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[red37]

he was ok. The Dark was good too.

Forgot about that one, I remember that was a pretty scary book.

your not wrong.

[babu]

Another book i reccomend.

This one is fairly easy to read, but not exactly light reading (Sorry Red Baron   )

It is tough to get into and has a lot of discussion about religious beliefs, but the pay-off at the end of the book is fairly mind blowing. When i finished it i was haunted for days.


The Life of Pi

I reccomend anyone read this, only if you are prepared to put some effort in.

[Paul C]

I like my books although i've found i read less of them since becoming a teacher. I'm a big fan of Pratchett (especially the Guards series) and he is the only writer who can make me laugh out loud when i'm reading. It's drives the mrs nuts when we're on holiday. Have always been a big fan of Stephen King although he doesn't always end his books so well. Am about halfway through the last of (seven books!) in the Dark Tower series (it's taken me 2 years) and it's been a cracking read. Am also a fan of Clive Barker. Weaveworld is a masterpiece plus 'Damnation Game' and 'Imajika' are excellent. My fave book is lord of the Rings and i've read that 4 times over the last 16 or so years!

I also read a lot more footie books as they seem to be in fashion these days. I thoroughly enjoyed Robbie and Stevie's autobiographies (more so the robbie book) and Tony Adams is also very good (and VERY candid) in the way he speaks about his alcoholism. I also enjoyed both of Tomkins books and the Pacot Loret book on Rafa is well worth a read if you're interested in Rafa's time in Spain. I had shankly's autobiography as a kid, i bought it for 10p at a jumble sale in the local community centre but i lost it years ago and would love to read it again. Anyone got a copy?

Since when have you been a teacher Scott? 

[Scottbot]

Since when have you been a teacher Scott? 

In my 4th year as a lecturer mate. I run a National Diploma in Sport (Coaching and Fitness) at a college in Winchester. 52 days holiday a year! luvly jubbly1 That's a day a week!!!  

[Paul C]

Since when have you been a teacher Scott? 

In my 4th year as a lecturer mate. I run a National Diploma in Sport (Coaching and Fitness) at a college in Winchester. 52 days holiday a year! luvly jubbly1 That's a day a week!!!  

Huh, I thought you were working in Crewe? 

[metalhead]

Hey Babu

guess what, i took your recomendation and bought the book "A short history of nearly everything".

Haven't started reading it yet, I will when i finish my exams! looks like a cracking book to me, hopefully i will enjoy it.

[babu]

Hey Babu

guess what, i took your recomendation and bought the book "A short history of nearly everything".

Haven't started reading it yet, I will when i finish my exams! looks like a cracking book to me, hopefully i will enjoy it.

You won't regret it Metalhead.

Let me know what you think. 

[The Manhattan Project]

"The God Delusion" by Prof. Richard Dawkins.

[babu]

"The God Delusion" by Prof. Richard Dawkins.

Whoa, read the reviews on Amazon. I am pretty sure that book would be banned here in Malaysia.

I think i will order it through Amazon. My background is a scientist, but i am sure i don't share his views on religion. I will read though, thanks Manhattan.

[The Manhattan Project]

Why would they ban it?

They have anti-atheist laws concerning literature?

[babu]

Why would they ban it?

They have anti-atheist laws concerning literature?

There are some here who would make Apostasy a capital offense. Luckily that will never happen.

However I am sure any book that attacks Islam (even indirectly) would be banned. I will check and let you know.

Ps I know you are based in UAE, surely that book is banned there?

[The Manhattan Project]

United Arab Emirates?

Manhattan? Nah, I live in the UK.

[babu]

United Arab Emirates?

Manhattan? Nah, I live in the UK.

ok my mistake. 

[metalhead]

"The God Delusion" by Prof. Richard Dawkins.

I saw that book in the Virgin Megastore here.

Didn't get it though.

Babu, read the introduction and a few pages of the first chapter, wow! interesting that we have an average of 650,000 hours of life and then the atoms will leave us 

[The Ace1983]

People should read the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. A lot of people can't get past the fantasy/nerdy part of it, but there is so much more. It's heavy satire, a great laugh and there has seldom been a better author of characterisation. Only Pratchett could make The Grim Reaper into a comedic masterpiece.

I also recommend Auldus Huxley's The Primacy Of Perception if you want to know what Mescalin can do to you. Every other drug is covered by Hunter S. Thompson's brilliant Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas. If you haven't read that, you haven't lived. Just don't try to recreate it.

If you like your poetry or if you want to get into it, you should check out The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens and the Selected Poems of Frank O'Hara. Anything by Benjamin Zephaniah is top notch, and of course there is no better laugh than Roger McGough.

As a student of philosophy, I think the world would be a much better place if everyone read Bertrand Russell's Let The People Think and Friedrich Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra. And if you can get past the first couple of chapters Stephen Hawking's A Brief History Of Time is a cracker, though I recommend using an Introduction text with it.

Other than that, its just the classics. Milton, Orwell, Rushdie, Salinger, Kerouac,...etc...etc. But if you like getting spooked out, try Algernon Blackwood's Ancient Sorceries And Other Weird Stories. I've been able to handle Horror flicks since I was a little kid, but one of these short stories will have you sleeping with the lights on.

The important thing is that people read. Not enough people pick up a book these days. There can be nothing quite like a great story, and you can lose yourself for an hour inside your own head. There is so much information and knowledge inside each book and they don't get the respect that they deserve. If people turned off the TV or the computer for an hour everyday and read, this country would be a much better place.