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Chris Brown

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first registered 03.09.08

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I'm sorry, I write computer software for a living.

I think humour is the greatest gift that we possess so clearly, I fundamentally disagree with Ken Dodd about the happiness thing - and I pay my taxes.

I would spend a lot more time reading the stuff on this site, but my wife has progressive MS and caring for her takes a lot of time and energy.

My mother died of progressive MS so frankly I figure that somewhere down the line, I must have offended the big referee...I ought to point out that my wife and my mother were not related, except by marriage.

Perhaps I should write a book about living with progressive MS?

favourite books

I like anything that is:

A. Funny
B. About life and relationships
C. Doesn't need a map on the inside back cover.

All time number one is Catch 22. I just checked through the bookshelves and discovered my most purchased author is William Boyd, which I didn't expect.

Oh, and I quite like Watership Down, despite it having a map on the inside back cover, being about rabbits, not people and having, as I recall, no laughs whatsoever..

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The Transitory Nature of Feeling Good

 

The Transitory Nature of Feeli....
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The Transitory Nature of Feeli....

Chris Brown

"A weirdly exhilarating comi-cosmic meditation on the nature of life itself"


Dave Taylor demonstrates that life consists of alternating periods of hope and despair punctuated by Infinitesimal moments of triumph

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Fade To Black

 

Fade To Black
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Fade To Black

Chris Brown

What does it take for a man, a very nice man, a very very nice man, to turn bad...


Pete Thompson is a very very nice man in love with (in no particular order) his wife, his car and roundabouts. Things start to go wrong for Pete (the inventor of roundabout sponsorship) when he loses his job and his wife's affections. Attempting to recover his situation just further develops his mountain of pain.

What does it take to turn this once very very nice man into a mass murdering maniac? Simple, he is the only bloke in the known universe (certified by NASA) to have blown Anne Frank's trumpet..

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fatema wrote 38 days ago

Hi ache in my heart for you to read. please back it on your bookshelf....

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Hullo there. I'm still a reader on Authonomy scouting for new authors....

perryscope wrote 317 days ago

Hi, Good luck with your book. Any support for my crime novel - The Wr....

JohnDoe wrote 317 days ago

*Lunatic seeks asylum*

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I wrote 511 days ago

Over the last few years, I've started reading many books on here, but I've only got past chapter 1 on a minimal number of occasions, It took me a while to warm to your main guy, but by mid february, I sure have and the general idea is brilliant - I want to keep reading just to see what you'll do wit... view book

I wrote 1196 days ago

And so you should! I wrote the whole of the TTNOFG in the time it took to get this far. I've been taking more care to ensure it flows and been a lot more picky about what to leave in - you should see just how funny the stuff I've thrown away is...HONEST! - but it didn't flow. Really glad you pic... view book

I wrote 1226 days ago

Can I just say that I'd have loved to have been in the pub when you worked this one out... I'll come up with something more useful when I've got a bit further. view book

I wrote 1267 days ago

CC. Thanks so much for the input and your continued support. I should point out with respect to the Eddie Izzard comment that there's a line in chapter 3 about the three little pigs having their henge blown down that did subesquently turn up in one of his routines (I have independent proof that I ha... view book

I wrote 1267 days ago

The font size was dead respectable back when I wrote it, honest! I'll resize it to something suitable for today's monitors. I think that's only fair in return for your very generous comment. view book

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