i know it's not fucking links
but look www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/aug/22/are-books-dead-ewan-morrison

it's very long, you only need to read the first para or so. are kindles killing books? and has the internet killed porn? or is this sensationalist journalism?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:25, 6 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

c)

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:27, Reply)

i hope so
i need a whacking great advance for my AMAZING novel so that i can disappear off to a beach to write the rest of it.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:29, Reply)

*offers swiper a tenner*

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:30, Reply)

Is it a story about a wealthy but grounded woman who has terrible luck with men who are all bastards
but then she finds a guy who's sensitive on the inside also rich and all protective and tough on the outside and that?
( Kroney, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:30, Reply)

And a DEMON IN THE SACK

(Bazongaloid, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:30, Reply)

but DEFINITELY NOT GAY.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:31, Reply)

Nobody who spends that much time on their body
in a room full of sweaty men grunting and straining could possibly be gay.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:33, Reply)

He happens to own a bespoke travel book shop, and is really struggling so needs a lodger he doesn't like.
Even though he has a few million in property value in Nottingham Hill
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:45, Reply)

how are your pink socks anyway??

( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:39, Reply)

Lovely.
Summer season is done now though I'm afraid, so it's back to navy blue (home) and red (away) in the sock department.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:41, Reply)

well
bashing other men's balls around whilst bending over your hard stick and then getting all muddy and sweaty before showering it off together... is also not remotely gay, right??

(unless it's a load of schoolgirls playing it, knowing a pervert like you)
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:43, Reply)

Is this like a bisexuals's protocol ala the gay hanky in a night club thing?
one sock color for bum, another for fanny?
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:48, Reply)

I am not making a comment about swipe
but I am making a comment about ALL FEMALE LITERATURE
( Kroney, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:32, Reply)

protective and tough on the outside? are you nuts?
we had our first ever argument on sat morning. admittedly it was absolutely tiny. but he argues like a woman, ie he sulks. and sulking is far too childish for my tastes. it annoys me.

he is over the sulking and is sweating a little bit now. which will do him good, it's no use being very sensitive about yourself and your own feelings if you can't extend that to other people's feelings. otherwise what's the point in going out with a delicate little flower; i might as well go back to the usual neanderthal type.

but if he sends the wrong kind of flowers... well. you wouldn't want to be him.......................
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:35, Reply)

Carnations, worst of all the flowers

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:41, Reply)

you mean lilies
carnations are manky but lilies STINK
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:43, Reply)

Lillies at least have a touch of class about them
Your arguemnt is personal, carnations are renowned as the pikiest of all flowers and should never be given to anyone, ever.

except maybe if that recipient wants to build one of those shines to people that get run over
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:49, Reply)

I think those a really funny
when a rancid cunt died wrapping himself round a tree because he was drunk someone left a camping chair with a can of fosters in the drink holder and a little note saying something like "here's to you buddy" or something equally inane.

The idea that he would really appreciate a tribute of warm lager made me laugh out loud when I saw it.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:54, Reply)

Probably with him on the night out before

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:57, Reply)

Wow, oh man, I'm like neo from the matrix!
Talk about dodging bullets, I've never seen someone so over anylitical as you.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:43, Reply)

ha, you should try him
sometimes i think i have inadvertently become a lezzer and am dating a girl.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:47, Reply)

It would explain your cckblocking "no boys" rule.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:49, Reply)

So what you're saying here is that he's turned out to be yet another weak-chinned man-child?
How many times do I have to have this conversation with you?
( Kroney, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:51, Reply)

no, this one is very different to the rest
but he has very different issues. mostly he's amazing, but sometimes i just want to staple shit to his head.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:59, Reply)

The fact that vinyl still sells tells you all you need to know.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:32, Reply)

Monty, I hate to break this to you
but nobody makes any money off vinyl, the sales are minuscule.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:34, Reply)

Not so.
There's a specialist niche market for deluxe reissues on 180g vinyl in limited editions - there are firms who only do these, Ozit Morpheus for example, so they'd be bust by now if there was nothing in it.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:58, Reply)

for god's sake monty
al knows best about everything. didn't you know that? you can't teach him anything about anything.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 11:00, Reply)

Did video kill the radio star?

( girlinthehole, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:28, Reply)

i normally love you
but now i am singing that inside my head and i fucking HATE you!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:29, Reply)

: )

( girlinthehole, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:32, Reply)

I like books and can't see myself not buying them
I do however see how a kindle might be useful on holiday or when travelling
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:28, Reply)

or, according to the advert, as something for your dog to lick.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:30, Reply)

makes a change from your balls I suppose

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:31, Reply)

I don't even own a dog.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:33, Reply)

The ads are fucking ridiculous.
They actually have the nerve to make out that reading a book – surely without any doubt a solitary activity – is somehow a social thing. How fucking stupid do they think people are?

