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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2019 11:40:00 GMT
I normally have two on the go. One light and one heavy. Today .... its these. . 
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2019 11:50:56 GMT
Nasty power hungry Sh#t Caesar was, he destroyed the Republic. Plus he took up with a Gypo, just like princess Di did, and look how they both ended up. Bowie? Giant Yawn...................................zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.  For the third time, as I have read David Copperfield 3 times thought I would go back to his second best. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2019 12:46:12 GMT
1st point ....completely valid.
2nd point .... go F#ck yersell the man was a god.
Re , Dickens . A more greedy repetitive fame seeking big mouth than Caeser probably was.
Re Dickens. He was a more populist big mouthed fame seeker than Caeser was.
And Martin Chuzzlewit is his best. Ask any American. ðŸ¤
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2019 13:38:51 GMT
Vurt - Geoff Noon.
Stone - Adam Roberts.
Sci-Fi that will twist yer Mellon man.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2019 13:59:33 GMT
The Happy Mondays 'Step On' |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2019 14:03:33 GMT
A classic album André.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2019 14:43:27 GMT
The Trial of Henry Kissinger...The author didn't like him very much Lol.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2019 14:46:40 GMT
Reading anything good?
No.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2019 14:49:37 GMT
Ten Little Niggers - Agatha Christie.
A superb Who Done It.
The film is superb as well.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2019 15:25:24 GMT
The Trial of Henry Kissinger...The author didn't like him very much Lol. Author is completely correct he was a shifty POS. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2019 15:28:48 GMT
Ten Little s - Agatha Christie. A superb Who Done It. The film is superb as well. Gosh I do hope Diggers was not censured here...... |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2019 15:29:56 GMT
1st point ....completely valid. 2nd point .... go F#ck yersell the man was a god. Re , Dickens . A more greedy repetitive fame seeking big mouth than Caeser probably was. Re Dickens. He was a more populist big mouthed fame seeker than Caeser was. And Martin Chuzzlewit is his best. Ask any American. 🤠Spoken like a true Plebeian and Right Wing Nut. Glad to see you are sticking to your guns, I admire a man who does not compromise his values or taste, however deluded and common they may be. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2019 15:43:34 GMT
The Trial of Henry Kissinger...The author didn't like him very much Lol. Author is completely correct he was a shifty POS. There was a fantastic multi part documentary on BBC iPlaYer on the Vietnam war, 10 years in the making, included several taped conversations between Tricxy Dicky Nixon and Kissinger, mind blowing. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2019 15:52:21 GMT
Author is completely correct he was a shifty POS. There was a fantastic multi part documentary on BBC iPlaYer on the Vietnam war, 10 years in the making, included several taped conversations between Tricxy Dicky Nixon and Kissinger, mind blowing. Must check it out, that war was a cluster f of note, Commies under the bed again, typical American Sh#t shower, make trouble, kill innocents, then when the going gets tough run home crying, cause some peasants, and or tribesmen gave them another good spanking. Not the country you want or need on your side, they will just get you involved on their crap every time, then leave you to pick up the pieces. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2019 15:56:56 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2019 17:23:13 GMT
Seri ou usly , Lem.
Chuzzlewit is a cracker. If you haven't read it give it a go.
The yanks tried to ban it fir its dig at them. It's his funniest book..
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2019 17:31:22 GMT
Seri ou usly , Lem. Chuzzlewit is a cracker. If you haven't read it give it a go. The yanks tried to ban it fir its dig at them. It's his funniest book.. If it is a go at the Mericans then I will def check it out, can't stand the way they lord it over the rest of us. Not all are bad, just that the majority are inbred moronic sister & daughter shagging mof'n white trash. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2019 16:51:48 GMT
P G Wodehouse short stories. I will probably re-read A la Recherche du Temps Perdu next.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2019 17:23:03 GMT
The 'Sourcebook on Atomic Energy' by Samuel Glasstone 1950. Old, but still surprisingly relevant.  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2019 20:01:49 GMT
I'm watching the Chinese made series on Bruce on netflix at the moment. It's good and the guy playing him is uncannily like Bruce Lee. But it's just a glorification and all the stuff like his father liking a bit of opium is of coursr completely ignored. So I'm reading this one which is s.d supposedly a more accurate telling. Old Brucey was an important figure to us 70's teens. From creeping into the X cert Enter The Dragon , to screaming like cats and kicking each other in the knackers . 🤪 .  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2019 17:27:03 GMT
I've decided to put Proust on the backburner and read 'The Looking-Glass War' by John le Carre instead.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2019 8:30:18 GMT
I just finished reading 'Pygmy', by Chuck Palahnuik. If ever a book was to divide opinion it's this story. It took me a couple of chapters to 'get it', then I realised what fun it was in a slightly wicked sort of way. Certainly very different and imaginative. Review: www.theguardian.com/books/2009/jun/13/pygmy-chuck-palahniuk-review Palahnuik by the way, wrote 'Fight Club'.  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2019 9:38:38 GMT
 For the third time. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2019 16:06:20 GMT
Learn owt?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2019 17:10:16 GMT
I've decided to put Proust on the backburner and read 'The Looking-Glass War' by John le Carre instead. So, I read this. It's good, but not a patch on the later Smiley novels. A bit Graham Greene-like. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2019 7:02:19 GMT
This week's top tomes. . Whipped the savage hordes then whipped the Dutch. Not a bad morning's work for 15 men really eh ? .  .
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2019 12:58:10 GMT
This week's top tomes. . Whipped the savage hordes then whipped the Dutch. Not a bad morning's work for 15 men really eh ? . .
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2019 10:02:32 GMT
My PhD thesis.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2019 10:12:50 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2019 11:43:42 GMT
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