No cultural reading then like Mickey Spillane ? JS
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No cultural reading then like Mickey Spillane ? JS
You brought something back there John with that comment.
I recall on the UCL ships there were always a great number of books, mainly brought on by crew, and they would do the rounds of just about every cabin during the voyage.
Westerns were all the go and the Bond books took pride of place if you had any.
But as usual there were always a number of 'Port said' Bibles on board as well.
Problem was at times some of the pages would be stick together.
One book that comes to mind was, 'The Rights of Spring' what happened to a young girl when she meta young man on a train.
Some of the content was graphic but also at time very comical. the part where she 'breaks wind' was very good reading.
#24 or Harold Robbins, could only get them in the USA as they were banned in the UK as then considered too risqué but today would be in the Fairy Tales section
Funny there never seemed to be another Mary Whitehouse after the original , Ivan. Things went to the dogs when she went. JS
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#25 and the port said version of Lady Chatterlys Lover. JS
I was given a Kindle about 8 or 9 years ago and it has been great.
The selection of titles is huge and prices are no more than buying the book, quite often much cheaper, currently reading a Wilbur Smith book which cost 99p (bought about 4 at once).
The benefit I found initially was that it is easy to obtain a new title whereas when I was travelling in my job I would buy a book at the airport and would have it finished in a couple nights, not always easy to find a new one in some places but easy to download another.
Another benefit is they are not bulky and quite easy to hold.
I currently have about 5 books waiting to be read and all the previous titles are stored so I can go back to them at any time.
I too have a Kindle, but consigned it to the 'tried it and forget it drawer' yes it is convenient for travelling and in the days of yore when dashing thro the airport en-route to a ship in trouble grabbed anything to hand from W H Smith (other stores are available!), once ended up with a 1000 page book on geology, very useful on the 16 hour flight, and also interesting. On arrival never had time for reading as it was straight into the fray, whatever it happened to be. Now when I go on holiday I take about five novels with me, I just like the feel of a book, rather than a Kindle, the ability to flick back, yes I know you can with a Kindle, just doesn't feel the same. With my technical and reference books searching for something is half the fun of it, as going through the pages awakens your memory to other points and avenues, (yes I do know about Google!) modern methods have their uses, but had the Magna Carta been written on a PC it would have been deleted by now.:smashPC:
Anyone ever read "Autobiography of a flea"? Bought it off 'George Robey' in Port Said. Quite erotic for its day. By the time we arrived uk it had been well thumbed.( the book that is)!
Gilly
#30 Amazon don't have a copy John !!
John, We had a great rec room aboard the Trevaylor, Dart board with two darts, Ping Pong table with one bat, Deck of cards with 40 cards in the pack, Library with a load of old junk, We where lucky to make 8 knots in good weather and crossing the Bay o Biscay at an angry time i chose to read THE WRECK OF THE MARY DEAR, Hammond Innes. I felt like i was aboard her :cripes:
Re # 32 RLT. That was a book that I devoured and read a few times while in the bush. Also seen the movie a few times. Did bump into Hammond Innes when I was working in the Nullabour Desert where he was researching for one of his books on gold mining (can not recall the title). Have read all his books but that was years ago.