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Fucking hell gang.
Someone say something...

What book are you reading at the moment? I'm reading Nightmare Movies by Kim Newman. It's brilliant. It gets two thumbs up.
(I helped save b3ta! Blue Star was working part time at the 5 and Dime, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:28, archived)
infinite jest by david foster wallace
for about the 9th time.
(I helped save b3ta! moohalaa, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:29, archived)
MONG WITH A HORSE!
mumazing.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/ebay-012.jpg
(I helped save b3ta! baldmonkey a frothy foul-smelling vaginal discharge, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:02, archived)
This isn't relevant
which makes it inadmissible.
(I helped save b3ta! WormuIus, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:03, archived)
Piss isn't elephant more like

(I helped save b3ta! baldmonkey a frothy foul-smelling vaginal discharge, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:23, archived)
Inadmissible?
Tim's Dad's kissable more like

*depresses*
(I helped save b3ta! Two Hats ๐ŸŽฉ๐ŸŽฉ, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:25, archived)
*gently fists*

(I helped save b3ta! Two Hats ๐ŸŽฉ๐ŸŽฉ, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:17, archived)
what were you looking for when you found that?

(I helped save b3ta! Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:31, archived)
probably a mong with a horse

(I helped save b3ta! Two Hats ๐ŸŽฉ๐ŸŽฉ, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:33, archived)
Believe it or not, a decent image of Lauren Bacall in To Have And Have Not.

(I helped save b3ta! baldmonkey a frothy foul-smelling vaginal discharge, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:35, archived)
with experience of how Google Images works
I completely believe you
(I helped save b3ta! Two Hats ๐ŸŽฉ๐ŸŽฉ, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:37, archived)
i tried searching for mongs with horses
it's an extremely disappointing Google image search
(I helped save b3ta! Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:38, archived)

you do get some fantastic pictures of lauren bacall though
(I helped save b3ta! vladimir, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:57, archived)
To Have And Have Not is a fantastic film that gives me a full on stiffy at the end when she wiggles from the piano to Bogart.

(I helped save b3ta! baldmonkey a frothy foul-smelling vaginal discharge, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 15:03, archived)
*vintage fwap*

(I helped save b3ta! Two Hats ๐ŸŽฉ๐ŸŽฉ, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 15:08, archived)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A-e7UnTa2k
(I helped save b3ta! vladimir, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 15:12, archived)
BA-DONK!

(I helped save b3ta! Two Hats ๐ŸŽฉ๐ŸŽฉ, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 15:31, archived)
L.A. Noire Collection
and Shogun again.
(I helped save b3ta! M o D, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:31, archived)
I have read all of the Asia saga novels
I don't recommend doing this.
(I helped save b3ta! WormuIus, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:39, archived)
I've read 3 of the 6

(I helped save b3ta! M o D, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:40, archived)
Don't read Whirlwind
and Noble House isn't great. In fairness, unless you really want to join all the convoluted sub-plots you can avoid King Rat as well, although it is a pretty easy and enjoyable read.

Tai-pan is probably on balance the best one but Shogun will always be my favourite.
(I helped save b3ta! WormuIus, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:46, archived)
Shogun and King Rat are the best

(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:08, archived)
King Rat is an interesting little story in its own right and is the only one which has the weight of experience behind it
Shogun isn't really part of the Asia saga at all, the Blackthorne tie-ins later feel decidedly forced, like the throwaway, 'Anjin is quite an unusual name' thing from the end of Noble House which is pretty cringeworthy.

