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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 18:14 
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Just finished 'Tigerman' by Nick Harkaway.

An unusual book, but full of fabulous writing and delightful little insights as usual. Was a little slow to start and set the scene, but the writing brought me along. Then all of a sudden I'm 75% through it and having a whale of a time.

The ending was a bit quick, perhaps, and hastily epilogued (?) but that does for thematically. Either way, it is memorable read which creates a great crazy island locale and I liked it a lot.

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I know it's nothing like new, having been published in 2012, but I'm finally getting round to reading Stonemouth by Ian Banks and it's a fucking cracker. There's massive shades of Crow Road and Steep Approach to Garbadale in it (protagonist returns to parochial Scottish hometown and confronts a deep mystery) but it's totally sucked me in and I'm finding myself even sneaking off to the toilet during quiet periods at work to get a few chapters in. The final reveal could be shite of course but even at that I'm enjoying the journey so it would still be worthwhile no matter what. Seriously recommended.


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Just finished malazan book of the fallen book 10. Not sure what to do with myself now. Thoroughly enjoyed them, but thought the ending seemed a little rushed, ironically.

Had anyone read any of his other works?

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"Blindness" by José Saramago may be among the best books i've ever read. 2014 has been great for me in literary terms. It's the bleakest kind of a post-apocaliptic, which a genre which is bleak by default.

Any book that has a scene in which

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A man gets his throat cut while he's getting blown by a women and then gets her face drenched in blood and semen. And they're all blind btw


it's a winner


I've read others, but this one deserves a special mention.


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Just finished malazan book of the fallen book 10. Not sure what to do with myself now. Thoroughly enjoyed them, but thought the ending seemed a little rushed, ironically.

Had anyone read any of his other works?

I think I'm at book 8 or so. To be honest I've gotten little bored- it's rather samey, and nothing appears to actually be happening, in between the massively deus ex machina efforts of keeping the main protagonists as the victors.

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I told you that like a week ago. In possibly those exact words.

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Am about halfway though, really is very meh

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I told you that like a week ago. In possibly those exact words.

You did, even though I'd had it since August (pre-order, obv (not actually read it, though)). But did you tell the readers of this thread? DID YOU?

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did somebody already mention "off to be a wiard" by scott meyer? very beet weeks kind of book.. nerd find file where he can change properties of himself, gets caught and uses his power to become a wizard in medieval england

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Given my love of modern fantasy it should be no surprise that I am enjoying the Hellequin chronicals.

Lots of fighty shooty abracadabra fun.

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Just finished 'Tigerman' by Nick Harkaway.

An unusual book, but full of fabulous writing and delightful little insights as usual. Was a little slow to start and set the scene, but the writing brought me along. Then all of a sudden I'm 75% through it and having a whale of a time.

The ending was a bit quick, perhaps, and hastily epilogued (?) but that does for thematically. Either way, it is memorable read which creates a great crazy island locale and I liked it a lot.


Gillian very kindly bought me a kindle for my convalescence and I've recently read Harkaways The Gone Away World and by and large it doesn't sound dissimilar — fab writing, amusing insights, wonky pacing and a sudden end. All I'm saying is he sounds consistent.

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Been reading "The Dispossessed" by Ursula K Le Guin.

She very well might be my second favourite science fiction writer, after Phillip K. Dick.


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Just finished "John Dies At The End" by David Wong (which is a pseudonym; the writer is the guy who edits Cracked).

Anyway, it's a cross between a stoner comedy and Charles Stross style Laundry madness with alien horrors and all that jazz.

It was a little too long, and at times it suffered from clearly having been written and released in a serial format originally, but it was terrifically entertaining and I loved it. Would imagine that a lot of people would dislike it, though.

It had a movie made of it too, but I wouldn't be surprised if the movie sucked.

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Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie.

I kinda enjoyed this, though it took me a while to overcome my hatred of her tortured writing style and to be honest it did colour my whole experience. I'm still not sure if it was me getting used to the style or her altering it as the book progressed, but it's very rare for me to defer to my Oxbridge English Grad girlfriend to find out if it was me or the writer. So, though it was as I thought technically correct, the whole paragraph long sentences hosed down with commas did make the flow of the words feel a little staccato to begin with and deeply tedious to read. I think it did lessen as the book progressed.

Anyway, this felt quite classical sci-if to me, insofar as it reminded me of Asimov. And by that I mean, it was high concept in it's idea, consequently chilly in it's emotional characterisation and not quite as thought provoking as it could have been. And on top of that, not enough really happens in quite a long book. So, it's good'ish but it's a solid 3.5 out of 5 stars from me.

