Antlion Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 The Poseidon Adventure by Paul Gallico. It's far darker and more twisted than the Gene Hackman movie. The annoying kid in the movie is unceremoniously offed pretty early, and his sister is raped in the bowels of the ship. I thought it was a hell of a page turner, but the presentation of women is pretty uncomfortable (particularly Linda Rogo, who is an unrelenting bitch with no redeeming features - albeit her background explains this - and Susan Shelby, whose reaction to rape is proper WTF). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle - Shite The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle - Not so shite 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_K_97 Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 FInished Cruyff's autobiography a few days ago. Didn't mind it, not the best footballing autobiography I've read but a few enjoyable tales. Started Johnny Marr's autobiography the other day and I'm already halfway through it - a brilliant read so far with plenty of Smiths-related nonsense thrown in. After I finish that I'll start on Tony Visconti's book. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knee jerk reaction Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Just read "the trickster" by Muriel Gray picked it up in the horror section of the library, only because I was thinking , this couldn't be the same Muriel Gray who used to be on the telly? Turns out it is her and though I wasn't expecting much, the book is well written and a very good read. Only complaint is that it's a bit stereotyped, the white men are portrayed as having lost touch with the natural world, whereas the native Indians are in touch with nature and the spirt world. Apparently Muriel has wrote another couple of books so i'll be looking out for them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antlion Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco. I've been meaning to read this for years. It's a cracking plot, and very densely layered - but I did think that the digressions into medieval history and theology sometimes hurt the pace (even if they were carefully designed to do so, distracting the central characters and giving them false leads). It also brought back all those interminable uni lectures on semiotics. Blah. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 On 04/03/2017 at 23:34, knee jerk reaction said: Apparently Muriel has wrote another couple of books That's one way of putting it The Beetle by Richard Marsh Imagine Hollywood blockbuster The Mummy starring Brendan Frasier, but a bit worse. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessmagic Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 On 18/02/2017 at 17:45, Miguel Sanchez said: It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis Horrifying Read that last year. Prescient 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessmagic Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 On 26/02/2017 at 12:12, The Saintee said: Red or Dead by David Peace. Stunning novel about Bill Shankly and his obsession with all levels of football. Bit of socialism chucked in too. I enjoyed that. Although i can see why some people are put off by the writing style employed within the first half of the book. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Saintee Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 43 minutes ago, jessmagic said: I enjoyed that. Although i can see why some people are put off by the writing style employed within the first half of the book. Yeah, agree with that but it's definitely worth sticking with. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 The Big Man by William McIlvanney. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco. I've been meaning to read this for years. It's a cracking plot, and very densely layered - but I did think that the digressions into medieval history and theology sometimes hurt the pace (even if they were carefully designed to do so, distracting the central characters and giving them false leads). It also brought back all those interminable uni lectures on semiotics. Blah. He nicked it from the Caedfel books by Ellis Thomas. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomCat Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 1 hour ago, Ross. said: The Big Man by William McIlvanney. Reserved this at the library. Big fan of his work. Is it good? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 2 minutes ago, ThomCat said: Reserved this at the library. Big fan of his work. Is it good? I enjoyed it, definitely worth reading. That, and the book I read before it(The Gravy Star) have convinced me that nostalgia is a load of shite and everything is exactly as it used to be. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 1 hour ago, Ross. said: I enjoyed it, definitely worth reading. That, and the book I read before it(The Gravy Star) have convinced me that nostalgia is a load of shite and everything is exactly as it used to be. Yeah. Nostalgia is crap but I can remember when it wasn't. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 27 minutes ago, Fullerene said: Yeah. Nostalgia is crap but I can remember when it wasn't. Obviously you jest... The last few books I have read were unrelated but both look back at a past that was seemingly much better than the time they were set in. The first, time wise would have been looking back at the time period of the second one, with the second one looking back further. In each case, the present was a shite time to be alive and the past was great. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Nooka Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 The Skinner - Neal Asher, really enjoyed this sci-fi action horror thingy. It's never going to win any prizes for the prose but I flew through the 600 pages, was a very good read. On a planet where every animal seems to eat every other animal a leech has evolved with a virus which infects it's prey and means they can regenerate lost tissue and are virtually immortal. The virus also works on humans but with some extreme side effects, the plot has quite a lot going so is quite hard to explain. It's the second book I've read by Neal Asher and this one was even better than the first. There's definitely some homages to Iain M Banks Culture drones too. As soon as I was finished I bought 4 more of his books. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 20 hours ago, Ross. said: Obviously you jest... The last few books I have read were unrelated but both look back at a past that was seemingly much better than the time they were set in. The first, time wise would have been looking back at the time period of the second one, with the second one looking back further. In each case, the present was a shite time to be alive and the past was great. "On a grim day in a grim month of a grim year, I walked down a grim street in a grim town under a grim sky. Of course, it had not always been so grim. But I get grim just thinking about those less grim days, so I grimly accept my grim lot and grimly soldier on." That was start of my novel "A Grim Tale" but I never got any further. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karpaty Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Any good drug smuggling/britains in jail abroad books on the go? (Yes I was fascinated with Banged Up Abroad) I've read Paul Keaney's book (he did an episode of BUA) and also David McMillan's Escape. Not that I'm touting for a "holiday in the sun", or anything. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 8 minutes ago, Chris_DK said: Any good drug smuggling/britains in jail abroad books on the go? (Yes I was fascinated with Banged Up Abroad) I've read Paul Keaney's book (he did an episode of BUA) and also David McMillan's Escape. Not that I'm touting for a "holiday in the sun", or anything. Nice by the late Howard Marks if you haven't read it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Nooka Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Any good drug smuggling/britains in jail abroad books on the go? (Yes I was fascinated with Banged Up Abroad) I've read Paul Keaney's book (he did an episode of BUA) and also David McMillan's Escape. Not that I'm touting for a "holiday in the sun", or anything. Midnight Express? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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