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Post by Verbal » Sun Apr 27, 2008 12:42 pm

The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Nighttime. Absolutely fantastic book.

As of tonight though, I will be reading something about development politics. Gah.
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Post by TANGODANCER » Sun Apr 27, 2008 1:48 pm

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No, but a similar(ish) story here - had to read Great Expectations for English (Lit) and never got past the first couple of chapters...I have to say anyone who thinks it's a "good read" needs their bumps testing.
Aye well, anybody who ploughs through "War and Peace", just for the sake of saying they've read it, is deluded. You either enjoy a book or leave it alone. I have fond memories of King Solomon's Mines, She, John Carter on Mars and The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, amongst half a million others. I've done Dickens, Jane Austen and the Bronte Sisters and found pleasure in some, if not all of them. Thomas Hardy is another author of merit, but then again, so is Ian Rankin.
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Post by Lord Kangana » Sun Apr 27, 2008 2:17 pm

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No, but a similar(ish) story here - had to read Great Expectations for English (Lit) and never got past the first couple of chapters...I have to say anyone who thinks it's a "good read" needs their bumps testing.
Aye well, anybody who ploughs through "War and Peace", just for the sake of saying they've read it, is deluded. You either enjoy a book or leave it alone. I have fond memories of King Solomon's Mines, She, John Carter on Mars and The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, amongst half a million others. I've done Dickens, Jane Austen and the Bronte Sisters and found pleasure in some, if not all of them. Thomas Hardy is another author of merit, but then again, so is Ian Rankin.
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Post by Rated R Superstar » Sun Apr 27, 2008 4:30 pm

Worthy4England wrote:No, but a similar(ish) story here - had to read Great Expectations for English (Lit) and never got past the first couple of chapters...I have to say anyone who thinks it's a "good read" needs their bumps testing.
Same here. Read it for English Lit, didn't get very far and had to wing it in the essay!
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Post by cophilie » Sun Apr 27, 2008 5:37 pm

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Worthy4England wrote:
No, but a similar(ish) story here - had to read Great Expectations for English (Lit) and never got past the first couple of chapters...I have to say anyone who thinks it's a "good read" needs their bumps testing.
Aye well, anybody who ploughs through "War and Peace", just for the sake of saying they've read it, is deluded. You either enjoy a book or leave it alone. I have fond memories of King Solomon's Mines, She, John Carter on Mars and The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, amongst half a million others. I've done Dickens, Jane Austen and the Bronte Sisters and found pleasure in some, if not all of them. Thomas Hardy is another author of merit, but then again, so is Ian Rankin.
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The Wasp Factory is a work of genius! (though some people think its utter sh*te, so its all opinion :wink: )

Rankin is the crime author,Iain Banks wrote The Wasp Factory. Did it for A-levels and absolutely loved it,so very very wrong though!

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Post by Dave Sutton's barnet » Sun Apr 27, 2008 9:57 pm

Like Dr H I thoroughly enjoyed Things The Grandchildren Should Know - for a bloke with so many family tragedies, he's admirably pragmatic.

As for overrated literature, I was forced for A-Level to read Troilus & Cressida, one of Bill Shakespeare's "problem plays". To me, its main problem is that it's shit. But back to the good stuff...

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Post by Dave Sutton's barnet » Sun Apr 27, 2008 10:05 pm

Tango and others may well enjoy Eduardo Galeano's collection of very poetic short pieces Football in Sun and Shadow - more details here

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Post by WhiteArmy » Sun Apr 27, 2008 10:06 pm

Verbal wrote:The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Nighttime. Absolutely fantastic book.

As of tonight though, I will be reading something about development politics. Gah.
Read that, absolutely wonderful. Recommend it to anyone. :pray:

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Post by WhiteArmy » Sun Apr 27, 2008 10:09 pm

I'm reading Loyalists at the moment, just finished one called Stakeknife, similar subject matter.

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Post by Dujon » Mon Apr 28, 2008 12:11 am

Hardy's name rang a bell as I'm sure I've read some of his stuff, TANGO. A quick check with an on line literature site though brought back no memories.

