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fetcheveryone
fetcheveryone
Oct 2023
11:56am, 19 Oct 2023
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fetcheveryone
Curious... when you folks talk about the KLF book, do you mean in a justified and ancient sense? Or is it just someone's initials?
Little Nemo
Little Nemo
Oct 2023
11:57am, 19 Oct 2023
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Little Nemo
I never *got* KLF either musically or as performance artists.
fetcheveryone
fetcheveryone
Oct 2023
12:01pm, 19 Oct 2023
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fetcheveryone
Ah, I see that it *is* the KLF I am thinking of :-)

amazon.co.uk

That's going in my basket (where all the books I contemplate reading go. Some even make it past the basket and into my house!)
Diogenes
Diogenes
Oct 2023
12:04pm, 19 Oct 2023
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I always look at the one star reviews. The people who don't like this book are the ones who want and expect a straight pop biography. This isn't that, it is far more interesting and (dare I say) illuminating. (You'll understand that last bit if you read the book.)
Chrisull
Chrisull
Oct 2023
12:21pm, 19 Oct 2023
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Chrisull
You don't have to like the KLF as a band or performance artists (The former I like a couple of songs by, the latter I found abhorrent - re: burning of a million pounds) to enjoy the book. In fact I suspect you may get more out of it as a non-fan! But I do think Higgs makes a great attempt to explain why they burned a million without ever endorsing it, but making it sound like a "logical endpoint".
Chrisull
Chrisull
Oct 2023
12:23pm, 19 Oct 2023
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Chrisull
It was Ben Goldacre (him of Bad Science) raving about it on Twitter years back that made me take notice of the book I seem to recall.
Little Nemo
Little Nemo
Oct 2023
12:50pm, 19 Oct 2023
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Little Nemo
I downloaded a sample of the Duck book for a laugh and read a coupleof pages. It really is like being stuck inside my head - horrifying :-o I wasn't tempted anyway but now I know it's definitely not for me :-)
Diogenes
Diogenes
Oct 2023
1:07pm, 19 Oct 2023
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Diogenes
I have finished the coffee book. I shall add my thoughts shortly.
LindsD
LindsD
Oct 2023
1:35pm, 19 Oct 2023
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LindsD
I really really want to read the KLF book now.
LindsD
LindsD
Oct 2023
1:37pm, 19 Oct 2023
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LindsD
oops. It fell onto my Kindle for £3.99....

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Welcome to Season Seven

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Appliance (J O Morgan)
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October 2024 (Bint)
Hangsaman (Shirley Jackson)
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Florida Roadkill (Tim Dorsey)
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A Thousand Ships (Natalie Haynes)
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The Cranes That Build The Cranes (Jeremy Dyson)
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Bournville (Jonathan Coe)
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May 2024 (Quimby)
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (Gabrielle Zevin)
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April 2024 (Maclennane)
Independence Day (Richard Ford)
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March 2024 (Chrisull)
The High House (Jessie Greengrass)
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Severance (Ling Ma)
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January 2024 (Night-owl)
The Rabbit Factor (Antti Tuomainen (Author), David Hackston (Translator))
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December 2023 (Serendippers)
The Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus (Hannah Fry and Thomas Oleron Evans)
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November 2023 (Columba)
Watling Street (John Higgs)
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October 2023 (Little Nemo)
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Toshikazu Kawaguchi trans. Geoffrey Trousselot)
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The last two months of Season Six:

September 2023 (westmoors)
Rabbit, Run (John Updike)
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August 2023 (Serendipps)
Queenie (Candice Carty-Williams)
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