Park Life 71 Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 reading The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann, pretty difficult read init Fuck me, never ever got through it and tried 3 times. Probably rubbish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Just reading 'Southern Nights' by Barry Gifford. Canny good so far (it's a collection of 3 short novels). Barry Gifford is the bloke who wrote The Sailor and Lulu books (including 'Wild at Heart') and co-wrote the screenplay for 'Lost Highway' with David Lynch. Also re-read 'Last Exit to Brooklyn' recently which is still fucking brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Just reading 'Southern Nights' by Barry Gifford. Canny good so far (it's a collection of 3 short novels). Barry Gifford is the bloke who wrote The Sailor and Lulu books (including 'Wild at Heart') and co-wrote the screenplay for 'Lost Highway' with David Lynch. Also re-read 'Last Exit to Brooklyn' recently which is still fucking brilliant. Looks good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Just reading 'Southern Nights' by Barry Gifford. Canny good so far (it's a collection of 3 short novels). Barry Gifford is the bloke who wrote The Sailor and Lulu books (including 'Wild at Heart') and co-wrote the screenplay for 'Lost Highway' with David Lynch. Also re-read 'Last Exit to Brooklyn' recently which is still fucking brilliant. Looks good. Virtually everything the (now defunct) Rebel Inc. ever published is worth checking out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Jay Sea 0 Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Just been travelling around southern Spain for a few days accompanied by 'Ham On Rye', by Charles Bukowski. Excellent. 10/10. Probably his best novel, which is saying something. You should read John Fante (especially the Bandini Quartet) and the novels of his son, Dan. The former inspired Bukowski and the latter is very much in his style (but a bit updated). Cheers for that chap. I'd noticed at the back of 'Ham On Rye', a selction of John Dante works as recommended reading. 'Wait Until The Spring, Banding', Ask The Dust' and 'Brotherhood Of The Grape'. The fact that Bukowski has said that Dante 'was his God' is good enough for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Just been travelling around southern Spain for a few days accompanied by 'Ham On Rye', by Charles Bukowski. Excellent. 10/10. Probably his best novel, which is saying something. You should read John Fante (especially the Bandini Quartet) and the novels of his son, Dan. The former inspired Bukowski and the latter is very much in his style (but a bit updated). Cheers for that chap. I'd noticed at the back of 'Ham On Rye', a selction of John Dante works as recommended reading. 'Wait Until The Spring, Banding', Ask The Dust' and 'Brotherhood Of The Grape'. The fact that Bukowski has said that Dante 'was his God' is good enough for me. Brotherhood of the Grape's alright but not in the class of the Bandini novels. In chronological order they're 'Wait Until The Spring Bandini', 'The Road to Los Angeles', 'Ask The Dust' and 'Dreams from Bunker Hill'; although 'The Road...' was written first and has some inconsistencies. It's difficult to say which is the best although 'Ask the Dust' gets most plaudits. They're all class though and I probably like 'Dreams from Bunker Hill' (dictated from his death bed) the best. You can get them all in a single volume published by Canongate anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 The Road to Wigan pier - George Orwell. A great read so far and in the early chapters it really goes into great detail about the life of a miner and class differences before and after the great war. Definitely worth a read although towards the end he goes off on a massive socialist rant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 6583 Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Bobby Robson - My Kind of Toon I go this for my Birthday in December but left it for when he passed away. Great read. Top bloke. I will be contributing to his charity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 I have that book but I haven't started it yet. I just looked at the pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acid 0 Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Trainspotting, never seen the film or read it before. Half way through it and it's fucking brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acid 0 Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Decided to wing it and read it all last night. Best book I've read, simply brilliant, addictive, gritty and unforgettable. Will be picking up the sequel 'Porno' and the prequel 'SkagBoys', when its realesed later this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20139 Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Bobby Robson - My Kind of Toon I go this for my Birthday in December but left it for when he passed away. Great read. Top bloke. I will be contributing to his charity. Great book and I have a nice personally signed one by the man himself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Just finished 'Short Dog: LA Cab Driver Stories' by Dan Fante. Canny good but not quite as good as his novels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donaldstott 0 Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 The Girl Who Played with Fire - Steig Larsson. Second in a trilogy of books. Found them both to be very entertaining and really tough to put down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10857 Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 This is my new shopping list. Obviously minus the movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 'Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life: Charles Bukowski' by Howard Sounes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acid 0 Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Going to get the sequel to Trainspotting tomorrow; Porno. Anybody else reccomend similair books to Trainspotting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Going to get the sequel to Trainspotting tomorrow; Porno. Anybody else reccomend similair books to Trainspotting? I thought Glue was better than Porno (although the latter is good too). It has a few of the characters from Trainspotting that crop up in it as well. It might just be the best book of his I've read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acid 0 Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Going to get the sequel to Trainspotting tomorrow; Porno. Anybody else reccomend similair books to Trainspotting? I thought Glue was better than Porno (although the latter is good too). It has a few of the characters from Trainspotting that crop up in it as well. It might just be the best book of his I've read. It's the first book I've read from Welsh, and will be picking up both Porno and Glue. Wouldn't mind checking his short story catalouge, and especially E. What are your opinions on T.spotting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Going to get the sequel to Trainspotting tomorrow; Porno. Anybody else reccomend similair books to Trainspotting? I thought Glue was better than Porno (although the latter is good too). It has a few of the characters from Trainspotting that crop up in it as well. It might just be the best book of his I've read. It's the first book I've read from Welsh, and will be picking up both Porno and Glue. Wouldn't mind checking his short story catalouge, and especially E. What are your opinions on T.spotting? 'Trainspotting' is great imo. As for 'Ecstasy: 3 Chemical Romances', it was alright, but not his best work (still good stuff though). I thought 'The Acid House' was better (short stories collection). 'Marabou Stork Nightmares' by him (3rd book / 2nd novel iirc) is quality too and one that a lot of people seem to have missed. I've also read 'Filth' which was canny good although not my favourite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acid 0 Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 (edited) Going to get the sequel to Trainspotting tomorrow; Porno. Anybody else reccomend similair books to Trainspotting? I thought Glue was better than Porno (although the latter is good too). It has a few of the characters from Trainspotting that crop up in it as well. It might just be the best book of his I've read. It's the first book I've read from Welsh, and will be picking up both Porno and Glue. Wouldn't mind checking his short story catalouge, and especially E. What are your opinions on T.spotting? 'Trainspotting' is great imo. As for 'Ecstasy: 3 Chemical Romances', it was alright, but not his best work (still good stuff though). I thought 'The Acid House' was better (short stories collection). 'Marabou Stork Nightmares' by him (3rd book / 2nd novel iirc) is quality too and one that a lot of people seem to have missed. I've also read 'Filth' which was canny good although not my favourite. Cheers, definitely going to read the majority of his books. I need more reccomendations on novels about addicts who describe there trips, tramua, abuse and views on society, please. Edited August 5, 2009 by ChriszyD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloopJohn 0 Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Thomas Mann - The Magic Mountain taken 2 months to wade through 500 pages when normally I can read 400 odd a week... slow going Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakehips 0 Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Just finished The Road to Bosworth Field by Trevor Royal. And my next book (Austerity Britain by David Kynsaston) has just arrived today. £10.75 for a £25 book off ebay!! yabbadabbadoo . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney 0 Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Fear & Loathing. I started reading this with a vicious hangover and the fear in general. "A Drug Person Can Learn To Handle Such Things As Seeing Their Dead Grandmother Crawling Up Their Leg With A Knife In Her Teeth. But No One Should Be Asked To Deal With This Trip. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 175 Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 The September edition of Wired magazine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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