As a standalone novel, Shogun is great, however, in my opinion Tai-pan is the best part of the saga.
(I helped save b3ta! WormuIus, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:14, archived)
That's a fair viewpoint
Shogun best as a stand alone, and Taipan as the saga. Never really liked Noble House, though I liked the ties in with King Rat.
(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:20, archived)
What?
Wta what what?
(I helped save b3ta! baldmonkey a frothy foul-smelling vaginal discharge, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:01, archived)
I'm reading the man in the high castle, I've not read enough to have an opinion yet
I finished the good fairies of new york: load of bobbins
(I helped save b3ta! glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:34, archived)
I do like his work.
Have you read "do androids dream of electric sheep?"?
(I helped save b3ta! theniwokeup has been awake since, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:39, archived)
ages ago,
all I remember is it not being the film
(I helped save b3ta! glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:43, archived)
the books never are.
such is life.
(I helped save b3ta! theniwokeup has been awake since, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:51, archived)
I liked TGFONY.
I have to admit that I've never read one of Millar's books that I didn't like.
(I helped save b3ta! stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:08, archived)
Oh wait, The Tank Girl novel.
That sucked almost as bad as the critics claimed the film did.
I quite liked the film though. It had Naomi Watts in see-through plastic jeans.
(I helped save b3ta! stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:10, archived)
I liked the Kangaroos

(I helped save b3ta! WormuIus, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:14, archived)
Yeah, but they were better in the comic.

(I helped save b3ta! stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:17, archived)
I thought it felt a bit like it was written by a 14 year old girl
ohoho the fairies are having the sex!
(I helped save b3ta! glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:20, archived)
Yeah, but I like a curmudgeonly protaganist.

(I helped save b3ta! stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:37, archived)
I enjoy Philip K Dick's stuff
But he tends to have better ideas than the ability to execute them.
(I helped save b3ta! Theoban What of it, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:13, archived)
Probably because he thought a goblin that lived in his typewriter was providing all the ideas

(I helped save b3ta! Theoban What of it, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:13, archived)
His short stories are weird
definitely a bit too much drug taking
(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:21, archived)
Wrong The LOVELY Amberl. Just plain WRONG.
Have some pandering anyway though.
*Panders*
(I helped save b3ta! stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:39, archived)
alright stuj
how are you? I think The Golden Man proves my point when it comes to Philip K Dick
(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:54, archived)
But you have to bear in mind that was one of his first, if not the first story he had published.
The Claws stories on the other hand are masterpieces.
(I helped save b3ta! stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Thu 16 Jun 2011, 15:04, archived)
Also I'm good ta lully. although I don't know if I'm going to Sonisphere yet. :/
You?
(I helped save b3ta! stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Thu 16 Jun 2011, 15:06, archived)
This is true of J.G. Ballard
His short stories are absolutely brilliant becuase they don't need to go any further than the key concepts.

If you haven't read anything by him you should do so.
(I helped save b3ta! WormuIus, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:53, archived)
Capitalism and Freedom
by Milton Freidman
(888777555, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:35, archived)
I always thought the title of that should have been
Capitalism and Friedman
(I helped save b3ta! WormuIus, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:51, archived)
Really?
Why?
(I helped save b3ta! Zuowan, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:51, archived)
I'm doing Economics at A Level.

(888777555, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:55, archived)
I suggest you download this as a commentary
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora%27s_Box_(television_documentary_series)#The_League_of_Gentlemen
(I helped save b3ta! Zuowan, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:04, archived)
You're going to wind up as a bank cog.
Not important enough to fuck things up completely, just enough to crush the hopes of small customers across a cheap desk in a cheaply decorated office in a local branch, feeling your soul atrophy daily.
HURRAH!
:D
(I helped save b3ta! stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:47, archived)
i just read 'the passage' by justin cronin.
it was....meh. 6/10. would not read again.
(I helped save b3ta! janet aylia y'all motherfuckers need jesus, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:35, archived)
Are You Dave Gorman? by Dave Gorman
bought it ages ago but never got around to reading it until now
(I helped save b3ta! h3donist tryin' to play me out as if my name is Sega.., Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:36, archived)
I like that book
but I can't stand Dave Gorman.
(I helped save b3ta! Blue Star was working part time at the 5 and Dime, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:40, archived)
Warwick arts centre in november
he's ace. don't deny it.
(I helped save b3ta! RocketSurgeon is pretending he's still young, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:36, archived)
Nah.
I don't find him funny. And I can't abide Danny fucking Wallace either.
(I helped save b3ta! Blue Star was working part time at the 5 and Dime, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:42, archived)
well then
I might have to pay less attention to you and FF from now on...
(I helped save b3ta! RocketSurgeon is pretending he's still young, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 15:07, archived)
I recently bought a Kindle and downloaded a fuck load of books for it
then realised the Kindle isn't as great as everyone makes out, and went back to reading Viz.
(I helped save b3ta! broadsword now that's fresh, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:37, archived)
if you get a few of them, you could sort out a wobbly table

(I helped save b3ta! glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:37, archived)
Get four and recreate the classic Two Ronnies sketch

(I helped save b3ta! h3donist tryin' to play me out as if my name is Sega.., Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:39, archived)
Ha!

