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Snotfish
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: muistrue]
#19134639 - 11/14/13 03:21 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Just finished 'Nova Express' by William Burroughs but I think I should read it in the right mindset again some day.
Just about to start on 'Big Sur' by Jack Kerouac.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: Snotfish]
#19136154 - 11/14/13 01:15 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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The Diary of Anais Nin, Vol. 2
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Bridgeburner
Not spiritual at all.




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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: Snotfish]
#19136191 - 11/14/13 01:25 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Dankfish said: Just finished 'Nova Express' by William Burroughs but I think I should read it in the right mindset again some day.
Just about to start on 'Big Sur' by Jack Kerouac.
Read "Cities of the Red Night" recently and it was crap. I didnt get it, at least. Although listening to Burroughs lecture on Youtube is pretty interesting. His writings, not so much
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: Bridgeburner]
#19137064 - 11/14/13 04:49 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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At the Mountains of Madness
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GreySatyr
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: themusicofzann]
#19139300 - 11/15/13 12:25 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Star Wars, can't remember the title.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: GreySatyr]
#19153015 - 11/18/13 07:03 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Finished Island. Last chapter is phenomenal.
-------------------- 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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Kingofdiamonds
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Battle Royale. Also glad others here like lovecraft. He is one of my favorite authors.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: Kingofdiamonds]
#19159048 - 11/19/13 10:37 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Seeds of Man by Woody Guthrie
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dionysiandame
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: Brewmaster]
#19159718 - 11/19/13 01:38 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Brewmaster said: Seeds of Man by Woody Guthrie
John Saturnall's Feast by Lawrence Norfolk. I just finished Umberto Eco's "The Prague Cemetery" and that was one riveting story.
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Snotfish
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: Bridgeburner]
#19159740 - 11/19/13 01:45 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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b0red5tiff said:
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Dankfish said: Just finished 'Nova Express' by William Burroughs but I think I should read it in the right mindset again some day.
Just about to start on 'Big Sur' by Jack Kerouac.
Read "Cities of the Red Night" recently and it was crap. I didnt get it, at least. Although listening to Burroughs lecture on Youtube is pretty interesting. His writings, not so much 
Holy shit that was my favorite Burroughs book.. I'm a huge fan of him in general and I've read around 6-7 of his books. You should look into Junkie if you want the traditional writing style. It's basically an auto-biography of him in the cities as a heroin addict.
Beside Junkie, I think Queer is also written in the traditional straight-forward style. But you probably won't get into any of his other stuff if you didn't roll with Cities of the Red Night. That's actually one of his most sensical of all the cut-up technique driven books.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: themusicofzann]
#19160044 - 11/19/13 02:53 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I really liked that book, interesting and vivid, and grotesque.
I'm currently reading a sand county almanac, by aldo leopold, and The wise heart by jack kornfield
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: N2ocean]
#19163904 - 11/20/13 08:00 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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i'm pining for the next issue of jupiter's legacy. going to finish the stephen prothero's book, but he's really boring me with yoruba. so i switched to another religion last night and started reading this on my tablet.

i have a few sets of lectures from this author. he's a captivating and extremely learned lecturer, but wow this is going to be awesome. i'm not christian but i would recommend this to anyone with a serious interest in religious studies. this guy knows what's up.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: millzy]
#19166546 - 11/20/13 05:33 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I'm currently reading Cannery Row by Steinbeck. I hate most of Steinbeck's work but i'm actually enjoying this one.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: RockyRaccoon]
#19168677 - 11/21/13 05:29 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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wolves of the calla by king
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MorphinTime
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: spazmodog]
#19256436 - 12/10/13 05:16 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Finally read Ubik and Stranger in a Strange Land. Both captivating.
Working on Methuselah's Children now.
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Snotfish
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: MorphinTime]
#19257903 - 12/10/13 10:00 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Reading 'Sometimes A Great Notion' by Ken Kesey. Struggling getting really captivated at the moment but I think it just needs more time.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: Snotfish]
#19258289 - 12/11/13 12:00 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi. Not as well written as it is interesting. But it is very interesting.
-------------------- 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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The Children of Hurin, one of Tolkien's stories that his son turned into a book. It's awesome, totally feels like Tolkien.
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: g00ru]
#19361494 - 01/03/14 12:12 AM (10 years, 27 days ago) |
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In the last 2 weeks I finished:
Into The Wild - Jon Krakauer Siddhartha - Herman Hesse(my favorite book of all time no doubt...can't wait to read again) Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut
Currently 10 pages into Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: OZA]
#19363639 - 01/03/14 02:14 PM (10 years, 26 days ago) |
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Re-reading one of my favorite novels, Jitterbug Perfume,
-------------------- 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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