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« on: April 22, 2007, 11:53:21 PM » |
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OK, so I had heard a lot about it. Finally I couldnt put it off any longer. There I was in the airport WH Smith and it was willing me to buy it. So I did, thinking it would pass the next few hours in the air.
Erm, not quite. I am really hoping here that after the first 4-5 chapters this starts to get a LOT better, cos after 45 minutes I had to put it away. Seemed to be full of self-indulgent bullsh*t.
In my mind I saw a book about a guy who rolled a dice to make decisions (and arguably duck out of the moral implications of those decisions).
At the moment I've got a book about a moany arsed psychiatrist....and no dice.
anyone managed to read all of this ?
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« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2007, 12:29:41 AM » |
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lol, nope, read about the same as you by the sounds of it.
Couldn't get into it either. I probably read about a third of it, but it was a while ago now and I can't even remember what happened.
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« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2007, 01:50:19 AM » |
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I got a bout a third of the way through it and decided it was pap. I mean if i want to read about soft porn, i can buy the news of the world. Im sure others will disagree.
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« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2007, 03:23:41 AM » |
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I think it's just the weird premise that is interesting and carries the book.
I read it and enjoyed it a long time ago. From my hazy memory the story is clumsy and not particulary well written.
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« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2007, 08:55:13 AM » |
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Been about 10 years since i read it but i enjoyed it. the main character is not a likeable man and i guess it can be difficult to get into a book if you fing it hard to empathise with the characters.
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« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2007, 10:24:42 AM » |
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I remember not being able to get into the book at all and giving up after a couple of chapters.
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« Reply #6 on: April 23, 2007, 10:31:21 AM » |
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If you'd asked me Laz I'd have recommended NOT buying it - when the ex would drag me on beach holidays I'd always pack at least a dozen books, and I'd usually include a couple that I'd not normally read - because lying on the beach I'll read anything to make up for the boredom. I even managed to grind my way though Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, but Diceman is the only book I've taken on one of those holidays & not managed to force myself to keep reading.
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lazaroonie
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« Reply #7 on: April 23, 2007, 11:45:18 AM » |
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for sale....one copy of.. hehe anyway, just put it down to experience.
I'll put it up there on the shelf beside Will Self's "How the dead live".
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« Reply #8 on: April 23, 2007, 11:49:39 AM » |
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And I thought it was just me. I thought this book was a crock of .....
If it had been a film it would have been "the road to Wellville"
If it had been a car it would have been an Allegro
If it had been a record it would it would have been the Birdie Song
I am cheered by the fact that I am not alone
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The most insidious of rules are those that aren't rules at all.
They are the limitations that we invent for ourselves
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« Reply #9 on: April 23, 2007, 12:01:36 PM » |
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I got halfway through and lost the will to live. I recommend 'All In' by Mitchell Symons as the perfect antidote to The Diceman.
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« Reply #10 on: April 23, 2007, 12:52:14 PM » |
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And I thought it was just me. I thought this book was a crock of .....
If it had been a film it would have been "the road to Wellville"
If it had been a car it would have been an Allegro
If it had been a record it would it would have been the Birdie Song
I am cheered by the fact that I am not alone
Thank you all, I also thought I was alone in loathing this book and giving up half way. Maybe we need to start a support group to get the word out to others. |
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« Reply #11 on: April 23, 2007, 01:45:21 PM » |
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Note to self: Don't by this book.
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'The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.'
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« Reply #12 on: April 23, 2007, 04:12:21 PM » |
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Got to differ - maybe gets off to a slow start but it's a decent book. Also the follow up is worth reading - Search for the Diceman I think
(Thinly disguised I read a book once post)
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« Reply #13 on: April 23, 2007, 08:16:30 PM » |
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Got to differ - maybe gets off to a slow start but it's a decent book. Also the follow up is worth reading - Search for the Diceman I think
(Thinly disguised I read a book once post)
Actually there was a third book called "has the pratt with the dice buggered off yet" Each to their own Rob. Another book to avoid at all costs is "The laws of our fathers" by Scott Turow. I openly wept when I finished this one, not because the story moved me, but it was extremely long and exceptionally tedious. 647 pages worth of over descriptive clap trap. Give me a good Michael Connelly anytime |
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The most insidious of rules are those that aren't rules at all.
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« Reply #14 on: April 23, 2007, 10:00:43 PM » |
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... I even managed to grind my way though Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,....
Your a better man than me,i found this book painfully self indulgent/pretentious and managed about half before giving up.Diceman is a bit rambling but there was an interesting South Bank documentary about George 'Luke Rhinehart' Cockroft who explained his thinking behind the 'Dice life' and how he actually lived it for a while which made the book clearer. |
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...cheese it!...
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