Andrew 4231 Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 The Night Watch series again and enjoying them very much again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 12770 Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The character work in it is my personal favourite aspect of it at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acid 0 Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 The Acid House by Irvine Welsh. An unsettling, shocking and very funny collection of short stories, only half way through at the moment and I'd highly reccomend it like most of Welsh's books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Hegemony or Survival As recommended by Hugo Chavez, to reinforce my loony leftist ideology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 38872 Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 The Daily Sport. Incisive writing, really gets to the heart of Stacey's ( 36D from Essex) true feelings on the global economy. Also Revelation- C.J.Sansom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 133 Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Native Son by Richard Wright http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Son Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4231 Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Going away for a week over easter and thinking about what to take, considering the Bourne books (first trilogy) anyone read them and would recommend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 31 Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 The book with no name - Anonymous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 133 Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Going away for a week over easter and thinking about what to take, considering the Bourne books (first trilogy) anyone read them and would recommend? I've read the first one, its very different to the film, better in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 I'm on with Friday Night Lights by HG Bissinger, but I could be distracted because a mate has just lent me The Hacienda: How Not to Run a Club by Peter Hook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 A couple of cracking ones I've read lately are 'Dirty Work' by Larry Brown and 'A Walk on the Wild Side' by Nelson Algren. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Going away for a week over easter and thinking about what to take, considering the Bourne books (first trilogy) anyone read them and would recommend? If you like a bit of espionage stuff (albeit of the more 'old-fashioned' variety) I'd highly recommend 'Funeral In Berlin' by Len Deighton. It's one of the 'Harry Palmer' books, although the main character is only called that in the films and is anonymous throughout the book. The most famous film is 'The Ipcress File' which is also a good read. 'Billion Dollar Brain' is a pretty ordinary book and film though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 The Acid House by Irvine Welsh. An unsettling, shocking and very funny collection of short stories, only half way through at the moment and I'd highly reccomend it like most of Welsh's books. I thought the novella at the end was the best thing in it. Although I prefer novels to short stories in general anyway. Some weird shit in there like, as you say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 3986 Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Going away for a week over easter and thinking about what to take, considering the Bourne books (first trilogy) anyone read them and would recommend? As Jimbo said they are different to the films (but good). You might find the novels a bit harder to follow compared with the films as they are set in the 60s/70s iirc and a lad of your age might be unfamiliar with the context of the politics etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 3986 Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 As for me I'm in a bit of a re-read mood - I just re-read the Richard Morgan Kovacs trilogy which is top drawer. I also read the lates Dean Koontz one which I found to be a pale shadow of his earlier novels. The premise was good but it was just too brief and shallow. In "protest" I bought one of his early novels (Strangers) which I must have read 20 years ago which I'd lost which definitely has the depth lacking in the latest (Breathless). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 17841 Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 The Acid House by Irvine Welsh. An unsettling, shocking and very funny collection of short stories, only half way through at the moment and I'd highly reccomend it like most of Welsh's books. I thought the novella at the end was the best thing in it. Although I prefer novels to short stories in general anyway. Some weird shit in there like, as you say. I read Reheated Cabbage the other week, some excellent short stories but some unmitigated shit as well, especially the last story 'I am Miami' (also the only previously unpublished story in the compilation, worryingly). There's a story where Begbie goes to his Ma's for christmas dinner, very reminiscent of an unreformed Stevie, and hilarious. Skagheads (the prequel to Trainspotting) was due last year, I hope he ups his game for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Not sure if you or Mr. LSD here ever got round to reading 'Maribou Stork Nightmares' (think I told Wacky to read it too) but I'm always amazed at how little acclaim it gets as it's one of Welsh's best imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 3986 Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Not sure if you or Mr. LSD here ever got round to reading 'Maribou Stork Nightmares' (think I told Wacky to read it too) but I'm always amazed at how little acclaim it gets as it's one of Welsh's best imo. I like that one. I still think Glue is his best as I might have said on here before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Not sure if you or Mr. LSD here ever got round to reading 'Maribou Stork Nightmares' (think I told Wacky to read it too) but I'm always amazed at how little acclaim it gets as it's one of Welsh's best imo. I like that one. I still think Glue is his best as I might have said on here before. Glue is excellent, aye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMoog 0 Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Just finished reading 'Plague of the Dead' and 'Thunder and Ashes' by ZA Recht, sadly it turns out the the author died last December at the age of 26 so now the third book in the series may never be released Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 17841 Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Not sure if you or Mr. LSD here ever got round to reading 'Maribou Stork Nightmares' (think I told Wacky to read it too) but I'm always amazed at how little acclaim it gets as it's one of Welsh's best imo. I think it's the last one I haven't read. Well, that and Glue. Going to complete my collection via Amazon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acid 0 Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years, by Sue Townsend. Recently given after a clearout, very enjoyable start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 3986 Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 I also read the latest Dean Koontz one which I found to be a pale shadow of his earlier novels. The premise was good but it was just too brief and shallow. In "protest" I bought one of his early novels (Strangers) which I must have read 20 years ago which I'd lost which definitely has the depth lacking in the latest (Breathless). Continued that trend with Phantoms and have also re-bought Night Chills which I think was the first book of his I read. It has a premise of subliminal conditioning enhanced by drugs which allows the baddie to speak a phrase and put someone under their complete control - I first read this as teenager and it led to quite a few sordid wank fantasies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney 0 Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 What Is The What? True story of one of the Lost Boys of Sudan. Very enjoyable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13883 Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Dostoevsky - The Idiot A good read so far although It does occasionally sidetrack to fill in the gaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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