So i've nearly finished the epic biog of Neil Young, Shakey, and I have a pile of other books waiting to be read. Vote on which i should read next please (and reason why if you have read it). The candidates are as follows:
45 - Bill Drumond
Tighten Up; the history of Reggae in the UK - Michael de Koningh & Mark Griffiths
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail - Hunter S Thompson
Dispatches - Michael Herr
Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham
Rip it up and Start Again - Simon Reynolds
Gatsby
or Marquez.
Gatsby...
it's an easy read, and is absolutely ace.
one hundred years of solitude
possibly the best book ever
I love Day of The Triffids
That is all
day of the triffids is fantastic
as are solitude and gatsby.
Triffids...
then Gatsby.
I couldn't get on with One Hundred years of Solitude at all.
i coudn't get on with Triffids
but adore One Hundred Years.. and have read it three times!
Marquez
simply because I really want to read it
tighten up
it is next on my to read list.
So
4 votes for 'Solitude'
3 votes for 'Gatsby'
2 votes for 'Triffids'
1 votes for 'Tighten Up'
any advances?
fear & loathing on the campaign trail
2nd
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Oh and did you enjoy Shakey?
It's pretty good isn't it? I love the stuff when they're recording On The Beach. I want to try a honeyslide.
yeah, i just finished this afternoon
it's very good. monumentally detailed and very insightful, a great achievement. its a great read for a fan like me and makes me realise that even though ive been a fan for 5 years or more, ive barely scratched the surface of his work. its taken me months to read so i cant actually remember what a honeyslide is, sounds nice though.
Sounds good!
http://www.thrasherswheat.org/rns/honeyslides.htm
One Hundred Years of Solitude
what?
How have you not read Great Gatsby or Day of the Triffids or One Hundred years... yet? Seriously.
Fear And Loathing on the campaign trail, in light of current events
then Dispatches.
then Marquez.
I wish I could read those 3 books for the first time again. Especially Dispatches. That book was my Catcher in the Rye.
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Fitzgerald or Marquez. I could read both again and again and again. Fitzgerald's turn of phrase is consistently incredible
Gatsby