Tubby Beaver 209 Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Yeah peter Hook is a real Tw@t....it comes across very easily in the way he writes. The book itself is good, but I wasn't really interested in the early stuff before House music took over. Could probably cut the first 6 or 7 chapters and start at 1987 for me! Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Tony Blair book. Don't worry, I didn't give him my money Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Originally Posted By: Tubby Beaver Yeah peter Hook is a real Tw@t....it comes across very easily in the way he writes. The book itself is good, but I wasn't really interested in the early stuff before House music took over. Could probably cut the first 6 or 7 chapters and start at 1987 for me! Interesting story though hey. Did you experience the Hacienda yourself, TB? Link to post Share on other sites
Mintyjulep 0 Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 I'm reading Gaijan now by James Clavell - quite enjoying it. Some characters have just died! I lost my first copy in the Feb 22nd quake - some builder at the hospital has it now, along with my two favourite national geographics! but mum bought me a new copy, yay, along with a copy of his childrens book (I know, wtf) called Thrump-o-moto! (He's a wizard ) I've been thinking - so Clavell was held in Changi (his book king rat is based on his experiences I believe, haven't read that one yet) So do you think he wrote his Asian saga because he desired to know his enemy (something commented on pretty frequently in all of his books it seems) as so many WWII veterans still consider Japanese to be their enemy - or did he write it because he admired his captors? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 No Pie, too young for the Hac I'm afraid. Take it you had some quality nights raving away in there? Would love to have been to the Stone Roses gig or a mad night of Acid House.....ACIIIIIIIIIID!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Minty, King Rat is pretty good BUT his best ones in my opinion are Shogun and Tai-Pan. Link to post Share on other sites
Mintyjulep 0 Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Originally Posted By: Tubby Beaver Minty, King Rat is pretty good BUT his best ones in my opinion are Shogun and Tai-Pan. I agree, though my ranking is more like Noble house - Shogun - Tai-pan haven't read whirlwind either - but judging by the number of copies available it wasn't that good. Is it about the noble house trying to cash in on arab oil during the gulf war or something? Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Never read any of those, must give them a go. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 yeah I've read Whirlwind as well, not as good as the others. AFAIR its set during the late 70's when the Shah gets the heave ho.....I read it a long time ago so it may just be my memory talking codswallop Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Codswallop. Good word that. (Sorry, off topic!) Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 finished "The Looming Tower" last week. great read. now on "the grand design" by messeurs hawkins and mlodinov. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 Originally Posted By: grungy-gonads Codswallop. Good word that. (Sorry, off topic!) haha...yeah....sadly not used enough nowadays! Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 Originally Posted By: RobBright finished "The Looming Tower" last week. great read. I'm reading that now, it is good. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 The last 3 chapters are tough going. Link to post Share on other sites
snowbender 3 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything My memory is generally poor, so I thought I'd give it a read. Not finished yet but I can't remember some of the points. Link to post Share on other sites
joshnii 2 Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 I'm reading a manual on how to use photoshop. It has kind of lost me already but I'm keen. It doesn't use the word dummy in the title, but I think it should! Link to post Share on other sites
masher of moguls 0 Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 If I buy a book from amazon kindle on ipad or a smartphone, can I download it on more than one device? Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Not sure what the rules are but I have bought 20+ books from amazon/kindle. Each one I have downloaded to my ipad, galaxy tab and phone as well. So that is 3 devices. I read somewhere that you could download to 4 (or 5?) devices at any one time. But I am not sure about that. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 I think it is 4 or 5 gg, but might actually vary. Having said that, there's no mention of that on the kindle pages of amazon which is a bit naughty I think. Link to post Share on other sites
Mintyjulep 0 Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 OMG! Reading FRENZY! I'm about to start my fifth Raymond E. Feist book in 10 days. They're just vanishing, how is this happening? It could be one per day if I didn't make myself do other stuff. Honestly, compared to all my clavells recently this is a bit scary fast. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 is it in-built into the file, so that it somehow knows you've downloaded it 5 times then doesn't allow you to download again, or is it dependent on the morals of the user? Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 I imagine it is server based rather than in the file. Whatever it is, it simply does not let you download it onto more than the limit number of devices.... you get a message telling you that you have reached the limit and can't download it to any more. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Right, and each device needs to be tied to the same account. Link to post Share on other sites
cal 6 Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Shockwave, countdown to Hiroshima was a really interesting read. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Re-reading The Walking Dead comics. Some fantastic artwork in those thingies. Link to post Share on other sites
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