{OneSevenNine.com} Posted October 22, 2009 Author Share Posted October 22, 2009 favorite of all time, just finished again. sorry about the thumbnail, can't attach pictures proper from work..... East of Edan was phenomenonal. I recently re-read it, good choice. Steinbeck is always a winner in my book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudpuddles Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 of mice and men was the only steinbeck book ive read...finished it in a day. liked it, cause its setting was close to where i live. that's the only other Steinbeck I've read. yeah, quick and easy but pretty heavy. i love how he does the dialog and narration sorta colloquial style another recomendation from senior AP english 10 years ago..... John Irving's "Prayer for Owen Meany" slow in parts but great read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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yeaaaah baby Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Bret Easton Ellis is a good author. You've read American Psycho right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampFightOner Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 i was just watching artie lange videos on youtube. arties is my hero in a weird kinda way. dude is straight up shameless, which is awesome. Dude is such a trainwreck. There's a chapter about him being in full pig costume, fleeing the madTV set, driving to LA for coke, doing it through his prosthetic pig snout all day during work, and then after he finally passes out at the end of the night waking up covered in his own shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fiendish Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Bret Easton Ellis is a good author. You've read American Psycho right? Yea, that was the first book I read of his... Awesome. Got Less Than Zero & Glamorama to get through, then I've read all his books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughslast Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Bret Easton Ellis is a good author. You've read American Psycho right? that book is intense. the movie does not even touch on the insanity of the book. the part with the rodents was way nasty. excellent author and the depth of analysis in the book is impressive. the meticulous detail registry of thoughts and sensations in that book gives it a depth that is rarely paralleled. which on that note. if you liked that aspect of the book you may like PiHKAL: The Chemical Story, by Alexander and Ann Shulgin. The book is about two different perspectives on experimentation and the development of pharmaceuticals. One is from the scientists point of view and details his thoughts about when he is experimenting and the course of his trips. While the other is from the lady's perspective of using pharmaceuticals. There is like a love story aspect of it that I found lame, but the insight into the mind was awesome. Thick read, but very very good. Oh, and for the real science junkies there is an encyclopedia in the back of all the drugs listed, there chemical compound, definition of terms listed, and effects. Makes up about a 1/4 of the books thickness. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughslast Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 their** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Camus Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Yea, that was the first book I read of his... Awesome. Got Less Than Zero & Glamorama to get through, then I've read all his books. If you've seen Zoolander you've read Glamorama. Just add like a 10 page sex scene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francis buxton Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 ^^^LOLz^^^ ...nice s/n by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keso cheese Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 currently reading Freakonomics, pretty interesting book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dowmagik Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Dude is such a trainwreck. There's a chapter about him being in full pig costume, fleeing the madTV set, driving to LA for coke, doing it through his prosthetic pig snout all day during work, and then after he finally passes out at the end of the night waking up covered in his own shit Word, he's a fuckin savage son of a bitch. So goddamn self destructive but he won't die!! I saw an interview with him on a late show where he said they made the book have a glossy cover so people could do lines off it. Classic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampFightOner Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 I'll tell you one thing for sure, it worked very well haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acer910 Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 wait. thats the movie poster. but still, you get the point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiendish Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicenemyno.3 Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 i bought the tao of wu by rza as kind of a joke, but it's actually a hella good read. mos def would recommend it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crocodile Tears Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 just finished this. good read all in all but dude goes off a bit on a sports tangent, kinda fucked up the flow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.hopeless. Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 this looks dope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
{OneSevenNine.com} Posted October 25, 2009 Author Share Posted October 25, 2009 I raided a used book store, I bought good ones for my family that I wished read more. Flowers for Algernon was my find of the day, hardback. Only cause it has been on my mind. Post pics when I get home from road trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro dePaca Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 I am currently reading Shadow Puppets by Orson Scott Card (another part of the enders game series) I wanna read clockwork orange cause I saw the movie the other day and I think the book will be better. On a completely unrelated note does anyone know of any really good steakpunk books. I have no clue why I want to read one but I guess I saw something and I have this overwhelming need to read a steampunk novel or watch a steampunk movie. I don't even know how I knew about it or know about it now. My memory has been slowly dying on me for the last month. Bad. i remember liking "the difference engine" by william gibson and bruce sterling. i'm generally a fan of william gibson. also rudy rucker for cyberpunk type stuff. also "steamboy" is kind of a cool movie for that steam powered technology stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smart Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 OK listen, NOBODY should shit talk Frankenstein. That book was awesome and it was written by a woman when women didn't write, much less write the horror... It's a masterpiece, no doubt. Why do you think there are so many Frankenstein movies? So, this week I read: P.T. Duetermann- Scorpion of the Sea (very good, seemed dry at first but it just wasn't) Nelson DeMille- Wildfire (pageturner but kinda MEH on the politics, good though) N. DeMille/T. Block- Mayday (pretty good but still kinda just fluff, hard to put down) Robt. Ludlum - Sigma Project (he's the fucking master, heir to LeCarre... incredible) I think I may fall back on a LeCarre jag because that's where my heart lies but I've got 3 manuscripts on my desk... we'll see who wins. For those unfamiliar, I started with 'The Spy Who Came In From The Cold" but he had 2 or 3 before that... I recommend following my route and reading "A Small Town In Germany" next but, whatever, as long as you read them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Weapon X Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 For those unfamiliar, I started with 'The Spy Who Came In From The Cold" but he had 2 or 3 before that... I recommend following my route and reading "A Small Town In Germany" next but, whatever, as long as you read them all. Smart, I should thank you for putting me on to Le Carré, years ago, on one of these threads. Leamas is the man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAR Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 Robt. Ludlum I went through a phase in high school where I read every ludlum book including the co-authored books after he died. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misread Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 I am currently reading: Killing Hitler by: Roger Moorhouse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloveboxcars Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 so i tried to pick up a john fante book again and that shit is not happening. poor mans salinger, but still somehow shittier than that makes it sound. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
...HSAMSnoytiC Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 liar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampFightOner Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 i was just watching artie lange videos on youtube. arties is my hero in a weird kinda way. dude is straight up shameless, which is awesome. Yo dow, I just bought tickets to see him in January...holla! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeaaaah baby Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 started this, so far its awesome. "One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures" - GW BUSH. this one has great fantastic pictures in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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