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What are you currently reading? v2
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pinkpapaver
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i read it and ended up gagging for gear. his method of persuasion is to compare thee with the desparate heroin addict injecting heroin into his veins. smoking is bad tho.
Mailmonkey
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nd, Bad pharma, by Ben Goldacre, i know a lot of Goldacre fans n here...
nsfw'd for size, there's no vadge shots or owt.
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Really, this is the most shocking book I've read for years, more shocking than what i've read on arms deals, illegal wars, various spurious conspiracies.
Anyone who goes to the GP, hospital, consultant will be wondering if this book has been read by them. next time I take the pst to my GP I'm asking him if he's read it, if not, i'm buying it him.
Anyone who'staken a newish drug, anyone who's taken part in a "pioneering" procedure, agreed to an experimental treatment, read this book....I'm thinking again, and ver carefully before I get into anything at the behest of my consultant/GP....
Less than a third of a drug companies budget goes on Rand D, 2 thirds on sales and marketing.
but we all, as intelligent EADDers knew this fact....i don;t care how clued up you think you are, this book will open your eyes.
i predict an untimely death for Ben Goldacre
I got it for Crimble too MM, and it's definitely an eye opener. only about 40 pages in but I've already had the 'giving it to my GP' fantasy a number of times :D
Got Bad Pharma ... and Hallucinations (Oliver Sacks) as pressies
... and a copy of Narcomania is apparently on it's way to me in the post (late pressie)
Got Bad Pharma ... and Hallucinations (Oliver Sacks) as pressies
... and a copy of Narcomania is apparently on it's way to me in the post (late pressie)
Consider Phlebas!
I've basically read all of the Culture series backwards (from Surface Detail back and then Hydrogen Sonata) but it's not like the order matters much other than reading Consider Phlebas first...
So I heard half of it on audio book but the last half of it I forgot or something, it's a problem when one listens to audiobooks when falling asleep! Especially if there's no sleep function on your player of choice. You'll end up listening to 7 hours as you sleep and wake up to hear bits of the ending. You also remember bits and pieces as you wake up in your sleep if you're prone to doing that.
What I could do with is an audiobook player that plays 10 minutes at a time when I hit a big button so I can't fall asleep and skip 10 hours ahead but when I want to read (reading is much faster than listening in my opinion). It's a pity I lack some of that culture tech, I'm sure they could do it!
jancrow
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^ That's my favourite one out of the Culture novels I've read, which is over half of them, I think, in no strict order. Really loved it, hope you enjoy it, I'm slightly jealous of you having that to look forward to.
Mailmonkey
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Consider phlebas = Superb book
Jan, have you read Grant Morrison's The Filth?
ColtDan
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Really, this is the most shocking book I've read for years, more shocking than what i've read on arms deals, illegal wars, various spurious conspiracies.
Anyone who goes to the GP, hospital, consultant will be wondering if this book has been read by them. next time I take the pst to my GP I'm asking him if he's read it, if not, i'm buying it him.
Anyone who'staken a newish drug, anyone who's taken part in a "pioneering" procedure, agreed to an experimental treatment, read this book....I'm thinking again, and ver carefully before I get into anything at the behest of my consultant/GP....
Less than a third of a drug companies budget goes on Rand D, 2 thirds on sales and marketing.
but we all, as intelligent EADDers knew this fact....i don;t care how clued up you think you are, this book will open your eyes.
i predict an untimely death for Ben Goldacre
Sounds very interesting, just bought it off amazon
jancrow
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I have started Excession twice and it's been wrong time wrong book both times, unfortunately - I got Feersum Endjinn at the same time and ended up reading that instead- I will do it again soon though. I seem to remember a bit of an offputting beginning but I'll definitely give it a stab.
No I ain't, will I like it? (and hello, long time no see innit!)
Well just finished it. very entertaining , probably the inspiration for that stones song --> Sympathy for the devil (Was that the title , anyway he rode a tank in the blitzkrieg ranks , was in st petersburg when it was time for a change etc.)
parttime crackhead
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I'm reading Lester Bangs - Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung
Thinking about patching it for Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, any good? I'm a mad Blade Runner fan but never read the original book.
If anyone hasn't read this...
Do it now.
Thinking about patching it for Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, any good? I'm a mad Blade Runner fan but never read the original book.
If anyone hasn't read this...
Do it now.
Oh you must! Once you get into it it's got so much SC style Contact unit Culture in it you're just hooked. Their conversations never cease to be amazing and - at least I find - utterly hilarious!
Second on the Iain M. Banks roll would be "The Algebraist" but it's not a culture book so that's a slightly different.
tribal girl
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Currently delving into this.
I feel like I have an understanding of Wurtzel, and I'm into the book thus far based on her own self awareness and destructive personality. However, I feel the book lacks any solid structure. Though her writing style does keep me going back for more. I'm only several chapters in, but it's fairly good and is an eye opener to boot. I'd be interested in her other works, for sure.
I feel like I have an understanding of Wurtzel, and I'm into the book thus far based on her own self awareness and destructive personality. However, I feel the book lacks any solid structure. Though her writing style does keep me going back for more. I'm only several chapters in, but it's fairly good and is an eye opener to boot. I'd be interested in her other works, for sure.
StoneHappyMonday
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Big up to the twat on here who sent me Mortality by Christopher Hitchens which I read this week.
Might be another of SammyG's niche markets but I enjoyed it.
Might be another of SammyG's niche markets but I enjoyed it.
Infinite Jest
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Nice to see you around again Tribal Girl 
I love PKD. Great writer, writes a lot about the nature of reality/perception, mental issues, drugs. Do Androids... is quite different in feel from Blade Runner, and it has a lot of themes that were left out of the film. Definitely worth reading.
I love PKD. Great writer, writes a lot about the nature of reality/perception, mental issues, drugs. Do Androids... is quite different in feel from Blade Runner, and it has a lot of themes that were left out of the film. Definitely worth reading.
Infinite Jest
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And I'm reading some more science fiction, an Octavia Butler. Quite good, about the few survivors of a nuclear war, rescued by aliens.
knock
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I'm in the middle of Skagboys, Irvine Welsh's prequel to Trainspotting. It's the only book that's held my attention properly for a couple of years. It helps that I'm familiar with the settings and the language is something I can slip into very easily as it's how everyone spoke where I grew up. But also his sense of drama and his political awareness is something that appeals to me.
My only annoyance is that the editing is SHITE, there are typos on every other page, which I suppose is understandable (a computer can't spell-check Scots vernacular) but it is a bit irritating, give me your books to proof-read, publishers, for a modest fee.
My only annoyance is that the editing is SHITE, there are typos on every other page, which I suppose is understandable (a computer can't spell-check Scots vernacular) but it is a bit irritating, give me your books to proof-read, publishers, for a modest fee.