# The Book Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [March 10, 2019, 3:09pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-book-thread/169 "2019-03-10T15:09:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![Les\_Zeppelin](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/les_zeppelin/32/26016_2.png) [@Les\_Zeppelin](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Les_Zeppelin)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 11:17am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-book-thread/169/411 "2022-07-26T11:17:10Z")
It _is_ this [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ns8XQqIQusM/hqdefault.jpg "Alan Partridge describes the pilot episode of 'Swallow'") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns8XQqIQusM) ---
**Author:** ![Scurbrampwoody](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/scurbrampwoody/32/16083_2.png) [@Scurbrampwoody](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Scurbrampwoody)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 11:30am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-book-thread/169/412 "2022-07-26T11:30:02Z")
Well that clinches it šŸ˜‚ Iā€™m off sailing for a few days as of tomorrow and needed to pack a book. It has to be something light that I can just dip in and out of and I was drawing a blank. Peter James it is then. I think Iā€™ll take a back up just in case but Iā€™m sure that, with Partridge in mind, itā€™ll be a chuckle. ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Zeppelin](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/les_zeppelin/32/26016_2.png) [@Les\_Zeppelin](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Les_Zeppelin)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 11:42am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-book-thread/169/413 "2022-07-26T11:42:43Z")
Ah yeah it is what it is. If you want a page turner thatā€™s the one. Enjoy. ![iAqAzuB7Jpq9](https://uksf-media.lon1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/2/3/234dc97845a3073ff3e37c3d6ca627b60f4086f1.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Haven\_Hamilton\_Official](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/d78d45/32.png) [@Haven\_Hamilton\_Official](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Haven_Hamilton_Official)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-book-thread/169/417 "2022-12-15T15:24:42Z")
Oh my god that blurb lol, no wordsā€¦ Has a skateboarder ever written a book not about skateboarding? ---
**Author:** ![andy\_smoke](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/andy_smoke/32/21480_2.png) [@andy\_smoke](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/andy_smoke)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-book-thread/169/418 "2022-12-15T18:57:09Z")
![](https://i.postimg.cc/6q2v0NDv/47925-F2-A-FA8-D-492-E-A444-8-B02709-C2-A49.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![nazoreth](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/nazoreth/32/2310_2.png) [@nazoreth](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/nazoreth)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-book-thread/169/420 "2022-12-15T20:13:09Z")
> [@andy\_smoke](#): > > ![](https://i.postimg.cc/6q2v0NDv/47925-F2-A-FA8-D-492-E-A444-8-B02709-C2-A49.jpg) Who is that and where did he get that ancient Greek poet/historian shirt ---
**Author:** ![KeithBeef](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/keithbeef/32/31559_2.png) [@KeithBeef](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/KeithBeef)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-book-thread/169/421 "2022-12-15T20:34:15Z")
Scott Bourne, the recyleload. I heard he used all those words in one sentence. ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Zeppelin](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/les_zeppelin/32/26016_2.png) [@Les\_Zeppelin](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Les_Zeppelin)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-book-thread/169/422 "2022-12-15T20:40:06Z")
His claim to fame was that heā€™d read over 100 books iirc Badass levels of reading that. ---
**Author:** ![nazoreth](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/nazoreth/32/2310_2.png) [@nazoreth](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/nazoreth)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-book-thread/169/423 "2022-12-15T20:51:52Z")
Iā€™m so confused ---
**Author:** ![KeithBeef](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/keithbeef/32/31559_2.png) [@KeithBeef](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/KeithBeef)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 9:04pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-book-thread/169/424 "2022-12-15T21:04:11Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/B_h3b6P1qvE/hqdefault.jpg "Scott Bourne - Consolidated Is What It Is") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_h3b6P1qvE) ---
**Author:** ![voodoo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/voodoo/32/24279_2.png) [@voodoo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/voodoo)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 9:56pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-book-thread/169/425 "2022-12-15T21:56:23Z")
I turned up at Bones skate park (not the Bolton one) and Scott Bourne was in there punching himself in the face shouting ā€œI hate this life of mine!ā€ ---
