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Post by mark on Nov 12, 2007 22:38:49 GMT
Mark - don't forget Shawshank, although it wasn't very true to the novella. yup great film, but I am a big fan of morgan freeman anyway  |
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Post by Danny on Nov 12, 2007 22:41:45 GMT
Never seen it, I've good things tho
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Post by bondolah on Nov 21, 2007 20:58:36 GMT
Here are a couple of absolute crackers:
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
The Incredible Adventures of Kavalier and Clay (Michael Chabon)
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Post by bondolah on Jun 8, 2008 19:15:40 GMT
Just finished the Farseer trilogy by Robin Hobb. Best read I've had in years without exception.
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Post by Sooze on Jun 8, 2008 21:07:07 GMT
This is proving to be a very lively topic! Sadly, although I do love to read, I haven't read a book for ages -there's always something else needs doing and I never seem to get the time! But even when I did used to read a lot, no matter how good the book was, I always fell asleep after a few paragraphs! (Obviously reading is a very relaxing past-time for me, when I can get the chance!)  |
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Post by craftsman on Jun 9, 2008 15:27:06 GMT
Blimey...I just popped out for a minute and theres hundreds of posts to catch up on!  Reading....Hmmm. Nope, I'm a picture man really... a thousand words each or more. Not that I'm a complete plebe, its just that all the things that I'm interested in seem to be best relayed visually. The other thing is that it takes me several goes or one very thorough go at a book and I lose interest too quickly. Oh well..  |
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Post by thekev on Jun 10, 2008 15:14:32 GMT
ok, my turn
my big reccomendation - lord of the flies, absolutely phenomenal book
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Post by Danny on Jun 10, 2008 15:43:27 GMT
Never read that, always wanted too tho.....
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Post by thekev on Jun 10, 2008 23:37:41 GMT
i really reccomend it, it's fascinating
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Post by Danny on Jun 11, 2008 8:08:07 GMT
I'll try and pick up a second hand copy somewhere
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Post by mark on Jun 11, 2008 9:14:33 GMT
i recall reading that at school - good book, crap film though.
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Post by thekev on Jun 11, 2008 11:18:39 GMT
films are never as good as the books though, i thought last king of scotland was a real letdown after reading the book first, and they left a lot of content out of the lord of the rings trilogy too
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Post by Danny on Jun 11, 2008 20:30:54 GMT
Of Mice and Men was very good. I watched 'The Shawshank Redemption' today, very good indeed, gonna have to look out for the book. The Green Mile (also by Stephen King) is superb too, book or film.
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Post by bondolah on Jun 12, 2008 19:50:38 GMT
I know OM&M almost by heart. Still love it. Steinbeck was experimenting with a play/novel hybrid with that one. Useless factoid for ya.
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