Question What are you reading?

[MK Shrimper]

About a 150 pages into the Boss's autobiography.It's an informative,honest and interesting read.

Phil Brown?

 

[Bearded Shrimper]

I've just finished The Man In The High Castle. now I find myself wondered what the hell that was all about.

something something Allies lost WW2, something something America split between Nazi and Japanese, something something Japanese spirituality in America, something something eh?.

and that, ladies and gentlemen, is why i'm not a literary critic

 

[RHB]

I've just finished The Man In The High Castle. now I find myself wondered what the hell that was all about.

something something Allies lost WW2, something something America split between Nazi and Japanese, something something Japanese spirituality in America, something something eh?.


and that, ladies and gentlemen, is why i'm not a literary critic

You can watch season one of the Man in the High Castle on Netflix if you have access. As it was made for American audiences it's quite easy to follow. Probably nothing like the book though.


Later - Cancel that, I can't find the thing on there.

 

[MK Shrimper]

You can watch season one of the Man in the High Castle on Netflix if you have access. As it was made for American audiences it's quite easy to follow. Probably nothing like the book though.


Later - Cancel that, I can't find the thing on there.

Amazon Prime I think.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Phil Brown?

Nah! Springsteen's Born to Run,autobiography..Don't think PB's going anywhere,soon.:smiles:

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Just finished Jason Sinclair and John rain's The Little Red Book of Corbyn Jokes.

Not much cop really.Apart from the joke below.:smiles:

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Just started Chris Mullin's excellent Hinterland.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Just started Lynsey Hanley's Respectable:The Experience of Class.

Interesting.

 

[Bearded Shrimper]

after The Man In The High Castle i read George Orwell's The Lion And The Unicorn. Some really good stuff in there but some of it is dated and very much of his time.

there is some good stuff though and some of the stuff about England I found stirring some patriotic feelings in me (not difficult) but Orwell does come across as a bit of a nob in his writing style.




Now reading Helen Dunmore's book The Lie. meh so far but only 70 pages in

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

after The Man In The High Castle i read George Orwell's The Lion And The Unicorn. Some really good stuff in there but some of it is dated and very much of his time.

there is some good stuff though and some of the stuff about England I found stirring some patriotic feelings in me (not difficult) but Orwell does come across as a bit of a nob in his writing style.




Now reading Helen Dunmore's book The Lie. meh so far but only 70 pages in

Nonsense.Orwell was a wonderful writer.

 

[Bearded Shrimper]

Nonsense.Orwell was a wonderful writer.

you prove my point so eloquently

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Citizen Clem.John Bew's massive biography of Attlee.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Nonsense.Orwell was a wonderful writer.

you prove my point so eloquently

A not unblack dog was chasing a not unsmall rabbit across a not ungreen field. An example of unnecessarily redundant and obfuscating language, from a man who studied such usage.

Perhaps this could be termed Orwell's dog. In a footnote to his classic essay, “Politics and the English Language,” George Orwell notes that, “One can cure oneself of the not un- formation by memorizing this sentence.”reference 1





1. Orwell, George. 1946. Politics and the English Language. In In Front of Your Nose, 1945-1950, edited by I. S. O. Angus. Boston: David R Godine

 

[LCBB72]

The Cockleshell Heroes , by Quentin Rees a great read .

 

[Bearded Shrimper]

given the recent political events i'm re-reading Road To Wigan Pier. **** being down a mine.

 

[ESG]

The Nowhere men by Michael Calvin. What goes on in the weird world of football scouting.

Wordy and Freddy both get mentioned as does Bob Shaw. Still non the wiser about the later though:thumbdown:
Jack Buckland's nightmare for Cheltenham also covered along with a plug for The fish house.
Oh and old Buzz is now head scout in Spain for Manchester City

 

[Ricey]

The Nowhere men by Michael Calvin. What goes on in the weird world of football scouting.

Wordy and Freddy both get mentioned as does Bob Shaw. Still non the wiser about the later though:thumbdown:
Jack Buckland's nightmare for Cheltenham also covered along with a plug for The fish house.
Oh and old Buzz is now head scout in Spain for Manchester City

Just finished this book and thoroughly enjoyed it. It really does highlight how poorly paid and treated scouts are. When they're the ones spotting the gems who make clubs millions it's the agents who get better deals than the scouts.

Lots of Southend United mentions in there as mentioned above and some mentions of ex Shrimpers.

If you haven't read this already get it on your Christmas list.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Lynsey Hanley's excellent Estates.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Just started J.D-Vance's wonderful Hillbilly Elegy.

 

[Bearded Shrimper]

I'm on my way through the first Foundation book by Asimov on the recommendation of a mate of mine