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 Really good fiction? 
#15061020 - 09/11/11 01:05 AM (8 months, 14 days ago) |
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I'm about to buy one of Huxley's books online, and it struck me that I need to take a break from non-fiction once in a while and enjoy some fantasy or whatever, so I'm thinking - why not ask the shroomery what counts as good fiction these days?
This is the website I'm going through if you're wondering, but I think I can get pretty much anything off Amazon too (MasterCard).
http://www.booktopia.com.au
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Re: Really good fiction? [Re: circastes]
#15061091 - 09/11/11 01:49 AM (8 months, 14 days ago) |
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you want a good fiction book.....get your hands on - John dies at the end. Im about 3/4 the way through it and its fucking incredible. Its part mystery part horror part comedy part just off the wall FUCKED UP!
a new drug comes in town that gives the people that take it weird paranormal powers problem is the people who take it also end up missing or dead. the main character and his bud try an figure out what the hell is going on in their fucked up town and there is ALOT goin on.
its on reddits best 200 books of all time list and on amazon and 90% of the 303 reviews are 5 star ratings.
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"Too much of a good thing, can be wonderful!" - Mae West
"If you have nothing nice to say about anyone, come sit next to me."
- Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Edited by Rewindicus (09/11/11 01:50 AM)
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Re: Really good fiction? [Re: circastes]
#15062612 - 09/11/11 12:02 PM (8 months, 13 days ago) |
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Since you enjoy psychological treatises such as Huxley's and some non-fiction, I'll suggest the author I'm about to start reading - Cory Doctorow. He's classified as fictitious scifi, although many of his novels take cues from the real, non-fiction world in the form of setting, technology, and industry. I read about his first novel, 'Down and Out in Magic Kingdom,' in a book review and was intrigued. Here's a synopsis:
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Jules is a young man, barely a century old. He's lived long enough to see the cure for death and the end of scarcity, to learn ten languages and compose three symphonies...and to realize his boyhood dream of taking up residence in Disney World.
Disney World! The greatest achievement of the long-ago twentieth century. Now in the keeping of a network of "ad-hocs" who keep the classic attractions running as they always have, enhanced with only the smallest high-tech touches.
Now, though, the "ad-hocs" are under attack. A new group has taken over the Hall of the Presidents, and is replacing its venerable audioanimatronics with new, immersive direct-to-brain interfaces that give guests the illusion of being Washington, Lincoln, and all the others. For Jules, this is an attack on the artistic purity of Disney World itself.
Worse: it appears this new group has had Jules killed. This upsets him. (It's only his fourth death and revival, after all.) Now it's war...
I just found out that some of his books are available for free download at http://craphound.com/?cat=5 and a summary of each is given. I was interested in this guy's work because of its fanciful, fun but dark, could-be-true to life futurisitc scifi stories. I'll probably start with a collection of short stories to get myself acquainted with his writing and get my short attention span under control before attempting something more in-depth 
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Thanks!
more suggestions welcome
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Re: Really good fiction? [Re: Rewindicus]
#15066408 - 09/12/11 04:44 AM (8 months, 13 days ago) |
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Quote:
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you want a good fiction book.....get your hands on - John dies at the end. Im about 3/4 the way through it and its fucking incredible. Its part mystery part horror part comedy part just off the wall FUCKED UP!
a new drug comes in town that gives the people that take it weird paranormal powers problem is the people who take it also end up missing or dead. the main character and his bud try an figure out what the hell is going on in their fucked up town and there is ALOT goin on.
its on reddits best 200 books of all time list and on amazon and 90% of the 303 reviews are 5 star ratings.
YEEESSSSSS!
AMAZINGLY FUN BOOK TO READ.
It's the kind of book where you lend it to a friend because he HAS to read it, and in case he doesn't give it back, well you're just going to buy another one. It's that good. Seriously one of the best things I've read.
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Re: Really good fiction? [Re: ManyAk]
#15066544 - 09/12/11 06:28 AM (8 months, 13 days ago) |
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Well I included it in my Huxley order! Looking forward to it, ta.
