Dr Gloom 19735 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Sounds the perfect antidote to the January blues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34166 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 I'm on The undoing Project by Michael Lewis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19735 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 i'm reading the rules of attraction for the first time. it's brilliantly banal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 'The Circle' is good. https://www.amazon.com/Circle-Dave-Eggers/dp/0345807294 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30239 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 i'm reading the rules of attraction for the first time. it's brilliantly banal Keep meaning to read that. I've only ever read Less Than Zero by him but quite fancied the above as I loved The Secret History by Donna Tartt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19735 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 You've got to give American psycho a go. It's not a particularly pleasant read but it's compelling stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Keep meaning to read that. I've only ever read Less Than Zero by him but quite fancied the above as I loved The Secret History by Donna Tartt. One of my fav books of recent times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 You've got to give American psycho a go. It's not a particularly pleasant read but it's compelling stuff. Yup. Great toilet book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30239 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 One of my fav books of recent times. You gave it to me, via Meenz, but - if you remember - I'd already read it. But aye, it's fucking class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30239 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 You've got to give American psycho a go. It's not a particularly pleasant read but it's compelling stuff. Not sure why I've never gotten round to reading more of his books to be honest. I enjoyed Less Than Zero. Proper 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 You gave it to me, via Meenz, but - if you remember - I'd already read it. But aye, it's fucking class Good old days. This is class as well. Has the classic Easton-Ellis backdrop. Set in 90s Manhattan, Victor Ward, a model with perfect abs and all the right friends, is seen and photographed everywhere, even in places he hasn't been and with people he doesn't know. He's living with one beautiful model and having an affair with another onthe eve of opening the trendiest nightclub in New York City history. And now it's time to move to the next stage. But the future he gets is not the one he had in mind.'' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30239 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 I assume you've read it Parky but, if not, Bright Lights, Big City would be right up your boulevard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 I'm on The undoing Project by Michael Lewis. Added it to my list when he was interviewed by Nate Silver on "What's The Point?" https://player.fm/series/whats-the-point-1203953/sparks-part-2-nate-silver-and-michael-lewis-121616 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19735 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 One of my fav books of recent times. which one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30239 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 which one? He meant The Secret History Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34166 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Added it to my list when he was interviewed by Nate Silver on "What's The Point?" https://player.fm/series/whats-the-point-1203953/sparks-part-2-nate-silver-and-michael-lewis-121616 Cheers will give that a listen now. He's very good at making the opaque appear clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobos 297 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Mein Kampf and King's "Bazaar of bad dreams" , both are pretty good reads . I really like Bad Dreams, because of kings prologues, before every short story, where he explains why he wrote it, how it wrote it etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19735 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Mein kampf is a pretty good read? Righto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobos 297 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 (edited) Seriously it is man, it's real eye opening and there's so many spooky parallels with current affairs, especially Islamic state and the current political movement to the right. Despite obviously being a fuckin complete nightmare - he was a very intelligent man, if he wasnt such a twisted fucker he could have had equally as good an impact on the world (perhaps). He was already about half way gone when he wrote this, but he wasn't full Hitler by a long way - it's interesting (to me anyway) to see what drives a man to justify themselves. Edited January 10, 2017 by scoobos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19735 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 If he wasn't xenophobic, antisemitic mass murder he could have been alright, yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobos 297 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Ok cards on the table I did Totalitarian Regimes at history and got engrossed with this stuff. No-ones born evil . nature vs nurture and all that. Also, I'm not saying by finding his book a good read that I think hitler was an all round good bloke - but not being open to reading it because of his horror , is also as dangerous as reading it because you think hes a great bloke. Like I say, you can draw some scary parallels - what he was doing and saying back BEFORE he got power, is not too far removed from what a lot of western voters are voting for today! It sounds moderate until it becomes normal and then its pushed further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26168 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 So you wouldn't kill baby Hitler? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4949 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 I think it's healthy to read and critically analyse such things. Does sound kind of worrying based on the last paragraph of your post though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4949 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 So you wouldn't kill baby Hitler? Didn't Command and Conquer try that one? They suggested WW2 would have happened anyway with Stalin as the villain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobos 297 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 (edited) possibly. It was going to happen in Germany anyway, you can't persecute a nation as badly as the league of nations did Germany after the Great war without it going to shit, but I doubt the "alternative" German leader would have had anywhere near the sickness Hitler did. Yes, I probably would kill baby hitler, unless I could find a way to keep his relationship with his dad sweet and perhaps have him spend a little more time playing instead of reading about french and russian politics. From what I gather, you could put his whole sickness and views down to a bloody statue in his home town!! But this is a book thread, not a history one. Edited January 10, 2017 by scoobos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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