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Wish it was something literary and poncey, but the last book i read was "Flashman and the Redskins" which was BLOODY BRILLIANT!
I'm sure everyone is ecstatic that I've shared my scholarly achievements.
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suggs wrote:Wish it was something literary and poncey, but the last book i read was "Flashman and the Redskins" which was BLOODY BRILLIANT!
I'm sure everyone is ecstatic that I've shared my scholarly achievements.

Flashman rules! I've read almost all of them. I love him, he's such an absolute bastard!
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darvlay wrote:
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Is it online?


http://www.cbc.ca/vinylcafe/

Check out "Past Shows"

Hmmm, doesn't seem to be any online episodes for download. :cry:


I can listen live though so I will tune this weekend, assuming I get the time difference right. Thanks
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Genghis Khant wrote:
suggs wrote:Wish it was something literary and poncey, but the last book i read was "Flashman and the Redskins" which was BLOODY BRILLIANT!
I'm sure everyone is ecstatic that I've shared my scholarly achievements.

Flashman rules! I've read almost all of them. I love him, he's such an absolute bastard!


Good ol' Flashy. This from near the beginnig of "Redskins" (talking about the Yankee/Indian Wars):

Flashman: "As for Custer, he's receipted and filed for the idiot he was, and for Chivington, he was a murderous maniac, and what's worse, an amateur. But if you think they were a whit more guilty than your darling redskins, you're an even bigger fool than you look....Policies don't matter a spent piss..."

:lol: :lol: :lol:
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I read The Road by Cormac McCarthy in a couple of days lasdt week. Couldn't put it down. Honestly. Dark, hypnotic, bleak as hell, written like a bipolar hemingway... it's incredible. Utterly recommended.
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Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman. Loved it.
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browng-08 wrote:Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman. Loved it.


Huzzah-read that a few months back. It is genius!
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browng-08 wrote:Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman. Loved it.


Huzzah-read that a few months back. It is genius!
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heavycola wrote:I read The Road by Cormac McCarthy in a couple of days lasdt week. Couldn't put it down. Honestly. Dark, hypnotic, bleak as hell, written like a bipolar hemingway... it's incredible. Utterly recommended.


One of my favourite authors. I would also recommend Blood Meridian by him. Gripping, intense fucking book. Not for the weak at heart.
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What do you guys think about world war z i thought it was nasty
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JACKAZZTJM wrote:What do you guys think about world war z i thought it was nasty


My kind of book!
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Neoteny wrote:
JACKAZZTJM wrote:What do you guys think about world war z i thought it was nasty


My kind of book!


I just finished that book, I heard that it's being made into a movie.
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Neoteny wrote:
JACKAZZTJM wrote:What do you guys think about world war z i thought it was nasty


My kind of book!


yea it was bad ass i recently finished no country for old men thought it was better than the movie Steven kings THE CELL was cool as well
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I preferred World War Y.
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Grooveman2007 wrote:
Neoteny wrote:
JACKAZZTJM wrote:What do you guys think about world war z i thought it was nasty


My kind of book!


I just finished that book, I heard that it's being made into a movie.



that would be gold
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JACKAZZTJM wrote:What do you guys think about world war z i thought it was nasty
I enjoyed it. I like the idea behind it and it's quite well thought out, but it's also quite badly written. I think it would make a good series of radio plays.
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good books

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if anyone wants to find out about the world read some john pilger or noam chomsky. i cant remember who said it but `the mind is like a book, its only working when its open`
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good books

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p.s
if you want a break from reality read some robert rankin, the guys done some mushrooms in his time, i mean anyone who can think up a story about a time traveling brussel sprout called barry that is stuck inside elvis`s brain has a loose grip on reality as far as im concerned
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Re: good books

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sgom wrote:p.s
if you want a break from reality read some robert rankin, the guys done some mushrooms in his time, i mean anyone who can think up a story about a time traveling brussel sprout called barry that is stuck inside elvis`s brain has a loose grip on reality as far as im concerned


robert rankin, you say?

is the book any good?
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

By Susanna Clarke
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Neoteny wrote:
JACKAZZTJM wrote:What do you guys think about world war z i thought it was nasty


My kind of book!
It's great! Anyone read the zombie survivla guide?
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browng-08 wrote:
Neoteny wrote:
JACKAZZTJM wrote:What do you guys think about world war z i thought it was nasty


My kind of book!
It's great! Anyone read the zombie survivla guide?


I got both for Christmas.
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They First Killed My Father.

It's about the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and how people had to survive in it and such.. Written by a survivor.
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Spockers wrote:Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

By Susanna Clarke

Best. Novel. Ever.
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Cat's Eye - Margarate Atwood. Kind of a girly book but i liked it.
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
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