8pints Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 (edited) Bret's (Probably) Heart > Bret Hart > Bret Harte Edited September 10, 2013 by 8pints Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 10, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted September 10, 2013 Bret Hart > Bret Harte Anything >>> ****ing wrestling. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Bret Hart > Bret Harte Anything >>> ****ing wrestling. Now I see why you've been the EWR Champion so often. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 He's only saying that because GarethRDR wiped the floor with him and posed with his belt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 10, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted September 10, 2013 Don't even know what EWR is (although I assume the "W" stands for "wrestling"). **** joke excuse for a "sport". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Don't even know what EWR is (although I assume the "W" stands for "wrestling"). **** joke excuse for a "sport". That's American Football you're thinking of. The only reason you don't like it is because you don't understand it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikantcpell Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Another good read Have you read this... A fascinating story of incarceration during the Holocaust. No i havent..but i will now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Just started 'ready player one'. I have to say I'm not impressed at all so far. The protagonist seems like a whiny brat who it seems we are expected to have sympathy for because everybody else in his world is completely awful for no discernable reason other than to garner sympathy for him. Then there are the endless references to 80s culture. Is this just a cheap way of scoring brownie points with the target audience? I was born in the (late) 70s so I grew up in the 80s. Yes I like Star Wars, Pac Man, Pitfall and the Atari 2600. I don't need to see an endless list of these things mentioned by name to set up a believable world, I'd much prefer characters with a bit of depth and clear motivations populating it instead. Maybe I need to give it more of a chance before I dismiss it as shit, I'm only three chapters in, but for such a well reviewed book which should really be right up my street I'm surprised I've had such an initial negative reaction to it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 It's shite. All it did was remind me how much much I like Monty Python. I'm reading, well rereading, 'At Swim-Two Birds'. It's **** mad, and absolutely hilarious, with possibly the greatest two lines in literature: "There is nothing so important as the legs in determining the kangaroolity of a woman. Is there for example fur on your wife's legs, Sir?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PompeyVillan Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Stalingrad by Antony Beevor, an interesting read about the battle of Stalingrad, which arguably was a tipping point for the allies in the second world war. Written in a narrative style, it's engaging for a casual reader such as myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 (edited) I don't think there is any debate about it, is there? Stalingrad is what broke the Nazi war machine. The West like to think they won the war with D-Day, but Russia were the ones who defeated Germany. Nobody knows the exact figures, but Germany suffered about as many casualties in that one battle as the combined total of the UK and USA lost during the entire war. Edited September 27, 2013 by The_Rev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skarroki Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 not sure if i'm allowed to do this so if it needs to be removed then mods can do so Can't speak for the mods, obviously, but I can't see why you shouldn't give your old man's book a plug! Sounds like an interesting read, Oliver. I guess you're not Annabel. p.s. On my reading habits, I had an hour or two spare the other week and reread Zadig. p.p.s. It was a translation - ref. discussions below. I only ever read Candide in the french (Obviously a much later edition of Voltaire's original so that may actually be as far from that original as a translation?). never saw this so didnt respond sorry, yeah i am Olly and when you knew my name i freaked out thought you knew him haha, im guessing you read his about me page? The book is also on iBooks now and he's looking to get it featured and reveiwed in an upcoming issue on the National Geographic, obviously its a niche genre but i'm pleased for what he's managed to acheive with it already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skarroki Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 not sure if i'm allowed to do this so if it needs to be removed then mods can do so my dad has just released his first book on amazon, it's a non-fictional book exploring the idea that earthquakes and earth tremors are intrinsically linked with human riots and differing behaviour on a mass level. i think it's a pretty out there idea but it's a very well written and thoroughly researched book so if this sort of thing interests any of you then have a quick look at the link if you have time and see what you think http://www.amazon.co.uk/Alan-Watson/e/B00E46T98U/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0 Does your dad write about the moon in his book? I reckon the moon has a lot to answer for. he's got a lot of theories about the moon and it's links as well but i think this mainly focuses on the time span between significant riots and significant earth tremors, it does make a lot of sense to me after reading a lot of it but its a very far out idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 1, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted October 1, 2013 To save me a read - do the riots cause the earthquakes, or vice versa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 To save me a read - do the riots cause the earthquakes, or vice versa? No the ninja vampire zombie nurses do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturdaygig Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 It's shite. All it did was remind me how much much I like Monty Python. I'm reading, well rereading, 'At Swim-Two Birds'. It's **** mad, and absolutely hilarious, with possibly the greatest two lines in literature: "There is nothing so important as the legs in determining the kangaroolity of a woman. Is there for example fur on your wife's legs, Sir?" As it happens, I'm on that at the moment too. Fairly unlikely, given its relative obscurity. Kelly then made a low noise and opened his mouth, and covered the small man from shoulder to knee with a coating of unpleasant buff coloured puke. I rather like the implication that some puke is neither unpleasant nor buff coloured. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 It is endlessly quotable. Also, don't forget, a pint of plain is your only man. I need a new book. Thinking of the new Pynchon but I'm not sure. Heard good things about both 'Stoner' and 'Under the Volcano'. Frankly, there are too many books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 2, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted October 2, 2013 It is endlessly quotable. Also, don't forget, a pint of plain is your only man. I need a new book. Thinking of the new Pynchon but I'm not sure. Heard good things about both 'Stoner' and 'Under the Volcano'. Frankly, there are too many books. I'm very wary about the new Pynchon after "Inherent Vice", which was, frankly, crap. I gave up before the end, which is rare for me. And I speak as a huge fan of much of his work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 One of my main mottoes in life is that I always finish a book regardless of how boring or long-winded it is. I've struggled many times and I've got a 100% record but this Spies and Commissars book is really bloody long and extremely dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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