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The Phoolosopher
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Kant - On the Form and Principles of the Sensible and the Intelligible World
Schopenhauer - The World as Will and Representation
Dyer - The World According to Danny Dyer
OK, you got me. I posted some nonsense because I was convinced that no-one reads what anyone else writes in these list threads (what are you reading, best 20 bass players called Kevin, greatest singles recorded on a Thursday etc.) and you have proved me wrong.Just light reading then.
Slow Horses by Mick Herron
I quite enjoyed it but at my age I had to concentrate pretty hard as he jumps around from scene to scene without any warning!!!
I have already purchased book 2 in the series.
Good man - I have two copies, one for reading and another (signed) that is just for looking at, in a Nigel Tufnel kind of way.'The Cunning Man' by Robertson Davies...
Good man - I have two copies, one for reading and another (signed) that is just for looking at, in a Nigel Tufnel kind of way.
Apart from Peter Blegvad’s Book of Leviathan (a recent buy) I think I only have signed copies of Robertson Davies’ books. By design, at least. Checking my RD shelf just now I see I in fact have three copies of The Cunning Man, two of them signed - the extra one being the first US edition. Nothing like having a good obsession.I only have signed copies of Iain Sinclair's books.
We're currently sorting through our books prior to the charity shops re-opening. We keep finding more copies of Mansfield Park, four at the latest count.
I am currently re-reading Fermat's Last Theorem by Simon Singh,
I enjoyed the book. Then got really excited that movie was being made... The trailer was good too. But when I went to see it, I was disappointed, it was too far removed from the book. I wondered if I had read the book from a very different viewpoint.Under The Skin - Michael Faber. Loads better than the film
It might depend on which you encountered first. The cultural critic Mark Fisher thinks the book explains too much about the main character and the nature of her work, and prefers the open-endedness of the film.I enjoyed the book. Then got really excited that movie was being made... The trailer was good too. But when I went to see it, I was disappointed, it was too far removed from the book. I wondered if I had read the book from a very different viewpoint.
After the many years that have passed, I've decided to uncouple the book from the movie in my mind and now I like the movie too. The book is far better though. Strange/scary/tense/horrible horror/scifi.... and darkly amusing in the right places.