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Seems to be getting mixed reviews from people, but I've recently enjoyed The Girl with all of the Gifts. Different anyway. :)

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Given my love of modern fantasy it should be no surprise that I am enjoying the Hellequin chronicals.

Lots of fighty shooty abracadabra fun.


They're good, but the main guy is too powerful. The only way he's ever threatened is when he's betrayed.


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Now I'm reading Dresden, but he's a bit of a wimp.

Helliquin is a bad ass! He can't really be too powerful, he was Merlin's assassin, for God's sake. When people realise who he is they shit themselves, and it's brilliant.

Then someone called "Simon" beats fuck out of him.

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Dresden gets steadily more powerful as the books go on :)

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Dresden gets steadily more powerful as the books go on :)


And than turns into a Emo drip :(

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Yeah unfortunately does a bit.

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I'm on book 6 of Dresden. Having to audiobook now I'm driving to work. Actually quite enjoying being read to. James Masters (Spike from Buffy) is an excellent fit for the material


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DavPaz wrote:
I'm on book 6 of Dresden. Having to audiobook now I'm driving to work. Actually quite enjoying being read to. James Masters (Spike from Buffy) is an excellent fit for the material


Yup thats how I churned through most of them, the one book (Ghost Story iirc) is read by not-James Masters and suffered badly from it. The Audio book / kindle option is great for working through series

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I've read a book!

I know, I'm great at reading.

But what was it? It was "Big Breasts and Wide Hips" by Mo Yan. Or was it Mo Yang? Wasn't he the guy who did Minecraft? Anyway, that guy.

Amoosing story first: I was looking for it for ages thanks to a fellow Beexer (I'm tempted to say Ruysan, but I can't remember (sorry) who mentioned it in the same sentence as Blood Meridian, which I super-lurrves (It's the only book I've read twice, fact fans). Anyhoo, I had a job at the time in Derby so I went looking in all the book shops to no avail. Then I went into Waterstones and was dared to ask a very lovely plump looking gal who worked there whether she could find the book cause I couldn't find it on the shelves.

So I tentatively marched up to the till and said "Have you got Big Breasts and Wide Hips?"

AHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHHAHHHAHAHHAHAAHAAHAHAHHAHAAHAAHAHAHHAHAH

"...by Mo Yan". I actually said the authors name very quickly after the title because I coped out and I'm not a dickhead.

So, not a very amoosing story after all. But just think what could have happened, aye, Aye, AYE? Hilarious.

The book? It's very good and very depressing and lots of people die in a time when no one gave two shits if someone died. I'm tempted to write more but I lost all sensation in my finger tips tapping "AHAHAHHA etc" out above.

So, y'know, you'll have to pretend I was very convincing and get that book and maybe you will be the one to have an hilarious moment where you sexually assault a member of staff at Waterstones.

Oh, she didn't have it, by the way. I got it off Amazon.

This story is getting less amoosing by the character.

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Dresden Book 6 finished. Much foreshadowing, methink.

Looking forward to Book 7. It's what makes driving bearable.

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Saturnalian, i'm glad you enjoyed the book. That story had huge potential but it ended in pretty much nothing. I was expecting that you had asked the lovely plump girl for dinner, in these most improbable of circumstances, and ended up marrying.

Well too bad. If you want more bleakness in your life, try "Blindness". One of the best books I've ever read. You can go around searching for a book store with a blind clerk.


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"Blindness" is a great book

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It's not the book of the film or the film of the book is it? The one where everyone in the world goes blind?

If it's the film I'm thinking of it was very depressing and very well done. Who is the author so I can look it up?

Which is a dumb question because if I'm looking it up I could google "blindness the book" and probably get the same result.

Google, aye? It's made talking about things superfluous.


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Yes it is. The film wasn't bad but wasn't great either. But to be fair, it's not something that it's easy to direct. Even though Meirelles is a great director, i think he was the wrong choice for this kind of movie.

"Blindness" directed by Gaspar Noé would have been a treat though.


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Well you were right about Big Breasts so I'll give this Blindness a go next (and since I liked the film). You've got excellent taste Mr Ruysan. I mean Ruy San. I mean Ruysan San.

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If you want something brilliant but depressing, try Shute's 'On the Beach'.

Read it for a forthcoming bookclub meet: think I might order a double whiskey before thinking about it again. It's even more of a downer than W******** D****, because at least I just tear up when I think of that one.


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Kern wrote:
If you want something brilliant but depressing, try Shute's 'On the Beach'.

Read it for a forthcoming bookclub meet: think I might order a double whiskey before thinking about it again. It's even more of a downer than W******** D****, because at least I just tear up when I think of that one.


