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"Any of you read?"

Seeing as this is the music, tv, movies AND books forum, and seeing as there's very little in the way of book-related topics, what's everyone reading at the mo?

I'm reading Origin by Stephen Baxter, good hard sci-fi, and is the third in a trilogy.

Insane Bartender - you're literally judgeing a book by its cover.

Despite having not read the things, you know that they're similer to The Worst Witch?

And you say it's a kids book...Animal Farm was a kids book. So what if it doesn't have blood, sex, and swearing? It's good fun light reading, something that should be part of anyones reading habits.

I can appriciate that you dislike the 'phenomenon' being pushed down your throat, but really, go and actually read the damn things before you call them crap.

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Ahem. I finished reading Invisible Monsters last week, and I'm not going to rest until everyone else does the same. It is a top quality book - written to express, highly original, and supremely messed up. Believe me, if you get into it, it gets into you.

Also finished 'The Chess Men' today. Typical Grisham/King kind of stuff.

You stole my topic! Last week I set up 2 book related topics- one about me rediscovering books, and one asking people whether they were readin books, and what they were like...

And it died after 3 replies!

Thanks guys!

Rosalind wrote:
> I am reading Homeward Bounders by Diana Wynne Jones. I really like
> her books and I have got all of them .Thanks to the Harry Potter
> Phenomenon all of her kids books have been re-released.

I'm sorry, but Harry Potter is just a rehash of the Worst Witch series, with a male lead, and some more action. It seems horribly unoriginal, and since I've attained a hatred of child heroes and lead roles over the years (which also caused me to dislike Star Wars: Ep 1) I can't bear the thought of reading the Harry Pooper books, and certainly will never allow my eyes to witness the film.

If reading kids books turns you on, fair enough, but if I'm going to get excited about a book, it has to be written with a little more complexity.

Any fans of Iain M. Banks will know what I'm talking about.

I hate the Harry Potter "phenomenon". What a load of commercialised crap.

Insane Bartender wrote:
> Can I just say that pretty much the only connection between
> Bladerunner and Do Androids dream of electric sheep are the main
> characters names and roles.
>
> Everything else was just completely different..

I do seem to have an irrational fear of science fiction (or rather blatent/classic science fiction)... I understand its quite a common phobia?

Otherwise... I'm just about to start American Gods by Neil Gaiman

I am reading Homeward Bounders by Diana Wynne Jones. I really like her books and I have got all of them .Thanks to the Harry Potter Phenomenon all of her kids books have been re-released.

Insane Bartender wrote:
> Can I just say that pretty much the only connection between
> Bladerunner and Do Androids dream of electric sheep are the main
> characters names and roles.
>
> Everything else was just completely different..

No, you can't. Oh, bu99er, you have ...

Can I just say that pretty much the only connection between Bladerunner and Do Androids dream of electric sheep are the main characters names and roles.

Everything else was just completely different..

Insane Bartender wrote:
> Has anyone read "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep"?

Now theres a book that ALWAYS gets stuck in my shopping basket whenever I'm looking to buy some new books... but somehow always get replaced by the tim eI reach the checkout...

Yep, but only because of the Blade Runner connection.
Don't like Dick's stuff at all, not a Sci-Fi writer fan.

I am currently reading "Roominghouse Madrigals" by Bukowski, "Bloody Crazy" by Simon Clark and "Dear Boy", an biog of Keith Moon.

Has anyone read "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep"?