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Poppy Z. Brite, Chuck Palanuik, Hunter S. Thompson, Anthony Bourdain, Bret Easton Ellis, William S. Burroughs, Irvine Welsh..

From what I can remember 8)
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Hollylicious wrote:Poppy Z. Brite, Chuck Palanuik, Hunter S. Thompson, Anthony Bourdain, Bret Easton Ellis, William S. Burroughs, Irvine Welsh..

From what I can remember 8)
Jesus! How could I have forgotten to mention HST? :oops:


Now for my favourite heresy - Irvine Welsh is actually a bit shit.
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nah, the boy can write and never fails to hold me
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Erudite wrote:
Hollylicious wrote:Poppy Z. Brite, Chuck Palanuik, Hunter S. Thompson, Anthony Bourdain, Bret Easton Ellis, William S. Burroughs, Irvine Welsh..

From what I can remember 8)
Jesus! How could I have forgotten to mention HST? :oops:

Now for my favourite heresy - Irvine Welsh is actually a bit shit.
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Well, Irvine is not my most fav author but I do like some of his work. Especially the novel Trainspotting. Me favourite author of all is in bold :von:
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I rather think IW was cursed by having his first book become enormously successful. I don't feel anything else he's written has been of the same calibre as Trainspotting.
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Glue, it's even better IMO
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James Blast wrote:Glue, it's even better IMO
It's a fantastic book. His shaping of characters is second to none IMO.

Try 'I am Miami' if you liked Glue - novella published in a collection of shorts last year. :D
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one of my faves has just started a series of talks from his book signing tour - David Sedaris, I urge you to give him a listen as he's extremely funny and his turns of phrase are exquisite :D
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rp3dy
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Don't Cry for Me Aberystwyth. Malcom Pryce. Genius. :notworthy:
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Good news that everyone is reading. Has anyone read this thread? :innocent:
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we're just naming authors and swinging oor literature dicks about here Nmatri ;D

calm doon man, I'm the one who get's peeved when things aren't in place
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abridged wrote:Don't Cry for Me Aberystwyth. Malcom Pryce. Genius. :notworthy:
Yes, yes, forgotten about that one. There's four in the series. You'probably just love them or hate them.
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Erudite wrote:
Hollylicious wrote:Poppy Z. Brite, Chuck Palanuik, Hunter S. Thompson, Anthony Bourdain, Bret Easton Ellis, William S. Burroughs, Irvine Welsh..

From what I can remember 8)
Jesus! How could I have forgotten to mention HST? :oops:


Now for my favourite heresy - Irvine Welsh is actually a bit shit.
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Agree, Porno was just a blip on his downward spiral.
Trainspotting brilliant, rest were terrible.
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Erudite wrote:I was even rather partial to Sven Hassel in my teenage years.
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No Leo Kessler?
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James Blast wrote:calm doon man, I'm the one who get's peeved when things aren't in place
So that is what causes it! :P
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gettaefukkyabassa!
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James Blast wrote:gettaefukkyabassa!
Are you quoting Clive James or Bill Bryson?
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Billy Connolly when he was funny, why?
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I bought Trainspotting to take with me on a school trip to London when I was 13, my mum confiscated it because I think she thought it would turn me into a junkie. So I just taped the film off the telly instead and watched it a hundred times.
And I've still never touched anything more illegal than a Baileys. (Apart from maybe that one wee sneaky puff of the wacky baccy on Planet Dave that made me feel ill :oops: )
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Moving swiftly on from that overly-sweet concoction that is Baileys...

Those currently classed as worthy authors at corporate HQ include: Umberto Eco, Gene Wolfe, Neil Gaiman (sometimes), William Gibson, Peter Ackroyd, Philip K Dick, Neal Stephenson, Charles Bukowski, Jeff Noon, J G Ballard, Haruki Murakami, and emerging newcomer China Miéville.
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Erudite wrote:Michael Moorcock
now that I think about it, I've probably read more MM books than any other single author, he was aligned with Hawkwind so you can see my attraction - best MM book: I'd go for Warlord of the Air, gave it to some gimp I was at art school with and he never returned it, khunt! and it had a really keen Patrick Woodroffe sleeve which I've never seen reproduced :|

bitter, me!? :evil:
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lazarus corporation wrote:Moving swiftly on from that overly-sweet concoction that is Baileys...

Those currently classed as worthy authors at corporate HQ include: Umberto Eco, Gene Wolfe, Neil Gaiman (sometimes), William Gibson, Peter Ackroyd, Philip K Dick, Neal Stephenson, Charles Bukowski, Jeff Noon, J G Ballard, Haruki Murakami, and emerging newcomer China Miéville.
Oh yes, I really loved to read Bukowski - and Genet ... but also Rimbaud,
Artaud, Adorno, Celan, Nietzsche, Yukio Mishima, Stanislav Lem, Alice Miller, Agatha Christie and plenty more ...

However, I hardly ever take the time to read at the moment ... Derrida has been my last finding ... wonderful ...
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@Mr Blast -was that cover vaguely Frazetta-ish? I've a lot of books and it sounds familiar.I'd have to dig it out but if it's the one you're talking about I'd be happy to send it along.
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thanks Nadia the one I had showed large bizarre airship in a bright blue sky with a young chap gazing at it from behind some rock or rubble
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James Blast wrote:thanks Nadia the one I had showed large bizarre airship in a bright blue sky with a young chap gazing at it from behind some rock or rubble
this one?

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