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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
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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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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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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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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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"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."
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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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-Aldous Huxley, Doors of Perception
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Fight club IS a great book as well.
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"Too much of a good thing, can be wonderful!" - Mae West
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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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Re: Really good fiction? [Re: shLong]
#15790370 - 02/10/12 08:41 PM (3 months, 16 days ago) |
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Men Like Gods by H.G Wells
Charles Bukowski novels
Jack kerouac's Dharma Bums
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Re: Really good fiction? [Re: newgui]
#15790373 - 02/10/12 08:41 PM (3 months, 16 days ago) |
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And For Whom the Bell Tolls by Hemmingway
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Re: Really good fiction? [Re: twixbar]
#15802859 - 02/13/12 12:03 PM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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Check out House of Leaves by Danielewski. The book gets crazy.
This. I also recommend The Wind up Bird Chronicle by Murakami. And if you're in for a real head fuck, check out Angel Dust Apocalypse by Jeremy Robert Johnson
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Re: Really good fiction? [Re: Rewindicus]
#15803694 - 02/13/12 02:52 PM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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You won't regret it an let us know what you think!
Have only read the 1st chapter and WTF!
Shit is weird! A meat monster?
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Re: Really good fiction? [Re: shLong]
#15804644 - 02/13/12 05:42 PM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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Fuck yah! Keep reading gets weirder honestly there's so many WHAT-THE-FUCK!? moments in that book.
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Got halfway thru John Dies At The End, I had to give it a rest for a bit. Just too........fucking weird.
I'm all for some fucked up fiction, but this felt like a silly comic or something.
I started The Stand and wow! that's a book and a half. I'm 400 pages in of 1150...can't put it down.
Any clue where that title comes from?
Also started Harry Potter  also pretty good. Read #1 and am halfway thru #2. Enjoyable
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Re: Really good fiction? [Re: shLong]
#15852576 - 02/23/12 12:42 PM (3 months, 3 days ago) |
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Wow your a book maniac! An yah JDATE can be a book to take a break from no matter how weird an silly its gotten it gets more so but its a great story! The stand us CRAZY too.
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Quote:
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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.
The Dune Series is AWESOME and I've read his son's work too and it is AWESOME too. Definately recommend it, the series technically starts out with his son's "Dune: The Butlerian Jihad" and there's like 20 books after that, really epic. All the books have lots of philosophy in them too, that's how I see it.
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Re: Really good fiction? [Re: circastes]
#15869062 - 02/27/12 01:56 AM (3 months, 6 hours ago) |
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Got halfway thru John Dies At The End, I had to give it a rest for a bit. Just too........fucking weird.
I'm all for some fucked up fiction, but this felt like a silly comic or something.
I started The Stand and wow! that's a book and a half. I'm 400 pages in of 1150...can't put it down.
Any clue where that title comes from?
Also started Harry Potter also pretty good. Read #1 and am halfway thru #2. Enjoyable
The explanation of the name will become clear at the end of the book. That is my favorite book of all time. I wish I could go back and read it again without knowledge of what happens. The Stars, My Destination by Bester is fucking sick as well. As is Another Roadside Attraction by Robbins. That, Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle, and Rand's The Fountainhead have by far the best endings I have ever read. I recommend all of those books. Every fucking one is fucking AWESOME.
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Its great so far. Mother Abigal is awaiting company right now. Excited to see what happens.
I had to get the uncut version, 400 extra pages than the original release. I loved how it broke down and built what the sickness did and the personal impacts it caused :-)
Eerie!
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Re: Really good fiction? [Re: shLong]
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Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais
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The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel is a connected series of five novels written in the 16th century by François Rabelais.
It is the story of two giants, a father (Gargantua) and his son (Pantagruel) and their adventures, written in an amusing, extravagant, satirical vein. The text features much crudity, scatological humor, and violence. Lists of explicit or vulgar insults fill several chapters. The censors of the Sorbonne stigmatized it as obscene, and in a social climate of increasing religious oppression, it was dealt with suspicion, and contemporaries avoided mentioning it.
