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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 4:21 am
by dubplodocus
im reading this:
by this ghoul of a woman:
i swear if she looks at me like that again ill slap her face off.
Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 6:01 am
by ands
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 9:45 am
by testfeld
Not a factual account, right?
Fictional but based on the true life of Shimmen Miyamoto Musashi.
Any reference to the Hagakure?
No, but the historical Musashi wrote the:
Book of Five Rings
The 'Book of Five Rings' is about Zen, martial arts and the life as samurai in feudal Japan. There is also a manager edition available.
Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 2:32 pm
by corpsey
j.g. ballard- high rise
Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 2:38 pm
by cjpa
testfeld wrote:Not a factual account, right?
Fictional but based on the true life of Shimmen Miyamoto Musashi.
Any reference to the Hagakure?
No, but the historical Musashi wrote the:
Book of Five Rings
The 'Book of Five Rings' is about Zen, martial arts and the life as samurai in feudal Japan. There is also a manager edition available.
Heh, i saw an anime not long ago:
Shura no toki. With one arc of the story talking about Shimmen Miyamoto Musashi and the Hagakure..
been looking for some literature to explain some of the historical references in that story.
Re: Pynchon - Gravity's Rainbow
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 9:56 am
by antilynd
datura wrote:
Yeah, I read Crying first and really enjoyed it..I enjoyed GR enough for the the first 2-300 pages, then kinda lost the thread..Maybe I'm just a thickie.
which of the 21 threads did you lose?
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 12:30 am
by tappy tippon
j.g. ballard- high rise
fantastic book !
Re: Pynchon - Gravity's Rainbow
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 6:57 pm
by datura
AntiLynd wrote:datura wrote:
Yeah, I read Crying first and really enjoyed it..I enjoyed GR enough for the the first 2-300 pages, then kinda lost the thread..Maybe I'm just a thickie.
which of the 21 threads did you lose?
about 20!
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 1:22 am
by scruffy herbert
just finished the second book from James Frey, My Friend Leonard. Couldn't give a shit about what was or wasn't true, made a fucking good story and i shed a tear too.
Can anyone recommend me some books, something that i dont want to put down, like Frey's books.
Along the lines of crime, philosphy, alternate thinking maybe and some comedy. If you have read a good book on any of those things let me know please.
thanks.
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 8:46 am
by paolo
Anything by Henning Mankell, Elmore Leonard, Ian Rankin or George Pelecanos for a good crime yarn
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:22 pm
by dj slums
''The Day Watch'' by Sergei Lukyanenko and Vladimir Vasiliev
''Preacher: Ancient History'' by Garth Ennis, Carlos Ezquerra, and Steve Dillon
''Monster Island: A Zombie Novel'' by David Wellington
''The Walking Dead: Heart's Desire'' v. 4 by Robert Kirkman
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:32 pm
by oceanzen
Just started The Tenderness of Wolves by Steff Penney
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:36 pm
by oceanzen
And another FANTAStic music book is called Bass Culture:When Reggae was king by Lloyd Bradley
Not at all academic sounding, it's a really insightful history of Jamaican music.
I tells how ska, then reggae came about, then how it went round the world as emigrants moved to places like London etc. Also it goes into a lot of depth about Sound System culture.
I'm sure everyone on the dubstep forum would enjoy it.
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:42 pm
by emu
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:49 pm
by jim
Ulysses. Wee bit of a headache at times but enjoying it so far.
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:56 pm
by dj slums
oceanzen wrote:And another FANTAStic music book is called Bass Culture:When Reggae was king by Lloyd Bradley
Not at all academic sounding, it's a really insightful history of Jamaican music.
I tells how ska, then reggae came about, then how it went round the world as emigrants moved to places like London etc. Also it goes into a lot of depth about Sound System culture.
I'm sure everyone on the dubstep forum would enjoy it.
cooooool.
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 11:37 pm
by Rob H
lol i just 'borrowed' that from my dads flat the other day
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 2:22 am
by bob crunkhouse
read "oranges aren't the only fruit" the other day, great book
theres a chapter towards the end, which has nothing to do with the sotry that is just incredible! if anyone here has read this they know what im talkin about.
reading Vice mag at the moment though
Prancehalls columk is just incredible!
starts off with
"were not doing a grime colum anymore, were still gonna let u know the important stuff like what new hair products Jammer is currently using and what Logan Sama's favourite new wrestling move is"
funny shit!!
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:02 am
by pk-
Giles Foden - The Last King of Scotland
only just started it so can't really comment. In the very first chapter Idi Amin silences a dinner party by roaring "I have also eaten man meat", so I've already got high hopes for it.
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 9:47 am
by LEQ
Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre, so far it's brilliant.
