TEE_rase_war Posted May 26, 2002 Share Posted May 26, 2002 Originally posted by Armenhammer 1984 - George Orewell damn good book. yes...se hinton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest serpent of the light Posted May 26, 2002 Share Posted May 26, 2002 i didn't see it listed, but for all ya art fags w/ misunderstanding families: my name is asher lev by chaim potok. its pretty fucking good. lately i've been reading more spiritual stuff than novels. and a classic, short as hell, but goddamn most inspiring book i've ever touched: jonathon livingston seagull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fabo 2 Posted May 26, 2002 Share Posted May 26, 2002 The Bible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanity Posted May 26, 2002 Share Posted May 26, 2002 i was actually considering reading the bible this summer... but i jsut read a shit load of middle english books.. too many allusions for me, im bored. some chick just recommended a book called midnight dreams, or something similare by raul shaleem? (not sure).... it's supposedly fantasy view on indian and pakistani history. i was also thinking about pickin up clowork orange (never saw the movie) it's like clockwork orange lemonade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EatMorGlue Posted May 26, 2002 Share Posted May 26, 2002 watt by samuel beckett. the night world and the word night by franz wright.. completely amazing. debunked cummings and rilke to become my favorite poet pretty much right after i finished it. do yourself a favor: go buy it and read it.. it's a small book.. it'll set you back about twelve bucks, and for what you get i think that's a bargain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizm Posted May 26, 2002 Share Posted May 26, 2002 stupid white men - michael moore if you're going to read the bible, don't sleep on the tao te ching, the q'uran, and other religious texts....broaden your horizons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ted Wakowski Posted May 26, 2002 Share Posted May 26, 2002 You should read this book about a guy who has radishes for legs. It's all about his life and how he lives with radish-legs, which is an interesting topic when you really think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ted Wakowski Posted May 26, 2002 Share Posted May 26, 2002 Originally posted by Sonik3000 if you dig hemingway, move on to faulkner. Word, I read some fuckin' shit by William Faulkner (if that's the Faulkner you're refering to) and it was pretty fucking dope, and that's no fucking bullshit either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyHofa Posted May 27, 2002 Share Posted May 27, 2002 Homer, sappho, the bible, shakespeare, henry james, eliot/joyce. to be read in that order before you read anything else (unless you're sitting on the toilet). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonik3000 Posted May 27, 2002 Share Posted May 27, 2002 reading sappho will get you precisely the wrong kind of girls. if you want to make the barnes and noble cafe make, henry james is a better bet. also have on the table, but do not read, some kaka by kingsolver, morrison, welty, or wharton. if you actually have to stoop to reading a female author, go for flannery o'connor's short stories. if nothing else, they're short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyHofa Posted May 27, 2002 Share Posted May 27, 2002 sonik i have agreed with most everything you have said, but naysaying sappho just because she was female is like cutting off your dick to spite your sack. plus, she was a lesbian, so it will get you just the right type of girls: the adventurous kind. i would rather be flayed alive than read another pompous self serving hunk of shit by toni morrison that self righteous cunt. the bluest eye should have been called the biggest turd because it was terrible. if you want to picks up chicks in barnes and noble you should be reading zora neale hurston or betty freedan or some shit like that, or anna karanina, dumb bitches seem to like that book. or a philosopher that most people know, like nietsche, or the best is french poetry. although i've never picked up a girl in b+n or anywhere for that matter. conclusion, sappho is good, so don't snooze. i would be interested to hear your reasoning on this one though, other than the female card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Posted May 27, 2002 Share Posted May 27, 2002 good topic vonnegut- up to a few weeks ago I hadn't read shit by him. I finished 'sirens of titan' (decent book, but not as much so as I was expecting) in about two days and I'm currently 100 pages into SlaughterHouse 5-----< definitely feeling it Im also reading a book about the spanish civil war called "The spanish civil war" ,not exactly the kind of book that has you dancing in suspense but i feel there is much to be learned from that event in history. And if any of you out there have qualms over the 'war on terrorism' being staged by and for the same clowns who invented the 'war on drugs' I'd have to recomend chomsky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledzep Posted May 27, 2002 Share Posted May 27, 2002 Originally posted by Xeroshoes Isaac Asimov - I, Robot hell fukin yeah, other good books include: Eaters of the Dead - Micheal Crichton Jurassic Park - Micheal Crichton -better than the movie Jurassic park II -Micheal Cruchton -ditto Animal farm- George Orwell Brave ne world - Aldous Huxley Lord of the flies-william golding- awesome book Hobbit 'n' Lord of the rings- J.R.R. Tolkien (awesome awesome awesome) To kill a mocking bird-harper lee- cool ass book Hitchhikers guide to the universe- best damn book ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonik3000 Posted May 27, 2002 Share Posted May 27, 2002 you read sappho, and it just screams "non-gay man slave available for consumption by young heartbreakers of itinerant sexuality." That means you getting laid ain't gonna happen, but a just-friendship full of frustration just might. go for rumi instead; erotic, exotic, and most important, straight. i mentioned that pile of femmy kaka because that's some of what gets the girls. don't read it, but have read it - got it? french poetry is tricky, because you run the risk of either picking up a girl who can read the original french, or worse still, an actual french girl, which will put you on an endless cycle of reading ever more french lit in order to satisfy her, which as a matter of national pride will never happen. the girls do dig rimbaud however. bottom line for the barnes and nobles cafe make, go for a book of rumi poems, sitting on top of your best blackbook, while reading ulysses with a decent annotation nearby. you'll appear smart, resourceful, artistic, sensitive, and horny. literature is a big fucking joke, don't you all see that? sonik3000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodice_ripper Posted May 27, 2002 Share Posted May 27, 2002 Originally posted by Sonik3000 reading sappho will get you precisely the wrong kind of girls. I disagree. If she is actually bright enought to know who Sappho is, you are probably on to a winner anyway, who the fuck reads to impress the girls? How devoid of other charms would you have to be in order to need books as mate-bait? