currently reading?

[froopy seal]

Tad Williams - Otherland, Volume Two: River of Blue Fire.

The first part (City of Golden Shadow) had its lengths. Part two starts off very energetic. I agree with the critics that the characters are well-drawn. Also, I like the casual way of introducing/mentioning technologies and science - short and comprehensible, neither self-indulgent nor arrogant.

[Caprice]

The Art of Happiness

[ceramic'cow]

Originally Posted by ceramic'cow

Hmmm. I've sort of got Ancestor's Tale on the go as well. I've got some scientific background, and I think it does get a bit heavy going at times. But I'm never sure if that's just Dawkins' writing style. I raced through God Delusion, but get him on to genetics and I find him harder going.

I'm going to have to make a bit of a U-Turn here. I've dived back into Ancestor's Tale and I'm racing through it now. I think it was all the early-human stuff that I got bogged down in. Australopithecus this, proto-hominid that Sahelanthropus the other . . .


But since then, it's been really good. I'm still on mammals, which is kind of my area, I guess, but it's definitely been much easier going once out of the Human evolution stuff.

[Deckard]

^^ That's good to know.

If my memory serves, I'm sure Adam (does he still frequent these boards?) had good things to say about it as well.

[stimpee]

Originally Posted by grady

Did the thread fall victim to spam?

no its fallen victim to Yan not uploading the rest of the old forum posts.

[grady]

Originally Posted by stimpee

no its fallen victim to Yan not uploading the rest of the old forum posts.

ok, it's good to know they still exist in some form.

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

Originally Posted by stimpee

no its fallen victim to Yan not uploading the rest of the old forum posts.

OK, get off Yan. He's busy. j/k

Yep. Need to view again though. I'm kinda slow with movies.

[grady]

Originally Posted by jOHN rODRIGUEZ

OK, get off Yan. He's busy. j/k

Yep. Need to view again though. I'm kinda slow with movies.

It was a pretty great film. Having never seen it I was confused and attracted to it. The first showing I went to Saturday evening, four people walked out about an hour in. Sunday afternoon for my second viewing two people walked out.

It's such a strange and compelling film, but not for everyone.

The BFI book, though short has been enlightening with a large amount of production anecdotes and information, but has been a bit unsatisfying as far as the criticism and interpretation of the film goes.

[BeautifulBurnout]

I like my crime thrillers, and I accidentally stumbled upon The Take by Graham Hurley in a charity shop one lunchtime when I had time to kill last week. I hadn't come across him before as an author. His writing style is not extraordinary, but he knows how to tell a good story that will keep you turning the pages, if you enjoy police procedurals in an Ian Rankin (Rebus) or Reginald Hill (Morse) style.

[Rog]

The making of 'Unknown pleasures' by jake somebodyorother - about the making of Joy Divisions first album........its ok