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| Snatchgrabber |
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New Rulers of The World - John Pilger
The Christ Conspiracy - Acharya S
Being and Nothingness - Sartre |
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| mishima |
| Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:23 pm |
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White Noise - Don DeLillo
Making Globalization Work - Joseph Stiglitz
Guns, Germs and Steel - Jared Diamond
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich - William L Shirer |
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| Byron |
| Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:26 pm |
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Snatchgrabber wrote: New Rulers of The World - John Pilger
I read that book about 4 years ago. Brilliantly written.
Anyway what i'm currently reading is,
Agent of Evolution (Bill Hicks) - Kevin Booth |
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| Squire |
| Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:03 pm |
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| Growth of the Soil - Knut Hamsun |
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| Caomhaoin |
| Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:07 pm |
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| When I'm on the doss at work I have Trevor Royle's 'Civil War - Wars of the Three Kingdoms 1636-1660', and for bedtime reading its Irvine Welsh's 'Glue'. |
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| seppuku |
| Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:23 pm |
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Squire wrote: Growth of the Soil - Knut Hamsun
What do you make of it, Squire? Have you read any of his other books? I thought "Hunger" was great, but after reading "Mysteries" I was a bit reluctant to investigate further. |
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| bubblegumpanic |
| Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:31 pm |
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When I read 'American Psycho' it totally spoiled the film for me. In comparison, I think it's tragic. Not that it's a bad film, it's just there would have been so much more they could have done with it... So much they left out. But I'm sure they had to, to get it released! Especially the part with the rat and the tube. I'd have liked to see them try to do that well on film!
Having mentioned American Psycho, which is very a graphic book, that leads me to Natsuo Kirino. She only has two books - Grotesque and Out, translated into English which is a real shame as she is a fantastic author, who has a very distinctive style and goes into great detail. Grotesque is a story of prostitution and murder. Out is a story centered around murder and the lengths people will go to cover it up. Both are fantastic books that I really couldn't put down. As soon as I'd finished Grotesque, I rushed to Waterstones to buy Out!
Anything by Ryu Murakami is a treat as well. Also.. 'The Handmaid's Tale' or 'Oryx & Crake' by Margaret Atwood is always a good choice! |
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| Creeping RM Death |
| Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:43 pm |
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Not long finished The Google Story by David Vise. A good insight into how google started and grew to what it is today. Quick easy read but interesting none the less
Danny Wallace. The man is a genious. Check out his books Yes Man and Join Me. Read Yes Man a few months ago but got Join Me on the go bout a fortnight ago. Quite good.
Bought a Jules Verne set, read Around the World in 80 Days on the flight to Athens, read most of Journey to Centre of The Earth on the way home, ill finish it tonight then start 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
I got No Country for Old Men the same day i got the Verne set so ill probably crack into it next week. |
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| ollkiller |
| Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:54 pm |
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A short history of nearly everything - Bill Bryson Savage book. Third time reading it.
The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins
The Beach - Amazing book unlike that shithawk of a film with pretty boy. |
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| Halo |
| Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 2:00 pm |
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Creeping RM Death wrote:
Bought a Jules Verne set, read Around the World in 80 Days on the flight to Athens, read most of Journey to Centre of The Earth on the way home, ill finish it tonight then start 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
Verne is great you can also pick up other classics i.e. out of copyright for almost nothing now I heartily recommend Peter Pan (actually a book with dark undertones and a pretty depressing end) and the two Alice books by Lewis Carroll |
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| Tezcatlipoca |
| Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 2:17 pm |
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| Currently reading 'Have a Nice Day!: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks' by Mick Foley. Have been meaning to read it for years and got a copy of it on Friday there. Absolutely brilliant book. |
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| mishima |
| Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 2:20 pm |
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Tezcatlipoca wrote: Currently reading 'Have a Nice Day!: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks' by Mick Foley. Have been meaning to read it for years and got a copy of it on Friday there. Absolutely brilliant book.
I read that years ago.. Excellent stuff altogether! The stories about his life and the other wrestlers are pure gold. How far on are you? |
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| Tezcatlipoca |
| Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 2:23 pm |
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Just over 250 pages, I think. The Al Snow cheap-shots are fucking hilarious. I think I've encountered about 10 already and there's still so much of the book to get through.  |
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| mishima |
| Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 2:26 pm |
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Tezcatlipoca wrote: Just over 250 pages, I think. The Al Snow cheap-shots are fucking hilarious. I think I've encountered about 10 already and there's still so much of the book to get through.
"But he was full of Snow".. etc..
Brilliant alright!
The part about the flight home after being blown up by C4 in a match in Japan was funny as fuck too! |
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| pentagrimes |
| Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 2:35 pm |
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Kobo Abe "The Box Man"
John Hawkes "The Cannibal"
William Burroughs "The Ticket that Exploded"
recently finished Steven Hall's "Raw Shark Texts". good fun. |
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