On the same site, this made me read it twice:
www.online-literature.com/hardy wrote:Hardy died in Dorchester, Dorset, on January 11, 1928. His ashes were cremated in Dorchester and buried with impressive ceremonies in the Poet's Corner in Westminster Abbey.
No wonder I did a double-double take.
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Post by TANGODANCER » Mon Apr 28, 2008 12:13 am

Dujon wrote:Hardy's name rang a bell as I'm sure I've read some of his stuff, TANGO. A quick check with an on line literature site though brought back no memories.

On the same site, this made me read it twice:
www.online-literature.com/hardy wrote:Hardy died in Dorchester, Dorset, on January 11, 1928. His ashes were cremated in Dorchester and buried with impressive ceremonies in the Poet's Corner in Westminster Abbey.
No wonder I did a double take.
Aye, he wanted to be "Far from the Madding Crowd". Or maybe he just wanted to be "Thomas the Obscure" :mrgreen:
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Post by Dujon » Mon Apr 28, 2008 12:30 am

Fair enough, TANGO. There's an old saying If you want to do a proper job then do it twice - er, isn't there? :mrgreen:

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Post by Raven » Mon Apr 28, 2008 12:19 pm

Reading Not Abba, look back at the 70's that does not just include Abba and the sodding Bee Gees!

Got a pile to read, just finished The Chalice by Phil Rickman which is about a dark anti Holy Grail at Glastonbury which was very good.

As for the comments earlier about classics read Dracula and Frankenstein both are class

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Post by enfieldwhite » Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:47 pm

Reading 'The darkness that comes before' a kind of post-apocalyptic Holy War story. Heavy going but I'm sensing the build to climax, so I'll persevere.

Waiting next is the Boudica quadrilogy and then The Book of Dave by Will Self.

Oh and TD? You're only the fourth person I know to have read the Thomas Covenant Chronicles. Have you started on the third trilogy yet?
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Post by TANGODANCER » Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:11 pm

enfieldwhite wrote:Reading 'The darkness that comes before' a kind of post-apocalyptic Holy War story. Heavy going but I'm sensing the build to climax, so I'll persevere.

Waiting next is the Boudica quadrilogy and then The Book of Dave by Will Self.

Oh and TD? You're only the fourth person I know to have read the Thomas Covenant Chronicles. Have you started on the third trilogy yet?
No, frankly I haven't enfield. I read the first trilogy and stopped, simply because I envisaged a literary version of "Die Hard" or "Lethal Weapon" where each one is weaker and less creditable than the one before. Thoroughly enjoyed the first lot, so are you recommending I carry on?

I've just started "The Death of Dalziel" and, whilst I don't like the televised versions, this book has a good story, is well written and, in parts, hilarious. "Dead men don't fart" as a chapter title should give you an idea. :mrgreen:
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Post by David Lee's Hair » Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:13 pm

Just finished "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" not a bad bond book, but not as good as some of the others. Really recommend "Casino Royale"

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Post by TANGODANCER » Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:18 pm

David Lee's Hair wrote:Just finished "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" not a bad bond book, but not as good as some of the others. Really recommend "Casino Royale"
I read several of the Bond books ( the Fleming ones) before they started making films of them. They were all decent reads without the need for jet-packs etc. Dr No, Goldfinger, From Russia with love and Casino Royale were all good stuff. Then Hollywood got on the scene and it all went laughable.
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Post by enfieldwhite » Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:34 pm

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enfieldwhite wrote:Reading 'The darkness that comes before' a kind of post-apocalyptic Holy War story. Heavy going but I'm sensing the build to climax, so I'll persevere.

Waiting next is the Boudica quadrilogy and then The Book of Dave by Will Self.

Oh and TD? You're only the fourth person I know to have read the Thomas Covenant Chronicles. Have you started on the third trilogy yet?
No, frankly I haven't enfield. I read the first trilogy and stopped, simply because I envisaged a literary version of "Die Hard" or "Lethal Weapon" where each one is weaker and less creditable than the one before. Thoroughly enjoyed the first lot, so are you recommending I carry on?

I've just started "The Death of Dalziel" and, whilst I don't like the televised versions, this book has a good story, is well written and, in parts, hilarious. "Dead men don't fart" as a chapter title should give you an idea. :mrgreen:
The second chronicles are quite harrowing but worth it. They take place 10 years on in Covenant's time, but 10,000 years have elapsed in 'The Land'

The 'Last' chronicles are only two books, with the third due out next year. I started reading the first but have decided to read all three at once.
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Post by Lord Kangana » Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:37 pm

Dead men DO fart, though :mrgreen:
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