what are you reading now?
matt b
Indexing all opinion
yeah, i really enjoyed it. not read his other stuff (been meaning to for ages...).
claustrophopic. humid. dirty. post-war. tokyo. repetition. becomes hypnotic.
looking forward to next one
hucks
Your Message Here
Like GB84 and The Damned United. Both excellent.
Wildly off topic, but Nigel appears to be following his Dad to Derby.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/d/derby_county/7813858.stm
don_quixote
Trent End
barbara HATES it
http://nffcblog.com/2007/10/19/clough-family-condemn-defamatory-brian-clough-book/
god knows how these films will turn out. i'm massively worried about the clough film (media coverage of it appears to be VERY luvvie, i get the feeling theyll try to appease families of the drama a lot more than the book ever did), not so worried about the channel 4 films though cos theyre telly, mostly fictional and ive got a lot of faith in channel 4 drama for some reason.
that said how the hell any of these films will manage to capture the atmosphere of the texts i do not know.
crackerjack
Well-known member
Johnny Giles succesfully sued him, I believe. so expect a drastic downplaying of his part in the film (or a possible reinvention as some a delightful chirpy Irishman who never fouled anyone ever)
We used to have a footy thread, once :slanted:
scottdisco
rip this joint please
i saw Altrincham play at Burton Albion in the Northern Premier League many years ago (Nigel had been in charge for a few seasons at this stage) and they wheeled the great man out at half-time, prodded him out to the pitch. to massive applause from both home and travelling fans (this was 01-02, so a few years before the great man departed this mortal coil).
very humbling and you could tell he was in bad health then, TBH.
John Giles. what was the tagline in his old Express column?
quality
very humbling and you could tell he was in bad health then, TBH.
John Giles. what was the tagline in his old Express column?
quality
don_quixote
Trent End
did anyone see the trailer for "the damned united" last night? it said "the fall and rise of a legend". yikes. sounds like they're drifting away from the book then.
crackerjack
Well-known member
The White Tiger.
Unspeakably brilliant. The author's voice is nailed on, just perfect.
Never really felt like reading a Booker winner before. Are they always this good?
Unspeakably brilliant. The author's voice is nailed on, just perfect.
Never really felt like reading a Booker winner before. Are they always this good?
mixed_biscuits
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IdleRich
IdleRich
After picking it up last year I've finally got round to starting Tristram Shandy - or The Life and Times of Tristram Shandy Gentleman to give it its full title. So far seems quite readable although the archaic language and punctuation combined with a digressionary and peculiar style mean that it's sometimes hard to grasp exactly what he's getting at the first time you read a paragraph. Especially because sometimes it's not really explained until the following few lines.
crackerjack
Well-known member
Aye, and i loved the way he retained all the habits and superstitions that seem (to my outsider's eye) completely natural for a dirt-poor Indian. Didn't try to cast him as some ghetto genius, just a smart kid denied a fair chance.
I've seen suggestions that it's all a big metaphor for India's emergence from empire, which strikes me as entirely plausible.
Agent
dgaf ngaf cgaf
I have to teach a class Monday on the first three chapters of Foucault's Madness and Civilization (prof won't be there), and I haven't started it yet. Probably won't have much time for it tomorrow as I'm going to a Nine Inch Nails/Jane's Addiction concert and will be extremely drunk/stoned/fatigued when I get home. Are there any good Cliff Notes versions of this text you guys could recommend?
Finished rereading Wm Burroughs Cities Of The Red Night.
Sometimes the early Burroughs books just have to be reread to really catch his tone,
first time around all the local flora and 'fauna' of his writing takes up your brain space.
Like Ballard , Burroughs does have his fave themes and they keep surfacing,
all the time .
But through the mucus, I like his sense of travel.
Sometimes the early Burroughs books just have to be reread to really catch his tone,
first time around all the local flora and 'fauna' of his writing takes up your brain space.
Like Ballard , Burroughs does have his fave themes and they keep surfacing,
all the time .
But through the mucus, I like his sense of travel.
nomadthethird
more issues than Time mag
That's Cybotron's favorite book. But I'm guessing that's why you bought it, since there's really no other reason to that I can think of...
scottdisco
rip this joint please
Havoc, in its 3rd year
Ronan Bennett.
enjoying it, quite plain text, the threat of violence ever present
probably useful training as - wrt Benny B, Craner and Droid on the Updike thread - i intend to get hold of McCarthy's Blood Meridian soon
Ronan Bennett.
enjoying it, quite plain text, the threat of violence ever present
probably useful training as - wrt Benny B, Craner and Droid on the Updike thread - i intend to get hold of McCarthy's Blood Meridian soon
empty mirror
remember the jackalope
Nostromo defeated me. i got maybe 250 pages into it before i ran out of steam. i rarely put down a book----this one is very slow to develop. i do fully intend on trying again.