(I helped save b3ta! broadsword now that's fresh, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:44, archived)
i'm not a great fan of the kindle
but the lady has serious vision problems (jokes about "that explains why she's with you here please") and loves it, as it's often a bugger to get hold of large print versions of old books, or books out of print, so she's happy as a semi-blind pig next to the mud and confused as the where it is.
(I helped save b3ta! Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:40, archived)
That's fair enough
to yer average punter though I think it's pretty over-rated, and ebooks are waaaaay too expensive.
(I helped save b3ta! broadsword now that's fresh, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:01, archived)
most deifinitely
considering you can pick up decent books from a book fair starting at 20p
(I helped save b3ta! Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:08, archived)
This
A history of 19th Century London
www.amazon.co.uk/London-Nineteenth-Century-Human-Wonder/dp/0712600302
Its very good.
The Collected Short Stories of J.G. Ballard
www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Short-Stories-v/dp/0007242298/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1308227881&sr=1-4
again very good
A collection of write-ups of famous trials by various people.
www.amazon.co.uk/Famous-Trials-Selection-John-Mortimer/dp/0140069240/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1308227905&sr=1-1
not so good at all.
(I helped save b3ta! WormuIus, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:38, archived)
i'm reading Illywhacker by Peter Carey
so far not terribly impressed, but was told by someone i trust the judgement of it was awesome, I may have to disown them if it doesn't pick up soon.
(I helped save b3ta! Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:38, archived)
Light a penny candle
It's brill
(I helped save b3ta! Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:39, archived)
Hahahah

(I helped save b3ta! Blue Star was working part time at the 5 and Dime, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:43, archived)
re-reading "any human heart"
As a bit of a lighthearted break from "the end of the party" which is variously interesting me and doing my head in
(I helped save b3ta! the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:44, archived)
Book about the Foriegn Legion
a book about internet searches and what they reveal www.amazon.co.uk/Click-What-Online-Why-Matters/dp/0007277830/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1308228255&sr=1-3
and I've got a couple of Jules Verne books on my iPad.
(I helped save b3ta! magnum, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:45, archived)
Descent Into Chaos by Ahmed Rashid.
www.amazon.co.uk/Descent-into-Chaos-unstable-security/dp/0141020865
Book about the last ten years in Afghanistan & Pakistan, very interesting stuff, but his writing style is terrible, it's like wading through a 450-page encyclopedia entry that hasn't been copy edited.
(I helped save b3ta! Zuowan, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:46, archived)
If anyone is looking for a book to read
You could do worse than try this
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Trilogy

The edition pictured on the wiki article is really lovely, my girlfriend bought it for me for Christmas.
(I helped save b3ta! WormuIus, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:49, archived)
Looks pretty good
might give that a go next.
(I helped save b3ta! M o D, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:28, archived)
John Peel - Olivetti Chronicles
Bit of a dead horse being flogged but it only cost a quid in Bath.
(bogus official shove it up your cunt, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:49, archived)
I just finished Alastair Reynold's latest book, Terminal World
I can see what he was trying to do, turn away from his previous style/content of storytelling, but it was a bit rubbish.

