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Phishe
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Suggest Some Books (SSB)
#7167126 - 07/12/07 05:25 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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I'm getting very in to reading as of late.
I'll give you guys some good books I have read.
Steppenwolf Siddhartha(In Progress) The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Tests
Theres probably more but i Cant remember them.
I was looking in the library today and found more Herman Hesse books that caught my interest. Such as Journey to the East. I also want to pick up some books by Aldous Huxley. Some that caught my Eye were Island and Brave New World.
I'm also looking for some Hunter S Thompson books but i don't know what to get besides fear and loathing.
Please reccomend me some good books.
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Re: Suggest Some Books (SSB) [Re: Phishe]
#7167164 - 07/12/07 05:35 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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i just bought HST's "Kingdom Of Fear", check it out.
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Re: Suggest Some Books (SSB) [Re: Phishe]
#7167170 - 07/12/07 05:36 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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Brave New World is pretty good. The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkein is a wicked book. I'm reading 'Atlas Shrugged' by Ayn Rand at the moment.
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Re: Suggest Some Books (SSB) [Re: DestruKtiKon]
#7167184 - 07/12/07 05:42 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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right now im taking an english course about childrens literature and its rocking my socks. ive read a bunch of classics so far, the best are:
a wizard of earthsea and the jungle book
both of those books have extremely good storytelling and are multi-layered. they may be pegged as childrens books, but they are intended for an adult audience as well.
I'd also reccomend Alan Watts, especially books that are transcripts of his radio shows and speeches/lectures.
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Re: Suggest Some Books (SSB) [Re: DestruKtiKon]
#7167566 - 07/12/07 07:12 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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DestruKtiKon said: Brave New World is pretty good. The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkein is a wicked book. I'm reading 'Atlas Shrugged' by Ayn Rand at the moment.
What is this silmarillion about? I've never heard of it. I tried reading some of tolkein's books but simply could not get in to them.
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Re: Suggest Some Books (SSB) [Re: Phishe]
#7167800 - 07/12/07 07:50 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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The Silmarillion is the account of the first and second age of middle earth, the lord of the rings and the hobbit deal with the third age. The Silmarillion contains the story of creation and alot of underlying information and themes about the mythical world Tolkein created. It spans from before time began, the creation of gods and evil, the creation of the elves and dwarves, the elves first war upon the dark lord Morgoth, the origin of Sauron and the creation of Men until the finding of the ring in the third age. Although it is shorter in length, it is a much more difficult read that the other two parts. Something like that
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Re: Suggest Some Books (SSB) [Re: Phishe]
#7167833 - 07/12/07 07:56 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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i, too, say read Brave New World next
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Re: Suggest Some Books (SSB) [Re: automan]
#7168244 - 07/12/07 09:01 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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Catch-22 is worth reading.
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Re: Suggest Some Books (SSB) [Re: Mandark]
#7170288 - 07/13/07 09:31 AM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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I completely forgot. you MUST read Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy! it'll blow your mind, and if you like it, read the other three books in the trilogy.
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Re: Suggest Some Books (SSB) [Re: Phishe]
#7171681 - 07/13/07 03:15 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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"Journey to the Center of the Earth" by Jules Verne is a classic, but very trippy!
Also, "House of Leaves" by Mark Z. Danielewski is awesome, very surreal and will keep you guessing. This is probably the coolest book i have read. Just go to a bookstore and flip through the pages and you know it will be wierd. Some of the pages have upside down text, or no text at all, or there will be like three pages of footnotes... all correlating to the increasing craziness of the main character. Definitely recommend it to anyone who likes their fiction to be slightly twisted
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Re: Suggest Some Books (SSB) [Re: Phishe]
#7172096 - 07/13/07 05:16 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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Great! Thanks for all the reccomendations keep them coming!
It looks like I'll be spending a lot of money on books this year, and a lot of time on the john reading them!
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Re: Suggest Some Books (SSB) [Re: Phishe]
#7173175 - 07/13/07 10:59 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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You are on the verge of reading a fantastic book. "Island", by Aldous Huxley, is the best book I have read in a long time. Steppenwolf is also a fantastic book.
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Re: Suggest Some Books (SSB) [Re: freddurgan]
#7173466 - 07/14/07 12:44 AM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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freddurgan said: You are on the verge of reading a fantastic book. "Island", by Aldous Huxley, is the best book I have read in a long time. Steppenwolf is also a fantastic book.
Yes I'm nearly finished with steppenwolf.
When I looked at the book "Island" the other day, I was just completely blown away. It seems like one of those books I can learn a lot from.
I wish I had started reading much earlier in my life.
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Re: Suggest Some Books (SSB) [Re: Phishe]
#7173754 - 07/14/07 03:33 AM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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THe Bonfire of the Vanities- Thomas Wolfe
Goes by hella fast
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here is a short list of my favorites that I blast in these threads
A Prayer for Owen Meaney A confederancy of dunces Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates Trout Fishing in America Geek Love Stranger in a Strange Land Wraeththuu Guns, Germs and Steel
while none of those are truly Biographical, except Trout Fishing in America could be at times, that list covers every genre, and every single book on that list is extremely captivating.
