The GOT Book Club

Basil Fawlty · May 24, 2015

The library at uni were getting rid of old stock so had a look around and found these. £1 each, bargain.

Basil Fawlty · May 25, 2015

Got the week off so reading a couple of books that I wouldn't usually but kind of feel I should if I'm going to call myself a psephologist. Starting with

And then hopefully will also read

To balance out all the Chomsky I've been reading lately

Gwladysstreetlad · May 25, 2015

Im going through all the Quarry books by Max Allen Collins just now, currently up to thé fifth one called "Quarrys Vote". Really good hardboild crime books. They'd be prefect for a film or tv series adaptation.

Bruce Wayne · May 25, 2015

Basil Fawlty said:
Got the week off so reading a couple of books that I wouldn't usually but kind of feel I should if I'm going to call myself a psephologist. Starting with

And then hopefully will also read

To balance out all the Chomsky I've been reading lately

Both interesting, and I don't want to prejudice your opinion of them by offering up my own thoughts, but happy to do so once you've read them

CahillsCornerFlag · May 25, 2015

Have heard Atlas Shrugged mentioned a few times recently...adding it to my list on Good Reads.

Fuleco · May 29, 2015

Last summer I started reading Infinite Jest, at first I thought it was brilliant probably the best thing I ever read. 700 odd pages later I gave up and just thought it was a big bloated mess.

Just finished this:

Loved it. So might give Infinte Jest another go this summer. Especially with 'The End Of the Tour' film coming out this summer.

summerisle · May 29, 2015

I've been re-reading the Golden Bough by Sir James Frazer. It's a study in mythology and folklore from Ancient Greece to the early twentieth century. His thesis basically is that the ritual of killing a king and his rebirth to ensure the fertility of the earth is common throughout the world. In Europe the folklore rituals still, or recently practised, could be traced in origin to Ancient Greece. It contains many fascinating details of rituals throughout the world and is well worth a look.

summerisle · May 31, 2015

A short story by the British horror writer Robert Aickman : Ringing the Changes.
He is rather good

The GOT Book Club

Lowste · May 31, 2015

The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Worth a read, horrific in what went on in building the Burma railway...also the Japanese were not the nicest people in the world.

Girl on a Train
It's OK, a fair amount of hype but not warranted

magicjuan · May 31, 2015

Basil Fawlty said:
The library at uni were getting rid of old stock so had a look around and found these. £1 each, bargain.

both brilliant reads, bargain

magicjuan · May 31, 2015

QUOTE="summerisle, post: 3587999, member: 14989"]I've been re-reading the Golden Bough by Sir James Frazer. It's a study in mythology and folklore from Ancient Greece to the early twentieth century. His thesis basically is that the ritual of killing a king and his rebirth to ensure the fertility of the earth is common throughout the world. In Europe the folklore rituals still, or recently practised, could be traced in origin to Ancient Greece. It contains many fascinating details of rituals throughout the world and is well worth a look.

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Really good book, since been extended by other researchers to go much further back

http://www.amazon.com/The-Creation-Inequality-Prehistoric-Ancestors/dp/0674064690

Is a good, but difficult read, deals with the original constructs of society once pastoral living and husbandry were adopted, how hierarchies were formed etc