On the Beach is brilliant, but I found A Town Like Alice to be superior. Shute may lack a touch of elegance in his writing but he really can bring the pages to life.

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Finished The Awakening by Kate Chopin yesterday, after buying it yonks ago. Probably the only book where I've strongly identified with a character (the protagonist) which was weird, especially given the ending.

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Kern wrote:
If you want something brilliant but depressing, try Shute's 'On the Beach'.

Read it for a forthcoming bookclub meet: think I might order a double whiskey before thinking about it again. It's even more of a downer than W******** D****, because at least I just tear up when I think of that one.


I've done a little reading up on this (ok, I went to wiki. Fine, you happy now) and it sounds awesome. Might give it a punt.


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Seconded - I read A Town Called Alice recently, loved it.


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For a long time in my late twenties I became suspicious of big books. As I neared and then passed the 30 year mark and discovered parenthood, I felt life ebbing away from me - and the thought of spending so much time reading one big book made me anxious. What else should I be reading? What was the opportunity cost of reading this big book. So I ended up reading nothing. Just internets. Just nonsense.

Thankfully, and for no apparent reason, I've overcome this mental block and started reading whatever I want, regardless of what it is. And I've read some good stuff lately. Edit - which now I've written about, I'm going to break into posts because it's far too much gumf for one post.


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Reread James Ellroy's Dudley Smith trilogy (incidentally, if you haven't read this interview - do so, for it's one of the most entertaining I've ever read). The Big Nowhere and LA Confidential the dizzying high points, White Jazz failing to capture those heights down to a not-quite likeable protagonist (obviously they're all awful humans, but there's usually a charm to be teased out). Also the shift to solo operator from the trio of anti-hero protagonists meant I missed some of that hard-times camaradery and interweaving of threads Ellroy does so well.

Looking forward to reading his latest, Perfidia, though need a bit of a break from the staccato Demon Dog.


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Then read that time-travelling one by Stephen King. Christ he goes on, doesn't he? Loved the way it ended, and some really evocative writing of the period, but wish he'd got there 40% faster. Can't remember what it's called. It's the date JFK was shot.


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And I just finished the Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. Christ, she goes on too - but it contained some of the most beautiful prose I've read in a long while, and her painting of the stillness of Vegas hinterlands is really quite otherworldly. And she captures New York perfectly. It drags at times, but it's a pretty beautifully written thing - with a compelling story to boot. Not always common bedfellows.


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And now I'm reading Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy! For the first time! Something to savour on each new page. I don't think I've ever felt such joy from reading a book. And I don't mind that I've watched the film - I feel quite happy imagining Martin Freeman and Mos Def as Dent and Ford Prefect. However, I'd be interested to know how they measured up to the mind-Dents and mind-Prefects of those who read the book many, many, many years before the film.


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And now I'm reading Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy! For the first time! Something to savour on each new page


Enjoy! I love the books, though there is a marked decline in the later volumes.

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Just finished Ash by James Herbert. The last book he wrote before he died.

Had high hopes as its the 3rd in a series which includes Haunted, which I though was brilliant

Not that great sadly.


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No, he went right off the boil some time ago (that fairy one he wrote was dire).

Creed or Moon are my favorites of his, I think.

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Recently finished Waugh's 'Sword of Honour'. An enjoyable farce, and given the amount of bureaucracy, administrative errors, and incompetence detailed in the novel, makes one wonder how we ever won the war. There are also the typical references to other Waugh novels, and the usual discussions of Catholicism.

I enjoyed it, but it kind of petered out towards the end.


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Now reading Raising Babies: Why Your Love is Best by Steve Biddulph

My wife is making me read it, don't really know why as this guy is saying that the best way to bring up a kid to 3 years old is with his parents. He has also done a lot across the EU to get parental leave and leave for fathers etc implement

My wife decided to not look for a job after her redundancy and bring up our son, whilst you can always do with the money we can afford for her to do this and I've always been fine with it.

We had a bit of a row about when he will go to pre school and for how long, my view is that he goes the September after he is 3 and for some full days to get him used to the school routine that will follow 12 months later

As a result I have to read this book as apparently I'm wrong :roll:


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I had a sci fi compendium of stories that had the following in it (I think):

"the luckiest man in Dencer" about a man who was the only man to vote using a big machine and this was an honour;
a story about a man in a zoo run by aliens who watched and laughed at him "the last man on earth sat alone in a room. The was a knock at the door...";
a stainless steel rat story,

Allagamoosa is a which is the only title I remember.

Anyway, there was another story in it. It was set in the US. There was a tv show on regularly in which the hist would gradually narrow down the locarina and description of a person and whomsoever killed them won a prize. What was it called?

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