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Originally posted by gollumprawn
enjoyed watching that on the television years ago. do you know if the book is better then the T.V drama? 10 out of 10
The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy is probably the best portrayal of a rags-to-riches-to-rags man ever written. The first chapter will shock you, and you'll be spellbound to the end.

Surely it must be in the top 10 of English literature.

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Currently reading 'Search for the diceman', sequel to 'The Diceman', it's sh1t. HTH

Just ordered Jeremy Silman's 'Reassess your chess' which is supposed to be pretty good, a lot of people on this site seem to endorse it, not sure about reading chess books though. Not quite the same as a novel and if I tried reading it on the bus to work I'd probably get called a geek and get eggs thrown at me. Of the people who read chess books, do you use a board to help visualise?

Back to fiction, War & Peace sits in my bookshelf untouched waiting for me to have a free month to read it. Is it worth the effort?

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Thomas Hardy
Jude the Obscure

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Francis Stuart, Black List, Section H. Experiences of an Irishman who for complicated reasons ended up broadcasting to Ireland from Nazi Germany. Something of an Irish Céline...an outsider's outsider. Terrific.

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The book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe (I am on book 3: The Sword of the Lictor).

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Originally posted by TheGambit
Currently reading 'Search for the diceman', sequel to 'The Diceman', it's sh1t. HTH

Just ordered Jeremy Silman's 'Reassess your chess' which is supposed to be pretty good, a lot of people on this site seem to endorse it, not sure about reading chess books though. Not quite the same as a novel and if I tried reading it on the bus to work I'd probably g ...[text shortened]... helf untouched waiting for me to have a free month to read it. Is it worth the effort?
Unless your visualization skills are good enough to play a blindfold game, I suggest that you do use a board.

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Gormenghast - Mervyn Peake.
Bought it 3-4 years ago, only just getting around to reading it.
Very..vivid descriptions 🙂

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'Necessary Illusions' by Noam Chomsky

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Henry Fielding
Tom Jones

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The Godfather
Mario Puzzo

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Shelby Foote - The Civil War A Narrative Fredericksburg to Meridian Vol II

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Nasser: The Last Arab (Said K Aburish)

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Exploits and Opinions of Dr Faustroll, Pataphysician - Alfred Jarry.

Finally managed to find a copy. Rather than losing myself in further considerations, I'll settle for a succinct "Ha ha".

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Originally posted by 747skyjock
Thomas Hardy
Jude the Obscure
Can't get into this though...

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Originally posted by TheGambit
Currently reading 'Search for the diceman', sequel to 'The Diceman', it's sh1t. HTH

Just ordered Jeremy Silman's 'Reassess your chess' which is supposed to be pretty good, a lot of people on this site seem to endorse it, not sure about reading chess books though. Not quite the same as a novel and if I tried reading it on the bus to work I'd probably g ...[text shortened]... helf untouched waiting for me to have a free month to read it. Is it worth the effort?
Chomsky, Hardy...both good. Read WAR AND PEACE..... but Anna Karinnina is a better novel. I finished war and peace by ripping out the pages as I read it..made it much lighter and helped me to kill the book.

I rarely read a book over 400 pages..Most are not worth the writing...

WIth Tolstoy you find the good bits between the bad....