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Re: Suggest Some Books (SSB) [Re: Phishe]
#7174054 - 07/14/07 08:23 AM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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Even though it might be kind of old...but "Calculating God" Was a very good book btw.
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Re: Suggest Some Books (SSB) [Re: legitlogic]
#7174399 - 07/14/07 10:30 AM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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The poetry of Dante, Arthur Rimbaud, Charles Baudelaire, Gerard de Nerval, Paul Verlaine, Victor Hugo.. the classics from the beat generation (Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs) Dostoievski is great, the works of Philip K. Dick, Asimov, Orwell, Huxley.The Cosmic Serpent by Jeremy Narby.
here's a list of suggested books by the band Tool
SUGGESTED READING MATERIAL
Behold the Protong! by Stanislav Szukaslsi
This artist/sculptor created and wrote more by age 30 than DaVinci did his whole life. Any collection of works you can find by this man is well worth the effort.
Love and Sleep and AEGYPT by John Crowley
John is a master of layering patterns and synchronicities. In these books he explores the possibilities of there being many histories to the world.
And the Ass Saw the Angel<-!> by Nick Cave
This is a twisted beautiful story of a mute, persecuted boy's view of the world outside a self-righteous religious community.
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
A macabre look at an adolescent's feeling that something is missing.
Squeak the Mouse by Massimo Mattioli Sexual, homicidal rodents. Nothing more but certainly no less.
Nothing In This Book by Bob Frissell
Sacred geometry and the evolution of human consciousness. I think this is a very important book in helping us understand our connection with the universe through mathematics.
Earth by David Brin
A frightening look at one possible future for man.
Art and Physics by Leonard Shlain
Diary Of A Genius by Salvador Dali
It's always interesting to slip into an overly creative person's thoughts.
Interior Design with Feng Shui by Sarah Rossbach
Setting up your environment in order to take advantage of all available energies.
Archaic Revival by Terrance McKenna
Enlightening perspectives on hallucinogens and culture.
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Re: Suggest Some Books (SSB) [Re: BitchingBrew]
#7177582 - 07/15/07 02:21 AM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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Currently reading Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Celine and I would recommend this to everyone. Here are a few other suggestions:
Science Fiction: A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick
Surreal/Bizarre: Pseudo-City by D. Harlan Wilson
Short Fiction: Where I'm Calling From - Raymond Carver
Philosophy: The Trouble With Being Born - E.M. Cioran
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Re: Suggest Some Books (SSB) [Re: Phishe]
#7177596 - 07/15/07 02:25 AM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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Today I picked up
Island, A brave new world/Brave new world Revisited, and Journey to the East.
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Re: Suggest Some Books (SSB) [Re: Phishe]
#7177642 - 07/15/07 02:48 AM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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U can look into Richard Dawkins books.
The Blind watchmaker The God Delusion.
Osho. Quite a large number of his books are available at this site.
www.oshoworld.com
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Re: Suggest Some Books (SSB) [Re: Phishe]
#7182109 - 07/16/07 03:34 AM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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In Search Of The Miraculous by P.D. Ouspensky (this book contains fierce truth, seriously)    

If you dig Tim Leary, Robert Anton Wilson or Ram Dass, you will love this interactive book.
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Re: Suggest Some Books (SSB) [Re: Middleman]
#7184071 - 07/16/07 04:42 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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Im not going to state this as fact, but maybe some other people who have read both Stranger in a Strange land and A brave new world can chime in.
But I think that Stanger in a Strange Land was better written, and has just as much "food for thought" as A Brave New World. Huxley wrote so dry and has always had very robotic and unrealistic dialogue. His only saving grace, IMO, is his actualization he creates in the reader for being not poetically detailed, but rather detailed in realistic scenarios of fictional accounts. Stranger in a Strange Land is very visceral and extremely captivating every single page.
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Quote:
YawningAnus said: Im not going to state this as fact, but maybe some other people who have read both Stranger in a Strange land and A brave new world can chime in.
But I think that Stanger in a Strange Land was better written, and has just as much "food for thought" as A Brave New World. Huxley wrote so dry and has always had very robotic and unrealistic dialogue. His only saving grace, IMO, is his actualization he creates in the reader for being not poetically detailed, but rather detailed in realistic scenarios of fictional accounts. Stranger in a Strange Land is very visceral and extremely captivating every single page.
I started reading "Island" and am enjoying it very much. It's hard to put down.
I think Huxley can right some pretty decent dialogue though it's not always filled with emotion he can really capture human thought..
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Re: Suggest Some Books (SSB) [Re: Phishe]
#8619550 - 07/10/08 09:49 PM (15 years, 6 months ago) |
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The best Fear & Loathing is "On the Campaign Trail 72" - we are in for a crazy ride this year and Hunter S ought to be around for it...
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