Books N shit

as most people have stated mopstly anything by the later hunter S. thompson is an entertaining and insightful read.


i like autobiographies of rockstars and such.


open up and bleed - Iggy Pop
Scar tissue - anthony keidis
The Dirt - motley crew
Dandy In the underworld - sebastien horsely
the heroine diaries - year in the life of a shattered rockstar - nikki sixx

I just finished the guns n roses bio, "Watch you Bleed"

Don't bother!

Boring full of filler, and over dose after another, whining, ranting, and childish bickering, coupled with law suits for wife bashing(axl)


Out of 5 it gets -2

almost finished without warning, loving it so far. also just started that catch 22 sequel, can't believe i didnt know about it already, thanks james yo. loving how it's kinda similar to the first one but i only read the first 50 pages or so. got me a library membership the other day. beats the hell out of e book torrents and reading on laptop

I'm reading "the pol pot regime" which is bout cambodia 1975-79ish

Found a copy of Bryce Courtenay's 'The Power of One' yesterday. Gonna start tonight.

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10:21 26/Jul

Found a copy of Bryce Courtenay's 'The Power of One' yesterday. Gonna start tonight.

I read this. Fucking brilliant book. I think I read the whole thing in two days. Just couldn't put it down.

noted.

yeah the power of one is outstanding. finished without warning fucking loved it. really like the way jb writes. do you know when the second one's coming out Laz?

At the moment I'm reading a collection of short stories by Ernest Hemingway. His story, "Hills Like White Elephants" is amazing. Anyone read anything by Thomas Pynchon? I've been looking at Gravity's Rainbow but I know I couldn't conquer it.

I haven't fiction in a long time (except Thomas Harris). Having said that, I just d/led the first three Dragonlance trilogies to read, for nostalgia. Read them when I was 14 or 15, figured I'd give 'em another go just for the hell of it.

anything by hunter s thompson.
hells angels, fear and loathing, kingdom of fear

all time fav book- "i hope they serve beer in hell" -tucker max

looking for any recommendations for books to be read as part of school work in yr 11
thanks

short history of nearly everything, Bill Bryson.

try that.

I finished the updated version of a brief history of time.

"A briefer history of time"

Not bad yeah nah nah yeah, nah.

YEAH

Pokey...JB said he's finished the final draft on it recently so maybe late this year or early next year.

The man cranks them out, that's for sure.

Now, bring the hate, but I thought Power of One was the biggest pile of wank I have ever read. Sure it had an interesting plot and I was entranced by the story but fuck Courtenay can dribble on about his beloved PK. The kid is simply the best at everything he did. It got really annoying towards the end and I ended up wanting him to get belted.


The sequel Tandia is a bit better.

Read a book called house to house last week. Amazing insight to what a week in falujah(sp) would be like in the army. Only downside written by a yank and has massive pro war on iraq. Highly recommend it!

Ludo you need to watch Generation Kill.

Simply fucking awesome series depicting the shit a bunch of Marines get into during the invasion of Iraq. Like a series of Jarhead, basically.

@Lazlo - "Now, bring the hate, but I thought Power of One was the biggest pile of wank I have ever read."


I'll let you know if I agree when i finish. I've actually been going to hire out the movie for the last fortnight or something (coz its been yrs since i saw it), but saw the book at Mums house and thought I'd be better to read it first so I can be one of those wankers that say "the book is way better than the movie"

unnoted.

Maybe we can like all swap books like those pesky Brits? Read a book send it on etc. Just a thought...

I think I've said it before, Hannibal Rising!
One of the best books i have read in ages.

catcher in the rye

Catcher in the Rye? I fucken hate that book. I had to read if for school. Holden Caufield is a simpering fuckstick who needs a good punching.

Have I mentioned Cell by Stephen King? Holy cunt fuck! I am nearly all the way through it and it is one good read.

About a pulse-virus sent out via mobile phones which sends people batty for a few days and then turns them into zombies (not the typical zombie...more hive-mind one entity zombie). A group of people try to escape and stuff happens.

It'd make a great movie....err....which apparently it will. Movie is in development stage.

sweet, i read Gridiron, that one about the super smart building going nuts, it was sweet. can't remember who wrote it tho