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[froopy seal]

Originally Posted by stimpee

Just finally read Douglas Adams - Salmon Of Doubt - which was excellent and well worth it, not for the 11 chapters of the 3rd Dirk Gently novel but mostly for the other articles, interviews and speeches that he did which are either funny or very wise indeed.

True, there are some wise, hearty, and of course funny gems in there.

Did you read Last Chance to See? I cannot recommend it highly enough. It's one of my all-time favorite books; funny, sad, and witty throughout. Definitely belongs to the essential Adams, imo.

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charlie brooker's 'screen burn' a little outdated, but the funniest thing i've ever come across. i was giggling constantly on the train this morning.

unfortunately the three were hell-bent on turning the entire show into an extended commercial for Planet Hollywood, their newly-founded chain of mediocre dunce troughs

has a face like a freeze-frame snap of a frog's head exploding

[mc boy]

ilja stogoff - dead can dance. he borrows name of the book from australian band. book is about stogoff`s travelling in intent to find timeless and untouched ancient parts of our world.

[GforGroove]

Omon Ra by Victor Pelevin. so so incredible = space, astronauts, russian communism a la catcher in the rye.

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

Just finished "Beat the Reaper", CAN'T WAIT FOR MOVIE!!!!

And, it's ALL true, even the plot!

[Strangelet]

Finished Tom Hodgkinson's How To Be Idle. What struck me most is not handbook side of the book, but the manifesto side. I've not once come across a more reasoned and solid argument for anarchy as a viable political system of thought.

Can't say I'm much changed by the book, but I do feel more in context. I am an idler.

Must read for any punk music scenesters.

http://idler.co.uk/

[Deckard]

Originally Posted by //\/\/

charlie brooker's 'screen burn' a little outdated, but the funniest thing i've ever come across. i was giggling constantly on the train this morning.

That one's on my every-growing wish list.

(I trust you've been catching Newswipe on BBC4/iPlayer?)

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

Originally Posted by //\/\/

... i was giggling constantly on the train this morning.

POT-HEAD!!!!

[grady]

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz.

[Strangelet]

Neil gaiman: the cemetery book

As in the jungle book but instead of lions and tigers and bears (oh fucking my) there are ghoulies and ghosties. Not as good as neverwhere but a damn sight better than stardust