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"A list of Books I've made"

On Amazon.

I only put in the books I really enjoyed, so you can consider them all highly recommended :

[URL]http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/listmania/list-browse/-/1W3GT5BI14D35/026-1734261-7300400[/URL]

Any of you read any of them?

I looked at this topic expecting to see some books that you had actually made (out of wood or something). Instead you had made a list of books.

I demand an apology.

I am indeed sorry. I can only hope that my recklessness has not caused too much damage. Sometimes I let the power I have go to my head. Today is a bad day for Borat.

unknown kernel wrote:
> My own list:
> [URL]http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/listmania/list-browse/-/2DROVUB20PWP5/202-6939243-2556608[/URL]

the twits, heh. I have the enormous crocodile somewhere, and 'The fantastic mister fox', which was my favourite when I was a kid. I hadn't included it, although I probably should have.

The sagacious one wrote:
> I looked at this topic expecting to see some books that you had
> actually made (out of wood or something)

Paper, we call it.

ßora? §agdiyeV wrote:
> Only Forward, Michael Marshall Smith

First third of that novel is fantastic, thought it flagged a bit from then on in. Someone else mentioned the Great Gatsby, my favourite; contrary to the name, I didn't enjoy Fear and Loathing that much, and The Rum Diaries is one of the very rare abandoned reads; awful.

Anyway, didn't really mean to get into that, just wanted to say that it's nice to see someone who can actually use the List thing properly. I would use it quite regularly; find someone with similar tastes to my current reads and try out a few. However, the number of people that just list the books, make no comments, and then title it something really annoying like, "An eclectic list of books for intellectuals" (naturally including at least one of the seemingly compulsory group of Catcher in the Rye, Catch-22 and 1984). Never thought people could be so annoying just through a list.

Yeah, I found that too.

I didn't leave very long comments, but they give you an idea.

As for the 'Only Forward' novel, yes it did flag in the middle a bit, but it was such a unique and mind expanding story that I'll definitely be getting the follow up novel(s). That guy has some serious talent.

Blank wrote:
> The sagacious one wrote:
> I looked at this topic expecting to see some books that you had
> actually made (out of wood or something)
>
> Paper, we call it.

Paper is a myth made up by wood salemen to make wood based products seem more desirable. "Paper" is simply pulped wood (taken from a living thing) made into thin slivers of bleached barkmarkers TM.

Catcher in the Rye and 1984 really are compulsory reads though. I disliked Catch-22, just never seemed to feel involved.

I read Jennifer Government recently - which was what the short-lived SR craze of NationStates a while back was based on - and it's a great book. Very heavy-handed in shouting about capitalism, and not written with any great dexterity or suchlike. But it's very funny, gets the issues across and was an enjoyable read. So I'll recommend that.

ßora† §agdiyeV wrote:
> I watched it after seeing the film and it's so much better.

Of course you did. ;D

Stryke wrote:
> I read Jennifer Government recently - which was what the short-lived
> SR craze of NationStates

Some of us are still there....