According to Rabelais, the philosophy of his giant Pantagruel, "Pantagruelism", is rooted in "a certain gaiety of mind pickled in the scorn of fortuitous things"
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I highly recommend The Third Policeman
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I finished The Stand a little bit ago. Pretty awesome book. I guess this ending was changed and some parts added for depth.
Highly reccommend!
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Re: Really good fiction? [Re: shLong]
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Dying to hear what you think of jdate! Also the sequel to the book comes out in October!
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"Too much of a good thing, can be wonderful!" - Mae West
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Re: Really good fiction? [Re: Rewindicus]
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Ill read jdate soon...err, finish it I mean. It was just really way too silly at reaching hard for something that I really hope it gets at.
Maybe the 2nd half unveils the point better
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Re: Really good fiction? [Re: shLong]
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Haunted by Chuck Palhaniuk = one of the best books I've ever read.
Also recommend the Girl With The Dragon Tattoo series by Steig Larsen. Excellent books; it's a shame the guy's not around to make more awesomeness.
Some other all-time favorites of mine:
Imajica by Clive Barker
Invisible Monsters by Palhaniuk
Gone Baby Gone by Dennis Lehane
Travels With My Aunt by Graham Greene
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (This book literally made me laugh out loud - that's not something that happens very often with a book!)
Happy reading!
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Re: Really good fiction? [Re: sun_spots]
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i'm an evangelist for iain m banks' 'culture cycle'. william gibson said of banks' work as being "the most imaginative sci fi he [had] ever read".
here's an intro essay without any spoilers by banks about the world of the culture:
http://www.vavatch.co.uk/books/banks/cultnote.htm
consider phlebus
the player of games
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Re: Really good fiction? [Re: millzy]
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havent posted the list i compiled in a while, may have added a few more, listening to alot of audio books lately, good for zoning out....
Generation Kill by Evan Wright
are you experienced by William Sutcliffe
The THOUGHT GANG
by Tibor Fischer
Throwim Way Leg
By TIM FLANNERY
Lost in the Jungle-
Yossi Ghinsberg
Between a Rock and a Hard Place-
Aron Ralston
The Man Who Swam the Amazon: 3,274 Miles on the World's Deadliest River -Martin Strel
Voyage to the End of the Room: A Novel
by Tibor Fischer
The Collector Collector:
by Tibor Fischer
Cosmic Banditos by A. C. Weisbecker
Tapping the Source by Kem Nunn
The Dogs of Winter by Kem Nunn
Tijuana Straits: Kem Nunn
Caught Inside by Daniel Duane
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis
Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
American Gods: A Novel by Neil Gaiman
Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer
Electroboy: A Memoir of Mania by Andy Behrman
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
by David Sheff
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greate... by Mark Bowden
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Ma... by Chuck Klosterman
Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines
by Nic Sheff
Leaving Dirty Jersey: A Crystal Meth Memoir by James Salant
In Search of Captain Zero: A Surfer's Road Trip Beyond the End of the Road by Allan Weisbecker
The Western Limit of the World:
by David Masiel
2182 kHz by David Masiel
Arctic Dreams
by Barry Lopez
Out Stealing Horses:
by Per Petterson
Rum Diaries by Hunter S. Thompson
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
Catfish and Mandala Andrew X. Pham
The Sacred Willow Duong Van Mai Elliott
The Girl in the Picture Denise Chong
marching powder
Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan Jake Adelstein
Nightmare in Bangkok Andy Botts
Brother One Cell Cullen Thomas
Pink Box: Inside Japan's Sex Clubs Joan Sinclair
