SA Footy

Score April 2008 issue.

Strawb07 wrote:Score April 2008 issue.

UK or American version?
Camille Morgan is my fave this month.


'Cream - How Eric Clapton took the World by Storm' - Dave Thompson

Just finished a bio on Lee Harvey Oswald.

Now reading (again) Still Suitable for Mines - a Billy Bragg bio.

The Rough Guide to Heavy Metal

The Rise and Rise of Kerry Packer - Uncut...

by Paul Barry.

The "What are you reading now?" thread on safooty.net

"And Another Thing...The World According to Clarkson VOLUME 2"
by Jeremy Clarkson

Just finished Lifting The Veil, on Iran after the Revolution.

Now reading Bryson's Down Under.

Dogwatcher wrote:Just finished Lifting The Veil, on Iran after the Revolution.

Now reading Bryson's Down Under.

Haven't seen this thread for a while. Not a bad one to bump.

Read Down Under yonks ago, didn't think much of it. Spent too much time getting between the main towns and doing bugger-all when he got to each one. Very much a waste, given the treatment he could have given our capital cities with his sense of humour. Neither Here Nor There was better Bryson; he actually did interesting stuff in the places he visited. (That was Europe, BTW)

Currently on Neil Gaiman's "Smoke and Mirrors" myself. A collection of short stories, passed on to me from a bloke at work. Better than expected thus far.

Pseudo wrote:Just finished "The Comedians" by Graham Greene. The story of a white man in 1960s Haiti watching the country slip into ruin. Now I understand why the Haitian national dish is dirt cakes.

Am also nearing the end of a Game Theory textbook. It is written from a social science perspective, so the theory is used to form analogies with social behaviour, which is interesting. Unfortunately I've found about 7 errors in the mathematics presented in the book, which is annoying.

Next book is likely to be an Ian Rankin title, i.e. Inspector Rebus.

Game theory eeerghh! I thought it would be fun i.e. talking about Double Dragon. It wasn't. Dealt with it a bit in contract theory. For example why people should/shouldn't behave in long term contracts, prisoner's dilemma. It all sucks balls, assumes people act rationally for their own self interest.

The Six Sacred Stones by Matthew Reilly.
Read the first one recently and loved it.
This one is just as good so far.

Pseudo wrote: Read Down Under yonks ago, didn't think much of it. Spent too much time getting between the main towns and doing bugger-all when he got to each one. Very much a waste, given the treatment he could have given our capital cities with his sense of humour. Neither Here Nor There was better Bryson; he actually did interesting stuff in the places he visited. (That was Europe, BTW)

I totally agree on that. His visit to Adelaide was very disappointing - in terms of how little he actually wrote about it.

I'm reading the part where he's in Kellyland, Victoria.

The Spanish Inquistion
Some Jackie Collins shit LOL
Murder in Mind

always read about three things at the same time (you know what I mean).

regards,

REB

Timebends by Arthur Miller.

Wake in fright.

Again.

Cross Country - James Patterson

The Godson by Robert G Barrett top aussie author.
Recently Read
The Last Juror
A Time to Kill
The Rainmaker
The Broker
Runaway Jury
The Chamber
The Summons

Chuck Norris wrote:The Six Sacred Stones by Matthew Reilly.
Read the first one recently and loved it.
This one is just as good so far.

I was reading that and enjoying it until I got to page 326, it then jumped to about page 380, missing 60 odd pages
contacted the publisher and received a new copy the other day, now need to finish it

Now: All Out - The Ashes 2006/07, Gideon Haigh.

A superlative writer.

The Draft by Emma Quayle