am going through a rereading phase at the moment, recently reread two graham swift books, and am on my second jon mcgregor reread, so many ways to begin. highly, highly recommended.
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i finished "lean on pete" by willy vlautin today. a story about a teenager who after him and his father move to portland, he get's a job working at the horse track Portland Meadows (as described in the book "it's pro but barely just"). He then set out to find his aunt, Margy with one of his trainers horses, Lean on Pete. (this is described on the cover)
It's about the need to belong, the need for someone to be there for you. Overall, a tale of deprivation. Enjoy would not be the word as at times it does get depressing but overall a very good book.
excellent. excellent excellent excellent. so many brilliant ideas. the only Dick book i'd attempted before was The Man In The High Castle and i didn't like it much but this is fantastic. the idea of the animals as status sounds silly when you haven't read the book but is such a brilliant idea
as a matter of fact yeah i thought some of the dialogue and characters were weak, but the concept more than made up for it.I've read some of his stuff and yes he has great ideas. But also some hare-brained ones. And these concepts are generally surrounded by stock characters and bad dialogue. You find this with Do Androids at all? Also this would be the rarest of rare occasions where I'd be worried that the book might spoil the film in my head as opposed to the other way around.
i read it recently, and there was one particular plot twist which broke any suspension of disbelief i had.
great ideas, though, but needed tighter editing.
Started Retromania by Simon Reynolds.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/may/29/retromania-simon-reynolds-review
the less said about the plot of this book the better. i can however say that it is pretty fucking ace
I'm finding it a slog. I think it might be a load of cobblers.
it's sci-fi/horror so maybe not to everyone's tastes. just thought i'd let you knowI might pick that up so.
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