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Never seen him mentioned here, is anyone else into his books? I absolutely love them! Im currently reading Neither Here Nor There and its hilarious, almost as funny as Down Under. |
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I first encountered his work in an English exam. It was an extract from his "Notes from a Small Island". I thought, "What's this? Those retards at the exam board have actually chosen some good literature rather than the usual, trite, liberal nonsense?" I got a copy of the book and enjoyed it, I also enjoyed the one where he is crossing the Appalachian trail. I tried a couple more after that, but seem to have gone off travel books in general. I find theme a little too mundane. |
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yeah, i wouldnt have normaly gone for travel books but i find his so entertaining. he seeks out the strange things about the places he visits and he has such a cuastic sense of humour. hes just released a book called, i think, a brief history of nearly everything, covering i guess similar things to stephen hawkings, but in his own style. im gonna have to check it out, but it costs £20, ouch! |
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that was a walk in the woods that you read, probably the weakest one i've read. if you are still interested i strongly reccomend Down Under. |
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That's the one. I may grab a copy of Down Under next time I'm at my parents' house. |
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His books are fucking great. They have me in tears sometimes. *waits for snide comment from a certain cunt on the board* The one where he walked the appalachian trail is good too. |
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'Notes from a small island' and 'Neither here nor there' are both great. 'A Walk in the Woods' and 'Down Under' I didn't enjoy so much. I read recently in New Scientist that he has just finished book on science for the layperson. Here we are, . I shall have to check this out. |
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Bill Bryson is brilliant. I love Notes from a Big Country. He rips the States apart. He's like a travelling non-political Michael Moore |
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yeah, me too! i cant help agreeing with everything he says, he seems to have it all figured out somehow. genius imo |
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A travelling "non-political" michael moore? so really, he's just a fat alan whicker? |
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not a fan ey?! |
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My old man's a fan. Bill bryson goes hand in hand with scotch and rye and chewing the fat and all that other shit that most scottish people think is funny. I've got no idea how he started appealling to the scottish hoi polloi. He must have written a "hilarious" book about his travels in scotland and the scum have been hooked ever since. But fucking forget that. Check out the scottish guys in this thread. Me, Mc_303_beatz and yerself. It sure beats all those clog wearing dope-smokers. |
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In notes from a small island he says that the scots are generous and that the have the highest percentage of university graduates per capita in europe. Not that that really denotes intelligence, especially with all the mickey mouse degrees floating about today... |
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I've met about 3 generous scots in my life |
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i did a post grad in donald duck. |
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Yeah, you're right. Scottish people are mean. I've never heard that one before. fucking hell. |
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lol sorry to say im not scottish though, im from england, i just work up here at the moment. |
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Dunno, out of 4 scots I'm reasonably matey with, only one is tight. In fact, one of them gave me a can of lemonade today when I was pissed off that we had run out of orange juice at work. |
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Verry funny. |
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i guess i shouldn't have gotten the translation of 'A Short History of Nearly Everything'. i feel slightly like i'm being talked to like a retard i can't get over the fact that this idiot has to write out 9 billion trillion trillion trillion or something similar every time, 945 does work better man other than that it is a nice history of science oh and it's not nearly the history of everything, since it leaves out culture altogether. unless the history of everything physical is ment |
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bryson's pretty good yeah, thought Short History was a great little story on science history. in his travel writing he likes to exagerate, over-react and that can be funny but sometimes borders on being just a little too self conscious for my likes to a point where he tries too hard just for the sake of an anecdote. he's a smart guy though, one can tell, and he's a pleasure too read. i prefer Paul Theroux's travel writing, I find him more perceptive and insightful over the places he goes to. he really knows how to get to the bottom of things. |
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