**Author:** ![BDF](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@BDF](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/BDF)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-book-thread/169/426 "2022-12-15T22:53:18Z")
> [@Les\_Zeppelin](#): > > His claim to fame was that heā€™d read over 100 books iirc The quote was ā€œI have read over 100 books and written one myself.ā€ 15 or so years after it was printed it is still one of the cringiest fucking things I have ever read in its earnestness and try-hard fuckwittery. Its such a viciously average flex that Im not sure if heā€™s being intentionally ironic or if he is just cluelessā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![jamjar](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/jamjar/32/25349_2.png) [@jamjar](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/jamjar)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-book-thread/169/427 "2022-12-15T22:58:31Z")
> [@nazoreth](#): > > where did he get that ancient Greek poet/historian shirt Itā€™s really bugging me that socrates isnā€™t capitalised. ---
**Author:** ![nazoreth](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/nazoreth/32/2310_2.png) [@nazoreth](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/nazoreth)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2022, 6:34am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-book-thread/169/428 "2022-12-16T06:34:27Z")
> [@jamjar](#): > > > [@nazoreth](#): > > > > where did he get that ancient Greek poet/historian shirt > > Itā€™s really bugging me that socrates isnā€™t capitalised. I assume its some awful joke because its followed by Isocrates ---
**Author:** ![andy\_smoke](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/andy_smoke/32/21480_2.png) [@andy\_smoke](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/andy_smoke)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-book-thread/169/429 "2022-12-17T18:05:09Z")
Evan Sheff with his second book edit: sorry, i thought TWS had included a sample - it just seems to be an odd promo video [https://skateboarding.transworld.net/videos/ocean-green-new-book-by-evan-schiefelbine/](https://skateboarding.transworld.net/videos/ocean-green-new-book-by-evan-schiefelbine/) i read encouraging things on Slap about his first one, think international postage was heavy though ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Zeppelin](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/les_zeppelin/32/26016_2.png) [@Les\_Zeppelin](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Les_Zeppelin)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 11:53pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-book-thread/169/430 "2023-01-31T23:53:41Z")
Got this from the library and just finished it. ![HighRise(1stEd)](https://uksf-media.lon1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/d/9/d98a1c4f1a58cae2d4a2e8d683ac4e8cc68841c7.jpeg) Strange, amusing, horrible, bonkers. One of those thinkers. ---
**Author:** ![nav](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/nav/32/30170_2.png) [@nav](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/nav)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 2:34am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-book-thread/169/431 "2023-02-01T02:34:59Z")
Thereā€™s a somewhat recent movie of that starring Tom Hiddleston: [High-Rise (film) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Rise_(film)) ---
**Author:** ![Mark](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/mark/32/11_2.png) [@Mark](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Mark)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2023, 10:32am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-book-thread/169/434 "2023-05-06T10:32:38Z")
[https://twitter.com/colenowicki/status/1654547461338451969?t=zUluDATFk6Bivei0tswq3g&s=19](https://twitter.com/colenowicki/status/1654547461338451969?t=zUluDATFk6Bivei0tswq3g&s=19) Book about thps ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Zeppelin](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/les_zeppelin/32/26016_2.png) [@Les\_Zeppelin](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Les_Zeppelin)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2023, 7:05am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-book-thread/169/435 "2023-06-14T07:05:17Z")
> **[Cormac McCarthy, celebrated US novelist, dies aged 89](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jun/13/cormac-mccarthy-dead-novelist)** > > Author of Blood Meridian, The Road and No Country for Old Men died in his home of natural causes, publisher announces RIP Might take a few goes but read Blood Meridian. ---
**Author:** ![judithpriest](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/judithpriest/32/37_2.png) [@judithpriest](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/judithpriest)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2023, 7:46am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-book-thread/169/436 "2023-06-14T07:46:37Z")
I liked Blood Meridian but I fucking loved The Road. RIP [Previous page](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-book-thread/169.md?page=18) [Next page](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-book-thread/169.md?page=20)