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being offline over the summer, i read a few of these things to pass the time... which was nice. anyway, just finished reading "the sacred art of stealing " by christopher brookmyre (a scottish bloke). tis a very good read... could wheel out all the cliches etc, if you like this sort of thing, you'll love it.. etc. etc.

anyway, here a short story to give you a taste of his writing...

so with xmas on the cards, anyone got any recommendations for reading matter... anything a bit different/humour/biography?

 

[Scooba Da Bass]

Supernature by Lyle Watson BEST.BOOK.EVAH

 

[.Cask]

Just finished reading The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jane M. Auel.

I'd definately recommend having a look at that if you haven't read it already. Found it quite thought provoking as it's set in the time when neanderthal man and modern humans shared the eath, and is a good story to boot.

My mum tells me the sequels aren't as good but might pick them up anyway sometime.

 

[legendario]

I read "A big boy did it and ran away" a while back which was also written by him.

 

[legendario]

The Adversary Cycle by F. Paul Wilson are probably the best 6 books I have read.

His followup Repairman Jack novels were also good.

Sister Night is probably his best novel unrelated to the Adversary.

 

[~Lazarus~]

Thinks this has been done before, but anyway.

David Eddings.
Raymond Feist
Mark Chadbourne
Chris Ryan

and god know how many others. Wife has banned me from buying books (usually finish them in a couple of days)

 

[mank!]

George Orwell - 1984
Albert Camus - The Outsider
Hermann Hess - Steppenwolf

 

[Testin da Cable]

cask: they aren't. but do have more se><or!


I just finished
Assasin´s Apprentice, Royal Assasin and Assasin´s Quest by Robin Hobb. Imo the first and last are pretty cool. RA was a more touchy-feely thing, not quite my stylee [I got bored half way through and read Shogun [James Clavell] and Ender's Game [Orson Scott Card] to sooth my ravaged mind\

 

[legendario]

F00k me TdC...Orson Scott Card scares me

And Mank!...those books are a Higher english teacher's wet dream

Scooba....That book is OOP or limited I believe but I got just got a copy from abebooks.com for 3 dolla

 

[Will]

Originally posted by .Cask
Just finished reading The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jane M. Auel.

My mum tells me the sequels aren't as good but might pick them up anyway sometime.

Your mum is right. Avoid them, Valley of the Horses is terrible.

Unless you are 15, in which case...it has more sex in it.

 

[GDW]

Originally posted by Will.
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Unless you are 15, in which case...it has more sex in it.

.....or married

 

[Will]

Viagra?

As recommended by Pele

 

[Testin da Cable]

15 v-pills, 20 raw egg whites, blender, drink, go out

 

[GDW]

Its not that us married blokes dont have the ability...

 

[Testin da Cable]

I though seeing your wife in the morning drove all thoughts of mad se><or from your mind?

 

[Scooba Da Bass]

Originally posted by legendario
Scooba....That book is OOP or limited I believe but I got just got a copy from abebooks.com for 3 dolla

\o/

 

[Munkey-]

Consider Phlebas - Iain M Banks
Fallen Dragon - Peter F Hamilton
(death gate cycle thing) - Margaret Weis
(arthur series) - Bernard Cornwell
(sharpe series) - Bernard Cornwell
Omamori - Richard McGill
The Physician - Noah Gorden
Ninth Buddah - Daniel Easterman


those i like

 

[granny]

Originally posted by Grandadwrinkle
Its not that us married blokes dont have the ability...

Been there... gave up on the being married thing... made no difference, still no sex-life! D'oh!

 

[granny]

Oh, books, sorry, got sidetracked.

Anything by Peter Carey. Amazing writer. Can't single any out because they're all fantastic, painful, emotional, lovely, epic, soaring, poetic books.

Finished reading Moby Dick a few months ago, that was good - took some work though, worth it in the end.

Reading Rage by Salman Rushdie at the moment and loving it, never read anything of his before and it's superb, great wordsmith.

Out of all the SF & fantasy stuff the only things I rate are Iain M Banks and a few classics like "Stranger in a strange land" by Heinlein and some Doris Lessing maybe, the rest is pretty much mindless pap - oh and some Philip K Dick is OK.

Patrick Suskind's a good writer - but there's not a lot to read.. in fact just "Perfume" and a book of short stories, Perfume's superb though.

Plenty more but that's a start

 

[doh_boy]

Dubliners - James Joyce

A book written before he started to write books that were a pain in the arse to read.

I've gotten through 3/4 of portait of an artist as a young man and albiet amazingly well written it was a bastard to read and as such I gave up reading it and started on harry potter! :/

How to lose friends and alienate people by toby young is kinda fun, in a complety shallow way!

 

[~YuckFou~]

Shaven Ravers - Bumber Christmas Edition.

 

[dysfunction]

Fallen Dragon - Peter F Hamilton

Also reading some David Eddings and others..

 

[mank!]

Originally posted by doh_boy
Dubliners - James Joyce

JAMES JOYCE IS FUCKING MY SISTER!

Er, yeah... I don't read much, too lazy. I only read books that I've been referred to via songs/friends