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What are you currently reading? v2

StoneHappyMonday said:
Crime and Punishment is the best book ever written but I'm biased.

I'm a criminal.
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Been meaning to read that for ages now. Still not gotten around to it. Have so many on me ToRead pile 8)

Am currently reading an absolute belter of a book but will keep me powder dry on that one till I've finished it. Suffice to say it's by far one of the bestest books I've read in ages. Thanks reading material fairy <3

In the meantime, I've read two recently (one of the few upsides of intermittent lappy access - more time to read). One of which I shudder to mention but will purely cos it surprised me being so horribly horribly embarrassing to mention but also surprisingly progressive. I speak of course of a Ben Elton. Ya. Shuddup. I mock myself harder than any of y'all could but I really hate the fact he went to shit so spectacularly and keep on hoping he'll redeem himself somehow. Vain hope, I know :\

But still, this one was High Society and is a straight-up plea for total legalisation of all drugs. Was genuinely surprised at how plainly it made the case for legalisation whilst mocking decriminalisation and the whole classification system (although he appears to think it's a "grading" system: Grade A, Grade B etc 8)). Is shite, don't get me wrong, laughably shite. And not intentionally. Every junky injects into the neck or cock, every character a tabloid cliche - exactly what you'd expect a middle-class vaguely leftist (once upon a time) now sucking corporate cock to come up with really. But that's kinda the point: he is all those things so is as mainstream as it gets and still lays the case out for legalisation to the masses. Albeit downright embarrassing as a piece of "literature".

In vaguely related (but less shite) news, Melvin Burgess - Junk. Think it's meant as a "young adult" novel but must admit it's pretty damn good. Very simple writing style - no frills - but clear and concise as a result. Liked the way each chapter is from a different character's perspective too. Comes across as though he knows of whence he speaks. Tale of teenage runaways living in Bristol squats in the 80s - inevitibly (given the need for drama and that) ending up as child prostitutes, dealers, thieves, addict mothers and the like. Is actually a rather nice lil book. Remember C4 made it into a four part series years ago aimed at highschool kids which I quite liked (here on PooToob). Hardly earthshattering but not a bad lil read at all tbh. Surprised me.

Will be back with a proper book recommendation as soon as I've finished this one. Is a corker =D
 
this thread took a while to dig up!

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When you’re living in a small community, and objects are few and hard to make, it’s pretty easy to deal with the problem of theft. If Alice loses a bowl at the same time Bob shows up with an identical bowl, everyone in the community knows that Bob stole it from Alice and can then punish Bob. The problem is that these mechanisms don’t scale. As communities grow larger, as they get more complex, as social ties weaken and anonymity proliferates, this system of theft prevention -- morals keeping most people honest, and informal detection, followed by punishment, leading to deterrence to keep the rest honest -- starts to fail.
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...evolution has left us with intuitions about trust better suited to life as a savannah-dwelling primate than as a modern human in a global high-tech society. That flawed intuition is vulnerable to exploitation by companies, con men, politicians, and crooks. The only defense is a rational understanding of what trust in society is, how it works, and why it succeeds or fails.
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^ looks like a good read that. And I thought all you did was look at eel porn and octopussy stuff ;)

brimz said:
That's the book i said i would take to my desert island . I've read it since .
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will I find that on the i player? or can I get it as a podcast ;)

I'm reading 50 shades of grey. annoying though it is with his "gray eyes" Mr. Grey. grrrrrrrrrrranky doodle dandies!
 
I'm reading "Stop Obsessing!" for my almost gone OCD, but remaining anxiety...
 
monstanoodle said:
I still need to finish "Watching The English" but I've started The Invisible Man which seems fucking ace!
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Ah I got 'Watching The English', one of those I tend to flick through and go back and forth in but it's genuinely great. Might drag it out the bookshelf in a bit.

Reading 'A Confederacy Of Dunces' for uni, really like it and it's the first book to make me laugh out loud in a long time. The dialogue is brilliant, though the dialect gets me occasionally. Need to get a shift on as the seminar is on Thursday. Got 'I Served The King Of England' queued up too, seems really interesting from what I've heard, and the setting - a European hotel during Hitler's reign of terror - is pretty great as far as comedic potential and character diversity goes.

Wanna pick up 'The Second Coming' as well now, sounds pretty lol. What ya thinking of 'Marabou Stork Nightmares', Parttime? I liked it but it's not my favourite of his books, a bit too surreal for me maybe, I prefer the stuff he does that is more sort of...fucked up kitchen sink drama haha. Glue and Porno are two of my favourite books. Couldn't quite get into Skag Boys as much either, not sure why though, felt a bit distant.
 
snolly said:
Wanna pick up 'The Second Coming' as well now, sounds pretty lol. What ya thinking of 'Marabou Stork Nightmares', Parttime? I liked it but it's not my favourite of his books, a bit too surreal for me maybe, I prefer the stuff he does that is more sort of...fucked up kitchen sink drama haha. Glue and Porno are two of my favourite books. Couldn't quite get into Skag Boys as much either, not sure why though, felt a bit distant.
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Marabou Stork Nightmares was quality. I'm glad I re-read it. Fucked up when I checked what year it came out & realised how young I was when I first read it. I must have still been in primary school when I first read Trainspotting lol.

The Second Coming is really good as well, definitely worth a read. You should read Kill Your Friends (first book by the same author) before you do though. It's better, easily one of my favourite books, & you won't quite understand fully who a couple of the characters in The Second Coming are if you haven't read it.

I'm urrently reading Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. Loving it so far. I'm not that far through it but it's well different from Blade Runner (as expected).

Dunno what to read next, might dig out (or more likely be lazy & re-buy) Filth.
 
Fuck yes. But that's the teenage geek in me speaking. (He still speaks quite loudly, with a half-broken voice)
 
I scrapped the other two books - and currently half way though 'Ash' by James Herbert. The problem with it - It's just too easy to put down.
 
I've got around 2-3 book on the go, two of which I started back in January. I only really read during my short bus ride to work as my eyesight's getting pretty bad and fuzzy. I can generally only read around 4 pages before I go cross-eyed and have to put it down (going to the opticians on Sunday btw :)).

Still struggling with Prozac Nation. I feel the girl and where's she coming from, but she don't half prattle on about the same thing again and again. There's been quite a number of very spot on things mentioned in the book as far as the subject of depression goes though, and has definitely struck a chord with me. Glad I'm nearly done with it though. It's been hard work at times.

Started Cyndi Lauper's autobiography a while back too. Seems pretty decent thus far, and although I've been a fan for probably 25 years, I never really knew that much about her personal life. She's one tough cookie, lemme tell ya. I adore her even more now. <3

Just obtained a copy of Drew Barrymore's autobiography written way back in 1990 too (I like my biography's ;)), so looking forward to getting into that. Might wait until after I get my glasses before I even attempt it though. I won't be able to concentrate otherwise.
 
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