Tokyo Underworld: The Fast Times and Hard Life of an American Gangster in Japan Robert Whiting
4,000 Days: My Life and Survival in a Bangkok Prison
by Warren Fellows
Vietnam in the Absence of War Thomas G. Rampton
Laos
Yakuza Moon: Memoirs of a Gangster's Daughter Shoko Tendo
Yakuza: Japan's Criminal Underworld, Expanded Edition Kaplan
Bangkok Babylon: The Real-Life Exploits of Bangkok's Legendary Expatriates are often Stranger than Fiction Jerry Hopkins
Welcome to Hell Colin Martin
The Damage Done: Twelve Years of Hell in a Bangkok Prison
by Warren Fellows
Mai Pen Rai
Confessions of a Yakuza: A Life in Japan's Underworld John Bester
Send Them to Hell: The Brutal Horrors of Bangkok's Nightmare Jails Sebastian Williams
Escape: The true story of the only Westerner ever to break out of Thailand's Bangkok Hilton McMillan
The Fruit Palace: An Odyssey Through Colombia's Cocaine Underworld
by Charles Nicholl
Among the Thugs by Bill Buford
Butterfly: An Erotic Odyssey - Thailand, Cambodia, Philippines (Sex in Southeast Asia) Steven Yang
Around the World in 80 Lays: Adventures in Sex Travel Joe Diamond
Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train Through China
Paul Theroux
Thailand Fever by Chris Pirazzi
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins
Thailand Confidential Jerry Hopkins
The Gringo Trail
by Mark Mann
Snowblind: A Brief Career in the Cocaine Trade by Robert Sabbag
Solaris
by Stanislaw Lem
The Demolished Man
by Alfred Bester-
Ringworld
by Larry Niven
Gomorrah: A Personal Journey into the Violent International Empire of Naples' Organized Crime System
by Roberto Saviano
If I Die in a Combat Zone : Box Me Up and Ship... by Tim O'Brien
Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack C... by Gary Webb
A Rumor of War by Philip Caputo
Kindness of Strangers,The, Penniless Across America - Mike McIntyre
Necroscope: The Lost Years
by Brian Lumley
Fishing Up North: Stories of Luck and Loss in Alaskan Waters
by Bradford Matsen
Perdido Street Station
by
China Miéville
Dog Soldiers by Robert Stone
Close Quarters: A Novel by Larry Heinemann
Rigged: The True Story of an Ivy League Kid Who Ch... by Ben Mezrich
Watership Down by Richard Adams.
Savages by Joe Kane
Smokescreen: A True Adventure by Robert Sabbag
Dog Soldiers
by Robert Stone
Deliverance by James Dickey
Highliners: The Classic Novel about the Commercial Fishermen of Alaska by William McCloskey
LIGHTNING ON THE SUN
by ROBERT BINGHAM
Alaska Blues: A Season of Fishing the Inside Passage
Paris Trout by Pete Dexter
The Elementary Particles
by Michel Houellebecq
The 13th Valley by John M. Del Vecchio
Born On A Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Min... by Daniel Tammet
The Dark Fields
by Alan Glynn
Outerbridge Reach by Robert Stone
Platform by Michel Houellebecq
Short Timers by Gustav Hasford
Doctor Dealer: The Rise and Fall of an All-America... by Mark Bowden
Snow Crash-Neal Stephenson
Lost on Planet China: One Man's Attempt to Understand the World's Most Mystifying Nation by J. Maarten Troost
American Gods
by Neil Gaiman
Off the Rails in Phnom Penh
Hunger by Knut Hamsun
The Scribe by David Young.
is The Lotus Kingdom by Alastair Shearer
365 Days by Ronald J. Glasser
Michowel
Sacred Vine of Spirits: Ayahuasca edited by Ralph Metzner
Cant Find My Way Home: America In the Great Stoned Age
You Must Set Forth At Dawn
by Wole Soyinka
Ketamine: Dreams and Realities
Blackfoot physics: a journey into the native american universe by f. david peat
The Naked and the Dead: by Norman Mailer
Breaking Open the Head.
Margaret Atwood - Oryx and Crake
Wizard of the Upper Amazon: The Story of Manuel Cordova-Rios
Back From the Void by Zoe 7.
On Point by Roger Hayes
A Star called Henry by Roddy Doyle.
God's Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre Richard Grant
American Nomads: Travels with Lost Conquistadors, Mountain Men, Cowboys, Indians, Hoboes, Truckers, and Bullriders
Ghost Riders: Travels with American Nomads
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Four Letters of Love by Niall Williams
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac
Desolation Angels by Jack Kerouac
Big Sur by Jack Kerouac
Off the Road: My Years with Cassady, Kerouac, and Ginsberg - Carolyn Cassady
The Plays of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov (Paul Schmidt trans.)
