foild_

trainspotting is a verry good book to read.. it doesn;t have alot to do with weed, but it is definatly a good one

WhiteBoy

lol i saw this thread on the active thread thingie, and i came here cuz i thought you were talking about graffiti...

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hawkhigh_pierce

saw the movie (dont know if its the same thing) with ewan mcgregor; very good movie. ill have to look out for the book

Hashishi

yeah its a stunning read but some bits will turn your stomach. some of its also in heavy scottish dialect, so you'll have to read some of it aloud to get your head round it.

if you've seen the film then you'll remember old begbie, the womanbeating psycho who throws the pint over the railing in the pub scene. well, in the book you get a nice first person perspective of that event and several other less tastefull ones..and thats saying something. deeply psychological and not for the fainthearted. think Sid Vicious doing a running social commentary while whacked out on off-topics.

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hawkhigh_pierce

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ya begbie was quite a character; gotta love robert carlyle. the part that scared me the most was at the end when he was tripping out on heroin, damn that looks scary.

voltion

I havn't read the book, although I would like too. I've seen the film and remember it being good so decided to download..I mean buy the movie to watch it. When I got some spare cash I'll buy the book off amazon.

Hashishi

he did a sequel called porno as well. it basically ivolves the gang making some money in the red light district in amsterdam...nastyu scene where a punter infects a girl with hiv on purpose :shudder:

hawkhigh_pierce

cool. do you know if they made porno a movie (haha what a funny pun) like trainspotting?
i think its more fun to watch the movie first, then read the book. in most cases when you read the book first then see the movie youre like "that movie sucked compared to the book", and hate the movie. but if you see the movie first then read the book youre like " dang that books was awesome but the movie was good too". thats my philosophy anyway.

Avastar

the book has to be fantastic for me to finish it. i'd like to see porno, i saw trainspotting.

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