Books - What are you reading?

just read:
the true history of ned kelly / peter carey.

made me wanna start fights with coppers...briefly

Vinz The End Of Mr Y - Scarlett Thomas

Just finished that one. Another thing I ordered at the library. It was like she'd suddenly grown up as a writer, possibly due to teaching creative writing at university now (not that she was bad before). Didn't like the ending, but the journey was a blast.

I can't make claims about her trying to suck me off in a taxi, but I did go to school with her... briefly... before she got kicked out for some sort of illicit substance misdemeanour rumour thingy.

just finished 'hard boiled wonderland' and 'the end of the world' by haruki murakami.
very surreal, but a great read!

mister k just finished 'hard boiled wonderland' and 'the end of the world' by haruki murakami.
very surreal, but a great read!

just finished that book too...i wasn't quite sure what was going on but kept me engrossed...

rg37 [quote]mister k just finished 'hard boiled wonderland' and 'the end of the world' by haruki murakami.
very surreal, but a great read!

just finished that book too...i wasn't quite sure what was going on but kept me engrossed...[/quote]
yeah. it's well confusing.
he never really explains what he's talking about. just proceeds to tell you.
made me hungry for answers!

velocity boy [quote]repeatclicks On my third Kurt Vonnegut book, The Sirens Of Titan. Also read Breakfast of Champions and Deadeye Dick. Will soon be reading "Mother Night".

"The Fuck Up" by Arthur Neresian is good, as well as "Chinese Takeout"

Anything by Charles Bukowski, and I also hear Henry Millers, "Tropic of Cancer" and "Tropic of Capricorn" are not to be missed as well, but I have yet to read them.

Oh and anything by Haruki Murakami (Norweigan Wood is a great start).

Bloody hell, you've been at my book shelves haven't you.[/quote]

Ha!

couple of people mentioned Down and Out in Paris and London. Just finished it and now reading Homage to Catalonia. both excellent!

i recommend:

revolutionary road, by richard yates

it's very good.

and also:

voss, by patrick white.

chris crash any other sherlock holmes fans?

Hell yeah. Read those when I was much younger and they still stick with me. Just outstanding. I have an old 3 vol set printed in the 30s that belonged to a grandfather. Basil Rathbone or Jeremy Brett?

The Rider is an amazing read.

Pattern Recognition is also very, very good as is Spook Country, his latest. Gibson's prose is just so nice to read.

Recently finished the new Ian M. Banks (Matter) and am now halfway through a history of the blues.

i wrote an epic essay on pattern recognition for my MA recently.

i'm thinking about doing spook country for dissertation.

pj i wrote an epic essay on pattern recognition for my MA recently.

i'm thinking about doing spook country for dissertation.

I think that Molly Millions/Sally Shears is worth an epic essay. I saw recently that Neuromancer is about to go into production with Hayden Christensen set to play Case. NOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Saw a drunk dropping the 'Orwellian Pillow' this morning in a doorway on the Strand.

If anyone's read George Orwells 'Down and Out in Paris and London' they'll know what I'm on about

razzle,
the room by hubert selby jnr, is as dark as it gets
dice man by luke rhinehart is great
tom holts a funny fucker.
anything by kurt vonnigut/orwell
good horrors/crime/fiction/comedy/fantasy etc
currently reading the bedroom secrets of masterchefs by irvin welsh,

Feck me, would the file studios please leave Neuromancer alone and stop buggering about with a bloody good book that's already been Matrix'd? A Hayden Christensen effort has Johnny Mnemonic written all over it.

If you're planning a dissertation on Gibson, might be worth going for something on his cyberpunk trilogy - a mate of mine did that at Uni and got a first for it, so the material's good enough.

sun tzus the art of war + the book of lord shang, taught me all i needed to know about military strategy and governance for when i seize power

Just finished Charles Bukowski's Factotum which I liked.

Soon to start Jeff Noon's Falling out of cars" which I have know idea whether or not it's good or not...

Flatlander Just finished Charles Bukowski's Factotum which I liked.

Soon to start Jeff Noon's Falling out of cars" which I have know idea whether or not it's good or not...

if you've not already seen it check out the film of factotum. i think it's superb, great performance by matt dillon. only read bukowski's short stories, so not sure how it compares to the book though...

Can anyone recommend a good horror novel?

Ah Ok, no I haven't yet but will be sure to soon. Ta.

vinz, most of clive barker stuff is pretty good, or go with the oldies like james herbert or stephen king.

2 authors that I love and recommend to everyone:

Michael Marshall Smith.
Kathe Koja.

The best book I've read lately is 'Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep' by Phillip K Dick.

The last book I read was 'Heart of Darkness' by Joseph Conrad which was great.

I'm reading Philip Hart's biography of Michael Collins at the moment, 'Mick'.

Ratboy sun tzus the art of war + the book of lord shang, taught me all i needed to know about military strategy and governance for when i seize power

what about Macheovali The Prince?

Read that on my last bus trip across the country, lots of interesting conversations started by that little book

ooo i havent read that one ill be sure to have a gander

it will help out your aherm ambition