Under the Volcano, Malcom Lowry
The Sheltering Sky, Paul Bowles
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Leaving Las Vegas, John O'Brien
The Razor's Edge, Somerset Maughham
Cosmos, Carl Sagan
A Moveable Feast, Ernest Hemingway
Desolation Angels by Jack Kerouac
Scratching the Beat Surface by Michael McClure
Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
The Informers by Bret Easton-Ellis
Little, Big by John Crowley
Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany
All We Need of Hell by Harry Crews
Last Resort by Scott Sommer
Desolation Angels by Jack Kerouac
Strange Wine by Harlan Ellison
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac
Apocalypse by D.H. Lawrence
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Road to Los Angeles by John Fante
Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski
Sense of Beauty by George Santayana
Zany and great
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
The First Third by Neal Cassady
Oh the man behind the curtain....how interesting
Kerouac: A Biography by Ann Charters
Off the Road by Carolyn Cassady
Cages by Dave McKean
The safety of illusions, the golden cage of lost hopes. McKean is the Stanley Kubrick of his medium.
Dr.Sax by Jack Kerouac
Beneath the Wheel by Hermann Hesse
Woodcutters by Thomas Bernhard
The Nature of Time by G.J. Whitrow
El Aleph by Jorge Louis Borges
"I can´t see Borges anywhere!" (Donald Cammell)
Dreams and Dead Ends by Jack Shadoian
The American Gangster/Crime genre from Shadoian´s POV: Poetic, essential, passionate.
Panegyric by Guy Debord
The society of the spectacle couldn't make it here!
Hammond Guthrie:
The Tibetan Book of the Dead (original translation)
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Scripture of the Golden Eternity by Jack Kerouac
Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth by Buckminster Fuller
The Rosy Crucifixion = Sexus, Plexus and Nexus by Henry Miller
The Wasteland by T.S. Eliot
The Elements of Style by Richard Strunk
Vanity of Duluoz by Jack Kerouac
Basketball Diaries by Jim Carroll
Ninety-two in the Shade by Thomas Mc Guane
Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
Less than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis
Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis
The Arabian Nightmare by Robert Irwin
Film As A Subversive Art by Amos Vogel
Franz Kafka by Max Brod
The Air Conditioned Nighmare by Henry Miller
Do What Thou Wilt: A Life of Aleister Crowley by Lawrence Sutin
Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse
The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck
The Subterraneans by Jack Kerouac
Cities of the Red Night by William S. Burroughs
It Catches My Heart In Its Hands by Charles Bukowski
The Outsider by Albert Camus
From Here to Eternity by James Jones
DMT the spirit molecule - Strassman
Earth Abides by George R. Stewart
in search of the pink headed duck
pacos story
Speaks the Nightbird by Robert McCammon
Infected: A Novel by Scott Sigler
On the Beach by Nevil Shute
The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
the deerslayer
Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
The Wolf's Hour by Robert R. McCammon
Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman
The Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka
Eternity Road by Jack Mcdevitt
the turner diaries
in trouble again
lunar park
swan song
American Gods: A Novel by Neil Gaiman
Tristessa by Jack Kerouac
Rule of the Bone
Native Son by Richard Wright
The Terror: A Novel by Dan Simmons
The Psychedelic Prayers
Marabou Stork Nightmares
Junky by William S. Burroughs
Factotum by Charles Bukowski
Burmese Days: A Novel by George Orwell
Down & Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
Really the Blues by Mezz Mezzrow
The Gambler / Bobok / A Nasty Story
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Rope Burns by F.X. Toole
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America by Barbara Ehrenreich
Doghouse Flowers by Steve Earle
A Scanner Darkly by Phillip K Dick.
Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov
Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japa... by Haruki Murakami
Yakuza Moon: Memoirs of a Gangster's Daughter by Shoko Tendo
The Psychedelic Prayers by Tim Leary.
Burning Chrome by William Gibson.
Coin Locker Babies by Ryu Murakami.
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
Tropic Of Cancer by Henry Miller
Tropic Of Capricorn by Henry Miller
The Thief's Journal by Jean Genet
Death On The Installment Plan by Celine
Desolation Angels by Jack Kerouac
Last Exit To Brooklyn by Hubert Selby Jr.
Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
Journey to the End of the Night by Celine
The Razor's Edge by Somerset Maugham
Hunger: A Novel
~ Knut Hamsun
Growth of the Soil
~ Knut Hamsun
On Writing by Stephen King
The Drunken Tourist
by Hadrian Santana
THE TECHNO PAGAN OCTOPUS MESSIAH''By Ian Winn
The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac
Big Sur by Jack Kerouac
Maggie Cassady by Jack Kerouac
Demian by Hermann Hesse
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Working on the Edge: Surviving In the World's Most Dangerous Profession: King Crab Fishing on Alaska's HighSeas by Spike Walker
Red Dust: A Path Through China (Paperback)
~ Ma Jian
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory (Hardcover)
~ Peter Hessler
The Noodle Maker: A Novel (Paperback)
~ Ma Jian
River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze (P.S.)
Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles (Paperback)
Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes L... by Dan Millman
The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus
The Beach by Alex Garland
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Re: Really good fiction? [Re: sun_spots]
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Haunted by Chuck Palhaniuk = one of the best books I've ever read.
Also recommend the Girl With The Dragon Tattoo series by Steig Larsen. Excellent books; it's a shame the guy's not around to make more awesomeness.
Some other all-time favorites of mine:
Imajica by Clive Barker
Invisible Monsters by Palhaniuk
Gone Baby Gone by Dennis Lehane
Travels With My Aunt by Graham Greene
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (This book literally made me laugh out loud - that's not something that happens very often with a book!)
Happy reading!
Quite possibly the greatest piece of American literature ever. And I actually liked Moby Dick. A lot.
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Re: Really good fiction? [Re: 5150]
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Good looking out on the Max Brooks; I was gonna suggest that as well. Either World War z or the Zombie Survival Guide; both are excellent books.
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that is compltely nothing like what the fuck i said to begin with originally in the first place.
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Re: Really good fiction? [Re: circastes]
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Well, you are aware that Aldous Huxley has published some good fiction as well, right? I mean, how can anyone possibly miss "A Brave New World" one of his most popular works of fiction?
Here are some I found rather enjoyable:
Call of Cthulu(h.p. lovecraft),
Faust(goethe),
At the Mountains of Madness(h.p. lovecraft),
Raven(edgar allan poe),
the fall of the house of usher(Edgar Allan Poe),
The Iliad by Homer,
The Oddysey by Homer
One that was recommended to me was Naked Lunch by William S. Bouroughs, although someone at the library has checked it out for months and I don't believe they have any intention of returning it sadly. 
Oh, and another that was recommended to me(i saw the film) was the Count of Monte Cristo, supposed to be a classic in literary fiction.
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Anything by Poe or Lovecraft is fine literary fare.
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that is compltely nothing like what the fuck i said to begin with originally in the first place.
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Re: Really good fiction? [Re: sun_spots]
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very nice
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Check out 'Never Let Me Go' excellent and one I couldn't put down.
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Re: Really good fiction? [Re: Abuse]
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Couple of recent books I liked:
Down and out in Paris and London
Notes from the underground
Favourite poets: Cold Mountain, Rimbaud, Yuan Mei
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Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.
I have never been interested in the whole comic book/ superhero genre but this is by far one of the most enjoyable books I have ever read. I have learned so much from it and I find myself going back to it in my mind every once in a while. Moore is a genius. I found that Readers and non-readers alike cannot put it down.
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Breakfast of champions, The picture of Dorian Gray, Replay
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I see a glass that's twice as big as it needs to be.”
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“I’m an egotist, but I’m not selfish. There’s a difference. I’m a neurotic, I guess. I can’t stop thinking about myself. It isn’t that I think myself so important... I simply can’t think about anything else, that’s all. If I could fall in love with a woman that might help some. But I can’t find a woman who interests me.”
― Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer
"To care only for well-being seems to me positively ill-bred. Whether it's good or bad, it is sometimes very pleasant, too, to smash things."
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Kurt Vonnegut.
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Quote:
dr_ouroboros said:
Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.
