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The Oddysey is amazing, read Robert Fagles modern translation, such a great story. Also read A Short History of Islam by Karen Armstrong last week.
Currently on A Short History of Nearly Everything and The Picture of Dorian Gray.
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Just finished reading this:
It's not out here yet, but keep an eye out for it if you're a fan of stripped back prose with the energy that's created by form and emptiness existing
at the same time in between the gaps in the words and the spaces between sentences.
It's about a man and his dog who are the few survivors of a devestating plague that tears through the present day world. The catastrophe occurred
several years ago, so anyone left is tough as guts.
He has managed to hook up with an older man who is seriously into survivalist stuff - he has a shitload of guns and weapons, and isn't hesitant to
shoot the occasional intruders who come to steal and kill from the bush airport they have made their camp at. The main character is a pilot and he has
a little Cessna he is still able to fly. His job is to patrol from above to make sure there are no incursions of hardened scary fuckers trying to come
get them.
It is one of the most knucklewhitening things I have read in a long time. It's very male, very brutal but also has a real beauty in the description of
the main character's love of fishing and hunting, and his love for his dog. I think most of you guys would love it.
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its probably been said 50 times in this thread, but Shantaram. 600 pages in so far. Quite the read. Dude is a bit of a doucher, but he paints a dope
picture of Mumbai
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Gerling that sounds like Cormac McCarthy meets The Littlest Hobo all kinds of awesome tbh
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Quote: Originally posted by iota  | | its probably been said 50 times in this thread, but Shantaram. 600 pages. Quite the read. Dude is a bit of a doucher, but he paints a dope picture of
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Probably the most self-satisfying novel I have ever read, one of my favourites though, heaps of fun. Does anyone know when the next one is out?
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Yeah I think you'd really like it IJ. It should be available at your end of the pond by now too I think?
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| Quote: Originally posted by Honky | | Quote: Originally posted by iota | | its probably been said 50 times in this thread, but Shantaram. 600 pages in so far. Quite the read. Dude is a bit of a doucher, but he paints a dope
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Probably the most self-satisfying novel I have ever read, one of my favourites though, heaps of fun. Does anyone know when the next one is out?
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No idea, I'm still trying to figure out if Lin will fuck off this Karla broad. Seems like a ballbreaker to me..
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| Quote: Originally posted by gerling | | Yeah I think you'd really like it IJ. It should be available at your end of the pond by now too I think? |
not until august 7
:pre-orders on kindle furiously:
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Polished this book off in one night last week. -
Started reading this on Sunday, completed it on Monday -
Going to pick this one here up today -
This on on the backburner -
Was in a dry spell of good reading material before someone lent me the hunger games. It's not the best books ever but it is like crack.
Lots of suggestions in this thread that I'll be making use of 
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I could watch a silverback gorilla snatch a great white shark out of the water and throw it like a spear through the side of a rampaging bull elephant
and I'd still think, Well, that was manly, but it wasn't Predator manly.
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Yeah I smashed it in one day too Chris, really enjoyed it. Really dug the names she used for characters and places too, very evocative.
Have heard the next ones aren't as good so I'm holding off.
Am trying to somehow make buying Wolf Hall and another Kat Richardson novel on Book Depo more of a priority than having enough money to buy train
tickets for the next month - not succeeding currently.
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Just finished this today:
Took me fucking ages to finish because I had it as an ebook on my phone and only read it while shitting at work.
Pretty cool history of the free software movement.
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Just finished the whole darktower series including the new one, now im reading Inheritence by Christopher Paolini. Started reading the series when I
was 16 or 17.
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Such a good series. Need to do a re-read before taking on the new one.
I've been looking for all of those old TV movies that are based on his stories...most of them are terrible but there's a few worth watching.
The Stand they did a pretty good job on, took me ages to find, worth watching -
http://www.vertor.com/torrents/2249490/Stephen-Kings-The-Sta...
The Mist is enjoyable also. Totally fucked me up with the new ending.
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These were excellent, I can understand why Dorian Gray produced such a negative response when published. A Short History should be a year 7 or 8 text,
filled with heaps of info and interesting stories behind the various 'discoveries'...
Just started Baudolino by Umberto Eco.
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I enjoyed Wolf Hall Gerling.
Is Baudolino one of Umb. Eco's fictional books? I read one of the travels in hyperreality and loved it, couldn't get into his fiction though..
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Great! The second one has just come out, too, FYI - it's called Bring Up the Bodies.
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Yep the second and third book aren't so good...some good ideas mostly executed poorly and the pacing is a bit off. Still worth a read eventually but
no rush.
Good books to gift to impressionable young girls (norockspider). Got a copy for my niece and she really dug it. Aren't many strong female characters
around that appeal to that age group it seems. Katniss does murder peeps, but she's far more better than whats-herface from the twlight series.
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Slightly tangential comment - I think the reason that these books (Twilight and Hunger Games) appeal to older women (or rather, any female who is
older than teenaged) is that there are so few books out there written for adults featuring main female characters kicking butt or being good role
models. The female heroes we women do have access to are usually in YA/Teen fiction.
I often think about what Professor McGonagall would do when faced with a tricky situation, she's a good hero and is super composed. Katniss is too.
There are a few others like Archeth Indamaninarmal and Arya who I wish I could be like, aha, but they're not quite in the YA universe.
There's so much good YA fiction out there at the moment tho, really makes me excited thinking about what I might read next.
And yes, had I any younger female friends or relatives I wouldn't hestitate to give them Hunger Games.
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what's this shades of grey bdsm porn trilogy i've been hearing about?
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That\'s some spiritual shit for your fucking dark overlord swamp castle.[/quote]
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I haven't read them but they have become a sensation in the publishing world / media about the publishing world due to their unorthodox path to
success (ie, not via traditional method of submitting it to a publisher, having it edited, marketed and publicised as a p-book). People are calling it
'Twilight for Grownups'. Might give it a go, see if they are as sexy as everyone seems to think.
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Honky
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| Quote: Originally posted by Bergs |
Is Baudolino one of Umb. Eco's fictional books? I read one of the travels in hyperreality and loved it, couldn't get into his fiction though..
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Yes Baudolino is fiction, set during the Fourth Crusade but it is mainly the tale of Baudolino's history. Very enjoyable, Baudolino is an extremely
unreliable narrator and the book is very funny in parts, reminds me of the style of Quixote. Have never read anything by Umberto Eco and didn't
realise he was relatively famous.
Shades of Grey? Hmmmmm
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Honky this is probably a bit specific, but what translation of Quixote did you read? I've never read it and really want to get my teeth into it, but
only if it's a decent translation and not something stodgy and flaccid that sucks a fat one.
If anyone else has read it in translation, which version did you read?
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Gerling the translation I read was by John Rutherford.
Baudolino was good, could have been about 150 pages shorter though. Read A Farewell to Arms on the weekend, had never read Hemingway before and I
really enjoyed it, seems like all he did was eat and drink though.
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Ah thanks Honky, appreciated!
Am re-reading So Long and Thanks for All the Fish at the moment.
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