Oh.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:36, Reply)

These sort of arguments have been going around since the advent
of recordable cassettes. Some people like some things, other people like other things. Most people will buy both.
( Kroney, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:28, Reply)

FUCK YOU, everyone should like what I like
otherwise you are just plain wrong in your tastes
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:29, Reply)

I'm not arguing with a man who's in possession of 11 testicles.

( Kroney, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:30, Reply)

NOT IF WATERSTONES COLLAPSES AND DIES
AFTER BEING MUGGED AND STABBED BY DIGITAL BOOKS THEY WON'T
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:29, Reply)

I myself have recently been downloading lots of ebooks
and am looking forward to reading all the james bond novels.

The publishing industry has, much like the music industry, totally failed to see this coming and adapt properly, despite having a hell of a lot more warning than the music industry.

That they can justify selling an ebook for the same price as a paperback is ludicrous and it's unsurprising that piracy of electronic books is taking off.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:30, Reply)

OHMSS is a great Bond novel.
Live and Let Die is the best. Film and book.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:33, Reply)

Incorrect.
The Living Daylights is the best Bond film.

Man card revoked.
( Kroney, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:33, Reply)

I like Goldeneye.

(Bazongaloid, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:34, Reply)

The best of the Brosnans.

( Kroney, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:35, Reply)

Me too, it's the only one I ever like and that was because it was based on the video game.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:39, Reply)

"casino royale"
because daniel craig in his black shirt and chinos, or all wet in his tux in the shower and sucking that girl's finger, is such that you literally cannot stay on your seat.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:38, Reply)

I thought that was a superb film.
And Craig's Bond genuinely is closest to Fleming's as he's a bit of a cunt.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:40, Reply)

yup
i'd never seen a bond film until CR, but i had read quite a few of the books. they are sooooo much darker than the films. now i've seen a few, some of them are pretty caricature-ish!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:41, Reply)

I liked CR
read a few of the books when I was little, they were pretty hilarious. I was disappointed when I finally watched the film of You Only Live Twice to find it was nothing like the book.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:49, Reply)

I don't really consider those to be part of the same franchise.
They are all considerably better than the last lot, though. It is true.
( Kroney, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:46, Reply)

Did you aquaplane off your leather sofa and across the room?

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:53, Reply)

Or did they have to pry you off like the suction cups Gavin From Autoglass uses to refit windows?

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:53, Reply)

Shut up.
It's got that woofter in it. And don't give me that 'closest to Fleming's Bond' nonsense either. It's a fucking lie. Dalton's Bond was an attempt to be a bit 'new man' and show his 'emotional side' - a far cry from the callous alkie of the books. And his eyes are weird and he has a terrible bum-chin.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:39, Reply)

Dalton was awful

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:40, Reply)

*shakes hands*
Total gaylord. I believe he actually starts fucking crying at one point. As did I, at how utterly bent it was.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:40, Reply)

He is even more bent in 'Flash Gordan'

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:45, Reply)

You are both wrong and gay.
I win. The end.
( Kroney, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:46, Reply)

Only Peter Duncan is gayer.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:55, Reply)

You must be fooking joking squire
Timothy Dalton sucks as JB. Fact.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:46, Reply)

Cold, hard fact.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 11:01, Reply)

If you can be this wrong on something so simple
then logically you must also be wrong on everything else ever.
( Kroney, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 11:05, Reply)

He's bent - you're bent.
BENT.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 11:09, Reply)

I expect you like Roger Moore, you raging homo

( Kroney, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 11:12, Reply)

I heard his favourite Bond was George Lazenby

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 11:13, Reply)

I heard it was George Lazelobon

(Bazongaloid, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 11:14, Reply)

Rubbish
From Russia with Love is the best film and book.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:40, Reply)

FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT
Does FRWL have scenes in Harlem? No it does not.

I concede that the 'gyppo camp girl fight scene' is fucking magnificent though
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:44, Reply)

Live and Let Die was my favourite Bond film as a kid
And the book is comfortably the best of those I've read. You Only Live Twice is the best of the films though, just for the gleeful absurdity.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:48, Reply)

The only time I would use a kindle would be if I was backpacking around the world.
And then I wouldn't use it in case it got stolen.
( girlinthehole, Tue 23 Aug 2011, 10:30, Reply)