What are you reading?

Hide_One · Post by **Hide_One** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 1:37 pm

Papillion - Henri Charriere

limb · Post by **limb** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 4:49 pm

I wrote a book:

LEQ · Post by **LEQ** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 7:27 pm

Churchill's Cigar - Stephen McGinty.

BLZDub · Post by **BLZDub** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 5:47 pm

I found this book on the floor walking home drunk one night and started reading it the other day. Didn't know anything about Primo Levi, but he is a serious character. Worth a ganders.

diss04 · Post by **diss04** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 5:51 pm

cormac mccarthy (sp?) - i've heard some decent things, just wanted to know if they thought he was/is (?) a good writer and if they have any recommendations

datura · Post by **datura** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 6:16 pm

The Damned United.

LEQ · Post by **LEQ** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 10:17 pm

datura wrote:The Damned United.

Be interested to know what you think of that, it's on my list.

drokkr · Post by **drokkr** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 9:57 am

Diss04 wrote:cormac mccarthy (sp?) - i've heard some decent things, just wanted to know if they thought he was/is (?) a good writer and if they have any recommendations

i think he is an amazing writer.
check out - blood meridian(one of the best books i've read in the last year or so), all the pretty horses, the crossing...

funky stanton · Post by **funky stanton** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 2:34 pm

limb wrote:I wrote a book:

It is available for free download from here:

http://www.lulu.com/content/6187284

or you can buy it for about £10, (none of that goes to me its just how much it costs to print a book off)

shit if you want to download I think you have to go to here:

http://stores.lulu.com/murtaghchris

Big up your typewriter.

limb · Post by **limb** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 7:58 pm

BEMBO MUTHERFUCKER

Is that Hidalgo something or other? the congoist, I've never seen anyone come close to matching that fat mans hands, they look like he's stuck in Fast forwards >> and we're all just in play >

en ami · Post by **en ami** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 6:33 am

George Orwell - Coming Up For Air

spooKs · Post by **spooKs** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:25 pm

en ami wrote:George Orwell - Coming Up For Air

I'm reading that at the moment, not like the other books of his that I've read at all...what did you think?

Tekki · Post by **Tekki** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 12:06 am

The Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi

won his first battle at the age of 13 against and accomplished swordsmen. won over sixty duels over mainland japan. died undefeated...real secret ninja shizzle. the central theme of the book is self reliance, like preparing your own pot noodle.

motherfuckingtimevampire · Post by **motherfuckingtimevampire** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 3:36 am

reading
The Diamond Age
by Neil Stephenson
So far, very good.

The rules to a board game called Android.
Heavy

and some stacks of comics and graphic novels sitting around including:
Transmetropolitan
&
a couple other guilty pleasures

roo · Post by **roo** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 2:37 pm

LEQ wrote:
datura wrote:The Damned United.
Be interested to know what you think of that, it's on my list.

I strongly recommend you take it off you list and place it before your eyes

I have my doubts about the upcoming film though

Otherwise I'm reading Inverting the Pyramid: A History of Football Tactics by Jonathan Wilson
which is the bible if you write for the Guardian sports pages

funky stanton · Post by **funky stanton** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 1:07 pm

Welcome to the Monkey House - Kurt Vonnegut

&

The Nature of Economies - Jane Jacobs

cal · Post by **cal** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 1:38 pm

House of Leaves

jamesmartian · Post by **jamesmartian** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 2:31 pm

Ciaphas Cain

It's one of the many Warhammer 40k books - don't know why but I grabbed it off my mates shelf and I can't get my head out of it now :/

c03 · Post by **c03** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 4:51 pm

roberto bolano - the savage detectives

v good read so far - only read the first few chapters but theres been drugs, wierd sex and masturbation, and its all very funny.
modern classic apparently and i would agree

hashmoney · Post by **hashmoney** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:58 am

Just finished "the Dice Man' what can you say about that book....

just started reading 'House of Leaves' by Mark Z. Danielewski. Not too far into it but seems pretty fucking cool so far. Iv'e not read anything like it before, totally original style and structure and pretty damn freaky.

'Twelve' by Nick Mcdonell is well worth checking out as well.

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