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triky · Post by **triky** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 2:40 pm

spooKs wrote:
triky wrote:The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad. dark, but i like!
Have you read any of his short stories? The Secret Sharer is too deep. Sick author.

yeah, i have but it's been a while. but i loved the secret sharer. and heart of darkness! really good reads!

spooKs · Post by **spooKs** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:25 pm

yeah he's a proper incredible author, love the vibe all his stuff shares, and i don't think he's ever written anything which the sea isn't in, almost as a major character in the background, which i like

datura · Post by **datura** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:31 pm

Just started the Midwich Cuckoos.

RubiconMan · Post by **RubiconMan** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 1:42 am

trailofthedead wrote:

will have to keep my eyes open for that one ... looks good

consoul · Post by **consoul** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 3:03 pm

just finished 'On The Road' by jack kerouac.

its an awsome book, he wrote in in one go, on a 120 foot scroll of tracing paper sheets that he cut to size and taped together, using benzadrine to keep himself awake and it reads like that, proper non-stop. its about him and his mates travelling around the US in the 50s listening to be-bop and taking drugs.

check it out!

paolo · Post by **paolo** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 4:48 pm

'Homicide: A Year On The Killing Streets' by David Simon (creator of The Wire). It's his account of a year spent on with the Baltimore police homicide unit in 1988 and it's well worth checking out if you like crime writing, or indeed The Wire

schamotnik · Post by **schamotnik** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 5:22 am

paolo wrote:'Homicide: A Year On The Killing Streets' by David Simon (creator of The Wire). It's his account of a year spent on with the Baltimore police homicide unit in 1988 and it's well worth checking out if you like crime writing, or indeed The Wire

need to check that..

I just started

quite entertaining so far..

beesting · Post by **beesting** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 12:16 pm

Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières. If David Simon was writing about the 2nd world war this would be it. Don't watch the film though - it's shit.

jah know · Post by **jah know** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 12:04 am

The holographic universe - michael talbot

thomas · Post by **thomas** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 3:43 pm

Consoul wrote:just finished 'On The Road' by jack kerouac.

its an awsome book, he wrote in in one go, on a 120 foot scroll of tracing paper sheets that he cut to size and taped together, using benzadrine to keep himself awake and it reads like that, proper non-stop. its about him and his mates travelling around the US in the 50s listening to be-bop and taking drugs.

check it out!

read it the other week, amazing book. Although he did plan, and take notes for years before actually writing it. Still its written without edits and that, neal cassady is a character! Need to buy his books.

Reading "Down and Out in Paris and London" by George Orwell. Should really be essential reading for anyone.

diss04 · Post by **diss04** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 3:48 pm

anyone read 'london fields' by martin amis?

i read 'money' by amis and thought it brilliant

corpsey · Post by **corpsey** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 4:03 pm

Yeah I read 'Money' quite recently and thought it was very good.

I haven't read anything in ages... must rectify this really

unlikely · Post by **unlikely** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 6:11 pm

Thomas wrote: Reading "Down and Out in Paris and London" by George Orwell. Should really be essential reading for anyone.

been meaning to read this for ages

thomas · Post by **thomas** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 6:54 pm

unlikely wrote:
Thomas wrote: Reading "Down and Out in Paris and London" by George Orwell. Should really be essential reading for anyone.
been meaning to read this for ages

really should, its a great book, tells some good stories and he has alot to say with regards to rich/poor. clever bloke.

mr_vega · Post by **mr_vega** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:22 pm

manray · Post by **manray** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 4:24 pm

mr_vega wrote:

If you like that you should pick this one up, dont read it, just leave it around.

spooKs · Post by **spooKs** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:46 pm

Thomas wrote:
unlikely wrote:
Thomas wrote: Reading "Down and Out in Paris and London" by George Orwell. Should really be essential reading for anyone.
been meaning to read this for ages
really should, its a great book, tells some good stories and he has alot to say with regards to rich/poor. clever bloke.

Definitelyyyyyyy. Read it!

mr_vega · Post by **mr_vega** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:35 pm

manray wrote:
mr_vega wrote:
If you like that you should pick this one up, dont read it, just leave it around.

you wouldnt believe the different methods!!!

bashment dan · Post by **bashment dan** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 2:50 pm

ray kurzweil - singularity is near

method x · Post by **method x** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:04 pm

Robert Heinlein - The Door into Summer

It's very interesting.

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