Guest alex Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Normally something intellectual but at the moment i am reading 'A Mag for all seasons' by Billy Furious. Poetry is alright.. I liked Robert Frost until i realsied that the Road Less travelled was used in Dead Poets society. 'A Mag For All Seasons' is actually a canny good read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Normally something intellectual but at the moment i am reading 'A Mag for all seasons' by Billy Furious. Poetry is alright.. I liked Robert Frost until i realsied that the Road Less travelled was used in Dead Poets society. 'A Mag For All Seasons' is actually a canny good read. It is funny and he does capture that one-eyed view of the world very well (and deliberately too). The bit on the FA cup is good, basically calls it a slag who flirts with us and never gives anything up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Normally something intellectual but at the moment i am reading 'A Mag for all seasons' by Billy Furious. Poetry is alright.. I liked Robert Frost until i realsied that the Road Less travelled was used in Dead Poets society. 'A Mag For All Seasons' is actually a canny good read. It is funny and he does capture that one-eyed view of the world very well (and deliberately too). The bit on the FA cup is good, basically calls it a slag who flirts with us and never gives anything up. Aye, I read it a while ago now but he does have a memorable turn of phrase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 What a presumptuous cunt: http://www.cosmoetica.com/TOP9-DES8.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djimi 0 Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 im reading goal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 http://www.cosmoetica.com/TOP1-DES1.htm He's taken apart Yeats' Into The Twilight on this page, here's how he scores the original: Bad to Terrible to Doggerel to Atrocities (self-explanatory- plain old shit!) and his rewrite: Excellent Poems (high technical skills are manifest; perhaps 1 or 2 hints of greatness) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 http://www.cosmoetica.com/TOP1-DES1.htm He's taken apart Yeats' Into The Twilight on this page, here's how he scores the original: Bad to Terrible to Doggerel to Atrocities (self-explanatory- plain old shit!) and his rewrite: Excellent Poems (high technical skills are manifest; perhaps 1 or 2 hints of greatness) Jinkies. What a loon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 What a wanker. Unintentionally hilarious stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 17444 Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Harry Potter, the first one as my bird keeps pestering me about it. I am also reading Stephen Kings, The Long Walk, good book so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Iris Murdoch's The Sea, The Sea is well worth reading. Not that anyone will. Bastards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Iris Murdoch's The Sea, The Sea is well worth reading. Not that anyone will. Bastards. Already have, so there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Iris Murdoch's The Sea, The Sea is well worth reading. Not that anyone will. Bastards. Already have, so there Its on my list to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 It was on my list, but I've taken it off now, just to spite Ben. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 It was on my list, but I've taken it off now, just to spite Ben. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyluke 1 Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Just finished The Incident With The Dog In the Night Time, after giving up on Louis de Bernieres. Good read, fascinating insight into Asperger's Syndrome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Just finished The Incident With The Dog In the Night Time, after giving up on Louis de Bernieres. Good read, fascinating insight into Asperger's Syndrome I thought it was alright. A bit overrated but a decent enough read. From the comments on the sleeve I was expecting more tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 I really loved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14229 Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Anyone want my copy? I rarely get rid of books but, for all I more or less enjoyed it, I can't see myself ever reading it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Yeah, I thought it was just alright too. Stuart: A Life Backwards, on the other hand, is incredibly good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 I liked it too. In a similar vein to My Little Blue Dress (fictional diary) by Bruno Maddox, which I also loved. Has anyone read that new fictionalised diary (I thinkl) of Brian Clough? I forget what it's called. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 This is the one.... The Damned United by David Peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 This is the one.... The Damned United by David Peace Thats on my christmas list. Forgot about that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetleftpeg 0 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Moondust by Andrew Smith. The author basically tracks down the 9 surviving austronauts to see what has happened to them in the years since they made the trip. A lot of them have had problems like, on the basis that once you've set foot on the moon...what else is there to achieve? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 John Ruskin - On Art and Life Shit so far like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 I was flicking through a book and I rediscovered The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson, which is a pretty good example of the American Short Story. And available online to read!: http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/lotry.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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