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Post by dogless on Mar 25, 2020 19:35:05 GMT
I'm just finishing 'The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists' by Robert Tressell ... read an abridged version as a teen, but now completing the full book. An excellent and thought provoking read and highly recommended. I'll no doubt pick up some trashy novel next, but anyone got any recommendations ? (Of course I understand I may have to add suggestions to a book list rather than pop out right away  ) Rog |
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Post by Mr Stabby on Mar 25, 2020 19:51:19 GMT
I read "The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists" in my teens, my Dad who was an ardent Communist bought it for me as a birthday present when I was probably 15. I enjoyed reading it. It's actually based in Hastings.
"Down and Out in Paris and London" by George Orwell is in a very similar vein, describing the miserable lot of the working man and of the tramping life Orwell immersed himself in when he was researching it in the 1930s.
No boats were stolen in the story (although there is some violence towards women) but if you can live without that I'm sure you would enjoy it- it is Orwell's best work by a country mile in my opinion, far superior to Animal Farm or 1984- copies can be picked up for a couple of quid on ebay etc.
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Post by perkwunos on Mar 25, 2020 19:58:40 GMT
I am currently reading "Crisis" by Frank Gardner (BBC security correspondent) the plot of which has similarities to our current crisis.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Mar 25, 2020 19:59:11 GMT
Or of course, there's always this...  |
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Post by dogless on Mar 25, 2020 20:18:59 GMT
I have 'Down and Out ...' on my bookcase to be read ... Animal Farm was only ever a lightweight, but excellent read. I was just checking if talking shite was a virus sympton Mr Stabby ... seems not ... it must just be a gift Rog |
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Post by Mr Stabby on Mar 25, 2020 20:23:14 GMT
I was just checking if talking shite was a virus sympton Mr Stabby ... seems not ... it must just be a gift "No good deed goes unpunished" "The gift that keeps on giving".  |
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Post by lollygagger on Mar 25, 2020 20:23:22 GMT
Sir Terry Pratchet Disc world novels, start with the first and read them all for many a wry chuckle.
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Post by dogless on Mar 25, 2020 20:26:47 GMT
Great shout ... but got the t shirt Thanks anyway. Rog |
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Post by JohnV on Mar 25, 2020 20:47:30 GMT
Sir Terry Pratchet Disc world novels, start with the first and read them all for many a wry chuckle. although generally a SF fan, I never really got on with Terry Pratchet novels (although I did enjoy watching the colour of magic with David Jason) |
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Post by lollygagger on Mar 25, 2020 20:54:09 GMT
Sir Terry Pratchet Disc world novels, start with the first and read them all for many a wry chuckle. although generally a SF fan, I never really got on with Terry Pratchet novels (although I did enjoy watching the colour of magic with David Jason) It's not science fiction, it's social comment from a perspective that allows us all to chuckle at ourselves and our topsy turvy values. It's a bit of fun. |
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Post by Martin on Mar 25, 2020 20:59:26 GMT
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Post by dogless on Mar 25, 2020 20:59:37 GMT
I particularly love the tales from the Watch ... Vimes and his happy band Rog |
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Post by JohnV on Mar 25, 2020 21:00:07 GMT
although generally a SF fan, I never really got on with Terry Pratchet novels (although I did enjoy watching the colour of magic with David Jason) It's not science fiction, it's social comment from a perspective that allows us all to chuckle at ourselves and our topsy turvy values. It's a bit of fun. well .... whatever the genre is , I just never could get into the books I tried |
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Post by Martin on Mar 25, 2020 21:04:20 GMT
It's not science fiction, it's social comment from a perspective that allows us all to chuckle at ourselves and our topsy turvy values. It's a bit of fun. well .... whatever the genre is , I just never could get into the books I tried A funny thing about Pratchett's novels that hardly anyone seems to notice...no chapters... |
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Post by JohnV on Mar 25, 2020 21:06:10 GMT
Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths (I quite enjoyed all of the Ruth Galloway series of her novels but the first one (Crossing Places) was definitely the best)
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