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Jarworski from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2002-11-29 16:36 [#00461661]
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Well, I just finished off the last of his books. I read
them all in order and boy was it a fantastic trip... very
similar to Bret Easton Ellis' style of writing (and also
with characters popping up in several novels)... The ending
of Porno was great too, a pucker way to either end his
writing for good or to leave things open for more... I know
a few of you on here have read some of his stuff... what's
your favourite? I rate them thusly:

1. Filth
2. Trainspotting
3. Porno
4. Maribou Stork Nightmares
5. The Acid House
6. Glue
7. Ecstacy

flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2002-11-29 16:53 [#00461673]
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that's an achievement..!!!

Jarworski from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2002-11-29 16:54 [#00461675]
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Read em all boyo! You know you want to!

flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2002-11-29 16:59 [#00461679]
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yeah I do..I had the compendium of trainspotting, maribou
stork nightmares and The Acid House outta the library..(I
had already read Trainspotting and Acid house seperately)..I
wanted to rereademin sequence but I barely finished
Trainspotting when it was due back...argh..slowpoke bastard
reader that I am:(

plus I didnt realise Filth predated Trainspotting...

Jarworski from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2002-11-29 17:02 [#00461685]
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No, Filth is after Trainspotting... I think the correct
order is: Trainspotting, Acid House, Maribou, Ecstacy,
Filth, Glue, Porno.

It gets a bit much reading them all close to each other...
but it doesn't half knock you for six, I'm practically an
adopted Scot now =o)

flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2002-11-29 17:05 [#00461688]
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ah ken, ah ken :)

Jarworski from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2003-05-13 07:32 [#00696543]
Points: 10836 Status: Lurker | Followup to Jarworski: #00461661

My fucking god... I can't believe I put Glue down there... I
was re-reading it last night and I nearly broke down
crying!

Revised list, for my own peace of mind:

1. Trainspotting
2. Glue
3. Porno
4. Filth
5. Maribou Stork Nightmares
6. The Acid House
7. Ecstacy

fat kaimo from Finland on 2003-05-13 07:39 [#00696546]
Points: 2003 Status: Lurker

oh my i thought flea was posting again..

oh well.
i've only read Trainspotting so far but it was excellent
indeed.

Anus_Presley on 2003-05-13 14:16 [#00696853]
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1. Filth

but i found some of the otherrs i picked up (i ain't rread
bits of em all) just a bit too Scotish

MachineofGod from the land of halo's (United States) on 2003-05-13 15:36 [#00696958]
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I havent picked up any of his books yet because I have an
overflow of books at the moment and will for many more
years.

lizardfister from rainy manchester (United Kingdom) on 2003-05-13 16:21 [#00697058]
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maribou stork nightmares was my favourite.

IronLung from the 91fwy in soCAL (United States) on 2003-05-13 16:32 [#00697073]
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Welsh is easily one of my fav authors...I have reald all
those and would put FILTH or GLUE as the best

Jaser from Castle Greyskull (United Kingdom) on 2003-05-13 18:12 [#00697131]
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One trick pony.

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