What are you reading?

[Osama Jim Laden]

Soon to be on Les Dawson's 'hitler was my mother-in-law'..

[The Nal]

RIP Vincent Bugliosi.

Prosecuted Charles Manson and after, wrote the great Helter Skelter. Also wrote the definitive book on the JFK assassination and a great book on OJ Simpson.

One of my favourite authors.

[Winslow Leach]

Have read helter skelter and it's great. Will have to check the other two out when I finish with Patti.

I've heard really great things about Just Kids. I look forward to the days when I have time for leisure reading again.

[The Nal]

Have read helter skelter and it's great. Will have to check the other two out when I finish with Patti.

Id start with a smaller book if you're going into JFK assassination territory. Reclaiming History is 1500 pages long, with small text.

This pro conspiracy book or this anti conspiracy one would be a better bet.

[eFestivals]

Have read helter skelter and it's great.

It is.

And a pretty scary read if you're an 18 year old kid who's recently started taking lots of acid.

[Osama Jim Laden]

YES! 'Hitler was my mother in law' has arrived in the post

[CanWeRest]

I have a thing for Sophie Kinsella at the moment.

[zero000]

Just finished reading Catcher in the Rye. Incredibly disappointing, maybe I'm a bit too old for it to resonate with me, but I found it very beige. 

[Winslow Leach]

Just finished reading Catcher in the Rye. Incredibly disappointing, maybe I'm a bit too old for it to resonate with me, but I found it very beige. 

 

If that book was a person it would be the white, beta-male guy in the English Lit seminar who wears expensively cheap-looking vintage clothes and thinks every point he makes is oh-so-deep and oh-so-original.

 

(Drawing a lot from my own experiences there, I'll admit)

[Rufus Gwertigan]

I bought Go Set a Watchman a couple of weeks ago but have not started it yet. It's the prequel to To Kill a Mockingbird which is in my top 10 favourites and I don't want to be disappointed

[Winslow Leach]

I bought Go Set a Watchman a couple of weeks ago but have not started it yet. It's the prequel to To Kill a Mockingbird which is in my top 10 favourites and I don't want to be disappointed

 

I haven't read it yet, but I think the general consensus seems to be that it should be treated less as a prequel and more as a draft treatment for some of the idea that later developed into To Kill a Mockingbird.

 

I'm not totally against the idea of it being published, I don't think works by an author that are part of the creative process rather than finished results detract from the final work, although I know that in this case a lot of the controversy was more over the extent of Harper Lee's knowledge and consent of the publication. 

[viberunner]

If that book was a person it would be the white, beta-male guy in the English Lit seminar who wears expensively cheap-looking vintage clothes and thinks every point he makes is oh-so-deep and oh-so-original.

 

The US is full of Holden Caulfield types, e.g. Elliot Rodger.

[viberunner]

I've become depressed at how almost ubiquitously awful the vast majority of modern sci-fi is, writing and content, including a lot of writers who are reasonably well received and reviewed.

 

So I've started a series that I've been holding-off from reading because I knew it was an ace in the sleeve: just started the Culture wars with Consider Phlebas by Iain M Banks. Already, a few pages into the first book of a series, it's better than most sci-fi authors manage in a lifetime.

 

PS, on a related note "please, stop writing NOW, Peter F Hamilton. You're a not-even-a-hack".

[zero000]

Just started Fahrenheit 451, 40 pages in and I'm really enjoying it so far. Very rich writing and the plot is pretty engaging so far.