what book you reading at the moment? (incl poll)

[El Guapo]

Just finished "After the Revolution", a novel by Robert Evans.

People on here were talking about his podcast where Robert Evans a journo from cracked.com imagines a post second civil war US.

I tried the pod and it was good so I gave his book a spin.Its set in 2070 and the USA has splintered into a bunch of warring countries and city states.

It was alright. A total romp, he's definitely a good storyteller, the pod really was good, but he's just not a great writer. It felt like a book for reluctant readers. The kind of thing a much younger version of me would enjoy more along with "Shantarum", "Mr Nice" and that movie "Human Traffic"

it's more Sci fi than I was expecting or signed up for. Very derivative too. Blatant knock off off of A handmaid's tale and mad max.

I'm shitting on it a bit but it was a grand read really just the writing wasn't great. you can see why he was a journo for cracked and not the New York Times

Most of the.amazon reviews said it was a great audiobook and I'd believe it. Less time to mull on the shitty similes then.

 

[Matlock]

Just finished "After the Revolution", a novel by Robert Evans.

People on here were talking about his podcast where Robert Evans a journo from cracked.com imagines a post second civil war US.

I tried the pod and it was good so I gave his book a spin.Its set in 2070 and the USA has splintered into a bunch of warring countries and city states.

It was alright. A total romp, he's definitely a good storyteller, the pod really was good, but he's just not a great writer. It felt like a book for reluctant readers. The kind of thing a much younger version of me would enjoy more along with "Shantarum", "Mr Nice" and that movie "Human Traffic"

it's more Sci fi than I was expecting or signed up for. Very derivative too. Blatant knock off off of A handmaid's tale and mad max.

I'm shitting on it a bit but it was a grand read really just the writing wasn't great. you can see why he was a journo for cracked and not the New York Times

Most of the.amazon reviews said it was a great audiobook and I'd believe it. Less time to mull on the shitty similes then.

I'd agree. I think he is a better storyteller than a journalist.

 

[The Shakey Fridge]

A rumour of War by Philip Caputo.


Excellent memoir of his experiences in the Marines during the first years of the Vietnam war.

Published in 1977 it was cearly very influential on the string of nam movies in the 80s.

 

[Blue Jasmin]

As a record of a life in Cork in the early 20th century and the people and artists of his vocation, Seamus Murphy's "Stone Mad" is unparalleled.
I'd never heard of him, until in first year in secondary school, we were studying the Sean O'Riordain poem, "Colm", which our teacher, Mr. Quirke, from Fermoy, told us was about Seamus Murphy's youngest son, Colm.
Mr Quirke went on to talk about Murphy, the great artist that he was, the life he had led and a wonderful book he had written, called "Stone Mad". I forgot all about the book until, years later, I saw it on sale in that old bookshop that used to be on the corner of South Main Street and Hanover Street and bought it.

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Per the article (which is decent), "Stone Mad" is getting republished this month.

https://archive.is/NjeHX

Really interesting radio segment linked below on Seamus Murphy, featuring himself talking. Eric Cross has a very funny piece about Murphy's studio in Blackpool which was recorded back in the 70s when Cross used to contribute to Sunday Miscellany, also on RTE.

Murphy comes across as highly articulate here and down to earth here.

Bowman: Sunday: 8.30 Sunday 20 April 2025

John Bowman's weekly archive programme

www.rte.ie

 

[Great-Bit-O-Stuff]

Wanking for Fannies, part one

 

[Great-Bit-O-Stuff]

Does anyone know where I can get the Rider Waite tarot deck in bookstores?

 

[El Guapo]

Just finished "The Hotel Avocado" by Bob Mortimer.

It was shite.

it's a follow up to another one he did called the Satsuma Complex which I enjoyed and was really successful so he tried to run it back.

Same characters but the plot was a mess, fucking nonsense. He nearly gets away with it because his absurdist observations on life are peppered in there And they are funny.

I loved his podcast Athletico mince, its proper laughing till tea comes out your nose stuff and some of that Is in there, I enjoyed the satsuma complex as it had the same but with a plot.

but for this book, if it wasn't written by Bob Mortimer it does not get published. not in a million years.

 

[Chara021]

Reading the ' Trial of Lotta Rae ' by Siobhan MacGowan ( who incidentally is the sister of Shane MacGowan).

Story of a girl in the very early 1900's who was attacked by a wealthy gentleman. Trial ensues , courtroom drama etc. Read more or less half the nearly 400 page book in one sitting. Compelling read. So far 9/10.

 

[Crisp Sandwich]

Just finished "The Hotel Avocado" by Bob Mortimer.

It was shite.

it's a follow up to another one he did called the Satsuma Complex which I enjoyed and was really successful so he tried to run it back.

Same characters but the plot was a mess, fucking nonsense. He nearly gets away with it because his absurdist observations on life are peppered in there And they are funny.

I loved his podcast Athletico mince, its proper laughing till tea comes out your nose stuff and some of that Is in there, I enjoyed the satsuma complex as it had the same but with a plot.

but for this book, if it wasn't written by Bob Mortimer it does not get published. not in a million years.

Nice one. I was on the fence about ordering this earlier.

I read and enjoyed the first book, it was a nice gentle read - and Mortimer's autobiography (audiobook version) is a laugh. I think Bob is comedy genius but I couldn't imagine the story of Gary stretching much further though.

 

[Stromovka]

Does anyone know where I can get the Rider Waite tarot deck in bookstores?

Vibes and Scribes on Lavitt's Quay?? Maybe even the Funky Skunk if it's still open?