The Big Read - Your Recommendation for PHers?
Discussion
So we've had tha British Broadly Company toting around this idea of the "Best Books".
Personally it's spurred me to look out for a few books, "Catcher in the Rye", "Rebecca", Pullman's books which I might like to read. Meanwhile it's impossible for me to say whether any one of "HitchHiker", "Mockingbird" or "Catch-22" is "better".
But what would you recommend for the PHers shortlist?
Would you include "The Highway Code" or "Roadcraft"?
Should the list have Clarkson?
Or would you go for "On the Road" or "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"?
What books should a PHer consider when torn away from driving or gassing?
Personally it's spurred me to look out for a few books, "Catcher in the Rye", "Rebecca", Pullman's books which I might like to read. Meanwhile it's impossible for me to say whether any one of "HitchHiker", "Mockingbird" or "Catch-22" is "better".
But what would you recommend for the PHers shortlist?
Would you include "The Highway Code" or "Roadcraft"?
Should the list have Clarkson?
Or would you go for "On the Road" or "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"?
What books should a PHer consider when torn away from driving or gassing?
rich 36 said:
Do'nt know the author, 'the dice man'
Luke Rhinehart?
I don't know much about this one, is it a good read?
Like the Alexei Sayle idea too!
(Keep 'em coming, I might be lucky enough to be taken on holiday to a tropical island next month and will want some really good stuff for the plane)
Here are other books I have enjoyed:
"Propellerhead" by Antony Woodward.
Its about a bloke who learns to fly a microlight, going shares with some mates to buy an aircraft and fly it around the english countryside, while also chasing a girl in the office he fancies.
Its bit like Jeremy Clarkson and Nick Hornby combined. Funny book..
Best of all though is "First Light" by Geoffrey Wellum. This is the best book I have read in years.
Its a real description of what it was like to fly Spitfires against the Germans in the battle of Britain, written by the pilot himself. What makes it special, is that is much more than the usual "tally ho" stuff, as it gives you an idea what those guys
(still very young) were actually like. Its funny, exciting, scary and humble.
I guarantee that it will impress. Makes you want to meet the man, shake his hand, and say thanks.
>> Edited by toppstuff on Monday 17th November 14:16
"Propellerhead" by Antony Woodward.
Its about a bloke who learns to fly a microlight, going shares with some mates to buy an aircraft and fly it around the english countryside, while also chasing a girl in the office he fancies.
Its bit like Jeremy Clarkson and Nick Hornby combined. Funny book..
Best of all though is "First Light" by Geoffrey Wellum. This is the best book I have read in years.
Its a real description of what it was like to fly Spitfires against the Germans in the battle of Britain, written by the pilot himself. What makes it special, is that is much more than the usual "tally ho" stuff, as it gives you an idea what those guys
(still very young) were actually like. Its funny, exciting, scary and humble.
I guarantee that it will impress. Makes you want to meet the man, shake his hand, and say thanks.
>> Edited by toppstuff on Monday 17th November 14:16
Lance Armstrong - It's Not About The Bike. Inspiring read. Normally I don't go in for autobiographies but this guy really went through it all with cancer.
It outlines the kind of stuff he went through emotionally and physically and I have to admit I'm not a cycling fan but it's given me an enormous amount of respect for the man.
It outlines the kind of stuff he went through emotionally and physically and I have to admit I'm not a cycling fan but it's given me an enormous amount of respect for the man.
Venom said:
Lance Armstrong - It's Not About The Bike. Inspiring read. Normally I don't go in for autobiographies but this guy really went through it all with cancer.
It outlines the kind of stuff he went through emotionally and physically and I have to admit I'm not a cycling fan but it's given me an enormous amount of respect for the man.
Agree ! Good book. Makes you wish you had that much self discipline ...
Flat out, Flat broke - Perry Mcarthy is quite a good read.
253 - Geoff Ryman is my favourite book though and it kinda fits in with the PH theme, being about transport and born of the internet.
www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0006550789/qid=1069079024/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_2_1/202-7090333-9089429
253 - Geoff Ryman is my favourite book though and it kinda fits in with the PH theme, being about transport and born of the internet.
www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0006550789/qid=1069079024/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_2_1/202-7090333-9089429
I've read, & still own copies of, Hitchiker, 1984, Catch 22, Catcher in the Rye, To Kill a Mockingbird, Birdsong. They are all among my very favourites. How about:
All Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque;
Lolita - Vladimir Nabakov;
Lord of the Flies - William Golding;
Cry the Beloved Country - Alan Paton;
Brighton Rock - or almost anything by Graham Greene;
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovoch - or almost anything by Solzhenitsyn;
The Grapes of Wrath - or almost anything by Steinbeck;
or for something more modern:
A Star Called Henry - Roddy Doyle;
White Teeth - Zadie Smith.
All great, IMHO!
All Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque;
Lolita - Vladimir Nabakov;
Lord of the Flies - William Golding;
Cry the Beloved Country - Alan Paton;
Brighton Rock - or almost anything by Graham Greene;
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovoch - or almost anything by Solzhenitsyn;
The Grapes of Wrath - or almost anything by Steinbeck;
or for something more modern:
A Star Called Henry - Roddy Doyle;
White Teeth - Zadie Smith.
All great, IMHO!
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