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spud
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So far, it's great.
Chomsky is a genius with words.
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OneMoreRobot3021
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Re: What ya reading? [Re: spud]
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Before I read Chomsky, I thought a Linguistics major couldn't be good for much beyond teaching Linguistics.
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spud
I'm so fly.
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You thought wrong!
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Twister
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Even though I haven't picked them up in a while I'm reading The Cosmic Serpent which is about the link between psychadelic use and shamanic knowledge, especially in South America, and the Gunslinger. They're both great so far.
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RandalFlagg
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SHEIKofSHIITAKE said: Jack Kerovac The Dharma Bums
Good book.
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bart_mann
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Inside Out. A personal history of Pink Floyd by Nick Mason
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dblaney
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Jack Kerovac The Dharma Bums
Yeah a collegue actually is reading that and recommended it. I don't know much about it though...can you give me a brief synopsis?
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TheHateCamel
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HELLA_TIGHT said: I'm now reading the Book, I got the idea from THC. I took a break from F&L:CT '72.
Alan Watts?
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Yeah.
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Thanks, by the way. I've been looking for a book like that for a while.
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TheHateCamel
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Are you done with it?
p.s. check out Ken Kesey, Sometimes a Great Notion.
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Divided_Sky
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OneMoreRobot3021 said: Before I read Chomsky, I thought a Linguistics major couldn't be good for much beyond teaching Linguistics.
Some might argue you were right in the first place.
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Divided_Sky
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By the way, The Book is pretty kickass. Alan Watts was a smart and articulate man.
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Mighty Bop
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Siddhartha.
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ToolTroll
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Re: What ya reading? [Re: Mighty Bop]
#4656603 - 09/13/05 07:00 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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I'm in the middle of DMT: The Spirit Molecule. Very good book, brings up some very interesting points and makes me wanted to play around with some naptha and lye. Also from time to time I'm reading from The Teachings Of Don Carlos, which is pretty good.
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Re: What ya reading? [Re: ToolTroll]
#4656608 - 09/13/05 07:01 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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"Introduction to Continuum Mechanics"
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Mighty Bop
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Re: What ya reading? [Re: ToolTroll]
#4656610 - 09/13/05 07:02 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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You mean Don Juan, don't you? I love those books
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RandalFlagg
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Re: What ya reading? [Re: dblaney]
#4656638 - 09/13/05 07:10 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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dblaney18 said: Jack Kerovac The Dharma Bums
Yeah a collegue actually is reading that and recommended it. I don't know much about it though...can you give me a brief synopsis?
It has been a long time since I read it. But, I think I can give you a brief summary of it:
Jack Kerouac hitched rides all over America and did a bunch of stuff.
Tada!
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Anthony Storr - Feet Of Clay (HarperCollins ISBN:0006384234)
I love this book. I've read it a couple of times now.
It's a study of gurus from David Koresh to Jesus. It explores the wide range of motivations behind their need to gain followers and the equally wide range of motivations that drive people to follow them. It makes interesting comparisons between their indestructible belief systems and modern science. Covering about ten gurus in 280 pages it?s not the most comprehensive study available on any individual but it?s an interesting psychological investigation.
Highly Recommended
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daimyo
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Re: What ya reading? [Re: karubeer]
#4688692 - 09/20/05 11:56 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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James Patterson - 4th of July
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"I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."
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