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he wrote the book yeah... dunno if he had much to do with the film...

i watched it & found it quite disturbing tbh..

if you want disturbing look up phillip k dick's stuff...

ill do that..

have you finished the dandy yet?

I'm getting back into my sci-fi again - I've been reading Neal Asher (the polity books) and Alastair Reynolds (first two Revelation Space books are ace, the rest are a bit lame).

I'm going to order the book I,Claudius by Robert Graves to take on holiday.

hiya

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it's not what i normally go for but it's a page turner

about a guy that gets busted smuggling heroin back from Thailand, he ends up in Bang Kwang, the thai police a fucked up, crazy shit goes on ever there, true story n all

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Its called digital fortress. Deception point by Dan Brown is good but it quite predictable like the rest

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That's the one!

i heard deception point was pure wank.

he's (by all accounts) bringing a further 3 Robert Langdon related books out shortly!

hmmmmmm

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I wasn't that impressed with the da vinci code. Angels and Demons was miles better imo

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Zen and the art of motor cycle maintenance

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tell me about it, I keep hearing about it but know nothing but the title

I've just started a short history of tractors in ukrania

the strange story of the dead dog in the night (summik like that anyway) is awesome, best book I've read on yonks

The Lovely Bones
Lucky

both by Alison Sebold

Angels and Demons
Da Vinci Code

by Dan Brown

Faceless
Broken

by Martina Cole

and a few rom coms

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It's by Robert M. Pirsig, best book I've ever read.

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It's by Robert M. Pirsig, best book I've ever read.

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that was shite, the techy stuff was almost complete bollocks

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so now I know the title, the author, and it's fucking good

what's it about then? cheers

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It's hard to explain.
It's about a man making a journey with his son by motorbyke and the philosophical and spiritual journey he makes.
It changed my outlook on life.

You should just read it.

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i read a good philosophical read called "the way of the wizard" which too had quite an impact on my outlook in life..

by a guy called Deepak Chopra..

its a series of small stories about merlin & his assistant, who learns many valuable lessons is lilfe.. recommended.