I have never been interested in the whole comic book/ superhero genre but this is by far one of the most enjoyable books I have ever read. I have learned so much from it and I find myself going back to it in my mind every once in a while. Moore is a genius. I found that Readers and non-readers alike cannot put it down.
there's a lot to be had from comics and 'watchmen' is the tip of the iceberg. my personal favorites from moore are:
promethea
the courtyard/neonomicon
top ten
these series are both worthy of your time as well:
http://www.avatarpress.com/titles/narcopolis/
http://www.avatarpress.com/titles/warren-ellis-gravel/
frank miller's 'the dark knight returns' is required reading. curious about miller's series prior to that, 'ronin'. one of the classics i've yet to get around to checking out. it looks pretty awesome.
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Re: Really good fiction? [Re: millzy]
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Hey thanks Millzy 
I'll definitely be checking them out this summer when I'm not drowning in reading material.
It's like: "oh... so you're majoring in English and American Literature cause you like to read right? Here let me forcefeed you an entire fucking library of the most dense fucking incomprehensible books I can find and make you shit out 8 pages per week on how much you understand them." 
I need to get me some good fiction to heal my broken brain this summer.
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Someone in the post what your reading thread recommended reading Independent People a while ago.
The Cover really appealed to me, and so did the name. It took me a while, but I eventually ordered the book from amazon because I couldn't find it anywhere near me.
A little about this book, not much needs to be said I think, but in case you may need more than a picture of it to read it, I think I should say a little about it and what you might gain from it so you know what you are getting yourself into and saves you some time, maybe.
So this book takes place about a century ago in Iceland.. and it is about life there for one farmer. You will learn a bit more about what it might have been like to move into the "modern age" for Icelanders, you will be able to appreciate the natural setting of this book, and the author also won a nobel prize for this book, which doesn't hurt I suppose. I also feel like this book offers a good example of how to live and be strong.
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Hey thanks Millzy
I'll definitely be checking them out this summer when I'm not drowning in reading material.
It's like: "oh... so you're majoring in English and American Literature cause you like to read right? Here let me forcefeed you an entire fucking library of the most dense fucking incomprehensible books I can find and make you shit out 8 pages per week on how much you understand them."
I need to get me some good fiction to heal my broken brain this summer.
glad i could help.  and yeah, i hear you. somehow i still manage to read some fun stuff while drifting off to sleep but i'm falling behind in my comic series.
here's another one that i read a few years back. i need to read it again. very interesting project. free to download and the author intentionally withheld copywrite in order to encourage people to rewrite it and/or add onto the world he created.
cory doctorow - down and out in the magic kingdom
more about the book:
http://craphound.com/down/Cory_Doctorow_-_Down_and_Out_in_the_Magic_Kingdom.htm#aboutnew
free download of the book itself:
http://craphound.com/down/
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Re: Really good fiction? [Re: circastes]
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If you like hanging out at the Shroomery you might get into any of Philip K Dick's work (my favourite author). He explores themes of drug use/abuse, mental illness and what is real. Reading his stuff is the closest I've come to the "My God!" feeling of psychedelics.
I would recommend The Man in the High Castle, although it isn't as deeply into exploring the drug culture as is A Scanner Darkly or The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch.
If you just want a wild ride I'd go for Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. You've probably seen the movie, but the book is good fun as well.
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Currently listening to: Best of the Doors.
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Re: Really good fiction? [Re: viktor]
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If you like hanging out at the Shroomery you might get into any of Philip K Dick's work (my favourite author). He explores themes of drug use/abuse, mental illness and what is real. Reading his stuff is the closest I've come to the "My God!" feeling of psychedelics.
I would recommend The Man in the High Castle, although it isn't as deeply into exploring the drug culture as is A Scanner Darkly or The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch.
Phillip K. Dick is great. His best is A Scanner Darkly. The movie is one of those few that actually do its book justice. Another one of my favorites from him is Martian Time Slip. All you dick lovers check it out ^_^
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Yes, I am a dick lover haha (in context).
Some more great fiction that Shroomerites might want to check out is anything by Irvine Welsh. It's usually dark and surreal as well as fascinating. I know he's best known for Trainspotting but Marabou Stork Nightmares could appeal to the sort of person who likes a bit of WTF in their literature.
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Currently reading: A Case of Conscience by James Blish.
Currently listening to: Best of the Doors.
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