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devnull Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: Nov. 2005 Posted: Nov. 09 2005, 12:53 I've always wondered what books have Mike said (if any) that he has particularly enjoyed, in any of his interviews. I know he likes Arthur Clarke, hence Songs from Distant Earth. On a recent interview he said that he uses to read before going to bed. What other authors or books have had an impact on him? I bet you know way better than me. Back to top

Piltdownboy on horseback 22 Group: Members Posts: 1548 Joined: Sep. 2005 Posted: Nov. 09 2005, 13:23 I bet he likes science fiction and fantasy... I can see him reading Lord of the Rings... He certainly read Anne Franks book, he quotes her in the Millenium Bell... btw. welcome on board... -------------- "And now we're going to play Platinum!" Back to top

Inkanta Group: Admins Posts: 1453 Joined: Feb. 2000 Posted: Nov. 09 2005, 13:39 He has also mentioned James Redfield's Celestine Prophecy and one of the Everest disaster books--think it was Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer.  Ah...and indeed, welcome to tubular.net! -------------- "No such thing as destiny; only choices exist." From:  Moongarden's "Solaris." Back to top

devnull Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: Nov. 2005 Posted: Nov. 09 2005, 13:52 Thanks guys for the warm welcome, So the Celestine Prophecy huh? Now that's an interesting one, yes, those were the kind of books I expected. That's quite a spiritual book. Let the list grow and see what other books do we come up with. Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: Nov. 09 2005, 17:40 Maybe some Deepak Chopra ! -------------- "But it's always the outsider, the black sheep, that becomes the blockbuster." - Mike Oldfield, 2014 "I remember feeling that I'd been judged unfairly and that I was going to prove them wrong." - Peter Davison, 2011 Back to top

tanis573 Group: Members Posts: 30 Joined: Aug. 2003 Posted: Nov. 10 2005, 23:41 I'm reading The Songs of Distant Earth for my 20th Century Literature class, and I find the book very boring. -------------- http://www.soundclick.com/mindbridge Back to top

timshen Group: Members Posts: 684 Joined: Mar. 2001 Posted: Nov. 10 2005, 23:54 But how do you find the SODE music Tanis573? -------------- Expect Great Things. Attempt Great Things. Back to top

mink stoles Group: Members Posts: 88 Joined: Aug. 2005 Posted: Nov. 13 2005, 15:44 maybe mike reads David Icke - i always thought if David Icke did music it would sound a lot like mike -------------- So if you you feel a little glum, To Hergest Ridge you should come. Back to top

Navaira Group: Members Posts: 481 Joined: Jan. 2005 Posted: Nov. 13 2005, 16:32 Quote (tanis573 @ Nov. 10 2005, 23:41) I'm reading The Songs of Distant Earth for my 20th Century Literature class, and I find the book very boring. The book is fabtastic. Completely. If you're a hippie, that is. (I am.) -------------- http://www.raygrant.com :: My album 'Exorcism' is out on iTunes now Back to top

Alan D Group: Members Posts: 3670 Joined: Aug. 2004 Posted: Nov. 13 2005, 17:29 I think there's a fair chance that Mike will have read Paul Coelho's 'The Alchemist'. And if he hasn't read T.S. Eliot's poem 'Little Gidding', then I think he'd respond to its conclusion, which (like the Coelho book) is about arriving where you started and knowing the place for the first time - the kind of thing Mike does with Tubular Bells. Back to top

Inkanta Group: Admins Posts: 1453 Joined: Feb. 2000 Posted: Nov. 13 2005, 18:19 Woudln't it be fun to get together a suggested reading list for Mike? -------------- "No such thing as destiny; only choices exist." From:  Moongarden's "Solaris." Back to top

Ratty Group: Members Posts: 386 Joined: Jan. 2005 Posted: Nov. 15 2005, 09:30 I think he reads Uri Geller books. Hence the bent Tubular Bell!!   -------------- Far away across the field The tolling of the iron bell Calls the faithful to their knees To hear the softly spoken magic spells Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Nov. 15 2005, 10:08 Quote (Navaira @ Nov. 13 2005, 16:32) Quote (tanis573 @ Nov. 10 2005, 23:41) I'm reading The Songs of Distant Earth for my 20th Century Literature class, and I find the book very boring. The book is fabtastic. Completely. If you're a hippie, that is. (I am.) I enjoyed it, but did not think it ranked among the best of Clarke. I found it too short to be boring. -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

hergest fridge Group: Members Posts: 307 Joined: Aug. 2005 Posted: Nov. 15 2005, 11:13 What does mike read? his bank statement , which computer? and motorcyclemart. Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: Nov. 24 2005, 21:24 Quote (Alan D @ Nov. 13 2005, 18:29) I think there's a fair chance that Mike will have read Paul Coelho's 'The Alchemist'. Please,please,noooooo...this fellow brazilian is too bad! -------------- "But it's always the outsider, the black sheep, that becomes the blockbuster." - Mike Oldfield, 2014 "I remember feeling that I'd been judged unfairly and that I was going to prove them wrong." - Peter Davison, 2011 Back to top

Alan D Group: Members Posts: 3670 Joined: Aug. 2004 Posted: Nov. 25 2005, 04:04 Quote (Tati The Sentinel @ Nov. 25 2005, 02:24) Please,please,noooooo...this fellow brazilian is too bad! Do you know something I don't, Tati? The reason I mentioned 'The Alchemist' was because it, too, is about returning to origins and rediscovering them - as in the Eliot poem. It's the only book of Coelho's I've read; it didn't inspire me to read another. Back to top

Australopithicine Group: Members Posts: 27 Joined: Nov. 2005 Posted: Nov. 28 2005, 17:58 Judging by his music, I would say Mike used to read some very cool stuff like Huxley, Robert Rankin, Tom Robbins. Then he started reading really poor stuff like Harry Potter, Mills/Boon! Back to top

Piltdownboy on horseback 22 Group: Members Posts: 1548 Joined: Sep. 2005 Posted: Nov. 28 2005, 17:59 I smell pessimism!!   (but you're right, Potter's no good! -------------- "And now we're going to play Platinum!" Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Nov. 28 2005, 18:55 I don't know Mills-Boon, but there is nothing about the Harry Potter books to inspire chill out/ electronica. -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

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