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyHofa Posted May 27, 2002 Share Posted May 27, 2002 i think george carlin said it best when he said "how bout nthe gentleman's guide to the golden age of blow jobs?" reading to impress women is a waste of time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest professor poopatronic Posted May 27, 2002 Share Posted May 27, 2002 jesus christ, i wish i knew any girls who were even into literature in the first place. do girls really approach you at cafes because of what books you have on the table? wow, maybe the world can be is a better place than i thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanity Posted May 27, 2002 Share Posted May 27, 2002 or a much more superficial one... i etch cafe windows to piss them sluts off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest professor poopatronic Posted May 27, 2002 Share Posted May 27, 2002 Originally posted by Vanity or a much more superficial one... i etch cafe windows to piss them sluts off. i'd rather people judge me by what i read than what kind of car i'm driving or how much money i have. although it is still pretty silly now that i think of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanity Posted May 28, 2002 Share Posted May 28, 2002 yeah, but then you get like sonik and start assuming what kind of books will get you what kinda girls and end up changing for others. but im wierd like that... i refuse to advertise the type of person i am.. the best i can anyway. it's along the same vein as wearing band tshirts and stuff. still sluts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KILROE Posted May 28, 2002 Share Posted May 28, 2002 ok we can stop the post now because I got the best book ever writtten, after you read this you never have to read another book again Glamarama by Bret Estern Ellis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoink Posted May 28, 2002 Share Posted May 28, 2002 for what its worth my two cents...books i read semi recently or reread dune: frank herbert...even if it is sci fi....but smart author...and reallly creative... its entertaining and touches on alot of subjects(the series is great but after book three it got far fetched still i like) cycle of the werewolf:certainly not a literary classic, but fun to read plus its illustrated by bernie wrightson (horror artist and some comics) and from 1989 its kinda cool and seriously not jumping on the patriotism bandwagon mark bowden is an awesome writer (black hawk down, killing pablo) some military history is interesting especially when looked at from both sides. lastly: ransom the untold story of international kidnapping by ann auerbach, really fucking good good read and damn enlightening its not chaucer or mark twain..but hey..:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DMX Posted August 11, 2002 Share Posted August 11, 2002 bump. i started this wicked long ago but it contains alot of good information. i have since read a bit of all the authors sonik recommended, and ,well, i recommend them too. ps if you haven't read the grapes of wrath, do so. now. bitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest krie Posted August 11, 2002 Share Posted August 11, 2002 i hate books!:heated: :heated: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chicken bone Posted August 11, 2002 Share Posted August 11, 2002 I've recommended this before I think, but everyone should read V. by Thomas Pynchon Has anyone ever read this before? The book is so surreal (I just got done reading it a second time after a period of one year) and brimming with density. Its kind of weird though, because when I think back on the book its like the characters become a part of my personal memory, and I think back on shit and I remember feelings and such. Strange. This is the kind of book where you can read it once a year and still find tons of new shit you never saw before, and you can make hundreds of new connections each time. I also just read (for the second time, har har) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick Great book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DMX Posted August 11, 2002 Share Posted August 11, 2002 back on the subject of picking up girls in barnes and noble, what's the point of actually sitting down and reading there anyways? i don't think i've ever bothered reading in public, i'm too easily distracted and it seems like i'd just be trying to show off or something stupid like that. i still can't even imagine actually getting chicks that way. maybe i should try it sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krs702 Posted August 11, 2002 Share Posted August 11, 2002 i went from sartre to camus.. they express two different types of existentialism.. if your doing sartre i would do his literature to philosophy and camus would be philosophy to literature right now, i went out and bought The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami..looks good..i wanna go buy The Rebel by Camus..library is a pain ..pages gone all the fucking time..half price books will never have it..going to borders i have to pay 13 dollars for a copy that has bent pages and torn.. uh no.. if you want some difficult literature.. Nabokov is your man.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chicken bone Posted August 11, 2002 Share Posted August 11, 2002 I think The Rebel is the same as The Stranger by Camus. If you are intending on buying the novel cheers to you, because The Stranger is the most powerful book i've ever read. I recommend it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jah Posted August 11, 2002 Share Posted August 11, 2002 jack herer, tool, irving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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