I must buy a new book

[Dave the Explosive Newt]

I just polished off The House of God (excellent read), and have left my Patrick O'Brian stuff in St Andrews. Recommend things, pronto.

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[Eliot Wilson]

I'm currently enjoying Tom Wolfe's I Am Charlotte Simmons.

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Bill and Ted beat the Grim Reaper at Twister

Bill: "You played very well, Death, especially with your totally heavy Death robes."

Death: "Don't patronise me."

[Bonnie]

Are you in St Andrews? Just come 'round and borrow from me. Got loads.

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I love cheese.

[Dave the Explosive Newt]

Quoting Bonnie from 22:28, 21st Dec 2005
Are you in St Andrews? Just come 'round and borrow from me. Got loads.

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I love cheese.

Nope, back in Leeds - thanks for the offer though.

(by the way - did you get any of that cake or did fatty and ginger wolf it all down?)

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[Bonnie]

I got cake, thank you. It got down to the last piece (a good sized one) and Nicholson was like "Argh! Whoever's cake that is, I wish they'd just eat it already. It's so tempting." When I told him the cake was for him, his eyes were like a child's at Christmas, which I guess is reality too.

And don't call Bean "fatty", that's not nice. ;-p

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[Thackary]

Anything by Iain Banks (except for perhaps Espedair Street).

I recently read one of David Baddiel's books, The Secret Purposes. Rather good, and a world away from his tv comedy stuff.

Livejournal also offers a great deal of entertaining reading, though I suppose that depends on who's on your friends list...

[Lindsay]

Bernard Cornwell's Warlord Trilogy (Winter King, Enemy of God and Excalbur)

Tony Hawk's Round Ireland with a Fridge

Max Barry: Jennifer Government

Virtually anything by Pratchett except Last Continent




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[Dave the Explosive Newt]

Quoting thackary from 01:08, 22nd Dec 2005
Livejournal also offers a great deal of entertaining reading, though I suppose that depends on who's on your friends list...

Ah yes, I've never been much into those, although I do sometimes peruse Kylie's and David Bean's. If I'm looking for stuff to entertain me on the web, more often than not it's wiki - although I have been a fan of webcomics for ages (currently loving Scarygoround).

Will pop into Leeds for shopping tommorow at some stage. Do keep the suggestions coming, gang.

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[novium]

In the Garden of Iden by Kage Baker.

She writes so persuasively and entrancingly.

I can't explain the book(s) (it's part of a series), and don't pay any attention to the description on the back. It's as much of an accurate description of the book as calling Lost a modern twist on Lord of the Flies.

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quo vobis mentes, rectae quae stare solebant antehac, dementis sese flexere viai?

[Haunted]

Olaf Stapledon - Star Maker

A story about one man who stares up the night sky and speaks to God. A hard read, but worth it

[[James]]

Anything by Yann Martel - Canadian author and winner of the Booker Prize.

The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios is a collection of three or four of his short stories. The makings of a great author are evident, but not as good as his next two...

Self was his first novel, and is as beautiful as it is shocking. I can't be bothered with descriptions as they're available on Amazon, but it was apt that I read this in Italy - much like the Italian language, of which I don't speak a word, Self was (at times) incomprehensible yet beautiful. By imcomprehensible I don't mean that it was hard to follow, simply that I have a feeling Martel was trying to make some kind of grand statement that I only scratched the surface of on my first reading...

Life of Pi is his most recent work. Fantastic reading. If you've read anything by Martel it'll probably be this one, and I recommend that if you have you should explore his other work too.

[amore vincit omnia]

The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason. Obscure, but by far the best thing i've read in years, hands down. Everyone I know who's read it has said the same. It's one of those incredible, life-changing books, but at the same time it's a great story and a generally fantastic read.

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[amore vincit omnia]

The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason. Obscure, but by far the best thing i've read in years, hands down. Everyone I know who's read it has said the same. It's one of those incredible, life-changing books, but at the same time it's a great story and a generally fantastic read.

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[Rufus]

Anything by Leon Uris.

Or have you read any Alan Warner (I think he'd be up your street) he wrote Morvern Callar and These Demented Lands.

Ooh, actually, buy The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde- I guarantee you will love that book.

Happy reading.

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox

[Rufus]

Addendum: Also try Christopher Brookmyre. His protagonist Jack Parlabane is the business.

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'Love much. Earth has enough bitter in it'
Ella Wheeler Wilcox

[Guest]

Quoting Eliot Wilson from 21:14, 21st Dec 2005
I'm currently enjoying Tom Wolfe's I Am Charlotte Simmons.

You should try his A Man in full

[Duggeh]

Get Shorty

The Big Sleep

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[Dave the Explosive Newt]

Quoting dunqn from 20:56, 21st Dec 2005
The Tibetan Book of the Dead. I recently got it for an especially excellent person. I just wish i'd seen it on amazon first - i could have bought a whole crate of booze with the saving.

Couldn't find.

Quoting Eliot Wilson from 21:14, 21st Dec 2005
I'm currently enjoying Tom Wolfe's I Am Charlotte Simmons.

Bought.

Quoting [James] from 02:07, 22nd Dec 2005
Life of Pi is his most recent work. Fantastic reading. If you've read anything by Martel it'll probably be this one, and I recommend that if you have you should explore his other work too.

Bought - have been meaning to get this for a while actually.

Quoting amore vincit omnia from 08:55, 22nd Dec 2005
The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason. Obscure, but by far the best thing i've read in years, hands down. Everyone I know who's read it has said the same. It's one of those incredible, life-changing books, but at the same time it's a great story and a generally fantastic read.

Bought.

Quoting Rufus from 11:25, 22nd Dec 2005
Ooh, actually, buy The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde- I guarantee you will love that book.

Happy reading.

Bought - have already started reading too. I've picked up a bit of a Robert Rankin-esque vibe from it.

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[Dave the Explosive Newt]

Quoting dunqn from 18:12, 22nd Dec 2005

Quoting Dave the Explosive Newt from 18:09, 22nd Dec 2005

Couldn't find.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/...
silly Will.

I went to Waterstones.

Me: I've been bad actually - I took the book tokens that were supposed to be my Christmas present out early to buy these.
Sales Assistant Girl: How did you know what they were if they were your Christmas present?
Me: I opened the envelope. You won't tell Santa, will you?
Her: I don't have to - Santa is *makes wide-eyed gesture* all-seeing!
Me: Damn, I guess that's another lump of coal for Christmas.

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[amore vincit omnia]

Quoting Dave the Explosive Newt from 18:09, 22nd Dec 2005

Quoting amore vincit omnia from 08:55, 22nd Dec 2005
The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason. Obscure, but by far the best thing i've read in years, hands down. Everyone I know who's read it has said the same. It's one of those incredible, life-changing books, but at the same time it's a great story and a generally fantastic read.

Bought.

Am so glad - it's such a great book!! Let me know what you think of it x

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