Books

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

Books

Copper · **Superhero Extraordinaire**

:Slow intake of breath through gritted teeth:

Its a tricky one. All time fave? Hmm. Tom Robbins is up there. Philip Pullman is bumping shoulders with em. Thomas Hardy is a good read. Rohinton Mistry (A fine balance) is a great book. Oh I give up. Brain overloaded. Too much literature, too little time.

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

Pullman's His Dark Materials series was great. His other books, not so good.

Never read Tom Robbins... can you recommend a starter?

Copper · **Superhero Extraordinaire**

Jitterbug Perfume is my favourite, Skinny Legs and All made me think and Another Roadside Attraction is probably the most popular.

Try em.

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

Hmmm. It seems that reading Another Roadside Attraction can melt your brain and send you mad.

A quote from an Amazon review: "The main joy of T R's writing is brilliant, varied and many metaphors that drip from each page like lovesick tears from a young girls eye, like honey from a psychedelic beehive"

Noticed any brain melting, Copper? Have you?

That said, it looks like it could be good... I shall attempt to obtain a copy in the near future.

Lite · **I'm lite... and I'm fantastic!**

sounds interesting! i will have to have a look :)

I'm currently reading.... Maul which is mostly scary so far (no.. its not porn) but i hope it gets better!

I dont really follow many writers.. i just choose random books of the shelf :3

Some of books I liked : Vurt, http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679310975/qid=1112346014/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_2_1/202-6802721-2855804">Scar Culture

, Atomised(long as you skip all the sex... tipical french hu?), Choke

bonniepirateanne · Date: Apr 1, 2005

i'm actually reading 'the notebook' at the moment by thingy mabob whatdoyoucallhim thingy .. nicholas maybe? anyway, so far so good

and i just finished up richard branson's autobiography which was pretty good! .. altho for about 7 million chapters he did go on about british airways and their dirty tricks campaign.. that was a bit slow

yet interesting

NateO · Vice JDK and Man of the People

I can't read.

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

How about comics? read any good comics?

NateO · Vice JDK and Man of the People

Lately, er, no.

I have been reading about the smoking ban in pubs in Minneapolis, however.

http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/smoking-ban/

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

Think of it this way mate... it will save you a fortune...

NateO · Vice JDK and Man of the People

Perhaps, or cause me to contract pneumonia!

Copper · **Superhero Extraordinaire**

I love the smoking ban. Freezing my t*ts off in Arizona (its cold in the desert at night...) inspired me to give up (oh, 3 mths ago now?). Feel good. Lets hope it lasts.

bonniepirateanne · Date: Apr 2, 2005

i've never had a puff in my life. or a cigarette for that matter. i like the ban heh heh

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NateO · Vice JDK and Man of the People

quote:
Originally posted by: Copper
"I love the smoking ban. Freezing my t*ts off in Arizona (its cold in the desert at night...) inspired me to give up (oh, 3 mths ago now?). Feel good. Lets hope it lasts. "

Ever been to Minneapolis in January?

Heh, I'll be returning to Tucson in a month or so, I'll test the evening weather once again!

Copper · **Superhero Extraordinaire**

Tucson was the very spot I went to. Ok, it wasn't that cold. But I am very English about weather - extremes scare me and require much comment.

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

Nice yesterday though, wasn't it? At least it was in Bristol. Looks pretty ****e today.

Copper · **Superhero Extraordinaire**

Aw shame! It's lovely and sunny here. If nasty clouds drift over from Bristol, grrrrr.

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

We probably got em from Wales... grrrr

Copper · **Superhero Extraordinaire**

Ar. The Welsh. Nuff said.

NateO · Vice JDK and Man of the People

quote:
Originally posted by: Copper
"Tucson was the very spot I went to. Ok, it wasn't that cold. But I am very English about weather - extremes scare me and require much comment. "

Yeah, well when it's 120°F during the day and 40°F at night, the change in climate can indeed be noticeable!

Beware the falling temperatures!!!.

HaloBurn · **Dad** Yarrr...

Oh a book thread!

Well I'm three quarters the way through Steven King's Dark tower books which are fantastic.

Just been going through a Dan Brown (who hasnt ) phase, read the Da Vinci Code, Deception Point and Angels and Demons. All pretty good.

Favorite Authors and books:

Terry Pratchett - all the Diskworld
Simon R Green - All the Deathstalker books
Mercedes Lackey - All the Valdemar novels
Alistair Reynolds - Chasm city is pretty good
Clive Cussler - Dirk Pit novels

On a slightly different tact.

Hunter S Thompson - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is outstanding
Tom Wolfe - The Electric cool aid acid test
Jack Kerouac - On the Road
All these books have a connection as the real life characters overlap in the books.

What else? Too many to mention!

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

Oooh. The Dark Tower. I've read the first two and am waiting for someone to finish reading the third so I can get it off him. They've been pretty good so far. Didin't think I was going to like them.

I was decidedly unimpressed with Dan Brown. I read Angels & Demons and the the Davinci Code and was convinced afterwards that they were both the same book. Don't think I'll bother with the rest on that basis.

try this one - Homicide - A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon. Its a true account of a year spent with the Baltimore Homicide department and was the basis for the excellent Homicide: Life on the Street series. It was fantastic.