BOOKS!

[powerglov]

So I've been seriously lacking on my reading game recently, besides the required reading for educational purposes, and magazines/internet crap.

I'm putting it out there for all of you to point me in the direction of some good reads. Something inspirational perhaps.

Anything goes!

[darknworn]

A reflection on the Revolution in France

A philosopical enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful

Edmund Burke

--good shit man, good shit!!!

"God is Dead" - Neitzsche

"Neitzsche is Dead" - God

[Corbin Law]

Burmese Days: total tear jerker

chwa?

[Cue]

paul auster, philip k dick always seem good

david mitchell's cloud atlas is amazing

[Tequila]

Giles Foden: "The Last King of Scotland". Crazy antics of Idi Amin, fact/fiction. A movie is been made.

[TragicBliss]

If you want to read something inspirational, i suggest you read anything by author Daniel Quinn.

Ishmael, My Ishmael, The Story of B, then The Holy.

http://www.tragicbliss.com

[Bing Bing]

For excitement, entertainment, and historical/scientific factual tid bits--anything by Dan Brown

I'm so self-conscious...

[emrinder]

read the american classics <u>The Catcher in the Rye, One Flew Over Cuckoo's Nest, To Kill A Mockingbird<u>

you know you have to pay your dues if you wanna sing the blues

[stickykrylon]

Look into Bukowski, Hemingway and DeBalzac.

Haven't read any fiction lately, but the above will deliever.

dig.

[triniboy27]

Freakonomics by Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner..

also check out The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

[stickykrylon]

aw man, you're naming all the business best sellers..

well, then i recommend gladwell's other book, blink and a new brand world by scott bedbury.

let that shit soak in your head and you'll start to understand and appreciate the beauty of branding. word up!

dig.

[daryl]

i agree with stickykrylon

read "tipping point" and "blink" by malcolm gladwell.

[werdtoyourmoms]

some of my favorites: camus - the stranger, kafka - metamorphosis, collected poems of t.s. eliot

korn feat. ice cube

[woejozney]

Quote:

Freakonomics by Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner..

also check out The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

--- Original message by triniboy27 on Jul 17, 2005 05:16 PM

those both were dope. Read anything by Truman Capote, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maitenance, and anything by garrison keilor.

[coolhunter]

The Men who stares at goats, by Jon Ronson

"..As Ronson reveals, a secret wing of the U.S. military called First Earth Battalion was created in 1979 with the purpose of creating "Warrior Monks," soldiers capable of walking through walls, becoming invisible, reading minds and even killing a goat simply by staring at it. Some of the characters involved seem well-meaning enough, such as the hapless General Stubblebine, who is "confounded by his continual failure to walk through his wall."

the sad thing is that its a true story

...If it wasnt for bad luck I wouldn´t have any luck at all..

[deim23]

Quote:

So I've been seriously lacking on my reading game recently, besides the required reading for educational purposes, and magazines/internet crap.

I'm putting it out there for all of you to point me in the direction of some good reads. Something inspirational perhaps.

Anything goes!

--- Original message by powerglov on Jul 17, 2005 10:51 AM

The "Eternal Champion" books by Micheal Moorcock

I recomend starting out by reading - Elric of Melnibone

then read the next five Elric books - Sailor On The Seas Of Fate, The Weird Of The White Wolf, The Vanishing Tower, Bane Of The Black Sword, and Stormbringer...

... by the time you have finished those six you will be addicted and should read next the Chronicles of Corum (six books) and then the Hawkmoon books (7)

you will be glad you did.

"Today's peacock tomorrow's feather duster. "

Edited by deim23 on Jul 17, 2005 at 10:10 PMEdited by deim23 on Jul 17, 2005 at 10:11 PM

[Gaby]

Anything by Michel Houllebecq or Richard Yates

[Cue]

Houllebecq is a sick man ... i liked his books

[Corbin Law]

Quote:

If you want to read something inspirational, i suggest you read anything by author Daniel Quinn.

Ishmael, My Ishmael, The Story of B, then The Holy.

--- Original message by TragicBliss on Jul 17, 2005 02:21 PM

i was looking in my old ass book shelf and i saw the story of B but i wasnt too sure what it was, and i do love a good morally inspiring book.

what are some good books similar to sirens of titan?

chwa?

[TragicBliss]

Quote: i was looking in my old ass book shelf and i saw the story of B but i wasnt too sure what it was, and i do love a good morally inspiring book.

Yeah The Story of B is a great read. Esp. if your Catholic or have religious tendencies. But not because it inspires you morally, more like it flips your religion upside down and sodomizes it.

Hah! Sorry if that comes off as too harsh. It really is a great book.

http://www.tragicbliss.com

[andewhall]

Last three books I read that were good.

"Easy riders Raging Bulls" 70's film revolution, those guys were crazy

"The Dirt" Motley Crue Bio Funny

"Fury" Salman Rushdie, a legend

[powerglov]

Great suggestions so far! Thanks to all who replyed!

[triniboy27]

I've never read the story of B (but i'm gonna check it out) but if you're looking for some religious flipping, check out 'The Pagan Christ' by Tom Harput......

[bobbyhundreds]

Rilke

Camus

Nietzsche

Kafka

Chuck Palahniuk

CS Lewis

Roald Dahl

and yes I even love me some Grisham

thehundreds is huge.

www.thehundreds.com

Edited by bobbyhundreds on Jul 19, 2005 at 02:18 PM

[KEERST]

Haruki Murakami.

[triniboy27]

CS Lewis is gangsta!

[hahnstch]

bobby, those are some good, deep stuff you put up...

i'd like to add oscar wilde, fyodor dostoevsky and sadegh hedayat

[darknworn]

i concur, cs lewis is a must read. the abolition of man is a great book, short and straight to the point.

while we're on the same subject:

thus spake zarathustra - neitzsche (only for the mentally stable)

philosophy of right - hegel

atlast shrugged - ayn rand

a people's history of the united states - howard zinn

manufacturing consent - howard zinn

hollywood vs. america - michael medved

the ecology of commerce - paul hawken

the road to serfdom - f.a. hayek

red star over china - edgar snow

the russian revolution - leon trotsky

from beirut to jerusalem - thomas friedman

hirohito and the making of modern japan - herbert bix

the kings depart - henry kissinger

a world restored - henry kissinger

ho chi minh - william duiker

this a a guide to understanding the modern world. read these and you'll have more political knowledge than 99% of the population. i could go on, this is a good start if you have time and brain cells to burn.

"God is Dead" - Neitzsche

"Neitzsche is Dead" - God

[misterdobalina]

it's nietzsche not neitzsche.

and he said: wherever germany extends her sway, she ruins culture.

so don't read zarathustra. it will destroy you and everything you care about.

[showbiz00ditc]

yo i read a seperate peace in grade 10... it was gnar