What you reading today?

Bench · Post by **Bench** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 6:14 pm

hisroyalgingerness wrote:
Bench wrote:1984 is a cracking read and well before its time. The impact of it now is obviously far less than when it was first published as we are, for all intents and purposes, living in a society ruled / governed / dictated / watched by 'Big Brother'.

While we're on the subject of 'classics'.....anyone ever read Catch 22? I believe its one for the purists in a Marmite kind of way. You either love it or hate it.

I thought it was unadulterated wank. Honest.
enjoyed 1984, its pretty relevant for my workplace at the minute to tell you the truth

i'm struggling with Chuck Palahnuiks' Haunted at the mo. Guts was quality but it's a tough read. Latest short story though involves a firing squad in a WW2 death camp getting gypsy women to suck his cock then slits their throat. this one time she's got him so far down that he nicks half his knob off as well. fecking horrible, my face must have been a picture on the train

And yet you continue to read it. I have to ask why? Is there some deep-seated moral to the story that I am unaware of?

I can only hope so......

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 6:36 pm

hisroyalgingerness wrote:
Bench wrote:1984 is a cracking read and well before its time. The impact of it now is obviously far less than when it was first published as we are, for all intents and purposes, living in a society ruled / governed / dictated / watched by 'Big Brother'.

While we're on the subject of 'classics'.....anyone ever read Catch 22? I believe its one for the purists in a Marmite kind of way. You either love it or hate it.

I thought it was unadulterated wank. Honest.
enjoyed 1984, its pretty relevant for my workplace at the minute to tell you the truth

i'm struggling with Chuck Palahnuiks' Haunted at the mo. Guts was quality but it's a tough read. Latest short story though involves a firing squad in a WW2 death camp getting gypsy women to suck his cock then slits their throat. this one time she's got him so far down that he nicks half his knob off as well. fecking horrible, my face must have been a picture on the train

Just a bit of light reading then?

Zulus Thousand of em · Post by **Zulus Thousand of em** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 6:48 pm

hisroyalgingerness wrote: i'm struggling with Chuck Palahnuiks' Haunted at the mo. Guts was quality but it's a tough read. Latest short story though involves a firing squad in a WW2 death camp getting gypsy women to suck his cock then slits their throat. this one time she's got him so far down that he nicks half his knob off as well. fecking horrible, my face must have been a picture on the train

Not as much of a picture as the half-cocked firing squad soldier, I suspect.

Zulus Thousand of em · Post by **Zulus Thousand of em** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 6:52 pm

Bench wrote: While we're on the subject of 'classics'.....anyone ever read Catch 22? I believe its one for the purists in a Marmite kind of way. You either love it or hate it.

I thought it was unadulterated wank. Honest.

I read it about thirty years ago - possibly longer. I really enjoyed it, at the time. I'm not sure that I would now, if I read it for the first time.

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 7:10 pm

Catcher in the Rye - awful, almost drove me to murder.

hisroyalgingerness · Post by **hisroyalgingerness** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 10:43 pm

Bench wrote:
hisroyalgingerness wrote:
Bench wrote:1984 is a cracking read and well before its time. The impact of it now is obviously far less than when it was first published as we are, for all intents and purposes, living in a society ruled / governed / dictated / watched by 'Big Brother'.

While we're on the subject of 'classics'.....anyone ever read Catch 22? I believe its one for the purists in a Marmite kind of way. You either love it or hate it.

I thought it was unadulterated wank. Honest.
enjoyed 1984, its pretty relevant for my workplace at the minute to tell you the truth

i'm struggling with Chuck Palahnuiks' Haunted at the mo. Guts was quality but it's a tough read. Latest short story though involves a firing squad in a WW2 death camp getting gypsy women to suck his cock then slits their throat. this one time she's got him so far down that he nicks half his knob off as well. fecking horrible, my face must have been a picture on the train
And yet you continue to read it. I have to ask why? Is there some deep-seated moral to the story that I am unaware of?

I can only hope so......

if there is i'm still waiting for it

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 9:22 pm

Gerald Seymour's "Rat Run", and got Cornwell's "Lords of the North" in queue.

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 9:24 pm

TANGODANCER wrote:Gerald Seymour's "Rat Run", and got Cornwell's "Lords of the North" in queue.

Is Cornwell out in (cheap) paperback yet?

