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Just thought I'd make a topic since I got a few books for the library... and begin to start reading properly for the first time in years, some books for proper reading, some to dip into. All non-fiction: Television and Censorship Dictionary of Symbols, Myths and Legends It Doesn't Have to Be Like This (David Icke) Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations (heh) Black Ivory: A History Of British Slavery How about anyone else? |
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Improvising Jazz by Jerry Coker - great little book - short but every page has a drop the bomb on your little world idea that makes you think man, that's so simple and true, how come I didn't think of it? If you already know some scales and modes and chords he tells you what to do with them and why. Shove this book up your ass, people. BTW, David Icke is wrong about the lizards. I mean, we are here and we do control the world, but we're kinda nice and misunderstood. |
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Is he right about anything? |
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Charles Bukowski - Post Office Douglas Adams - Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency |
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stupid white men & bernard hermann biography. |
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www.xltronic.com I need to start Black House again though cause gave up after chapter 1. Been off reading latley, just can't seem to get int a book =os I'm sure it'll come back to me eventually. |
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Dune Chronicles |
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programming c# |
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PC Format. Just finished Cynthia True's Biography of Bill Hicks. Very fucking good. Before that I was reading something else but I don't know what. |
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"Perfume" by Patrick Suskind. |
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Just read: Lyra's Oxford - Phillip Pullman American Psycho: A Reader's Guide - Julian Murphet It - Stephen King (again) Now Reading: Only Forward - Michael Marshall Smith Next Up: Spares - Michael Marshall Smith One Of Us - Michael Marshall Smith The Straw Men - Michael Marshall |
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Actually I might get and read it instead |
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favole al telefono - keeping my Italian skills honed Barney's Version - learning to be a cunt when I'm older |
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You've reminded me what I was reading. IT! What a great book. Shame the film chugged cock. What's that American Psycho : Readers guide like? |
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Aye great book indeed. The AP guide raised some interesting points but £6 for a small 70 page pamphlet is taking the piss. |
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That IS a bit steep. I may have to venture to the local library. Although they haven't had anything I've wanted to read for years :( I'll try and get them to order it in. |
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The amber spyglass at the moment - Phillip Pullman Jarworski, what's this Lyra's Oxford ? |
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It's a short follow up to The Dark Materials trilogy and a precursor to The Book Of Dust, out next year. |
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what the fuck, I had no idea, gotta go change my pants |
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I didn't even notice that in your list. I'll check that shit out too. Any word on the chuck paulanhiafinsk (whatever) short stories collection? |
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I really wouldn't bother with it, either of you - it's short, pointless and ten fucking quid. No word yet on CP ginge, although keep checking his site, they're always in contact with him so they get up to the minute news. |
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when was it released? how short is it? |
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I'll wait to Vicki's family get it then :P CP site is alright actually. I can't believe the high prices people are willing to pay for first editions of hist stuff already. It's bizarre. |
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All conspiracy theorists are right, but only on what they agree on between them. Picture a Venn diagram and where all the kook theories intersect, therein lies the truth. |
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Battle Royale and its a horrible translation. |
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Robert Silverberg - The Stochastic Man Bukowski is great, Factotum was hilarious. |
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"Independent People" Halldor Laxness Wonderful Icelandic epic about a sheep farmer trying to live an independent life. After that I have American Psycho waiting for me. |
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Glamorama and Survivor |
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Both excellent reads. |
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this topic. |
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(The Dark Tower) Wolves of the Calla - Stephen King |
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Bukowski's word is very good - I read them when I was about 17, and thoroughly enjoyed. Alas, they were borrowed copies, so they aren't in my personal library, a fact which I will possibly rectify. I am currently reading "The Occult" by Colin Wilson. If you like reading books which aren't widely distributed, I recommend abebooks.com -- the 2nd hand bookshop of the Internet. |
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im reading the art of tai chi for a few months now and i read the intro to the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy i read this page from too far of because im lazy |
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how was Lyra's Oxford? i keep meaning to get that... |
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im reading Zen Buddhism and Psychoanalysis by Erich Fromm |
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Just Read: The Dying Earth - Jack Vance Now Reading: Pages of Pain - Troy Denning Reading Next: Hyperion - Dan Simmons Languages of Pao - Jack Vance |
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Just went out and bought today: Gunter Gras - "Local Anaesthetic" Dostoyevsky - "Crime and Punishment" Faulkner - "The Sound and the Fury" John Gribbin - "In Search of Schrodinger's Cat" (Thanks Marlowe for recommending this last one.) |
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Just finished Kingsley Amis' "Lucky Jim". Currently re-reading Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil" and Tolkien's "The Hobbit". New material: Power Tools for Reason 2.5, working through the exercises. Countless graphics, law and networking books, too many to list. Just about to start the first of "The Alan Clarke Diaries". The recent televisation with John Hurt was very good and a lot of people have recommended the books. |
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just finished, Lost Souls - poppy z. brite reading now, Lazarus Heart - poppy z. brite next book, the Bell Jar - sylvia plath i reccomend, Exquisite Corpse - poppy z. brite actually, anything at all by poppy z. brite is brutally incredible. |
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i liked Lost Souls, i'll have to read some more of her work when i get a chance. Her new one is out soon isn't it? |
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yeah, the newest one is called Liquor, and it came out March 24th. i'm gonna go pick it up tomorrow i hope, i'll give a review in about a week. |
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"Life's too short to eat white bread while dancing 'the Macarena' on an alligator’s nostril" |
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Man's Worldly Goods by Leo Huberman. A brilliant account of how the economy came about through the ages. Next stop is Captive State by George Monbiot. See ya there! |
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big fish (yes it is a book originally) - its pretty underwhelming actually, alot of the stories arent nearly as magical or even close to being the same as those in the movie. worst part is, theres no continuity between the stories in the book (ie carl the giant just lives in whatever edward's hometown was, and doesnt travel with him) also there's no conflict between the son and edward, edward is just dying. imho the movie is 10x better than the book |
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I just finished reading Angels and Demons+The Da Vinci Code Im currently reading a book on the knights Templar and another book called Deception Point good topic BTW |
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Last two books I read were Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite and The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury. The first book is about this Jeffrey Dahmer-type serial killer named Andrew Compton who escapes prison be willing himself to such a state that he appears dead. The prison doctor even signs his death certificate. He leaves England and comes to America, New Orleans, and meets a kindred spirit. It's pretty good. All the main characters are gay and have aids, and aids seems to be the least of their problems. The Ray Bradbury book is short story collection, most of which were written in the fifties. The majority of them being science fiction dealing with various space travel / mars scenarios. I got Queen Of The Damned by Anne Rice and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley on deck. |
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I quite liked Günter Gras - Have you read Cat And Mouse? Well worth it. |
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MY BOOK FROM EBAY HAS BOOGERS IN IT! |
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lazarus heart- poppy z brite |
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Asimov - I, Robot How to DJ Right (Don't hate, its a good book) |
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