Books and TV
Last night I was watching Russell Brand Live, basically it was Russell Brand performing his stand-up comedy. I'd never seen any of his stand-up stuff before and, although his style took a bit of getting used to, I thought it was very funny. Later on I was watching a repeat of the final episode of the first season of Life on Mars, in which Sam Tyler (John Simm) comes to believe that he may have be getting close to escaping his 1973 dreamworld and waking up in 2006, when an investigation into a vicious crime gang leads Sam to his own father and some disturbing secrets. It was a really entertaining show. I don't know if they'll be repeating the second season, but I hope that they do. I'll probably try to get it on DVD at some point anyway.
Today I went out to the shops and bought some books in the sales: Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker (the back of the book claims that it marks Barker's return to the "classic horror tale" and the plot of the book, apparently being the autobiography of a demon trapped inside a cursed book, sounds interesting), Duma Key by Stephen King (Stephen King's later books don't seem to be as good as his earlier ones, but I've been reading his stuff for a long time now so hopefully he'll get back to form) and Miracles of Life: An Autobiography by JG Ballard.
It's hard to believe it has been fourteen years since I first started reading Stephen King. I got interested in his work after I saw It (the one with the scary clown) on TV, and the first book of his I read was The Tommyknockers. I got interested in Clive Barker when I read Cabal at age twelve, while I was off school with a broken leg. I've met Clive Barker a couple of times at book signings and he's always come across as a very likeable guy. I've been reading JG Ballard for awhile now as well. His autobiography is likely to be his final book.
It does seem odd when you think that even things that weren't much fun at the time always seem a lot better when you look back on them after a few years.
On my way home I stopped off and got my groceries for the week. I also got the latest issue of Total Film magazine, which came with a free mouse-mat featuring Quantum of Solace, the latest James Bond film.
Today I went out to the shops and bought some books in the sales: Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker (the back of the book claims that it marks Barker's return to the "classic horror tale" and the plot of the book, apparently being the autobiography of a demon trapped inside a cursed book, sounds interesting), Duma Key by Stephen King (Stephen King's later books don't seem to be as good as his earlier ones, but I've been reading his stuff for a long time now so hopefully he'll get back to form) and Miracles of Life: An Autobiography by JG Ballard.
It's hard to believe it has been fourteen years since I first started reading Stephen King. I got interested in his work after I saw It (the one with the scary clown) on TV, and the first book of his I read was The Tommyknockers. I got interested in Clive Barker when I read Cabal at age twelve, while I was off school with a broken leg. I've met Clive Barker a couple of times at book signings and he's always come across as a very likeable guy. I've been reading JG Ballard for awhile now as well. His autobiography is likely to be his final book.
It does seem odd when you think that even things that weren't much fun at the time always seem a lot better when you look back on them after a few years.
On my way home I stopped off and got my groceries for the week. I also got the latest issue of Total Film magazine, which came with a free mouse-mat featuring Quantum of Solace, the latest James Bond film.
Labels: books, magazine, Total Film, TV
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