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 9:35 pm

Montreal Wanderer wrote:
TANGODANCER wrote:Gerald Seymour's "Rat Run", and got Cornwell's "Lords of the North" in queue.
Is Cornwell out in (cheap) paperback yet?

The very cheapest. It's called a library.

Seriously, don't know Monty but someone here might.

americantrotter · Post by **americantrotter** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 9:37 pm

communistworkethic wrote:Catcher in the Rye - awful, almost drove me to murder.

100% agree. They teach it in middle and high school here. Everyone loved it. i tried it last year and gave up. Thinnest "good" book ever and I couldnt get halfway through the shite!

Reading Now: Nature Girl by Carl Hiassen

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 9:45 pm

TANGODANCER wrote:
Montreal Wanderer wrote:
TANGODANCER wrote:Gerald Seymour's "Rat Run", and got Cornwell's "Lords of the North" in queue.
Is Cornwell out in (cheap) paperback yet?
The very cheapest. It's called a library. Seriusly, don't know Monty but someone here might.

Ah, that kind of queue. I don't think it is out yet. Here we get the hard cover and, a few months later, a hideously expensive paperback. Finally after a year we get the cheaper one.

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 9:22 am

Montreal Wanderer wrote:
TANGODANCER wrote:
Montreal Wanderer wrote:
TANGODANCER wrote:Gerald Seymour's "Rat Run", and got Cornwell's "Lords of the North" in queue.
Is Cornwell out in (cheap) paperback yet?
The very cheapest. It's called a library. Seriusly, don't know Monty but someone here might.
Ah, that kind of queue. I don't think it is out yet. Here we get the hard cover and, a few months later, a hideously expensive paperback. Finally after a year we get the cheaper one.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/10 ... x=9&Go.y=9

superjohnmcginlay · Post by **superjohnmcginlay** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:50 am

Thought Id start on the Green Mile as ive only seen the film. Currently on the 3rd of 6 parts.

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 11:30 am

I've really gone off Stephen King since I read the Dark Tower books. Absolute drivel.

superjohnmcginlay · Post by **superjohnmcginlay** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 11:39 am

Batman wrote:I've really gone off Stephen King since I read the Dark Tower books. Absolute drivel.

He's a bit hit n miss I think. Some of the stuff I've read I haven't been able to put down (The Dead Zone, The Langoliers) but others have been a bit crap (Dreamcatcher).

Fat Stelios · Post by **Fat Stelios** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 2:43 pm

Batman wrote:I've really gone off Stephen King since I read the Dark Tower books. Absolute drivel.

I agree Batman, they are hard going. The first couple were written in his younger days though. I am reading Jasper Fforde's 'The Forth Bear'. Very funny, as are all his books.

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 2:47 pm

His Dark Materials trilogy, or the Conn Iggulden EMPEROR series are superb.

Fat Stelios · Post by **Fat Stelios** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 2:51 pm

Batman wrote:His Dark Materials trilogy, or the Conn Iggulden EMPEROR series are superb.

I again found Philip Pullman's HDM very slow going. I can't explain why. I guess some books strike a chord with different folk.

Bench · Post by **Bench** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 4:10 pm

superjohnmcginlay wrote:Thought Id start on the Green Mile as ive only seen the film. Currently on the 3rd of 6 parts.

One of his best books in my opinion.

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 4:40 pm

hisroyalgingerness wrote:
Bench wrote:
hisroyalgingerness wrote:
Bench wrote:1984 is a cracking read and well before its time. The impact of it now is obviously far less than when it was first published as we are, for all intents and purposes, living in a society ruled / governed / dictated / watched by 'Big Brother'.

While we're on the subject of 'classics'.....anyone ever read Catch 22? I believe its one for the purists in a Marmite kind of way. You either love it or hate it.

I thought it was unadulterated wank. Honest.
enjoyed 1984, its pretty relevant for my workplace at the minute to tell you the truth

i'm struggling with Chuck Palahnuiks' Haunted at the mo. Guts was quality but it's a tough read. Latest short story though involves a firing squad in a WW2 death camp getting gypsy women to suck his cock then slits their throat. this one time she's got him so far down that he nicks half his knob off as well. fecking horrible, my face must have been a picture on the train
And yet you continue to read it. I have to ask why? Is there some deep-seated moral to the story that I am unaware of?

I can only hope so......

if there is i'm still waiting for it

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