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Re: books to read
« Reply #1320 on: June 25, 2012, 06:15:28 AM »
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Re: books to read
« Reply #1321 on: June 25, 2012, 08:07:30 AM »
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Re: books to read
« Reply #1322 on: June 25, 2012, 08:48:11 AM »
The only time I get some quality reading done these days is on the toilet - truly the last bastion of solitude

It's a shame really. Still slowly making my way through the last half inch of Neal Stephenson's The Confusion (I've got The System of the World next in line)

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Re: books to read
« Reply #1323 on: June 25, 2012, 03:57:31 PM »
I don't have any school at the moment, and I'm just working so I have had a considerable amount of time to read this summer... which has been wonderful.

Here are some of books that I've thus far read that I would suggest:









I would highly suggest anything by Murakami by the way.

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Re: books to read
« Reply #1324 on: June 25, 2012, 04:45:07 PM »


if you want to get a grasp of his ideas and you dont have enough time or patience to read one of his books, defiantly check this out. this contains the subversive, unfiltered truths of chomsky presented in an easily digestible manner.  his views are immensely important, so dont sleep on it
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Re: books to read
« Reply #1325 on: June 29, 2012, 10:54:33 PM »
I just re-read Great Gatsby in time for the movie to come out. I sure hope the movie isn't shitty. i'd be really bummed.

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Re: books to read
« Reply #1326 on: June 30, 2012, 02:28:23 AM »
Just finished "Will Grayson, Will Grayson", Fight Club, and The Lord of the Flies and I'm starting on Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

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Re: books to read
« Reply #1327 on: July 09, 2012, 09:01:55 AM »


Finally got started on The System of The World - as you can see, I'm not that deep into it yet.

Don't know what I want to read next after this though (although this might take me awhile since I've got very little time to just sit and read these days).

This Baroque Cycle trilogy has been a goddamn blast to read though and people are seriously missing out if they don't give these books a chance.

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Re: books to read
« Reply #1328 on: July 09, 2012, 11:00:47 AM »


One of my all time favorites. Reading it for about the third time right now. You want 'real talk', read Carver.

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Re: books to read
« Reply #1329 on: July 09, 2012, 11:09:22 AM »


if you like math and philosophy i'd definitely say give this one a read, i'm really enjoying it
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« Reply #1330 on: July 09, 2012, 07:14:55 PM »



This book is fascinating & was actually much more deeper than I expected. It explains how both sexual & social seduction occur over a long period of time and how to psychologically trigger infatuation within you target(s). The dynamics of social seduction was very intriguing to me. Think of charismatic cult leaders with extremely loyal followers as an example. These are social seducers. JFK & even Obama are good examples as well.

It isn't focused on one particular gender as these concepts are psychological universal. This book also helped me better understand myself and exactly why particular women in my past were able to get me on some sprung shit & how I'd done the same to others. I really didn't know what to expect from this book but it's definitely one of my favorites now. I highly recommend it to anyone even remotely interested. Here's a torrent for the audiobook version.

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When raised to the level of art, seduction has toppled empires, won elections, and enslaved great minds. In this volume, Greene asks readers what kind of seducers they want to become.


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Re: books to read
« Reply #1331 on: July 09, 2012, 11:06:27 PM »
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter S. Thompson is a genius, and the illustrations throughout are awesome.
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Re: books to read
« Reply #1332 on: July 10, 2012, 08:55:57 AM »
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter S. Thompson is a genius, and the illustrations throughout are awesome.

it's a great acid story, for sure. If you're digging the ideas behind the self induced chaos, read Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 1972.

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Re: books to read
« Reply #1333 on: July 10, 2012, 10:03:44 AM »
Guys, I am in a mood.  I need something excessively violent and/or nihilistic.  My favorite novel of all time is Blood Meridean if that helps.  Don't bother recommending anything by Bret Easton Ellis, Chuck Pahaliniuk (his quality has sucked for awhile anyway), Cormac McCarthy, Hunter S. Thompson, Nietzsche, Kafka,  Bukowski or Burroughs- I've read and reread all their stuff.  I'm looking for that gem I've never heard of.

Oh, and I just wrapped up Siberian Education by Nicolai Lilin.  It's a true account of a criminal from Siberia.  Really awesome book.

Journey to the end of the night or anything else by louis-ferdinand Celine is dark, sarcastic and often violent. but you may have already read alot of his stuff too.
Soul by Andrei Platonov is really good if you can find it. Its about a tribe of nomadic russians(or some coutry around there) who are travelling through the desert and basically wasting away.
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Re: books to read
« Reply #1334 on: July 10, 2012, 10:23:42 AM »
Guys, I am in a mood.  I need something excessively violent and/or nihilistic.  My favorite novel of all time is Blood Meridean if that helps.  Don't bother recommending anything by Bret Easton Ellis, Chuck Pahaliniuk (his quality has sucked for awhile anyway), Cormac McCarthy, Hunter S. Thompson, Nietzsche, Kafka,  Bukowski or Burroughs- I've read and reread all their stuff.  I'm looking for that gem I've never heard of.

