Comments on: About A Boy and A Long Way Down, by Nick Hornby http://www.geekreads.com/2009/10/about-a-boy-and-a-long-way-down-by-nick-hornby/ Currently reading: Making the World Work Better, by... um, IBM Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:02:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lea http://www.geekreads.com/2009/10/about-a-boy-and-a-long-way-down-by-nick-hornby/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Lea Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:55:26 +0000 http://geekreads.com/?p=221#comment-51 LMAO! LMAO!

]]> By: Caesar http://www.geekreads.com/2009/10/about-a-boy-and-a-long-way-down-by-nick-hornby/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Caesar Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:50:56 +0000 http://geekreads.com/?p=221#comment-50 Ah ha! You're so busted. So what would you call a die-hard Nick Hornby fan, a Hornbag? Ah ha! You’re so busted. So what would you call a die-hard Nick Hornby fan, a Hornbag?

]]> By: Lea http://www.geekreads.com/2009/10/about-a-boy-and-a-long-way-down-by-nick-hornby/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Lea Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:49:16 +0000 http://geekreads.com/?p=221#comment-49 When the random Hornby fan posts that comment, I'll second it - I don't think the two books are much alike at all. I loved About A Boy, but A Long Way Down... not so much. I do think Nick Hornby is a fantastic writer though - check out 'An Education' to see his work on film - he can write dialogue like noone else. If these are the only two you've read so far, I highly recommend High Fidelity for a real Hornby-fest. As for whether it belongs on geekreads, Hornby himself seems a bit of a geek. Not so much in the skilled-at-computers kind of way, but a retro-geek who loves old-fashioned records and tape compilations. When the random Hornby fan posts that comment, I’ll second it – I don’t think the two books are much alike at all. I loved About A Boy, but A Long Way Down… not so much. I do think Nick Hornby is a fantastic writer though – check out ‘An Education’ to see his work on film – he can write dialogue like noone else. If these are the only two you’ve read so far, I highly recommend High Fidelity for a real Hornby-fest.

As for whether it belongs on geekreads, Hornby himself seems a bit of a geek. Not so much in the skilled-at-computers kind of way, but a retro-geek who loves old-fashioned records and tape compilations.

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