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habitat0789
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In dire need of a good book...
#5505184 - 04/11/06 08:00 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Can some of you guys reccomend me a good book to read to get some mental juices flowin. im tiard of readin all the crap i've been leafing through lately.
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waterbug
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Re: In dire need of a good book... [Re: habitat0789]
#5505189 - 04/11/06 08:01 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Slaughter House 5, or anything else by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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Re: In dire need of a good book... [Re: habitat0789]
#5505194 - 04/11/06 08:02 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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The Archaic Revival by Terrence McKenna (Currently Reading) The Teachings of don Juan by Carlos Castaneda
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hobbitxkillyou
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Re: In dire need of a good book... [Re: habitat0789]
#5505200 - 04/11/06 08:03 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin It's a fantasy series that rivals Lord of the Rings...but it's more feudal medieval than Lord of the Rings. It's the first book in his series, A Song of Ice and Fire
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waterbug
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Re: In dire need of a good book... [Re: Animals]
#5505205 - 04/11/06 08:03 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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I just read the Yaqui way, good stuff
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Re: In dire need of a good book... [Re: habitat0789]
#5505207 - 04/11/06 08:03 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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The Alienist by Caleb Carr
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Re: In dire need of a good book... [Re: habitat0789]
#5505228 - 04/11/06 08:09 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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A Prayer for Owen Meany by John irving.
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick.
Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins.
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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Re: In dire need of a good book... [Re: waterbug]
#5505235 - 04/11/06 08:10 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Have you read A Seperate Reality or Journey to Ixtlan?
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waterbug
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something by Mr. Hunter S. Thompson, would be a good choice as well.
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Re: In dire need of a good book... [Re: Animals]
#5505250 - 04/11/06 08:12 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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yeah, Fear and Loathing or Hells Angels, I read some of The Campaigne Trail 72.
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lowdominion
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Quote:
hobbitxkillyou said: A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin It's a fantasy series that rivals Lord of the Rings...but it's more feudal medieval than Lord of the Rings. It's the first book in his series, A Song of Ice and Fire
I will give that a big second everyone I have recommended that series to falls in love with it even people who don't read fantasy.
Also I recommend House of Leaves by Mark L. Danielewski its a brilliantly written book very dark and eery.
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habitat0789
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Re: In dire need of a good book... [Re: lowdominion]
#5505272 - 04/11/06 08:17 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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all these are new to me, im not really lookin for any fantasy or si-fi books. some of these sound promising. and no i havent read either Seperate Reality or Journey to Ixtlan, are they any good?
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lowdominion
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Re: In dire need of a good book... [Re: habitat0789]
#5505283 - 04/11/06 08:19 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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are you looking for non-fiction?
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PinballWizard
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Re: In dire need of a good book... [Re: habitat0789]
#5505329 - 04/11/06 08:26 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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JD Salinger - Catcher in the Rye Ken Kesey - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest George Orwell - 1984 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World Anthony Burgess - A Clockwork Orange
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Re: In dire need of a good book... [Re: habitat0789]
#5505333 - 04/11/06 08:27 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Journey to Ixtlan is my favortite Castaneda Book out of the 3 I've read.
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waterbug
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Re: In dire need of a good book... [Re: PinballWizard]
#5505348 - 04/11/06 08:28 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
PinballWizard said: JD Salinger - Catcher in the Rye Ken Kesey - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest George Orwell - 1984 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World Anthony Burgess - A Clockwork Orange
good list, but A Clockwork Orange is a difficult read unless you know german, I did love it though
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habitat0789
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Re: In dire need of a good book... [Re: lowdominion]
#5505364 - 04/11/06 08:31 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
lowdominion said: are you looking for non-fiction?
defiantly, preferably just some deep philosophical shit.
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lowdominion
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Re: In dire need of a good book... [Re: habitat0789]
#5505434 - 04/11/06 08:41 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Cosmic Trigger by Robert Anton Wilson one of the most influential and heart touching books I have ever read. I would suggest anything by RAW but Cosmic Trigger and the Iluminatus Trilogy are his best works although Iluminatus is fiction but it is a must read for everyone.
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habitat0789
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Re: In dire need of a good book... [Re: lowdominion]
#5505449 - 04/11/06 08:44 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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thanks guys, i have a feelin this will keep me busy for a while
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lowdominion
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Re: In dire need of a good book... [Re: habitat0789]
#5505455 - 04/11/06 08:45 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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happy reading
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Penguarky Tunguin
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Re: In dire need of a good book... [Re: lowdominion]
#5505474 - 04/11/06 08:48 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
lowdominion said: Cosmic Trigger by Robert Anton Wilson one of the most influential and heart touching books I have ever read. I would suggest anything by RAW but Cosmic Trigger and the Iluminatus Trilogy are his best works although Iluminatus is fiction but it is a must read for everyone.
The book I was gonna recommend. Illuminatus! Trilogy MUST be read, by everybody, especially anybody who posts here. I'm serious guys, read this goddamn book!
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Birds_Can_Swim
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Re: In dire need of a good book... [Re: habitat0789]
#5505476 - 04/11/06 08:48 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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The People of Paper by Salvador Plascencia
Kill Two Birds and Get Stoned by Kinky Friedmen (or maybe its man)
And if you want to feel better about yourself, China Boy by Gus Lee
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Re: In dire need of a good book... [Re: habitat0789]
#5505496 - 04/11/06 08:51 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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You should definitely check out anything by Hunter S. Thompson. Very entertaining and witty. Also, Tom Robbins is very good, especially Skinny Legs and All. Christopher Moore is another good author. Many good ones out there.
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youngblood
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Re: In dire need of a good book... [Re: blissedout]
#5505630 - 04/11/06 09:14 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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I hope they serve beer in hell, best book ive read in a long time
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drowneduck
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Re: In dire need of a good book... [Re: habitat0789]
#5506886 - 04/12/06 07:15 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Try Marching Powder by Rusty Young. I guarantee you will not be able to put it down.Also, Bill Hicks, Agent Of Evolution, is a pretty good read.
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PurpleKush
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Re: In dire need of a good book... [Re: drowneduck]
#5506935 - 04/12/06 07:44 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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if you want something thatll get your gears moving, check out God's Debris by Scott Adams.
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Re: In dire need of a good book... [Re: habitat0789]
#5506938 - 04/12/06 07:45 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Really, anything by Tom Robbins is the best thing you can read ever.
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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