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Shroomopotamus
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Re: The Pub's Unoficial Must Read Book List. [Re: akira_akuma] 1
#23571751 - 08/24/16 03:58 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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akira akuma goes to the big apple
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akira_akuma
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Re: The Pub's Unoficial Must Read Book List. [Re: Shroomopotamus]
#23571767 - 08/24/16 04:06 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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is that the one where i go and suck crack rocks out of sidewalks like a Terminator, and make blow dirty hoes under the bridges and traintracks?
those were the days.
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blewmeanie
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Re: The Pub's Unofficial Must Read Book List. [Re: blewmeanie] 1
#23572993 - 08/24/16 02:24 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
blewmeanie said: List your must read books, maybe I'll combine all of 'em into one list, and sort them with a poll once we get a bunch of them.
-In no particular order-
The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy The Dharma Bums Coming of age in the milky way the dancing Wu li masters Dante's inferno Everyman: From Simple Numbers to the Calculus the giver My boyscout handbook the illuminatus the hobbit the lion the witch and the wardrobe zen mind beginner's mind starship troopers the call of the wild fight club great expectations dance of the fallen monk a peoples history of the world the age of reason 1984 the art of warfare......I definitely didn't understand the depth of this book the first time through.
They're not the greatest books ever written or anything, but they're all books that made an enormous impression on me at various points in my life. They're the books that I would make sure I had available if I had a kid, and that's the point.
Anyway, that should get the list started.
What a garbage list. Fuck 7 years ago douchebag me. The hitchhikers guide is still cool though.
Edited by blewmeanie (08/24/16 02:24 PM)
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akira_akuma
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Re: The Pub's Unofficial Must Read Book List. [Re: blewmeanie]
#23573009 - 08/24/16 02:27 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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lol i am reading Cannonball. try that one out. and Bamboo Bed.
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Bjorn_Stormcrow
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Re: The Pub's Unoficial Must Read Book List. [Re: akira_akuma]
#23573249 - 08/24/16 03:29 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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not sure if its made it on the list yet, but I would consider "the good earth" by pearl s buck to be a must read. it truly changed my life, was one of the very first books I can remember that helped give me my love for the land. and an appreciation for things that are of real value over those that are only just temporary. I can say with confidence that it helped shape me into the person I am today.
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Re: The Pub's Unofficial Must Read Book List. [Re: blewmeanie]
#23574197 - 08/24/16 08:52 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Dharma bums is solid,reread the novella "satori in paris" couple weeks ago ,the subterraneans is pretty good as well He was a maniac for sure,one good thing to come out of lowell mass.
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Re: The Pub's Unofficial Must Read Book List. [Re: 5150] 1
#23825912 - 11/12/16 01:17 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Re read "lightning on the sun" so good
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blewmeanie
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Re: The Pub's Unofficial Must Read Book List. [Re: 5150]
#23941443 - 12/19/16 07:35 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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I loved it when I was younger. In 33 now though, and it just seems like childish escapism.
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akira_akuma
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Re: The Pub's Unofficial Must Read Book List. [Re: blewmeanie]
#23941449 - 12/19/16 07:36 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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try Mason & Dixon.
hi blewmeanie...holy shit.
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blewmeanie
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Re: The Pub's Unofficial Must Read Book List. [Re: akira_akuma]
#23941464 - 12/19/16 07:40 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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ayyyyyy
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akira_akuma
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Re: The Pub's Unofficial Must Read Book List. [Re: blewmeanie]
#23941486 - 12/19/16 07:45 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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Bamboo Bed is good too. do you like Vietnam fiction. it's fuckin' superb; written in 1969, pretty much coming off of the war. he was a reporter to Nation mag, the author, and so it's quite pristine though it's without fault, it's also kooky as fuck. it's brilliant. check it out, man.
nice to see you back.
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Re: The Pub's Unofficial Must Read Book List. [Re: akira_akuma]
#23941505 - 12/19/16 07:51 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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I pop in and out every now and then.
I really enjoyed 1q84 by Murakami recently. Long as shit though. It's the first book I've read by him.
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akira_akuma
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Re: The Pub's Unofficial Must Read Book List. [Re: blewmeanie]
#23941518 - 12/19/16 07:53 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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oh really! i wanna read that next by him, but first i read semi-recently was Kafka On The Shore. shit bent my mind and twisted me into a bunch of metaphysical thought, it was ingenious.
i here good things about 1q84, sci-fi tripptastic.
have you read 2666? that's another long motherducker i have on my list.
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Re: The Pub's Unofficial Must Read Book List. [Re: blewmeanie]
#23941553 - 12/19/16 08:04 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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Pretty decent list, i have read the majority of those books. Now-a-days I barely ever read any fiction, but more likely books associated with differing fields of science, ancient civilizations, classic philosophy, geopolitics, etc...
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clock_of_omens
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Re: The Pub's Unofficial Must Read Book List. [Re: akira_akuma]
#23941564 - 12/19/16 08:08 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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I'm going to write a computer program that detects when book threads come up and posts "Read Loren Eiseley".
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akira_akuma
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Re: The Pub's Unofficial Must Read Book List. [Re: clock_of_omens] 1
#23941603 - 12/19/16 08:19 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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"If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water."
this is true. water contains everything. it's awesome.
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clock_of_omens
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Re: The Pub's Unofficial Must Read Book List. [Re: akira_akuma]
#23941620 - 12/19/16 08:24 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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akira_akuma
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Re: The Pub's Unofficial Must Read Book List. [Re: clock_of_omens]
#23941722 - 12/19/16 08:57 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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I WON'T LET THEM TAKE IT ALL AWAY -- PRECIOUS BODILY FLUIDS!
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blewmeanie
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Re: The Pub's Unofficial Must Read Book List. [Re: akira_akuma]
#23941742 - 12/19/16 09:05 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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I feel like some should have just thrown a glass of water on his crazy ass. That or a circle jerk. Chill out bro.
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akira_akuma
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Re: The Pub's Unofficial Must Read Book List. [Re: blewmeanie]
#23941798 - 12/19/16 09:36 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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he's fine just as God made him.
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