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  1. Sweeney

    Sweeney Registered User

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    Tommy Cooper is a total legend, all those jokes are proper basic but its the way he tells them. Theyre even funny when you read them because you can imagine the way he'd deliver them. Total genius :king:
    Sweeney, Mar 27, 2008
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  2. BRID

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    Just finished Duncan Ballantynes autobiography which was quite good! And also Paul Oakenfolds biography which was good as well.

    Got 'dawn of the dumb' by Charlie Brooker (He co-wrote 'Nathan Barley') on the go as of last night now and that is absolutely fucking class - Total rants and raves at popular culture. Really really really funny!

    I started 'The Book of Dave' by Will Self a month or two back, and got about a 1/3 through before giving up on it. The whole thing is written in phonetic cockney speak which just makes the whole thing feel like running a marathon to read (exhausting) .... might pick it back up eventually.
    BRID, Mar 31, 2008
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  3. ScottofshieldS

    ScottofshieldS Paranoid Android

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    Been meaning to purchase that like, love Brooker - what an absolute legend. He can entertainingly deconstruct a subject like like no one else.

    Currently reading Stanley Kubrick - A Life in Pictures.

    Really interesting book about my absolute hero. Love how he didn't give a fuck about anyone but himself and his work.
    ScottofshieldS, Mar 31, 2008
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  4. GeordieLee

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    Just finished the Ian Curtis biography type thing written by his wife, that was interesting.
    GeordieLee, Mar 31, 2008
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  5. stu

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    I've recently read

    Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
    [ame="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Enders-Game-Ender-Orson-Scott/dp/185723720X"]Ender's Game (The Ender saga): Amazon.co.uk: Orson Scott Card: Books@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41K1R0JKAML.@@AMEPARAM@@41K1R0JKAML[/ame]

    Light by M.John Harrison
    [ame="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Light-Gollancz-M-John-Harrison/dp/0575074035/"]Light (Gollancz S.F.): Amazon.co.uk: M. John Harrison: Books@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51mD5-vIToL.@@AMEPARAM@@51mD5-vIToL[/ame]

    QI: The Book of General Ignorance
    [ame="http://www.amazon.co.uk/QI-General-Ignorance-Stephen-Fry/dp/0571233686/"]The Book of General Ignorance A Quite Interesting Book: Amazon.co.uk: Stephen Fry, John Lloyd, John Mitchinson: Books@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51320KDEGJL.@@AMEPARAM@@51320KDEGJL[/ame]

    all definately worth a read

    Im currently reading

    Nova Swing by M. John Harrison it's kinda the sequel to "light"
    [ame="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nova-Swing-Gollancz-S-F-Harrison/dp/057507969X/"]Nova Swing (Gollancz S.F.): Amazon.co.uk: M. John Harrison: Books@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51rbI4fu29L.@@AMEPARAM@@51rbI4fu29L[/ame]

    Dawn of the Dumb: Dispatches from the Idiotic Frontline by Charlie Brooker
    [ame="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dawn-Dumb-Dispatches-Idiotic-Frontline/dp/0571238416/"]Dawn of the Dumb: Dispatches from the Idiotic Frontline: Amazon.co.uk: Charlie Brooker, Mark Thomas: Books@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51s0gaPYgVL.@@AMEPARAM@@51s0gaPYgVL[/ame]

    which are both canny so far
    stu, Mar 31, 2008
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  6. Willa

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    aye the film "control" about him was quality aswell, joy division were quality:king:
    Willa, Mar 31, 2008
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  7. GeordieLee

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    Yeah, that's what made me buy the book. Would have been better if I'd read the book first though.
    GeordieLee, Mar 31, 2008
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    Read that quite a while ago she came across as really bitter but i surpose you would if you knew your husband loved another women.

    Wolf is Wolf to man is a great book abit grim as its about a jewish man in ww2 and how he escapes death in the Concentration camps.

    Pretty much i like grim books

    Best book on Rave i ever read was Once in a Lifetime a very funny and informative read.
    james909, Mar 31, 2008
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  9. club head

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    by tony thompson

    mint book so far. its about all the different types of things gangs get up to. and its all about the first people to catch on to how big cocaine was gonna be in the 80's and all about fraudsters and the yardies and other gangs. mint book would defo recomend it.
    club head, Mar 31, 2008
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  10. Jimmy

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    The last one I read was Ronnie O Sullivans autobiography.
    Interesting story.
    Can't help but feel sorry for him.:)
    Paul McGraths is awesome too.
    Jimmy, Apr 1, 2008
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  11. Katie

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    J. Fenimore Cooper - The last of the Mohicans! :)

    Then I have Dickens Bleak House and Moby Dick lined up - just some nice light reading eh :wink:

    I was in a book shop on Portobello road on sat and couldnt not resist three classics for a fiver :D

    Dont know where I think all this 'spare' reading time came from I have loads of work to do :groovy:
    Katie, Apr 1, 2008
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