von Mondragon Posted January 31, 2011 Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 I'm reading 'The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad' by Minister Faust.Black Power SF, ace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 I've just started If You Liked School, You'll Love Work. Some pretty funny stories but I'm finding as Welsh writes and writes he gets worse and worse. It's not bad, in fact it's pretty fucking good. But it's definitely a step down from his earlier works.I'm moving on to the works of Chuck Palahnuik after I've done Reheated Cabbage and the plays Irvine Welsh wrote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Zero Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 Decided I couldn't be arsed with 'Moby Dick' right now. Started on 'The Snowman' by Jo Nesbo, which I picked up cheap in Asda and could tell within a few pages I was going to enjoy. Then I happened to get into a discussion about it with a guy at work who informed me that his previous books have a thread running through them that means it is better to read them in order. So I went to Waterstones and got the others in a 3 for 2 deal. So I am now reading 'The Redbreast' by Jo Nesbo, which is good thus far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 6, 2011 Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 Anyone else here a fan of John Betjeman? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Nice Andrew Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Just about finished the shining. Stephen king is disgusting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Von Mondragon Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Halfway through 'The Forever War' by Joe Haldeman, 3 from Fopp, SF masterworks series, ace Vietnam metaphor, in space. Relativistic time slip means that soldiers serving 2 years can arrive back 10, 20, 50 or more years by Earth time, depending on where they went, thus alienating the warriors from the culture they are serving. Affa good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Just read "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller. Always wary of reading plays but I think, with Millers directions and commentary added in, there's a whole other side to the story. Basically about the Salem witch trials and is true for all intents and purposes.Lots of interesting parallels to be drawn with the McCarthy trials that were being conducted around the time this was written, which themselves affected Miller directly. Worth looking into! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Just read "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller. Always wary of reading plays but I think, with Millers directions and commentary added in, there's a whole other side to the story. Basically about the Salem witch trials and is true for all intents and purposes.Lots of interesting parallels to be drawn with the McCarthy trials that were being conducted around the time this was written, which themselves affected Miller directly. Worth looking into!I was in a school production of that when i was at school. I played Deputy Governor Danforth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 I was in a school production of that when i was at school. I played Deputy Governor Danforth.It's all about John Proctor. Fuck Danforth. Mind you, least you aren't Parris or Hathorne. Or Abigail. In fact, Proctor is the only good character. Maybe Rebecca too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 It's all about John Proctor. Fuck Danforth. Mind you, least you aren't Parris or Hathorne. Or Abigail. In fact, Proctor is the only good character. Maybe Rebecca too.The (1996) film version isn't terrible either, certainly worth a watch. It has Daniel Day-Lewis and Wynona Ryder in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 The (1996) film version isn't terrible either, certainly worth a watch. It has Daniel Day-Lewis and Wynona Ryder in it.Oh aye? I'll have to check it out. Is Day-Lewis Proctor? I had no idea this movie existed but that's who I pictured him as, bizarrely!Seeing as we're on the book thread, anyone read Daniel Day-Lewis' dads poetry? Remember coming across it a while back but forgot the guys name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerryChristmas Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Has anyone read Don Quixote? Is it as boring as im told or as great as a spanish woman once told meJust reading Candide by Voltaire, waterstones 2 classics section is the bomb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Zero Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 Has anyone read Don Quixote? Is it as boring as im told or as great as a spanish woman once told meNot yet, it is in my pile of 'Classics' waiting to be tackled, got it for a few quid in Oxfam.I have some about 10 years old that haven't been attempted yet so it may take a while to get to.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 Candide is such a wonderful book.Never read Don Quixote and like you I've heard varying reports from other people as to whether it is fantastic or turgid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Double Jack Posted March 2, 2011 Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 just finished Dear Boy, the Keith Moon biography. Worth a read, first couple of chapters slow, but not a book to read if you want a laugh at moon's explolts. quite a sad tale of a very talented man's early death due to untreated personality disorders mixed with drink drugs and ultimately poor medical advice. A troubled man from late adolesence to his death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Denim.. Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 Candide is such a wonderful book.Never read Don Quixote and like you I've heard varying reports from other people as to whether it is fantastic or turgid.Candide is indeed funny... if a little tragic as I recall.Don Quixote is awful. It's like watching a bad comedian, you know it's supposed to be funny but you just cringe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Denim.. Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 Just finished "Iron Council" by China Mieville.It's the third Bas-Lag steampunk novel, no where near as good as the last two but there is a rather cool monk (Qurabin) who can call in favours from his Gods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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