Vanity Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 i hate taking people's advice on non fiction, because i jusdge it on how informative and how unbiased it is... only nonfiction i've enjoyed have been historical autobiographies and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weapon X Posted June 11, 2004 Author Share Posted June 11, 2004 Originally posted by !@#$% i think they're turning Choke into a movie. i also have read that at a bunch of readings of his new [book?] short stories[??] people have been fainting I have to say it: That’s ‘cuz they’re all emo art fags! Haahhahahahahahahaaaa! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanity Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 maybe they're fainting cause it's so bad :D talking shit on something you haven't read is the way to go http://www.12ozprophet.com/ubb/icons/icon26.gif'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weapon X Posted June 11, 2004 Author Share Posted June 11, 2004 Originally posted by Vanity talking shit on something you haven't read is the way to go http://www.12ozprophet.com/ubb/icons/icon26.gif'> yes, man! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villain Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 Originally posted by Weapon X Bump, because that non-fiction book I got is pretty damn good. Did you pick up some Marcinko? That's the real deal. Good shit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weapon X Posted June 11, 2004 Author Share Posted June 11, 2004 No, not yet. That will be for my next visit to the library or bookstore. Hopefully it’s not that hard to find. I was talking about the WWII book I mentioned in the first post of this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CIPHER_one Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 Originally posted by some dude What, no Pahliunuk (sp) has been mentioned yet? Originally posted by CIPHER_one Waiting on Stranger Than Ficiton by Chucky P. Chuck P. Reference #1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 oooopp. movie's about Survivor, not choke. http://www.chuckpalahniuk.net/index.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathoræ Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 Getting ready to start these... Long Time Passing: Vietnam & the Haunted Generation by Myra MacPherson The Mating Mind by Geoffrey Miller (one of my old professors) Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EyeforAnEYE Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 Originally posted by Weapon X You should read the Mahabarata. On the cover of that copy, Krishna is driving Arjuna’s chariot. Arjuna soon kills Karna, his long lost brother. Karna was left vulnerable on the battlefield because his chariot’s wheel got stuck in the mud. The wheel got stuck in the mud because of bad karma. Big ups to the Pandava Brothers: Arjuna (that’s who I was when I was a kid), Bhima, and uh…I forget the other three. If you’re not interested in reading the Mahabarata, then check out the Amar Chitra Kata comic books. They’re really damn good. They might be hard to find, though. Maybe the Little India in your town. *edit – the Mahabarata is the story of the great battle that is taking place on the cover of that Gita you have. But you probably knew that. I'll check that out. Theres no little india in my town, but I'll ask some devotees if they got them, I'm sure some of them do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Step8 Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 Seeing as i've just watched the movie version, i'm going to re-read 'The Football Factory', along with John King's other books, 'headhunters' and 'England Away'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poop Man Bob Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 Currently: http://www.buzzflash.com/premiums/04/04/images/woodward_200.jpg'> Waiting on the bookshelf: http://www.bookreporter.com/art/covers/140w/0312315716.jpg'> http://www.bookreporter.com/art/covers/140w/0140177396.jpg'> http://images.amazon.com/images/P/078671378X.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg'> http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0743260244.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crave Posted June 13, 2004 Share Posted June 13, 2004 Originally posted by El Mamerro I just copped Clive Cussler's latest, "Trojan Odyssey". This will be fun. i've always enjoyed cussler's books. good stuff. bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CIPHER_one Posted June 13, 2004 Share Posted June 13, 2004 Originally posted by !@#$% oooopp. movie's about Survivor, not choke. Movies are being made out of Choke, Survivor, Invisible Monsters, and Diary. **Edit: Just gave up on Last Exit To Brooklyn by Selby, just started Me Talk Pretty One Day....its good and funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smart Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 ^Me Talk Pretty... Yeah, Sedaris is really funny, witty and well written. Thanks to the King of Hell for introducing his work to me a few years back. (Sidenote, his sister is Amy Sedaris of Strangers with Candy fame...) So, I thought somebody had mentioned The Day of the Jackal earlier on but didn't see the post when I rescanned the thread... Oh well, I found it on my bookshelf and I'll start that tomorrow when I finish 8 Million Ways to Die by Lawrence Block... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilush Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 ^speaking of, if anyone wants me talk pretty one day for free, email me. i give my books away. share the wealth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR+DELUSION Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 im reading glamorama again out of sheer boredom. i need to expand my horizons, huh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_El Mamerro Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 Originally posted by Smart So, I thought somebody had mentioned The Day of the Jackal earlier on but didn't see the post when I rescanned the thread... Oh well, I found it on my bookshelf and I'll start that tomorrow when I finish 8 Million Ways to Die by Lawrence Block... I had mentioned the film on some movie thread. Both the book and the movie (the original 1973 film) are excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanity Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 sedaris just did a show here.. tickets were too much, and the add was him blowing out a huge puff of smoke... grossed me out so much i wouldnt go if it were free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awarePTA Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 watching ghost dog forced me to start reading hagakure:way of the samurai.and im reading the metamorphasis by franz kafka. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SukiSukiNow Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 Originally posted by CIPHER_one Me Talk Pretty One Day....its good and funny. hell yeah. his other books are funny as well like barrel fever and holiday on ice. check out tales of the city too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smart Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 Originally posted by El Mamerro I had mentioned the film on some movie thread. Both the book and the movie (the original 1973 film) are excellent. Good lookin' out Mamski! :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Jump Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 im reading The Heart is Decietful by JT Leroy now and i picked up the Sedaris book along with the new Palahniuk one and Glamorama today.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poop Man Bob Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 For the Sedaris fans on 12oz, which apparently there are quite a few, his new book just came out: Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim. It'll premiere at #1 tomorrow on the NYT bestseller list. Plus, he had an interview on NPR that I listened to today. [note: the date of the interview was 6/15/04 .. you may need to click "Previous Show" until you get there.] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AORAone Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 i was reading "history of the second world war" got to page 2500 some odd, and stopped. haha. i am about to start reading a short book called "the legal research manual" i also picked up "law dictionary for nonlawyers third edition" much fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EatMorGlue Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 I noticed a lot of other kids reading up on WWII... right now I'm reading: Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon "A screaming comes across the sky. It has happened before, but there is nothing to compare it to now." If you like reading about WWII, or if you like having your fucking mind blown by, who I consider to be, the best American writer of the 20th century, check this out. This is Pynchon's tour de force, which at its most general is about a man's relationship to the V-2 rocket. When I read books I underline sentences or passages that I like, and I've got entire pages underlined in this book. The man just has a way with words and sentences. Amazing. Plot and story are top notch to boot so far, too. This is not for the faint of heart though: it isn't a real easy read, and it isn't a real short read either, clockin in just under 800 pages. I've been reading it in spurts over the last year. On the Natural History of Destruction by W.G. Sebald His final book about the (arguably) self-induced cultural amnesia in Germany regarding the Allied heavy-bombing campaigns to reduce to ashes a number of largely civilian, non-military cities during the final years of the war. More German civilians were killed in these campaigns than total US deaths in both theaters of war, yet there is an almost total vacuum in German postwar literature about facing and bluntly describing these atrocities. up to bat next: The Wind-up Bird Chronicl by Haruki Murakami Picked this up on a whim. I think it's peripherally related to the rape of Nanking. Said to be bizarre and disturbing, just how I like my fiction. Fast Food Nation by Schlosser I've been meaning to read it for a while and I've just recently got it. man I wish I had the money for: The Second World War boxed set by Churchill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fermentor666 Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 Just finished: The Diamond Age, Neal Stephenson - Great book, in the cyberpunk vein but it deals as much with social structures and etiquette as it does with science fiction. If you liked Snow Crash you'll like it. Just stick with it through the first 60 or so pages which are boring as hell. Mystic River, Denis Lehane - Much better than the movie, quick read, if you liked the movie a lot or haven't seen it yet read it. The Rules of Attraction, Bret Easton Ellis - The guy who wrote American Psycho (which I haven't read) and the book that the movie was based on. It's a lot different from the film, a lot more sex and drug use and different plot turns and it takes place in 1985. Can get repetitive and it's not exactly a positive book. I came away hating liberal arts drama majors even more than I already did. There is not a single likable character in the book. All in all, not that bad but nothing amazing. Next up: Moneyball, Michael Lewis - That #1 non-fiction bestseller about baseball. The Exorcist, William Peter Blatty - What the movie was based on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathoræ Posted July 2, 2004 Share Posted July 2, 2004 *bump* So, I'm here at the library and I seem to recall someone mentioning an older book that was the basis for either 1984 or Brave New World. If anyone knows the title or author, by all means let me know... kthx :dazed: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Weapon X Posted July 2, 2004 Author Share Posted July 2, 2004 Originally posted by bathoræ *bump* So, I'm here at the library and I seem to recall someone mentioning an older book that was the basis for either 1984 or Brave New World. If anyone knows the title or author, by all means let me know... SHIT! I HAVE MAD OVERDUE BOOKS TO RETURN! Oh yah, bathorae…Zamyatin's We? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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