He's putting out a new series next year, so I will need some scifi between now and then.
(I helped save b3ta! Frisbee TeaBoy, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:57, archived)
Alright Frisbee
Fancy Gazzing me the name of your firm so I can apply there for some paralegaling?
(I helped save b3ta! WormuIus, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:04, archived)
I didn't enjoy it as much as his other stuff either
It seemed like he'd read the Bas-Lag stuff by China Mieville and decided to have a crack at it too. Story doesn't go anywhere, it's just adventure tourism
(I helped save b3ta! Theoban What of it, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:09, archived)
I read the city and the city and the kraken recently and really enjoyed them
then I went to see the actual squid in the natural history museum and it just a squid you know

what's else is good by china mieville?
(I helped save b3ta! glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:17, archived)
I haven't read his latest one yet
But I really enjoyed Iron Council, but you might have to read Perdido Street Station at least to get everything about that world first.
(I helped save b3ta! Theoban What of it, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:23, archived)
Interestingly, since you posted this, I've had a proper paper book turn up in the post
it is Where Do Comedians Go When They Die by Milton Jones. No idea what it's like yet, give me a chance.
(I helped save b3ta! broadsword now that's fresh, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 13:59, archived)
hey! that wasn't interesting at all!

(I helped save b3ta! Lightguy hail satan, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:09, archived)
Well it's too late to get your money back now.

(I helped save b3ta! stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:21, archived)
It's an ok book
obviously some funny lines in there.
(I helped save b3ta! magnum, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 17:12, archived)
No books for me
I just got one of those 3G dongles, fancy that, it's great though
(I helped save b3ta! Major Turd for tonight only, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:02, archived)
His fiction is fucking good too.
The Where The Bodies Are Buried short stories are very droll.
I'm currently reading Savage City by Sophia MacDougal. it's the latest in her Romanitas series. I'm enjoying it a bit more than the previous one. So far it gets 3 stujs out of 5
(I helped save b3ta! stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:07, archived)
I'm re-reading the Hyperion Cantos
It's one of my favourite books/series.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion_%28Simmons_novel%29
(I helped save b3ta! Theoban What of it, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:08, archived)
Only read the first one
were the rest as good?
(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:24, archived)
They decrease in quality
But still very good, the Endymion duo have much more of a traditional storyline and suffer a little for it.
(I helped save b3ta! Theoban What of it, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:28, archived)
that seemed to carry on into his other books. I read them in order, then ilium, then I didn't finish olympos

(I helped save b3ta! glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:56, archived)
The Wine of Angels - Phil Rickman
Just started it I like the characters, but things haven't really got going yet. I did read Jo Nesbo - The snowman didn't rate it at all.
(I helped save b3ta! BindiBaji, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:08, archived)
I'm only reading course books and notes at the moment
last fiction book I read though was a reread of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. I bought myself a copy of Atlas Shrugged as well because I kept meaning to read it
(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:11, archived)
print is dead

(I helped save b3ta! Two Hats ๐ŸŽฉ๐ŸŽฉ, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:17, archived)
I'd read more books if they came on perforated folded paper with the holes for the the sprockets

(I helped save b3ta! glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:22, archived)
or etched in granite

(I helped save b3ta! Two Hats ๐ŸŽฉ๐ŸŽฉ, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:27, archived)
skywriting is the new etching

(I helped save b3ta! Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:28, archived)
Skywriting?
PIE FIGHTING MORE LIKE!
(I helped save b3ta! Two Hats ๐ŸŽฉ๐ŸŽฉ, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:29, archived)
you can't read a pie
well, not after you've had a fight with it. plus if you had a whole book on pies, you'd get fat(ter) *delete as appropriate*
(I helped save b3ta! Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:37, archived)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK2WeQEGLNE
(I helped save b3ta! glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:39, archived)
I'm still ambling through the complete Sherlock Holmes.
I'm nearer the end than the middle now.
(I helped save b3ta! Noit happy baby orangutan, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:52, archived)
I really enjoyed them
but towards the end I really did feel that it would have been much more fun to have read them serialised in a newspaper.

Reading it all in one go was like watching every episode of House back to back.
(I helped save b3ta! WormuIus, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:55, archived)
The Kalevala

(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 14:57, archived)
Ghostwritten by David Mitchell
and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

That's David Mitchell the author, not David Mitchell the smug unfunny cunt off the telly.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha โ”( ห˜_ห˜)โ”Œ ส…(ฬโ—กโ—)สƒ, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 15:52, archived)