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I tried searching for a similar thread but I'm fucked if I could find them... oh well. Anyway, I finally managed to get a copy of Diary by Chuck so I'm reading that, nearly finished. Then I think I'll get Donna Tartt's The Secret History which I heard good things about - she's a friend of Bret Easton Ellis and apparently it's quite a famous book. Yet it's the first I've heard of it, that fucking booksite equilvelent of the IMDB is more necessary every week.. anyway I digress. After that it's Niall Griffiths - Kelly & Victor, then Shadowland by Peter Straub. You? |
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Diary is a damn good read. I enjoyed it a lot. I'm reading A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. It's basically starts with the Big Bang and goes through to the current day. There's loads of info in it. I recommend it. |
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mahatma gandhi´s biography |
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i just started an autobiography of howard marks called mr nice, he spent years in prison for bein a big weed smuggler, it's a fun read so far |
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currently reading the complete works of poe. and i dont mean that band that sung "angry johnny" hehehe. i think the story that has really clung to my sack is "the details in the case of m. vandelar" (sp?). if you haven't read it, i highly recommend checking it out, it's about someone on their death-bed being hypnotised and dying in the trance, but still being in suspended animation because of the hypnotic state they are in. VERY freaky ending. |
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Ursula Le Guin's excelent Fantasy 'The Earthsea Quartet' |
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First thing I ever read by Poe, absolutely brilliant story. |
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nick drake by barry humpfries & the peculiar memeories of thomas penman by bruce robinson |
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I can't get into autobiographies really, I dunno why. I can't think of a single one I've read that I enjoyed, probably because most of the ones I read were written by self-aggrandizing wankers. I haven't read Mr Nice but I hear it's good, not surprised he turned out like he did coming from Bridgend though... I think someone on here said "When cannabis gets legalised, that's bloke's career is fucked innit?!" |
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at the moment im reading this thread... sigh.. well at least weve got that attempt at humour out of the way, someone was bound to say it sooner or later |
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He's from Kenfig Hill in 'e? Did you read Sheepshagger after? |
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not really into autobiographies either, the only other one 'ive read was a long walk to freedom, i just wanted something easy going for a change and a friend recommended it |
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Yep and yep. I read Sheepshagger, then Stump, then Grits. Sheepshagger was awesome, the ending blew me away - Stump was less good, bit meandering and uneventful, but Grits was sublime, some brilliant passages. The part where the guy who lives on the mountain in a self-made house recalls his arm being blown off was incredible. |
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Hey, well done Jar. This could be a biggie! |
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Why thank you william, your approval is the only thing that keeps my sex drive alive. |
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I'm also reading Bjork - Wow and Flutter, really interesting biography with some nice pictures too :) |
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I'm still reading The Golden Bough by J G Frazer, only 200 pages to go! |
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I'm slowly reading Midnight Cowboy which is excellent. I'm just suffering reader's block. |
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H P Lovecraft's night ocean and other stories |
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How is it? The only Lovecraft books I've found in stores here are the Three Omnibuses (which I own)... there are other stories by him but they aren't in print as of now! :@ |
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Harry Potter 5, Texturing and Modelling: A Procedural Approach, The Hobbit, Lucky Jim. |
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thomas pynchon - v |
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luke rhinehart - the diceman |
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'Genzo the Marionnetist' by Yuzo Takada. (yeah, it's a manga, so what... ; )) |
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As far as I know the only Lovecraft story missing from those comps is 'Cool Air' Phresch: Again??! |
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Yeah, get The Secret History. My brothers g/f got it for me last christmas. It's brilliant!! |
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Just got it, looks a good 'un :) |
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I just finished reading war of the worlds, very good book. |
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i just bought it. i love that book. |
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the portable authur miller |
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from the iron curtain to fundamentalism: international conflicts after 1945 |
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i've just finished rreading Bill Bryson - notes From A Small Island yesterrday. i don't know what to rread next. |
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CHOKE |
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The Secret History is very good - but her latest book 'The Little Friend' is rubbish. Avoid at all costs! |
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Chris Ware - Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid On Earth. Re-reading it, cos i'm planning to do an essay on it for english lit (comparison with joyce's portrait of the artist as a young man.) |
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Today I get Generation Pi. |
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The Autograph man by Zadie Smith then Mortorcyle Diaries (thanks to sean :D ) |
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The Hobbit... it makes rrandom brruises just appearr on my body. I can't stand it. |
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don't diss the hobbit! |
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but it's, it's lame. like the bit wherre the dwarfs arre putting theirr rred and grreen and silverr and blue and yellow and white and orrange and brrown and black and gold hats on the stand. |
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Arre you a lazy rreaderr? Does a perrson whose name you can't be arrsed to actually rread just become known as Mrrs Dutueuwyd orr Mrr Dagofgrrsajrr? |
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nothing =o( |
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Herman Hesse. Good stuff. |
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'Pattern Oriented Software Architecture' and I wish I had the time to read 'Slaugterhouse 5' by Vonnegut |
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naked brunch by sparkle hayter. it's ok. recently bought: life of pi. i forgot the author's name. on my list: harry potter 5, the remaining chapters of the ultimate hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy and return of the king. |
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is Life Of Pi any good? i might buy it next saturrday. i was meaning to get it ages ago but i got something else instead. |
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No i told a lie. I plan to get a Stephen King book. |
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havent read it yet but i know it won some kind of prize and has been an international bestseller so i'm guessing its good yeah. |
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just finished the man in the high castle by philip k dick, now reading michael j fox autobiography and 1984 |
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Bought another four books today: charles dickens christmas stories, the elegant universe (concerning superstring theory), fast-food nation (been on my to-read list for over a year) and Why does the World Hate America? (or something like that). |
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