NightmareOnElmStreet Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 It's pretty good - ever wondered the issues for an astronaut needing a shit? sorry for posting other people's reviews haven't read a bryson book yet. always sounds like it could go either way for me. For the emotionless pessimist in all of us: Pretty good imo. Not long, easy read. albert is the jam. emotionless pessimism in his eyes might be translated to the world is already absurd so why bother adding to the pot. least thats how i always thought of it. Everything I have read by Camus has been pretty pleasant easy reading. Check out Paul Bowles for more good stuff. i've never heard of this dude. specific suggestions in comparison to mr. camus, please? currently still trying to cut down that "must read" part of the book shelf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat ralphy Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 mid way through the triology.....decent basically anything I read now is just a filler until George RR Martin puts out the next book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drue_Down Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 These just came in the mail today. I'm not of sure of UPSKI's fame outside of Chicago or as an author. I picked up a copy of Bomb The Suburbs 19 years ago in a coffee shop in Chicago, at some point my copy disappeared. (Fuck, time flies!) Even though I am behind on the marketing books I should be reading instead, I wanted to revisit Bomb The Suburbs (1994) & check out his other books: No More Prisons (1999) Please Don't Bomb The Suburbs (2010) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Realism Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 I'm actually reading Bomb the Suburbs as well. Survival in Auschwitz - Primo Levi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doodle Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Started reading this a while ago but never finished so i started again today, really good. Everyone should give it a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnitzel Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 These just came in the mail today. I'm not of sure of UPSKI's fame outside of Chicago or as an author. I picked up a copy of Bomb The Suburbs 19 years ago in a coffee shop in Chicago, at some point my copy disappeared. (Fuck, time flies!) Even though I am behind on the marketing books I should be reading instead, I wanted to revisit Bomb The Suburbs (1994) & check out his other books: No More Prisons (1999) Please Don't Bomb The Suburbs (2010) what are his later books like? I haven't read Bomb the suburbs this century but I remember he was a pretty thoughtful guy. He went to cleveland and hooked up with some cats there and I wondered after reading Bojangles book whether Bojnagles might have been on of the guys Upski is referring to. He also did some good things in "on the go" mag. currently reading this reading all my GF's books to save money.. It's okay - short stories going to check out that 6 glasses book sounds cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sexcauldron Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 I just finished Heidegger: Beyond Good and Evil by Safranski. Probably the best (in terms of both quality/clarity of writing and information) book about Heidegger I've ever read. If you have any interest in German Philosophy or philosophical development in general, I cannot recommend this book enough. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdoughnut69 Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Chicago mob book. Just started reading. I love true crime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishsticks Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 No One Gets Out of Here alive. Biography about Jim Morrisson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnitzel Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 bumping this thread because I used to get advice for good reads in here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALIgula Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 thanks for bumping this thread! one of my favorite threads on 12oz! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnitzel Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 also knocked this off last week. wish they'd finished the saga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syracuse99 Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 The Big Sur by Kerouac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist 666 Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Been reading a lot lately. Cold Mountain--Charles Frazier Love in the Time of Cholera--Gabriel Garcia Marquez Wild Sheep Chase--Haruki Murakami are the most recent, didn't like Wild Sheep Chase much, the other two were solid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnitzel Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 bumping this thread because I used to get advice for good reads in here weird I was really enjoying it and then I seemed to hit a speedbump on it.. not sure why but just lost the momentum. gotta force myself through this next bit and I'm sure all the storylines will click together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbie blowjob Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 george orwell - homage to catalonia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morton Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 I purchased a tablet, does anyone have a recommendation for a free google book or info on how to get good free books online? Bomb the Suburbs is a blast from the past, remember how the title wiped off the original cause they were done by hand? Good times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat ralphy Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 some great fucking writing....intense and very unconventional. you read it and just have to sit and think a minute to really digest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 morton Amazon has tons of classics available for free. i quite like a lot of them, start with Anna Karenina, Crime and Punishment or The Iliad http://www.amazon.com/Anna-Karenina-ebook/dp/B008476UXW/ref=la_B000APWJOK_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379949363&sr=1-6 http://www.amazon.com/Crime-and-Punishment-ebook/dp/B000JQU802/ref=pd_sim_b_33 http://www.amazon.com/The-Iliad-ebook/dp/B00847VIBQ/ref=pd_sim_b_18 fat ralphy, the road was a great book. haven't brought myself to watch the movie cormac mccarthy is an amazing author. kinda wish i had not read Blood Meridian though. shook me to my core, and i still think about it. right now i'm reading this: after i'd read this guy's book on scientology and really enjoyed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALIgula Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 what was the name of the book he wrote on scientology? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALIgula Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 nevermind....going clear. thanks googe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 insanely crazy cult cali. worth the read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightmareOnElmStreet Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 has anybody read this. worth it? i was given the suggestion the other day based on my interest in the recent finding of that pyramid situation out in the bermuda triangle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 aaaahhh the [hoax] consipracy theorists gotta love em http://www.snopes.com/photos/supernatural/crystalpyramid.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topfloorbasement Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 http://www.amazon.com/The-Brief-Wondrous-Life-Oscar/dp/1594483299 "Oscar is a sweet but disastrously overweight ghetto nerd who—from the New Jersey home he shares with his old world mother and rebellious sister—dreams of becoming the Dominican J.R.R. Tolkien and, most of all, finding love. But Oscar may never get what he wants. Blame the fukú—a curse that has haunted Oscar’s family for generations, following them on their epic journey from Santo Domingo to the USA. Encapsulating Dominican-American history, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao opens our eyes to an astonishing vision of the contemporary American experience and explores the endless human capacity to persevere—and risk it all—in the name of love." I'm like 3/4 through this.. Def pretty interesting so far.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALIgula Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 insanely crazy cult cali. worth the read. oh I already know! ive watched a few documentaries on them. last thing i watched was the CNN series on them and abuse in their organization. they just bought a $4.75 million building in my city last year and its the first thing you see when you get off the freeway (huge scientology sign on the side of the building) and get into downtown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CILONE/SK Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Not really a book, but I am almost done reading all these that are released so far I was burnt out on books because I read a lot and started reading comics. Main reason was because if I do not like a comic after one issue, I stop reading it. With a book, by the time you realize you do not like it, you are at least 100 pages in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnitzel Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 That looks like it could be good thanks for the pointer Cilone/sk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CILONE/SK Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Got them all on pirate bay. Try this too. I read all the issues in a row so it is like a book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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