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Re: Really good fiction? [Re: circastes] 1
#15068034 - 09/12/11 12:57 PM (8 months, 12 days ago) |
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The Dune series (Frank Herbert's, his sons continuation sucks apparently although I havnt tried them) is an epic masterpiece...seriously, do it...I've read your posts, definitely the sort of thing you would be into.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a good laugh too.
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What Huxley books you getting/reading?
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The Perennial Philosophy. I actually have it in PDF but it's one to vigourously study and I can't do that unless I'm holding it in my hands (eyes burn after a while on a LCD).
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Re: Really good fiction? [Re: circastes]
#15078814 - 09/14/11 02:48 PM (8 months, 10 days ago) |
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Get Brave New World?
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yo circastes. incidentally i just posted this thread. i dont know if it is 'good' as in serious stuff but definitely a captivating scifi (being high will not hurt either)
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Quote:
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Get Brave New World?
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Re: Really good fiction? [Re: circastes]
#15091876 - 09/17/11 12:28 PM (8 months, 7 days ago) |
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The Perennial Philosophy. I actually have it in PDF but it's one to vigourously study and I can't do that unless I'm holding it in my hands (eyes burn after a while on a LCD).
The perennial philosophy is a masterpiece. Although, I am unable to read it without a dictionary to hand. I can understand what you are saying about the PDF copy, its definitely something you need to kick back with and ponder on, read over again and ponder some more.
If you ever want to talk about it to someone who gets it, even if its just to revel about a part that you like, feel free to PM me 
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Re: Really good fiction? [Re: joe Biggs]
#15095357 - 09/18/11 10:04 AM (8 months, 6 days ago) |
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Check out House of Leaves by Danielewski. The book gets crazy.
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Re: Really good fiction? [Re: ManyAk]
#15779472 - 02/08/12 01:43 PM (3 months, 18 days ago) |
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Rewindicus said:
you want a good fiction book.....get your hands on - John dies at the end. Im about 3/4 the way through it and its fucking incredible. Its part mystery part horror part comedy part just off the wall FUCKED UP!
a new drug comes in town that gives the people that take it weird paranormal powers problem is the people who take it also end up missing or dead. the main character and his bud try an figure out what the hell is going on in their fucked up town and there is ALOT goin on.
its on reddits best 200 books of all time list and on amazon and 90% of the 303 reviews are 5 star ratings.
YEEESSSSSS!
AMAZINGLY FUN BOOK TO READ.
It's the kind of book where you lend it to a friend because he HAS to read it, and in case he doesn't give it back, well you're just going to buy another one. It's that good. Seriously one of the best things I've read.
Just bought it, thanks
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Re: Really good fiction? [Re: shLong]
#15780154 - 02/08/12 04:14 PM (3 months, 18 days ago) |
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You won't regret it an let us know what you think!
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“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.”- Dr. Seuss
"Too much of a good thing, can be wonderful!" - Mae West
"If you have nothing nice to say about anyone, come sit next to me."
- Alice Roosevelt Longworth
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Re: Really good fiction? [Re: Rewindicus]
#15784909 - 02/09/12 04:41 PM (3 months, 17 days ago) |
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Have you ever read fight club? It was a book before it was a movie, and it might be more awesome than the movie.
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"But the man who comes back through the Door In The Wall will never be the same as the man who went out. He will be wiser but less cocksure, happier but less self-satisfied, humbler in acknowledging his ignorance yet better equipped to understand the relationship of words to things, of systematic reasoning to unfathomable mystery which it tries, forever vainly to comprehend."
-Aldous Huxley, Doors of Perception
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Fight club IS a great book as well.
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“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.”- Dr. Seuss
"Too much of a good thing, can be wonderful!" - Mae West
"If you have nothing nice to say about anyone, come sit next to me."
- Alice Roosevelt Longworth
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Re: Really good fiction? [Re: Rewindicus]
#15785938 - 02/09/12 08:37 PM (3 months, 17 days ago) |
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I read fight club in 1 day...I found the moviw to be more entertaining for some reason.
Kinda backwards there, but the ending was already ruined for me
As far as John Dies at the End, its in the mail now, but I have to finish Skeleton Crew-S.King (just 2 short stories left, the one "gramma" was really and In Cold Blood (Truman Capote), then ill read JDATE
Kings Dark Tower series was my all time fave...just finished #7 a month or so ago...WOW!
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