SOZER Posted November 3, 2001 Share Posted November 3, 2001 A Peoples History of the United States good book, read that last year and i put more faith in that then any "textbook" catcher in the rye i suggest that everyone reads the fightclub book too biography of nietchze some book on sartre nsk-vc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohnoone Posted November 3, 2001 Share Posted November 3, 2001 what ive read recently what uncle sam really wants..... Noam Chomsky declarations of independance... Howard Zinn Johnny got his gun.... Dalton trumbo ANARCHY a collection of emma goldmans Mother Earth, peter glassgold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mental invalid Posted November 5, 2001 Share Posted November 5, 2001 ...if anyone here really likes kerouac...dont read desolate angels....ive lost my faith in kerouac...hes a greek tragedy....dying drunk on his mothers couch....everytime i think of it i cringe and it makes me feel hopeless....im sorry i have a huge history with that guy....a bodhi that didnt know how to make it...(deep sigh)....as a writer he cant be touched, but as a an individual its a sad ending...and with his style and subject matter, i can not seperate the two...my soul gasped for air and my vision became slightly more grey when i finished that novel....i dont wanna dash anyones images of jack onto the same rocks that my image now lies, but the fact remains as far as life goes, hes one of the ones that didnt get it at the end...it killed him...so i turned to the ones who did weather the storm: ferlinghetti, ginsberg, snyder, and corso....sorry to be late on this one....maybe itll jump start again....maybe ill just repost this under kerouac... as far as good books breakfast of champions power of myth coney island of the mind cannery row rOe...heroes falling by the wayside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graf Orlok Posted November 5, 2001 Share Posted November 5, 2001 Bibliomania Originally posted by intercity just read Clockwork Orange... again. better every time. by Anthony Burgess I've read that book three times! Awesome read. The book has a lot of stuff the movie doesn't (as the movie has a lot that the book doesn't) - and the book has a different ending... the 21st chapter! Edited out of the original American edition and the left out of the movie. Alex grows up. Some non-fiction stuff that changed my life was Culture Jam by Kale Lasn - this book encourages vandalism as a way to shock people from their television and advertising induced consumer coma! Also Fast Food Nation (forget authors name). This book got me, along witrh everyone who has read it, to stop eating fast food, especially Mickey D's. Other swell things to read include: 40 ouncer by Ken Zapata Princess Bride by William Goldman Post Office by Burroughs uh - I don't know. Catch 22 by Heller (I think) is awesome but a tough read. That should keep you busy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted November 5, 2001 Share Posted November 5, 2001 I like to read philosophy type books. Eastern philosophy is the best. Zen Flesh Zen Bones The Dhammapada The Tao Te Ching Art of War Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seven.13 Posted November 5, 2001 Share Posted November 5, 2001 Yeah Kerouac did die a drunk..in Florida of all places But is there anyother way he could have died? I don't know..it just makes a little sort of sad cosmic sense to me Sure its sad, but his tradgedy makes his triumph wow im not making anysense to anyone. I think desolation angels is worth reading- its real its the beautiful REAL sadness I just don't think Kerouac could have died a happy Zen lunatic wanderer frolicking about in the high mountain paradiso or cruising along the highway to a brothel in mexico His death -to me- is pure Jack. Thats him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest i create destruction Posted November 5, 2001 Share Posted November 5, 2001 i didn't read the other posts so these may have been mentioned already. the media monopoly by ben bagdikian deterring democracy by noam chomsky breakfast of champions by kurt vonnegut all things censored by mumia abu-jamal dark alliance by gary webb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeroshoes Posted November 6, 2001 Share Posted November 6, 2001 Originally posted by THE LAW lizard music by daniel pinkwater hell, anything by daniel pinkwater...in the children's section. THE LAST GURU SLAVES OF SPIEGEL SNARKOUT BOYS AND THE AVACADO OF DEATH SNARKOUT BOYS AND THE BACONBURG HORROR ALAN MENDELSOHN THE BOY FROM MARS WORMS OF KUKUMLIMA haha, I got a big book with most of those stories in it. They're pretty crazy. otherwise.... FAST FOOD NATION- Eric Schlosser If you eat at mcdonalds, you probably won't eat there again after reading this. A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME - Stephen Hawking FOUNDATION FOUNDATION AND EMPIRE SECOND FOUNDATION - a trilogy by Isaac Asimov Best Science Fiction Series. Ever. DUNE - Frank Herbert 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY - Arthur C. Clarke A must read indeed. INTO THE WILD - Jon Krakauer The true story of Chris McCandless. Fascinating. I could go on and on.......but I won't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teister Posted November 6, 2001 Share Posted November 6, 2001 read anything by Aldous Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dropone Posted November 6, 2001 Share Posted November 6, 2001 just finished dharma bums which i thought was great and on the road of course. im about to read naked lunch. I feel you mr. invalid. anyone listens to alot of jazz knows youll get your heart broken eventually (see mr. charlie parker). as for me im the lone observer so i can really relate to his writing and i probably will die drunk alone on a couch, but that is really inevitable i guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krs702 Posted November 6, 2001 Share Posted November 6, 2001 it's good that people actually read books.. im reading Stalin by Edvard Radzinsky a serious in-depth book about Stalins life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Dubyah Bush Posted November 6, 2001 Share Posted November 6, 2001 Re: HOLOGRAPHIC UNIVERSE Originally posted by George Dubyah Bush HAS anybody read the "Holographic Universe" by Michael Talbot? I ordered that today, and was wondering if any body can give me some feed back. peace HAS ANYBODY READ THIS BOOK BEFORE!>????? i really want to get some feedback on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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