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Re: Could Use A Book Recommendation [Re: moonrockmushy]
    #23916540 - 12/11/16 02:40 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

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im gonna get that one, only had to read a few words and I'm sold.



i pretty much excerpted the most non-surprising part of the book, so far, and it's just getting worse. the lead up is great...and yeah, there is some more blurbs, like there is some topical stuff in the beginning, that's again, funny, such as how the aforementioned factory is owned and operated...it's again, funny as shit; Mrs. Pillwaff...LOL...

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You had me at "wheelchair-bound dwarf" :heart:




:cookiemonster: lots of dwarfs.


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Re: Could Use A Book Recommendation [Re: SoloTrip]
    #23923372 - 12/13/16 05:23 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

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I've read a ton of philosophical novels like The Stranger, The Metamorphosis, Brave New World, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance but Ishmael by Daniel Quinn, and The Third Chimpanzee by Jared Diamond were the most influential for developing my perspective of the world.




Just went to my local bookstore for the Third Chimpanzee since this one looked like the best fit more me but they didnt have it in...SHIITE.

I guess it'll have to be an amazon purchase, even though I'm kinda anti-Amazon


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Re: Could Use A Book Recommendation [Re: SoloTrip]
    #24026029 - 01/20/17 03:53 PM (7 years, 10 days ago)

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I've read a ton of philosophical novels like The Stranger, The Metamorphosis, Brave New World, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance but Ishmael by Daniel Quinn, and The Third Chimpanzee by Jared Diamond were the most influential for developing my perspective of the world.





Just wrapped up The Third Chimpanzee...so god damn good. Many thanks for the recommendation. It was a great transition too from the book I read right before it...The God Delusion.

Something tells me I will end up reading the third chimpanzee multiple times throughout my lifetime.

Now if I only knew which book to read next....:shrug:


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Re: Could Use A Book Recommendation [Re: DustyBottoms]
    #24026046 - 01/20/17 03:57 PM (7 years, 10 days ago)

I just picked up this similar but more recent book but haven't even cracked it open yet. https://www.amazon.com/Sapiens-Humankind-Yuval-Noah-Harari/dp/0062316095


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Re: Could Use A Book Recommendation [Re: SoloTrip]
    #24026065 - 01/20/17 04:01 PM (7 years, 10 days ago)

Looks interesting. I couldn't help but think of Kubrick's 2001 when reading 3rd chimp and I had the same thought when I saw the cover of the book from your link you posted.


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Re: Could Use A Book Recommendation [Re: DustyBottoms]
    #24026949 - 01/20/17 10:26 PM (7 years, 9 days ago)

What was Third Chimp about?

Ever read The Inhertiers? Its a pretty interesting fictional story about Early Man.


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Re: Could Use A Book Recommendation [Re: LogicaL Chaos] * 1
    #24027222 - 01/21/17 01:16 AM (7 years, 9 days ago)

Sooooo much I don't even know where to begin.

In short, it's about the evolution and future of the human animal. 

It discusses our world domination, advancements in language/art/culture/weapons, our propensity to kill and destroy, and our sexual habits just to name a few.  Then it goes on making predictions about the future based on what history has shown us so far. 

I'll take a look at The Inhertiers


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Re: Could Use A Book Recommendation [Re: DustyBottoms]
    #24027231 - 01/21/17 01:22 AM (7 years, 9 days ago)

To Have and Have Not was probably my favorite Hemingway novel.  Check that out when you get the chance.


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Re: Could Use A Book Recommendation [Re: ONE OZ SLUG]
    #24027270 - 01/21/17 02:04 AM (7 years, 9 days ago)

I haven't read that one but I love his work. 

After about a 10 yr hiatus from reading, I picked up The Sun Also Rises.  Purchased it only to impress a girl because I knew she was an avid reader.  The girlfriend did not last, but I've been crushing about 1 book a month ever since The Sun Also Rises and that was well over a year ago.  I also enjoyed The Old Man And The Sea and I tried For Whom The Bell Tolls, but I just couldn't get into it. 

I do have a pretty savage outdoor trip coming up.  Maybe it would be best to think of an outdoorsy or survival story book to get me in the mood.  I wish I hadn't already read Call of The Wild. 

How about Deliverance?  :lol:

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Re: Could Use A Book Recommendation [Re: DustyBottoms]
    #24027667 - 01/21/17 09:21 AM (7 years, 9 days ago)

The Oregon trail, great book with facts I never knew about.


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Re: Could Use A Book Recommendation [Re: DustyBottoms]
    #24027876 - 01/21/17 10:54 AM (7 years, 9 days ago)

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How about Deliverance?  :lol:

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been wanting to read that.

is it as good as the hype? i mean, it's author, he's gotten some mighty praise for that book. and the movie is *smooch* amazing.


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Re: Could Use A Book Recommendation [Re: akira_akuma]
    #24027941 - 01/21/17 11:09 AM (7 years, 9 days ago)

Stranger in a Strange Land
Narcissus and Goldmund
The Genesis Generation
Entheogens and the Future of Religion
More Than Allegory


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Re: Could Use A Book Recommendation [Re: DustyBottoms]
    #24028092 - 01/21/17 12:14 PM (7 years, 9 days ago)

Sounds a really long book. But an all-emcompassing book.

Very cool :thumbup:


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Re: Could Use A Book Recommendation [Re: LogicaL Chaos] * 1
    #24028346 - 01/21/17 02:28 PM (7 years, 9 days ago)

If drugs are an interest and you like disturbing things you should read
Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs. That book is a grotesque look into the beat
generation and heavy heroin abuse and addiction.


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Re: Could Use A Book Recommendation [Re: natedawgnow]
    #24028416 - 01/21/17 03:05 PM (7 years, 9 days ago)

and other strange things.


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Re: Could Use A Book Recommendation [Re: akira_akuma]
    #24028424 - 01/21/17 03:09 PM (7 years, 9 days ago)

If you like fantasy I recommend Wizards First Rule.


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Re: Could Use A Book Recommendation [Re: SonicTitan] * 1
    #24028436 - 01/21/17 03:16 PM (7 years, 9 days ago)

Ya a lot of other strange things:shiftyeyes:


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Re: Could Use A Book Recommendation [Re: akira_akuma]
    #24028448 - 01/21/17 03:21 PM (7 years, 9 days ago)

Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut was interesting


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Re: Could Use A Book Recommendation [Re: cannabinated] * 1
    #24028463 - 01/21/17 03:28 PM (7 years, 9 days ago)

Vonnegut is pretty awesome.

Breakfast of Champions is another really good Vonnegut book.

I was reading Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace but I had to put it down for a bit. That
book is huge and quite the read.

1984 is still one of my favorite books and I reference it pretty regularly in everyday life:lol:

Ishmael, The Story of B, and My Ishmael by Daniel Quinn are really good books. You have to
read them in that order though. Definitely my number 1 recommended reads.


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Re: Could Use A Book Recommendation [Re: natedawgnow] * 1
    #24028733 - 01/21/17 05:29 PM (7 years, 9 days ago)

Oh and I forgot one of the best ones.
Island by Aldous Huxley.


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