What book are you reading now?

[Duff McKagin]

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The Secret History of the American Empire by John Perkins

[simonr]

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Started Tom Wolfe's "A man in Full" at Christmas - its really good but I don't seem to get that much of a chance to read (probably because of the internet !!).

[Adzey]

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yeah viggo is pretty immense in his roles ala a history of violence and eastern promises so he should definately be good in the road!

[Jibgolly]

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yeah the stuff with the sherrif was a bit odd. im glad they didnt incorporate that much of his life story in the movie. however, i would have been interested to see the part with the female hitcher in the movie, but i guess the coen bros felt it wasnt relevant to the film. i still enjoyed both a lot.

the road was a great book. really looking forward to the movie this year w/ viggo mortenson.

[Adzey]

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recently read cormac mccarthy's 'no country for old men' and 'the road'
just picked up james st. james's 'party monster' (formerly disco bloodbath) but havent started yet.

jib i totally dug 3/4 of no country for old men then that last 1/4 all about the sheriff, what the FUCK was that all about??!!

as for the road now thats sublime!

[Jibgolly]

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recently read cormac mccarthy's 'no country for old men' and 'the road'
just picked up james st. james's 'party monster' (formerly disco bloodbath) but havent started yet.

[Steve Graham]

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maybe.. but yeah, this is a good'un to bring back i think

i wish i had more time to read.. i was looking back and noticed i posted i was reading Porno - Irvine Welsh back when this thread started.. still havent finished it! lol

[Adzey]

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ah i thought some of the ones i had seen were from (fairly) newbies?

maybe not then lol

[Steve Graham]

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what do you mean? the elder members are the ones that started doing it, lol

[Adzey]

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guys i know you old established members are slating people for bringing back to life old threads but this one in my humble opinion should always be bubbling near the top.

currently i am reading heart shaped box by joe hill (son of the great stephen king)

[tallinn:express]

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i`ve just finished "The Secret Life of Salvador Dali by Salvador Dali", i highly recommend u all to read this one.

[remy]

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i just practically ate 'the hitchiker's guide to the galaxy', and its hilarious...
now i have to read the follow up books


very fucking funny

Good call! Douglas Adams is hilarious. All five of those Hitchiker books are amazing. I heard they've been trying to make it into a movie with Jim Carey as Zaphod for a while now ... but with his death its been complicated. They already did a BBC TV series on it in the 80's that was absolutely horrible, but in a funny way. Has anyone else seen it? The special effects are rediculous, but good for a laugh. The Dirk Gently book series he does is good as well.

I recently read "Nine Stories" by J.D. Salinger and really enjoyed it. "Franny and Zooey" and "Raise the High roofbeam, Carpenters" by him are also really good ... but a little weird. They continue the from the short story of a prodigy family that was in "nine stories". Really interesting though.

[booyakasha]

"Bringing Down the House" book about the MIT students who took Casinos for mad loot by team card counting

[Steve Graham]

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I just fineshed Irvine Welsh - Ectasy, it's funny and real sometimes

any recommendations?

You should check out trainspotting by the same author. Possibly one of my favourite books of all time.

Did you read Porno yet by said author?

[alterego]

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I read Angels and Demons too. Great! The story is much more complex than The Da Vinci Code. It's the better one of both, I think! Have fun!