Whats everyone reading?

[Sideshow Bob]

I'm on a bit of a music trip at the moment as far as books are concerned.

I've just finished "Everyone Loves You When You're Dead: and Other Things I Learned from Famous People" by Neill Strauss, excerpts from his long career as an interviewer for Rolling Stone and the New York Times. Lots of bits that were deemed unsuitable for the actual published pieces, loads of hilarious backstage anecdotes and adventures with rock royalty. Recommended.

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Absolutely, This with bells on.......!!
Cheers

[LorcanQ]

halfway through The Picture of Dorian Gray. Great, great stuff. Don't mean to be making stereotypical assumptions but it's hilariously gay though haha

[Emp]

Child of Vengeance by David Kirk......set in feudal Japan, about the bastard child of a samurai. Apparently the start of a series.

Nice when you find a good book in Asda for a pittance.

[Charlie boy]

Recently finished Graham's Prophet: Remission after seeing a number of people on the forum raving about the series. It was enjoyable but at the end I was left wondering whether I wasn't totally sure to what was going on because it was going to be explained more as the series continues or because it ties to the last Prophet run which I know little of. Think I'll wait until a third collection is available before picking up the 2nd part.

[von Boom]

Just finished Get Jiro, a graphic novel co written by Anthony Bourdain.

In the future chefs are the new rockstars/sports heroes and there are two major corps fighting for control of everything in Los Angeles. Ex-Yakuza Jiro just wants to make the best sushi there is, in the traditional way.

Pretty cool and it definitely has a 2000AD vibe, it wouldn't have been out of place in the prog.

[Simon Beigh]

Camelot 3000 by Barr and Bolland. Old school story telling combined with Bollands art... Lovely. I picked it up for a song on eBay (thanks hippynumber1 for alerting me to it) and I enjoyed every page. I'm a sucker for late 70s / early 80s stories, and this didn't suck in any way.

[Mardroid]

I finished Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter. A very interesting book. While I haven't researched the president or era I get the impression it was very well researched. Not that I believe [spoiler]there were really vampires involved in the slave trade and civil war (except metaphorically)[/spoiler] but having that blend of reality with the fantasy really sold the story. I almost believe that other stuff could have happened. The cleverly doctored archival photographs helped. Very cleverly written.

On the comics front I picked up volumes 3 and 4 of Sweet Tooth from the library. I gobbled up 3 quickly and I'm now on 4. These comics are such a great read.

[Radbacker]

just finished The State of The Art, collection of Banks short stories.  Its a given that the Culture based stories are great and the title story is a hoot (being new to Banks I had no idea that we weren't actually part of the Culture! I thought it was our great future described, turns out we're one of the hell worlds they talk about) but the short one where the big alien plant plays she loves me, she loves me not with a humanoid is a brilliant short story and shows a nice sick sense of humour at work.
Now re-reading Julian May's The Many Coloured Land, I read the whole Exiles and Galactic Milieu series many years ago and noticed rerelease in the book shop the other day so picked up the first book again.  Still a great read, Medieval Aliens is just such a great idea and not sure if I've ever seen the idea played out since.  Book 2 next week.

CU Radbacker 

[klute]

Currently reading all the Judge Dredd case files again and have irvine welsh's Porno,Filth and Glue off my bookcase to read again.

[Colin YNWA]

Could have sworn someone said they'd read Al Ewing's 'Fictional Man' here recently, but can I heck find it... anyway I have and its bloomin' great. Well except for a bit at the beginning at the very very end which is a bit too neat and tidy.

Still in-between its blooming great. I'd dare to say it wears its influences very clearly, or at least it covers very similar ground to the great Paul Auster, dealing with identity, the nature of fiction and story and how the two interaction. It does so in quite brilliant fashion breezy fashion. Highly recommended to all fans of either Mr Auster or Mr Ewing.

[Link Prime]

Al Ewing's 'Fictional Man' Highly recommended to all fans of either Mr Auster or Mr Ewing.

Another thumbs up for this book has meant it just made DRADIS contact on my purchasing list.
A Kindle download later I think.

[Definitely Not Mister Pops]

The One Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared

A good laugh. As well as the plot described by the title, the life of the titular character is told through flashbacks. It's a bit like Forrest Gump, except on a global scale and a great deal less saccharine. Completely unpredictable and highly recommended.

[Simon Beigh]

The One Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared

A good laugh. As well as the plot described by the title, the life of the titular character is told through flashbacks. It's a bit like Forrest Gump, except on a global scale and a great deal less saccharine. Completely unpredictable and highly recommended.

This is a brilliant book! I loved reading it, the dry humour is right up my street. Highly recommended!

[strontium_dog_90]

That might have been me with "The Fictional Man." It really is rather good. We've got it facing out in the shop where I work, but I haven't got round to writing a review for it yet. Might be a touch one to describe, other than just saying "it's great."

[LorcanQ]

just read Azzerello's Joker, on loan from the library. terrible terrible book. Pretentious shallow bullshit. I cant help but find him hugely overrated as a writer.