What are you reading?

datura · Post by **datura** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:09 pm

Are-K142 wrote:just gonna have a spliff n tea and give JB Ballard - High Rise a go

I enjoyed it, typical later Ballard.

Jubz · Post by **Jubz** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:21 pm

Descartes - Meditations and Other Metaphysical Writings, only read the intro so far.

keksic · Post by **keksic** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:23 pm

last one was +summer sisters+ by judy blume (made me cry at the end)
and before that +blues lessons+ by robert hellenga

diss04 · Post by **diss04** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 7:40 pm

anything to recommend by phillip k dick?

Jubz · Post by **Jubz** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 7:43 pm

the man in the high castle is the only one I've read - superb book.

RubiconMan · Post by **RubiconMan** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 11:27 pm

datura wrote:
Are-K142 wrote:just gonna have a spliff n tea and give JB Ballard - High Rise a go
I enjoyed it, typical later Ballard.

cool, aint read owt else by him but its pretty easy to read so nearly done

corpsey · Post by **corpsey** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 9:53 am

Hereforthwith books are to be burnt, not read with.

stanton · Post by **stanton** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 9:58 am

The Haunter of the Dark - H.P. Lovecraft

deamonds · Post by **deamonds** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:06 am

that looks quite cool stanton..

im reading Enter The Dragon at the moment, cant remember off the top of my head who its by, but its basically about history of tribes/armies of china/asia...starting with the mongols going right through to the present day...some wicked shit going down in this book, highly reccomend it

zoso · Post by **zoso** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 2:08 am

badger wrote:ive finally got round to reading nineteen eighty four and it's really good. i'm so glad i've got into reading again, it's been a while

I still haven't read this - maybe I will after this one

Are-K142 wrote:All about WATCHMEN - wonder how that film is coming on?

I've seen a preview recently looks amazing! Doubtful it will come even close to the comic though ;(

ajantis_art · Post by **ajantis_art** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 12:49 pm

hahah i'm on ross kemp on gangs! the book accompaniment to the sky series! it quite good actually. nice pictures

badger · Post by **badger** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:40 pm

triky wrote:
badger wrote:ive finally got round to reading nineteen eighty four and it's really good. i'm so glad i've got into reading again, it's been a while
its a great book if u liked it and havent read this, try also brave new world by Aldous Huxley... another classic along the same lines set in London 2540. ace book.

that's on my to read list too. i did a dystopian literature course for my english literature degree and yet somehow managed to not read these two classics (or most of the other great books on the reading list

)

epic smh @ that tbh

slim · Post by **slim** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:45 pm

Finished The Drowned World by JG Ballard a few weeks ago, after hearing Kode9 and The Bug going on about it in interviews, figured it was worth a read.

Brilliant book... the idea of london becoming a semi-flooded tropical swamp is hypnotising. Sitting on the tube sweltering and listening to the new FlyLo album probably helped, such a good combination.

sqwol · Post by **sqwol** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:52 pm

finished ' the long walk' such a good read It was done in about 3 days.

corpsey · Post by **corpsey** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:59 pm

Read 'Money' by Martin Amis recently, going to start reading 'The Secret Agent' by Conrad tonight hopefully.

betamaxnomates · Post by **betamaxnomates** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:20 am

Corpsey wrote:Read 'Money' by Martin Amis recently, going to start reading 'The Secret Agent' by Conrad tonight hopefully.

I loved 'Money'. Amis at his best, though 'Times Arrow' comes close.

I've just finished 'Chinese Whispers' by Hsiao Hung Pai. She's a Guardian journo who went undercover to investigate the world of undocumented Chinese immigrant workers in the UK. It's pretty harrowing stuff - people who leave their native land in the hopes of finding a better job to provide for their family yet end up being chewed up and spat out by the system, working illegally for 12 hours a day, under constant fear of arrest, and then handing over almost all their meagre earnings to criminal gangs and moneylenders.
It's a good read though my only criticism is that it feels like it was rushed to publication - few typos and dodgy sentence constructions that should have never have made it past the editing stages.

shane · Post by **shane** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:02 am

i finally finished Haunted the other day and i'm definitely glad i did.

its pretty twisted but there are some really good stories in there. worth the read if you're a Palahniuk fan.

upreal · Post by **upreal** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:09 am

Mika Waltari - Egyptian Sinuhet
it's way more massive than I had hoped for, epic reading

LEQ · Post by **LEQ** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:11 am

Microserfs - Douglas Coupland, started it last night.

BaronVon · Post by **BaronVon** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:02 am

Read nearly all of his books now. I love the way Banks builds a story, just when you start thinking bugger all is going to happen, you turn the page and blam all hell breaks loose. Yesterday i didn't put this book down for five hours (apart from to make Tea of course)
I have alot of time on my hands

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