george jetson Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 shorty can't eat no books dogg... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LexDiamonds Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Nice Post. H.S.T. is a beast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RELAPSER Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 finished this yesterday, good read. dude catches a charge trafficking a package to an undercover cop in new york and utilizes painting to gain fame and notoriety for his case as he attempts to get clemency. starting this one this afternoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricitySucks Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 And did anyone ever read this??? I was considering it my next read.. i have it and Tom Wolfe's the Kandy-Kolored-Tangerine Steamline Baby. Although I never finished Acid Tests, its not that easy of a read. Sure, that is relative but it took a while to "get in the flow" of reading it. It's hard to explain, but try it out...give it some time, though. I've heard people say it was terrible cause they could n't follow it, but I've asked people who have finished it and they seem to appreciate it after wards. Personally, Wolfe's KKTSB seemed a bit more coherent (maybe cause it's not always in the realms of hallucinogenics) and was a good read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricitySucks Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Some great letters in this one...I love the story about the his neighbor/hedgehog.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LosingMyMind Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 It's a book of photography but has a series of long and very interesting interviews with Shore in it as well. Great stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Medicine Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 The book opens on a 23-year-old Frey, who appears to have lived eight lifetimes before hitting the quarter mile, and is about to throw in the towel. He is not a pretty sight: "My front four teeth are gone, I have a hole in my cheek, my nose is broken and my eyes are swollen nearly shut." His clothes are covered with spit, snot, urine, vomit and blood, liquids that come up quite often throughout the extent of the book. Delivered to his parents, he is barely conscious, yet requests that his father buy him two bottles of wine, which, amazingly, he does, and which Frey, amazingly, downs as if it were water. im trying to pick up this book again...being an alcoholic myself. reading this book the first pages helped me before i relapsed again. but i want to read it all the way through.. good book for anybody who has been down in the worst of worst in they're drinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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acer910 Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 just finished it. didnt like how it was broken up, and was also written sloppily (one minute he had bullets, the next he didnt and then he did again ETC). and i think it came to a conclusion way too quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metronome Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 The book opens on a 23-year-old Frey, who appears to have lived eight lifetimes before hitting the quarter mile, and is about to throw in the towel. He is not a pretty sight: "My front four teeth are gone, I have a hole in my cheek, my nose is broken and my eyes are swollen nearly shut." His clothes are covered with spit, snot, urine, vomit and blood, liquids that come up quite often throughout the extent of the book. Delivered to his parents, he is barely conscious, yet requests that his father buy him two bottles of wine, which, amazingly, he does, and which Frey, amazingly, downs as if it were water. im trying to pick up this book again...being an alcoholic myself. reading this book the first pages helped me before i relapsed again. but i want to read it all the way through.. good book for anybody who has been down in the worst of worst in they're drinking. you know this guy is a fraud, right ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acer910 Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 wasnt he the only guy to make Opra(sp?) an ass? isnt he dead now? (okay, the last sentence is false. but he did make oparah look silly) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ski Mask Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 forget the jokes about Al Gore being dull and monotone. This is a fantastic book, and even post-bush its still incredibly relevant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SystemFailure Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Santana sorry for this belated response. This will be a biased opinion since I am a scifi nut and consider Herbert's works to be magnificent but, if you have an appeal for scifi Herbert is the way to go. His character development is superb and humanistic, no cliche actions, human fallibility apparent. It is a masterful blend of futuristic landscapes and technologies coupled with questions of morality, science vs. nature, socioeconomics, relevancy of religion and it's influence, and proletariat revolution. Just finished up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest 50million Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 shes fucking biased so far.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ski Mask Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 I'm reading Promethus Bound. An ancient play, one of the oldest we have. About a simple man who was horrifically punished by the powers that be for the terrible crime of trying to bring light to the common people. In the words of Ascyllius, "No good deed goes unpunished." I cannot tell you how much consolation I find in these slim pages. sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloveboxcars Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 http://www.poevotes.com/images/jscully-390-Prometheus_boun.jpg I'm reading Promethus Bound. An ancient play, one of the oldest we have. About a simple man who was horrifically punished by the powers that be for the terrible crime of trying to bring light to the common people. In the words of Ascyllius, "No good deed goes unpunished." I cannot tell you how much consolation I find in these slim pages. so good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blood fart Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 I decided to start reading this again last night. It is one of my favorite books and always reminds me of my mother. My nephew is named Atticus, so it reminds me of him as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Medicine Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 you know this guy is a fraud, right ? no, i did not. explain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blood fart Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 He made up the whole story. I knew that before I read the book and as I read it, it was pretty obvious that it was not real. These two books are about the same thing and aren't made-up. This is also a good book that has helped a lot of people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiendish Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Spruce Lee Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 i'm reading this. if anyone enjoys books about vietnam or war in general i definately reccomend it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Maskface Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Got given it by this chick when I told her I was lookin for something to read. Very good so far, not in any way what i expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TONY MAYO Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 dope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobsaysmittens Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 Just finished And now reading And Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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