Oh, and I just wrapped up Siberian Education by Nicolai Lilin.  It's a true account of a criminal from Siberia.  Really awesome book.

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maybe you've heard of him. The film adaptations of The Lost and Girl Next Door I've seen, the latter of which was based on a true story that could go into the 'mysterious disappearances...' thread.
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« Reply #1335 on: July 10, 2012, 11:34:00 AM »
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Re: books to read
« Reply #1336 on: July 10, 2012, 12:00:41 PM »
Guys, I am in a mood.  I need something excessively violent and/or nihilistic.  My favorite novel of all time is Blood Meridean if that helps.  Don't bother recommending anything by Bret Easton Ellis, Chuck Pahaliniuk (his quality has sucked for awhile anyway), Cormac McCarthy, Hunter S. Thompson, Nietzsche, Kafka,  Bukowski or Burroughs- I've read and reread all their stuff.  I'm looking for that gem I've never heard of.

Oh, and I just wrapped up Siberian Education by Nicolai Lilin.  It's a true account of a criminal from Siberia.  Really awesome book.

John Banville? Book of Evidence is good.

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Re: books to read
« Reply #1337 on: July 10, 2012, 04:42:15 PM »
The Beach by Alex Garland is pretty great. 

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« Reply #1338 on: July 11, 2012, 05:02:50 AM »
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Re: books to read
« Reply #1339 on: July 12, 2012, 03:01:05 PM »
This was lent to me last year and I got through it pretty quickly. It's a really, really good book.


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« Reply #1340 on: July 12, 2012, 03:06:40 PM »
This was lent to me last year and I got through it pretty quickly. It's a really, really good book.



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Re: books to read
« Reply #1341 on: July 12, 2012, 03:31:56 PM »
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« Reply #1342 on: July 12, 2012, 04:47:49 PM »
books ive read for this summer so far



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Re: books to read
« Reply #1343 on: July 13, 2012, 12:59:51 PM »
although I wanted to buy a french book I ended up buying these german classics (which you read in school, I guess) and another murakami in english. finished a book about gypsies in germany from my co-worker who is a gypsy himself. this was quiete an emotional read, he writes about being in prison, not knowing his wife until the wedding day, big time racism, heavy cultural conflicts and whatnot. truly inspiring.

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Re: books to read
« Reply #1344 on: July 13, 2012, 01:50:04 PM »
reading this right now:

really good so far

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« Reply #1345 on: July 17, 2012, 10:12:32 PM »

This book was just amazing. I highly recommend it.

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Re: books to read
« Reply #1346 on: July 26, 2012, 06:24:03 AM »
Not sure if it's been posted yet but please do yourself a favor & read it. Beautifully written and funny as shit.

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Re: books to read
« Reply #1347 on: July 26, 2012, 06:52:11 AM »
Guys, I am in a mood.?  I need something excessively violent and/or nihilistic.?  My favorite novel of all time is Blood Meridean if that helps.?  Don't bother recommending anything by Bret Easton Ellis, Chuck Pahaliniuk (his quality has sucked for awhile anyway), Cormac McCarthy, Hunter S. Thompson, Nietzsche, Kafka,?  Bukowski or Burroughs- I've read and reread all their stuff.?  I'm looking for that gem I've never heard of.

Oh, and I just wrapped up Siberian Education by Nicolai Lilin.?  It's a true account of a criminal from Siberia.?  Really awesome book.
I'm slightly late on this, but I suggest Twilight of the Idols by Nietzsche. It's one of his roughest assails to morallity.

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Re: books to read
« Reply #1348 on: July 26, 2012, 08:59:54 AM »


Half way through this gem of a book, it has had me hooked sine the first page. Some parts have literally given me that weightless falling feeling where you cant beleive what you are reading as you desperatly flip back through the pages in search of some context that you may have missed.

A real new contender for my top ten, highly recomended.

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« Reply #1349 on: July 26, 2012, 09:48:52 AM »

My favorite poetry I've read (don't read a lot). They're all free verse and short. Lots of brilliant world play. Spermmarket is the best. Mostly about food, sex and self-image. Very entertaining


A bunch of recent scifi short stories from different authors. I wouldn't recommend most, but "Bridesicle" and "Spar" are fucking awesome.

Bridesicle is a love story about a dating service where you can date rejuvenated corpses.

Spar's about a women being raped by a tentacled alien (even her nostrils.) accept it's an alien so its kinda left amibiguous as to whether the alien's really having sex or just researching. Graphic and horrific, but an interesting commentary on rape/sex