Recently started to read High Fidelity from Nick Hornby.
So far it's turning out to be a really great read! I'm not surprised of course, since he's a great writer and it's a great film, but this book is really turning out to be much better than the film!
(06-27-2012 07:44 AM)Ga2sert Wrote: [ -> ] (06-27-2012 07:38 AM)Beardy Wrote: [ -> ]Anyone fancy posting me a copy for free? Ahem.
Like this: http://www.autistici.org/2000-maniax/tex...castle.pdf ?
Aha! Excellent stuff, ta muchly. I'll pop it on my Kindle.
Also, I've read some Nick Hornby, but only a couple, High Fidelity being one of them. What are his other books like, are they up to that standard?
About a Boy was "not bad", but really not that great if you're not so into your proper novels. It's quite similar in a sense to how High Fidelity is adapted to film, as this is to its film of the same title too.
He reuses a lot of themes and character types throughout his various books, but he hasn't written much. It's a bit of a shame.
Then there's only one thing to do. We track down Nick Hornby and force him to write some more.
read "The Beach" again recently, brilliant. don't know how they got the movie so wrong.
Anything by Terry Brooks, Piers Anthony, Terry Pratchet and Brian Jacques.
Also, H.P. Lovecraft and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Terry Pratchet is really incredibly awesome.
also Dan Abnetts Gaunts Ghosts novels. just keep getting better with each new book , i dont know how he does it.