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The Birds

"The only point of interest about TB is that it's by Alfred Hitchcock, who once had a deserved reputation as a master technician. If the director's name had been, say Albert Hotchkiss, I should have noted 'tedious and amaterish...perhaps the most spectacularly untalented newcomer since Allen Barron' and let it go at that"
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Old 19th November 2019, 10:13 PM
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A tally of the books i've read this year.

(I stopped reading full on novels for a few years as my attention span was screwed up, glad to be back in the game.)

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Ritual - David Pinner ( The book that The Wicker Man was based upon
apparently, shares many elements but different enough to be interesting)

William Burroughs - A report from the bunker - Victor Bockris

Cities of the red night - William Burroughs

The Job , interviews with William Burroughs - Daniel Oder

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Out are the lights - Richard Laymon (pulp gore shock!, great fun.)

The Electric cool aid acid test - Tom Wolfe

On the road - Jack Kerouac

The Jonah - James Herbert

Go ask Alice - Anonymous (60's teenage runaway drugs bio)

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Fluke - James Herbert (a Herbert i never read, really enjoyed this)

Also read half of The Walking dead by Guy N Smith until i realised that -
a - It was a sequel to a book i hadn't read and
b - It was shit.

Just started Herbert's The Survivor,i'm really enjoying his books lately, sharp and to the point, read quite a few as a teenager so been catching up with the ones i overlooked.
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Old 20th November 2019, 11:35 PM
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A tally of the books i've read this year.



(I stopped reading full on novels for a few years as my attention span was screwed up, glad to be back in the game.)



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Ritual - David Pinner ( The book that The Wicker Man was based upon

apparently, shares many elements but different enough to be interesting)



William Burroughs - A report from the bunker - Victor Bockris



Cities of the red night - William Burroughs



The Job , interviews with William Burroughs - Daniel Oder



Attachment 220987



Out are the lights - Richard Laymon (pulp gore shock!, great fun.)



The Electric cool aid acid test - Tom Wolfe



On the road - Jack Kerouac



The Jonah - James Herbert



Go ask Alice - Anonymous (60's teenage runaway drugs bio)



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Fluke - James Herbert (a Herbert i never read, really enjoyed this)



Also read half of The Walking dead by Guy N Smith until i realised that -

a - It was a sequel to a book i hadn't read and

b - It was shit.



Just started Herbert's The Survivor,i'm really enjoying his books lately, sharp and to the point, read quite a few as a teenager so been catching up with the ones i overlooked.
James Herbert is probably my favourite author. Certainly in horror genre. Knocks spots of that King fella as far as I'm concerned.

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Old 21st November 2019, 02:08 PM
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Quick question.

Has anyone read Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman and do you recommend it?
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Old 21st November 2019, 06:52 PM
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Has anyone read Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman and do you recommend it?


I’ve read it and I really liked it, it’s the proper Norse stories but not written by a stuffed shirt scholar. Very enjoyable.
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Old 21st November 2019, 09:19 PM
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Quick question.

Has anyone read Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman and do you recommend it?
I know it's not the same, but the audiobook (which he narrates) is excellent.
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Old 1st December 2019, 07:26 PM
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I'm doing something which I never do usually, read multiple books at once...



The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson, epic fantasy plotted around a scheme for underclassmen to overthrow the King Ruler and cause a civil war between the great houses. So far so good (around 60% in) and the first of a trilogy (Mistborn Triliogy) so I will definately be checking out the other 2 books.



Death In Venice - A Queer Film Classic which is a short bio of Visconti and a critique of the film. Very interesting so far, quite a short book with plenty of pics.



A quick re-read of Watchmen before I start watching the new HBO series which I almost started thinking it was a new adaptation of the original story but is actually a sequel so I held off. Need to re-familiarise myself, may even watch the movie again before the show. Been listening to the Trent Reznor soundtrack (without looking at the track names) and it's bloody amazing
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I really must dig out the DIV lp I have, as I remember the pictures on the cover being ... interesting
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Old 28th December 2019, 10:09 PM
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Got Ian Nathan’s excellent Stephen King tome for Christmas.Pretty definitive except for one glaring omission Where is Sometimes They Come Back?
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