The GF book thread

[Numero Veinticinco]

I’ve put it on my summer list.

Good stuff. I’m looking forward to seeing if you and a few others like it.

[Hades]

Capitalist Realism - Mark Fisher

 

We're absolutely fucked. No wonder the author committed suicide last year. The English-speaking world's version of capitalism might be the most anti-human system ever created/followed.

[Rico1304]

Capitalist Realism - Mark Fisher

We're absolutely fucked. No wonder the author committed suicide last year. The English-speaking world's version of capitalism might be the most anti-human system ever created/followed.

I preferred it when you wrote poems.

[Paul]

I’ve just re-read World War Z and The Zombie Survival Guide, both by Max Brooks. The latter is very entertaining but WWZ is absolutely brilliant. That’s at least three times I’ve read it now and it’s still great.

 

I’m now re-reading The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman as my son has just finished it and I’ve not read it in years so I want to refresh my memory so we can chat about it. Then I’m going to re-read La Belle Sauvage, which he’s gone straight on to.

[Numero Veinticinco]

I’ve just re-read World War Z and The Zombie Survival Guide, both by Max Brooks. The latter is very entertaining but WWZ is absolutely brilliant. That’s at least three times I’ve read it now and it’s still great.

 

I’m now re-reading The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman as my son has just finished it and I’ve not read it in years so I want to refresh my memory so we can chat about it. Then I’m going to re-read La Belle Sauvage, which he’s gone straight on to.

What's so good about WWZ, Paul? I heard the film was shit so didn't bother.

[Paul]

What's so good about WWZ, Paul? I heard the film was shit so didn't bother.

The film isn’t shit, but it’s nowhere near as good as the book and actually very, very different too.

 

The book is written like non-fiction with a journalist charting the whole course of WWZ (the global zombie pandemic which almost wiped out the entire species) by interviewing key players from all across the globe whose experiences tell the story of what happened.

 

To hear it so described probably makes it seem daft and contrived, but it reads very straight and feels incredibly believable. It’s a great book in my view. Right up there with the best I’ve read. It’s a genuine page-turner too.

[Paulie Dangerously]

I've got to read 10+ books for key stage 2 kids (8-11 years) for Uni

 

Can anyone with kids about this age recommend anything they're reading at the minute please?

[Numero Veinticinco]

On it.

[skend04]

I've got to read 10+ books for key stage 2 kids (8-11 years) for Uni

 

Can anyone with kids about this age recommend anything they're reading at the minute please?

My 8 year old nephew has been reading Shakespeare at school. I think the versions are in more day-to-day English so getting hold of a couple of his plays is a good place to start.

[Aventus]

My 8 year old nephew has been reading Shakespeare at school. I think the versions are in more day-to-day English so getting hold of a couple of his plays is a good place to start.

[skend04]

 

My 8 year old nephew has been reading Shakespeare at school. I think the versions are in more day-to-day English so getting hold of a couple of his plays is a good place to start.

Haha maybe not in text speak.

[Elite]

The Myron Bolitar series is very good, can always rely on you guys.

[Rico1304]

I’m rereading the Mick Herron books and the character based on Boris Johnson gets a fucking hammering.

[VladimirIlyich]

The Myron Bolitar series is very good, can always rely on you guys.

Yes it is. Haven't read one for ages either.

[polymerpunkah]

Robin Yassin-Kassab, Leila Al-Shami - Burning Country Syrians in Revolution and War 

 

 

If you're looking to make and get some sense of the war in Syria, this isn't a bad place to start.

[Paul]

Re-read The Amber Spyglass and La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman. Both ace.

 

Now re-reading the Kenzie and Gennaro novels by Dennis Lehane. They’re all ace but Darkness Take My Hand especially so.

[Numero Veinticinco]

Re-read The Amber Spyglass and La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman. Both ace.

Are those adult books, Paul? I always swerved them because I assumed they were for kids. Harry Potter type stuff. What’s the deal.

 

Now re-reading the Kenzie and Gennaro novels by Dennis Lehane. They’re all ace but Darkness Take My Hand especially so.

I’ll have a look. Anything dark takes my fancy.

[Elite]

I'm still waiting for the new Charlie Parker to drop in price. I genuinely believe that series is head and shoulders above anything else in the genre.

[Edward.]

Think I saw it for £5.70 odd on Amazon.

[Edward.]

Re-read The Amber Spyglass and La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman. Both ace.

 

Now re-reading the Kenzie and Gennaro novels by Dennis Lehane. They’re all ace but Darkness Take My Hand especially so.

Are the Lehane books any good? Had them for ages just never got round to reading them. Just finished the Harry Dresden series which I thought was great. So thanks to whoever recommended them on here.

[Rico1304]

Are the Lehane books any good? Had them for ages just never got round to reading them. Just finished the Harry Dresden series which I thought was great. So thanks to whoever recommended them on here.

Very good.

[Numero Veinticinco]

Very good.

Pay your subs, you scrounging bastard.

[Paul]

Are the Lehane books any good? Had them for ages just never got round to reading them. Just finished the Harry Dresden series which I thought was great. So thanks to whoever recommended them on here.

They’re fantastic (the K & G ones; I’m not as fussed by his period books).

[Paul]

Are those adult books, Paul? I always swerved them because I assumed they were for kids. Harry Potter type stuff. What’s the deal.

 

 

I’ll have a look. Anything dark takes my fancy.

Far less aimed at kids than Potter (which I’m not a fan of). They are universal stories that feature kids as main characters rather than kids books. The Amber Spyglass won The Whitbread Prize!

 

They are the best books I’ve ever read. That’s not a nostalgic thing either as I was in my 20s when it was first published.

 

The first one, Northern Lights, just drops you into this new world without any explanation and then a huge quest/journey narrative begins. The books are fucking amazing individually, but as a whole, they're mind-blowingly good.

[Numero Veinticinco]

Far less aimed at kids than Potter (which I’m not a fan of). They are universal stories that feature kids as main characters rather than kids books. The Amber Spyglass won The Whitbread Prize!

 

They are the best books I’ve ever read. That’s not a nostalgic thing either as I was in my 20s when it was first published.

 

The first one, Northern Lights, just drops you into this new world without any explanation and then a huge quest/journey narrative begins. The books are fucking amazing individually, but as a whole, they're mind-blowingly good.

His Dark Materials trilogy, right? I’ve finished up my stack, so been looking for something new.

 

Did you ever get around to We are Legion?