BOOKS!

[sweet orr]

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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

anything by haruki murakami.

try one of his short story collections like

vintage muakami or frogman saves tokyo if you want to start light. can read them through when youre not busy.

sweet-orr

[darknworn]

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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.

--- Original message by misterdobalina on Jul 19, 2005 04:58 PM

too late. i'm destroyed. can't even spell his name.

read to understand. make your own call on where you stand on things. but...ignorant is bliss. don't read if you're afraid. read goethe, he's much more civilized...and he doesn't bite.

"God is Dead" - Neitzsche

"Neitzsche is Dead" - God

Edited by darknworn on Jul 19, 2005 at 06:16 PM

[emrinder]

The Merchant of Venice

The Ox-Bow Incident

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

[Persia]

Just a few

Salman Rushdie is the man...read everything.

"On the Road" and "Subterraneans" by kerouac

If you dig LA history check out James Ellroy....except the serial killer book.

Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

Don't let Mama slap you.

www.mamaclothing.com

[Corbin Law]

on the road, is the shit

i just found a sepparate peace in my bookshelf, good or bad?

chwa?

[john11f]

MindGym

[STOLEN FROM POLAND]

Just finished reading a book on post modernism and hip hop called SPECTACULAR VERNACULARS... well worth the wait for the book. Pretty hard to find, but really a cool take on subculture....

[chimpanjesus]

read the dark tower series by stephen king. this is THE epic story of our time. also if you havent read any of the frank miller batman graphic novels i strongly recommend reading them, particularly the dark night returns. thats a close #2 behind the dark tower series as the best thing ive ever read. anything neil gaiman is a good read as well, especially the sandman graphic novels.

Edited by chimpanjesus on Jul 20, 2005 at 01:40 AM

[rigga]

murakami- dope: wild sheep chase

rusdie- dope esp: satanic verses

get some southern fiction to go along with your southern crunk.

anything by faulkner is incredible.

cormac maccarthy: espescially blood meridian and sutpen.

oh and for just classic americana:

kesey: sometime a great notion

phillip roth: american pastoral

[Francis Begbie]

Trainspotting- Obviously, you can see where I got my name.

The IRA- Tim Pat Coogan- History of the IRA from the 1920's to present

The Westies- TJ English- About the Westies gang and Mickey Featherstone in Manhattan.

A Midnight Clear- I forgot who wrote this, but it's the best school assigned book I've read.

Homeland- Into the Heart of Hatred- Again, I forget the author but this is a fascinating look at the racist-right wing movements in England, continental Europe, and America.

American Psycho- Some will love it, some will hate it. Since this is a fashion board, it deserves a mention.

Chopper- Mark Brandon Reade- First hand account of Australia's notorious gangster. This dude is fucking sick.

Mario Puzo's Mafia stuff is interesting.

For cheap, but enjoyable books with no substance, I reccomend Deane Koontz's work. If you're into crime/mystery I reccomend Michael Connelly's stuff. I'm almost finished with the Narrows and it's pretty good

"i just found a sepparate peace in my bookshelf,"

Naaaa. That shit is gay.

Edited by Francis Begbie on Jul 20, 2005 at 10:53 AM

[teejayess]

Freakonomics - looks into why most drug dealers live with their mums and earn less than minimum wage and whether legalised abortions caused the drop in crime in the mid-90s, amongst other things.

[siznam]

anything chuck palahniuk, especially SURVIVOR

both of max berry's books - JENNIFER GOVERNMENT and SYRUP - the first being about NIKE trying to keep street cred by knocking off kids who buy their shoes....very appropriate for superfutureshoppers....

bret easton ellis - GLAMORAMA...better than american psycho

bill bryson - in a sunburned country - if you've been to OZ or plan to go, you'll know why this book kills it...

"Chopper- Mark Brandon Reade- First hand account of Australia's notorious gangster. This dude is fucking sick." - the movie is pretty rad too...a bit hard to find...

[andewhall]

Yeah "Chopper" is excellent, so is Eric Banner who went on to be the HULK!

A freind of mine's freind lives in Oz and drinks in the same bar as Mark Chopper, he's a dirty alco. Anyway she asked him to get his autograph, he scribbled on a VB beer coaster "Dear Nicky, never plead guilty, Love Chopper", excellent. It sits proudly on her mantle.

Oh, I heard he did anti drink driving ad's in Aussie? Did any of you Aussie guys know or see them?

Edited by andewhall on Jul 20, 2005 at 01:24 PM

[emrinder]

A separate peace is good

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

[Cue]

Bono made his wife watch Chopper to help induce labour (by/some all accounts). His theory was it was so violent it would freak her out and blah blah ...

It's one of the greatest films very made

[meditation]

bump

The important thing before I report in... my position.

[meditation]

What happened to deim23.. nice guy

The important thing before I report in... my position.

[Corbin Law]

does anyone still write epics now a days? but epics that arent lame with lame ass titles like glandorf the dragon master. something more like epic like homeric epic...yeah anyone?

chwa?

[DEPHT]

good call man. I've always read a ton of shit, it really helps in all aspects

Walden - Henry David thoreau

The Essays - Francis Bacon

Sophie's World - Jostein Gaarder

The City of Falling Angels - John Berendt

Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishigiro

The Adventures of Augie March - Saul Bellows

The Melencholy Death of Oyster Boy - Tim Burton

Mix of philosophy, bestsellers, classics, etc

Depht...

[savage_here]

My friend recently won a literary prize that included having his novel published. It's called "Pitching Tents" by Gail Mount. It's a quick, fun read and is not your everyday type of book.

Enjoy.

Savage

[rabka]

read some kurt vonnegut

ak

[rnrswitch]

Anything by Bakari Kitwana on hip hop, but especially his book: Why white kids love hip hop.

Also: Can't Stop, Won't Stop by Jeff Chang

[whynotmakeboth]

coin locker babies

less than zero

infinite jest

[TragicBliss]

Quote: does anyone still write epics now a days? but epics that arent lame with lame ass titles like glandorf the dragon master. something more like epic like homeric epic...yeah anyone?

Stephen King's Dark Tower series. Seriously. So good.

http://www.tragicbliss.com

Edited by TragicBliss on Nov 12, 2005 at 02:31 PM

[Corbin Law]

ive seen them around alot, ive never really looked into them, it looked like soemthign about a space-cowboy of sorts, prolly rocking the new vintage LVC 2045's

chwa?

[TragicBliss]

Think, mad-maxish-future-America. Pretty rad actually. A lot of weird shit that I just can't explain.

http://www.tragicbliss.com

[emrinderForgotHisPassword]

kurt vonnegut is the shit

i fought the law and the law won

[Caramel]

Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood

It's so good that it hurts

This is all random.......

[wild_whiskey]

Douglas Coupland - Generation X, Microserfs are both great books, and are easily enjoyable even if you aren't a big reader (I know I'm not)

Right now I'm reading the Bob Dylan Chronicles Part 1, and David Sedaris' Naked. Both of them are very cool as well, the latter being hilarious...

[jialormee]

i second that, its so cathartic and beautiful it nearly made me cry. murakami's words are magical