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Re reading A clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. Am I getting old or is it getting nearer to the way things are today. The mindless violence, the extremes of dress and the legal drugs which are sold in shops, sometimes with fatal results. Violence in the old days was mainly between gangs. These days it seems to target anyone who gets in the way. As in 1984 the ending of this book is the frightening bit.
So many things are allowable these days and it seems that if the police can't handle it, then legalise it, thereby getting rid of the problem. But God help the average citizen if they put a foot wrong. Then the full force of the law will descend on them. Talk about soft targets.

Enjoyed the book more than the film which I saw as too stylised and typical Kubrick in its use of extreme colours.

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Midnigh Cowboy by James Leo Herlihy. A thourly entertaining read, albeit with a rather sad ending. Was also made into a very good film. Aparently Roy Rogers walk out of the film in disgust. He thought it was going to be a Western

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teddy said:
Midnigh Cowboy by James Leo Herlihy. A thourly entertaining read, albeit with a rather sad ending. Was also made into a very good film. Aparently Roy Rogers walk out of the film in disgust. He thought it was going to be a Western

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He was not exactly a Rhodes Scholar to begin with. :lol:
The line in the movie where Hoffman says to the cabbie who almost ran into him with his cab during the filming of a scene "I'm walking here"! was supposedly an ad lib.
 
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I have seen that scene many times Steve, and read several different reports on it, and I believe it was an ad lid. Typical of Dustin not to let anything take him out of his caracter or spoil a scene.

http://youtu.be/c412hqucHKw

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The Dogs of War - Frederick Forsyth. A throughly gripping story of mercenaries, and their attempt to right a wrong. As usual with his books incredibly well researched.

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david j. kowalski--the company of the dead. An alternate history exploring what might have happened if the Titanic tragedy had never occurred. So far, pretty interesting and well constructed, although I usually tend to cringe--after awhile, anyway--at time travel stories, which this most definitely is. I intend to stick with it, however, as the writing is quite compelling, at least to this point.
 
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No,Teddy, I haven't; but if it's available on Netflix, into the hopper it shall go. Thanks for the heads up. About to watch Nil By Mouth over the weekend. :cheers:
 
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William Turner and John Christian--​The Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy: The Conspiracy and Coverup
 
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Just purchase David Jason's autobiography (such a varied and natural actor. My daughter met him in Margate when he was filming and said he was such a friendly and unaffected man) plus the new Stephen King (a follow up to The Shining). Both from Waterstones at half price with Christmas vouchers. Love the shop as the staff are so helpful and knowledgeable. I shall now settle down for a long Winters read.

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Enjoy, Teddy; you've well-earned it!

Robert Blair Kaiser--"R.F.K. Must Die!": Chasing the Mystery of the Robert Kennedy Assassination
 
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Just finished David Jasons autobiography. A well worth read for anyone who is a fan of this actor who proved himself not only as a comic actor but also with his very long running detective series Frost.

Just started DR SLEEP by Stephen King. Only about fifty pages in but I recommend it to any King fans. Takes up where The Shining finished and looks to equal his best work. Would not be surprised to see this on the big screen in the next few years.

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Dr Sleep, a follow up to The Shining is a must for Stephen King fans. It held me all the waqy through.

With my Christmas Amazon vouchers I have purchased, Carrie, Dreamcatcher, The Green Mile and The Bachman Books. All in paperback unfortunately but less than £20.00 for the lot. Started on The Long Walk (Bachman). Do not read this if you are depressed. Based on the same idea as the marathon dances, so popular once in America once, as betrayed in They Shoot Horses Don't They.

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Jack Beatty--The Lost History of 1914: Reconsidering the Year the Great War Began
John Dos Passos--Mr. Wilson's War
 
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