what... are... you... READING

[odeon]

Finished "Amsterdam". Terrific read. No wonder he won the Booker prize for it.

oh dear.  i suppose this means i'll have to read it now...  /sigh...

It's very quick read. His books are usually short, in addition to being superbly written.

that's a major advantage - i couldn't stand much of his literary wanking for long. 

It's very seductive, though.

just started "saturday" (julie leant it to me), and wanted to stab him halfway down page two. 

yes, the writing is superb, but he still irritates the fuck out of me.  four pages of surgical detail, just to fucking well show off - if i'd been his editor, i'd have taken a red pen through the whole boiling.

Yes, it's a show-off but it's also brilliant. It's literary wanking to a degree most of us can only dream of. Imagine Ian McEwan with an actual plot

Yes, I know. And yet I finished "Saturday" with pleasure.

i can imagine: the pleasure at not having to read it any more.





i'm persevering, just for you. 

It's brilliant. I'm so thankful.

[Lucifer]

Finished "Amsterdam". Terrific read. No wonder he won the Booker prize for it.

oh dear.  i suppose this means i'll have to read it now...  /sigh...

It's very quick read. His books are usually short, in addition to being superbly written.

that's a major advantage - i couldn't stand much of his literary wanking for long. 

It's very seductive, though.

just started "saturday" (julie leant it to me), and wanted to stab him halfway down page two. 

yes, the writing is superb, but he still irritates the fuck out of me.  four pages of surgical detail, just to fucking well show off - if i'd been his editor, i'd have taken a red pen through the whole boiling.

Yes, it's a show-off but it's also brilliant. It's literary wanking to a degree most of us can only dream of. Imagine Ian McEwan with an actual plot

Yes, I know. And yet I finished "Saturday" with pleasure.

i can imagine: the pleasure at not having to read it any more.





i'm persevering, just for you. 

It's brilliant. I'm so thankful.

i can recommend a book to you, if you like.  something about an angel...

[Kosmonaut]

Heavier Than Heaven - Charles Cross ( biography of Kurt Cobain)

[Sophgay]

i read In Watermelon Sugar today

[odeon]

On Chesil Beach, Ian McEwan

[Persona]

Finally got the load of plays I ordered.

Started on Edward Bond's Saved.

[Kosmonaut]

Ian Banks - Matter

[Lucifer]

ooooh, is it good?  haven't read that one yet, and luuuuuuurve his others.

just finished "Mr. Candid" by jules hardy (for the second time).  it's fucking brilliant, and i know jules, and she's a top bananananana, real person.  read it, read it, read it!

[DirtDawg]

I'm still studying symmetry, but Ive also begun a romp through some celebrity autobiographies.

Right now, I'm reading George Burns.

[odeon]

So many books, so little time...

[Kosmonaut]

ooooh, is it good?  haven't read that one yet, and luuuuuuurve his others.

just finished "Mr. Candid" by jules hardy (for the second time).  it's fucking brilliant, and i know jules, and she's a top bananananana, real person.  read it, read it, read it!

It's seems okay from the first 200 pages - nothing special.
A bit too much like fantasy than SciFi at the moment: set on kind of a medieval world.
I think his SciFi is patchy, he has some brilliant stuff and some shite too. I thought his last one was a return to form, I'm a bit disappointed with this new one; although it may buck-up. 

[Lucifer]

i struggle with his sci-fi, to be honest.  "state of the art" confused the fuck out of me, and "feersum enjin" was a complete non-starter.

[DirtDawg]

So many books, so little time...

He's fucking hilarious in an innocent, yet "knowing,"  kind of way.

[ozymandias]

So many books, so little time...

I have a sweat shirt that says that!   

[Lucifer]

cool!