Books - What are you reading?

Just finished:

Not his best but still good.

Just starting:

It's good!

Just ordered:

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Currently reading Sir Keef's book simply entitled "Life."

Seriously amazed that he's actually still going.

Next up is "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" - want to read it before seeing the offering from Gary (The Don) Oldman.

don't watch the film after reading the book - it's a crushing disappointment. It's a real shame, I saw the film last night and Tinker, Tailor.. is one of my all-time favorite books. The film has none of the depth of the book, hardly any character development - it just looks nice. Oldman is a superb actor, but you can't polish a turd.

I'm just about to start reading "Racing through the dark" - looking forward to it. I don't seem to be able to get my head around fiction at the moment, yet seem to be able to devour biographies whole - finished "Slaying the Badger" in about 2 days when on holiday recently, which was fantastic.

The Hannibal Lecter trilogy. Absolutely gripping.

Based on a true story no less.

That looks like our johnny.

Based on a true story no less.

Is he walking backwards? The fall of Johnny Appleseeds seeds is all wrong! And I wouldn't trust any cunt with a pan on his head, especially when he eyes up a rabbit with such an expression of unbridled, evil lust.

Just started Bad Science by Ben Goldacre. Loving it.

Is he walking backwards? The fall of Johnny Appleseeds seeds is all wrong! And I wouldn't trust any cunt with a pan on his head, especially when he eyes up a rabbit with such an expression of unbridled, evil lust.

Johnny Appleseed,
Pioneering conservationist, peace activist and friend of the animals a bestial cunt?

The Eric Gill of the nurseries?

'The importance of being idle' by Bertrand Russell of which I skipped the essays about socialism but the rest was pretty good..

Just wanted to say Scoot, he was a really important socialist philosopher and theorist why not read his essays on Socialism?

Reading 'Reamde' by Neal Stephenson, so excited.

Also "Fighting in Spain', Orwell
'Extreme Rambling' Mark Thomas
'The System of the World' Neal Stephenson
'The little Prince' Antoinne de st euxpery
'The Long Goodbye' Raymond Chandler

Beautiful.

looks interesting, bought a copy

Presumably you know of Desolation Angels? Kerouac doing his thing up a mountain, alone at a fire-lookout. Probably my favorite of his

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currently reading this thanks to ludwig, very well written observation on sport and its impact on our lives

Just finished Being There by Jerzy Kosinski. It was impossible not to read without picturing Peter Sellers. Shame really.. Made for an evenings entertainment nonetheless..

My mate's book came out earlier this year, and garnered quite a bit of coverage. I have now read it, and can recommend if you are interested in a leftist view of British politics and its impact on the working class from Thatcher to the present day:

Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class: Amazon.co.uk: Owen Jones: Books

This is next up for me. Been curious about Wilson ever since I heard the great MES bark "This is where C. Wilson wrote 'Ritual In The Dark'", in The Fall's superlative track, 'Deer Park'. Found that my dad has a few of his books in his study, and this one is right up my khyber. Fascinated that monsters are no less than men. Just mundane men. This is a study on what makes them so. Looking forward to getting stuck in.

Ploughed through this puppy. Nothing short of a revelation. It's really a polemic on the human condition, viewed through our capabilities for heinous crime. Interesting theory as to the struggle over the split hemispheres of the brain which dictate our characteristics, which Wilson asserts we can better control. Not a defeatist book at all, despite it being full of shocking violence. Very well researched and plainly written, despite discussions on psychoanalysis/philosophy. A fundamental work, and now one of my very favourite books.

As is this, which I'm about to finish. Despite buying it years ago I've never finished it. Novels aren't my thing and I've tried several times to reach the end but I've cracked it this time. No slur on the book, it's me that's at fault. An original premise told imaginatively and assuredly, with a huge dollop of pathological weirdness. It's been a personal crusade waiting to find the time when I feel ready to dig further into this than I have before, and it seems like now is the time. I can't imagine how it's going to end, which is testament to its originality. This book has had an odd grip on me for a very long time, which I'm about to relinquish.

More enjoyable than I imagined and not nearly as Gonzo as his other work.. But you can see the simmering beneath

Hannibal, with Casino Royale and some more Warhammer 40k books lined up.

@Brave,

I loved that book, by far my favourite Hunter S. Thompson and one I've been meaning to re-read for ages now!

Loved it too, a close second to Hells Angels though.

Hannibal, with Casino Royale and some more Warhammer 40k books lined up.

Oh thank goodness, I can finally admit the last book I read was one of the Horus Heresy ones, safe in the knowledge that I'm not the only one! I'm also trudging through Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon:

In some ways a great book, and the explanation of the workings of the Enigma machine using only the gearing of Alan Turing's slightly dodgy bicycle is absolute genius, BUT blow me... It does go on a bit... Read the first two hundred pages, then stop and you'll love it.

My mate's book came out earlier this year, and garnered quite a bit of coverage. I have now read it, and can recommend if you are interested in a leftist view of British politics and its impact on the working class from Thatcher to the present day:

Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class: Amazon.co.uk: Owen Jones: Books

the whole book is on amazon, under 'look inside'. Is that intentional?

the whole book is on amazon, under 'look inside'. Is that intentional?

Good question. I will bring it to his attention.

Just about to finish The Magus (John Fowles). It was recommended to me a long time ago, but i've only just got round to it. I stayed awake until 4:30 last night unable to tear myself away from the pages.... It's Incredible.

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Finished this last night. Inevitable I'd read it at some point given that MES took the title as the inspiration for the name of his group, and I'm a sycophant. Very short, didn't realise it's a continual monologue told from the point of view of the narrator. Plenty left to unravel in it through rereading, which won't be a chore.

Then began this. Imagine my surprise when I found it wasn't about Groucho. Haven't laughed yet. More fool me.

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