Peter Chippindale (1945–2014)

Author of What Is Islam

11 Works 274 Members 7 Reviews

About the Author

Peter Chippindale was born in northern India on July 4, 1945. He received a history degree at Reading and eventually became a journalist. He worked at the Guardian for several years. He wrote or co-wrote numerous non-fiction books including Juntas United, The Thorpe Committal, Disaster!, Stick It show more Up Your Punter!, Dished!, and Life As Sutch. He also wrote the novel Mink! He died of kidney failure on August 10, 2014 at the age of 69. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Works by Peter Chippindale

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What Is Islam (1990) — Author — 94 copies

Stick It Up Your Punter! (1990) 69 copies

Laptop of the Gods (1998) 46 copies

Disaster!: Rise and Fall of "News on Sunday" (1988) 14 copies

Mink! (1995) 13 copies

Juntas United (1978) 13 copies

Dished!: Rise and Fall of British Satellite Broadcasting (1991) 10 copies

The Thorpe committal (1979) 5 copies

Nerz! Roman (1996) 4 copies

British CB Book (1981) 3 copies

British Monarchy PLC (1988) 3 copies

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Birthdate: 1945-07-04
Date of death: 2014-08-10
Gender: male
Nationality: UK
Birthplace: India
Education: Sedbergh School, Cumbria, England
Reading University, UK

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Stick It Up Your Punter!: The Uncut Story of the Sun… by Peter Chippindale

A great biography. The end is slightly unsatisfactory - the book ultimately charts the rise of Murdoch's empire, even if it's the staff and their outrageous behaviour that draws you in - but the gossipy insider nature would be irresistible even if it was about a more mundane newspaper. A must-read for anyone with a passing interest in newspapers.

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alexrichman | Apr 9, 2015 |

Laptop of the Gods by Peter Chippindale

Acquired second-hand, probably in Reading, for £3.99 instead of the cover price of £6.99. Thank God - I'd hate to think I'd paid the full cover price for this. Cover and back-blurb conspire to sell the book to the Discworld audience, but it has neither the comedic or thought-provoking qualities of almost any Discworld novel you care to name.

I am, today, off work with a nasty cough and a voice that is missing presumed ultrasonic, and I am therefore taking the opportunity to continue working through my read-this-again pile. This was next, but sadly I have made it only so far as page 90, and that much was hard work.

I don't believe I shall trouble to finish it this time around.… (more)

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Uffer | 2 other reviews | May 29, 2007 |

Laptop of the Gods: A Millennium Fable by Peter Chippindale

Not really to my sense of humour.

Eh. I mean, I liked the story and all... but the humour felt a bit forced, sometimes. Like the author was going 'aah! I've had two whole sentences without a joke! Must remedy!' - kind of annoyed me after a while.

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tronella | 2 other reviews | May 19, 2006 |

Laptop of the Gods: A Millennial Fable by Peter Chippindale

Tom Holt does the gods better. The Gods are facing some millenium issues, combined with boredom and a computer with ideas about changing the paradigm.

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wyvernfriend | 2 other reviews | Sep 25, 2005 |

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