Favourite work of fiction...

SteveScanner · **Posted:** Sat Dec 13, 2008 2:18 pm

What's your favourite work of fiction?? Mine would have to be George Orwell's '1984'. It's something I still read frequently.
Second choice?? Ohhhhhh..... not sure... I really enjoyed Wilbur Smith's 'Elephant Song' and Orwell's 'Animal Farm'. Oh - the extended version of Stephen King's 'The Stand' is stunning too.

B Job · **Joined:** Mon May 26, 2008 10:37 pm **Posts:** 411

Call Of The Wild, my eyes don't let me read much these dayz apart from the fine print etc

Mike Puke · **Posted:** Mon Dec 15, 2008 10:14 am

Yeah, I really like Wilbur Smith, I'm pretty sure I've read all of his books! He just needs to write some more so I can have a new one to read! :lol:

Mike Puke · **Posted:** Mon Dec 15, 2008 10:14 am

Yay, my post worked!

Phlegmata · **Joined:** Tue May 27, 2008 3:31 pm **Posts:** 153

I'm pretty big on authors who write raw dark thrillers like Stephen Leather and Ian Rankin. Not sure what I'd pick as a favourite though.

SteveScanner · **Posted:** Wed Dec 17, 2008 3:07 pm

I forgot CHARLES ROMALOTTI's 'Salad Days' - a great piece of Punk Rock fiction about the fledgling USHC era. Highly recommended!!

Annie Seed · **Posted:** Mon Dec 22, 2008 2:34 pm

Clive Barker really does it for me, man... He wrote a freakin great book called imajica - kinda fantasy mixed with horror and other shit... no competition of me...

old school punk · **Joined:** Fri Jul 17, 2009 8:01 pm **Posts:** 19

SteveScanner wrote:

I forgot CHARLES ROMALOTTI's 'Salad Days' - a great piece of Punk Rock fiction about the fledgling USHC era. Highly recommended!!

Yep thats an wicked read allright his next books were also good

SteveScanner · **Posted:** Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:01 pm

I actually interviewed Romalotti in one of the old print issues of Scanner - real good bloke. I got the two books that followed 'salad Days' - not read anything since though.
Talking of fiction kinda stuff, I recently got a book called 'Punk Fiction'. It's a collection of short stories and each story is named after a song, so there's 'Boredom', 'Anarchy In The UK', 'KKK Took My Baby Away' etc etc. It sounds really cliched having written that out, but some of the stories are great - Cathi Unsworth's is about seeing the RUTS. Worth checking out - there'll be a review on the main Scanner site soon.

old school punk · **Joined:** Fri Jul 17, 2009 8:01 pm **Posts:** 19

Bash the rich by Ian Bone
True life confessions of an anarchist in the UK

If you ever get the chance to read this do it

old school punk · **Joined:** Fri Jul 17, 2009 8:01 pm **Posts:** 19

[quote="SteveScanner"]I actually interviewed Romalotti in one of the old print issues of Scanner - real good bloke. I got the two books that followed 'salad Days'

So you got Rash and Talon ? you'll need to get The Stickler it finnishes the series off

B Job · **Joined:** Mon May 26, 2008 10:37 pm **Posts:** 411

wats up with all this holider than though anarchy that changed fuck all in the end, nice but pase

old school punk · **Joined:** Fri Jul 17, 2009 8:01 pm **Posts:** 19

B Job wrote:

wats up with all this holider than though anarchy that changed fuck all in the end, nice but pase

Yeah youre right why even bother trying to change the world .Better just to give up and become part of the system

B Job · **Joined:** Mon May 26, 2008 10:37 pm **Posts:** 411

i'm starting a 'party', naa but its all remember remember, what about do it now!

SteveScanner · **Posted:** Wed Jul 29, 2009 2:20 pm

old school punk wrote:

So you got Rash and Talon ? you'll need to get The Stickler it finnishes the series off

Hmmm.... Maybe I DO have all three.... I know Romalotti used some of my review blurb for one of those books... 'Talon' I think it was. I'll have to check out the bookshelf when I head back to the UK.... 'The Stickler' certainly seems familiar.

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