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[philthd]

pah

the green cross code is for squirrels, darth vader, doctor who, permed northen footballers, and poorly animated hedgehogs

 

[Pete Thomas]

Will self on one of the better room 101s

 

[Bobby G]

I like Will Self too, although I've never read anything he's written. His contributions to 'Grumpy Old Men' always make me laugh for their fanciful imagery and use (and love) of the language.

 

[sassysax]

Bobby G wrote:
I like Will Self too, although I've never read anything he's written. His contributions to 'Grumpy Old Men' always make me laugh for their fanciful imagery and use (and love) of the language.

Yes, he's a great wag on the telly and I find myself agreeing with everything he says! But, judging by the book I read, there's a lot more depth to him, too. I think I'll be reading more of his books in the future.

 

[Djangette]

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How do you put what other people have typed into a box? *sigh*

I've not read Will Self - except in his newspaper column. Wasn't he chucked off Thatcher's campaign bus for snorting coke?

I, too, have soft spot for Great Expectations, but I think that's mostly to do with the B&W film of it I saw at a tender age 🙁 <can't remember the director

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Shakespeare yet - I was devastated after the joy of being allowed up beyond bedtime to watch Romeo and Juliet (I suppose I was early primary school) - my first experience of a not happilly-ever-after ending :cry:

I admire Jane Austen too for lots of reasons

 

[Bobby G]

Djangette wrote:
:cry:

How do you put what other people have typed into a box? *sigh*

Like this, djangette!

Over the avatar of the post you want to put in the box, click on 'reply' - that post will then appear as part of your own post, you simply add your reply at the bottom, beneath /quoted which appears in square brackets. You can also edit out parts you don't need, exactly as I have done in this reply to your post.

 

[Pete Thomas]

I would particularly recommend pruning the quoted message down to the relevant sentence or two.

 

[philthd]

sassysax wrote:
I think I'll be reading more of his books in the future.

great apes and how the dead live are similar one-concept-expanded books.

and i would recommend most of the short stories - though i like short stories as evidenced by the fact that anthropology is one of my favourite books of all time. (though i also love dostoyevsky and hardy, so dont hink its an attention span thing)

 

[sassysax]

philthD wrote:
great apes and how the dead live are similar one-concept-expanded books.

and i would recommend most of the short stories - though i like short stories as evidenced by the fact that anthropology is one of my favourite books of all time. (though i also love dostoyevsky and hardy, so dont hink its an attention span thing)

Thanks, I'll look out for these. I'm sure your attention span is in fine fettle!

 

[Jules]

Another one for the reading list tips- Chuck Palahniuk, the guy who wrote Fight Club. Best to approach his work with a bit of caution, he's somewhat hit and miss & some of the stuff in his more recent work is... er... pretty indigestable. But if you like dark and somewhat nasty policitcal/social satire with a great vein of black humour- Survivor, Choke or Lullaby are all excellent reads- in a warped sort of way.

 

[feller]

I like a lot of the classics, but one read that meant a lot to me was Trail of the Lonesome Pine by John Fox Jr. But really there are so many great ones out there its hard to say. I guess it has to do with which ones you have read recently.

 

[Bobby G]

nachoman wrote:
Another one for the reading list tips- Chuck Palahniuk, the guy who wrote Fight Club. Best to approach his work with a bit of caution, he's somewhat hit and miss & some of the stuff in his more recent work is... er... pretty indigestable. But if you like dark and somewhat nasty policitcal/social satire with a great vein of black humour- Survivor, Choke or Lullaby are all excellent reads- in a warped sort of way.

I watched the film of Fight Club, not really expecting it to be my cup of tea - took the title a little too literally - but if the book is as good as the film (and often the book is better) I'll check out Chuck for sure. Sometimes a bit of dark nihilistic satire is just the thing,

 

[Jules]

Bobby G wrote:

nachoman wrote:
Another one for the reading list tips- Chuck Palahniuk, the guy who wrote Fight Club. Best to approach his work with a bit of caution, he's somewhat hit and miss & some of the stuff in his more recent work is... er... pretty indigestable. But if you like dark and somewhat nasty policitcal/social satire with a great vein of black humour- Survivor, Choke or Lullaby are all excellent reads- in a warped sort of way.

I watched the film of Fight Club, not really expecting it to be my cup of tea - took the title a little too literally - but if the book is as good as the film (and often the book is better) I'll check out Chuck for sure. Sometimes a bit of dark nihilistic satire is just the thing,

Fight Club pretty much sums his 'thing' up- dark, anarchistic black comedy. The book is so similar to the film that it almost reads like the film's script- dialogue and voiceover are lifted straight from the text. Very possibly the worst marketted film ever- selling it as a macho, punch up movie completely missed the point (second only to Pan's Labyrinth for bad marketting... if anyone here's ever bee ntraumatized by that one!)
Bobby- try 'Survivor'- Chuck's take on TV evangelism and religious cults, very funny and quite thought provoking..

 

[Djangette]

Bobby G wrote:

Djangette wrote:
:cry:

How do you put what other people have typed into a box? *sigh*

Like this, djangette!

Aha! Gosh I'm so pleased now - thanks 🙂

 

[Pete Thomas]

And note how neat it is when you put quote boxes within quote boxes.

Unfortunately this forum software means you must do this manually with the BBcode, unlike some which have a neat little button that quotes selected text. (e.g. jazzrecipes.com)