Author Topic: books to read (Read 507341 times)

cocainecowboy · « **Reply #780 on:** January 17, 2011, 12:41:17 AM »

i'm too lazy to look if anyone's mentioned em. but the last book I finished was Breakfast of Champions, that was really good.
i just got Atlas Shrugged, hoping to be as interesting as I've been told.

buttpirate · « **Reply #781 on:** January 17, 2011, 01:46:16 AM »

read about 3 chapters of the western canon, then had to give up as I've only read about 4 of the 20 odd books he goes into great detail about. planning a reattempt after finishing more of the 'canon' as such. ended up doing light reading over the holidays:

pretty interesting book about how successful people are not where they are solely because of talent or hard work, but also because of luck - whether its based on date of birth, location, or cultural background. liked it a lot, and the idea can be transferred to skateboarding. there a lot of talented skateboarders that went nowhere in terms of their career, while other people with the same 6 tricks live in giant mansions

not really a comics or graphic novels person, but these were great:

currently reading:

MaryhillVibe · « **Reply #782 on:** January 17, 2011, 06:35:36 AM »

breakfast of champions is awesome, as it Akira.

Im still waiting for my library to get the last book for me but Im pretty excited to get it done.

X'ed out looks interesting, whats it about?

vihreekerma · « **Reply #783 on:** January 17, 2011, 07:13:39 AM »

David · « **Reply #784 on:** January 17, 2011, 07:29:44 AM »

Quote from: rfox on January 16, 2011, 06:40:26 PM

I didn't see the movie but I heard it wasn't very good.
The book is really good. All about secret military programs

The original Jon Ronson documentary is how I heard about this stuff. Too bad it's not posted up on YouTube anymore.

Bipsmound · « **Reply #785 on:** January 17, 2011, 10:39:27 AM »

Quote from: MaryhillVibe on January 17, 2011, 06:35:36 AM

breakfast of champions is awesome, as it Akira.

Im still waiting for my library to get the last book for me but Im pretty excited to get it done.

X'ed out looks interesting, whats it about?

X'ed Out is about a drug addled youngster having a hard time dealing with reality. I enjoyed it, but it's supposedly only the first part of a three part storyline. Charles Burns takes forever to come out with new stuff because he does like 10 drafts of each panel or something regular like that, so that book might leave you hanging a bit. He's fuckin stellar though if you haven't read him before, so I'd recommend any of his other stuff, Black Hole, Big Baby, Skin Deep, it's all gravy with biscuits.

Cockaigne · « **Reply #786 on:** January 17, 2011, 03:50:40 PM »

Haaaaaa so stoked. Ordered some books saturday, one of which "Ol' Mah & teh C" by Hemingway, just because of it's legacy, stoked!

Also after some spiritual drug trip(xtc) I decided to get The Dharma Bums

aand I was thinking of getting The Electric Kool-Aid Acid test, but should I try LSD myself first? Won't reading it first spoil my un-acid ass?

sven thorkel · « **Reply #787 on:** January 17, 2011, 05:46:10 PM »

Quote from: cocainecowboy on January 17, 2011, 12:41:17 AM

i'm too lazy to look if anyone's mentioned em. but the last book I finished was Breakfast of Champions, that was really good.
i just got Atlas Shrugged, hoping to be as interesting as I've been told.

*chant
Left, Right... Left, Right, Left
Left, Right... Left, Right, Left

Tarquin · « **Reply #788 on:** January 17, 2011, 05:50:59 PM »

I'm re-reading Tropic of Cancer. Great book.

MaryhillVibe · « **Reply #789 on:** January 17, 2011, 06:20:42 PM »

Quote from: Bipsmound on January 17, 2011, 10:39:27 AM

Quote from: MaryhillVibe on January 17, 2011, 06:35:36 AM
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breakfast of champions is awesome, as it Akira.

Im still waiting for my library to get the last book for me but Im pretty excited to get it done.

X'ed out looks interesting, whats it about?
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X'ed Out is about? ? a drug addled youngster having a hard time dealing with reality.? ? I enjoyed it, but it's supposedly only the first part of a three part storyline.? ? Charles Burns takes forever to come out with new stuff because he does like 10 drafts of each panel or something regular like that, so that book might leave you hanging a bit.? ? He's fuckin stellar though if you haven't read him before, so I'd recommend any of his other stuff, Black Hole, Big Baby, Skin Deep, it's all gravy with biscuits.

Since writing that I actually discovered and interview with him in a recent issue of vice that was in my toilet. It pretty interesting, he talks about the influence of his childhood Tin Tin obsession on his later work, which come to think ? of it you can see pretty clearly even on that cover posted above.

So yeah a trip to the library is in order...and here is the interview if you are interested.

http://www.viceland.com/int/v17n12/htdocs/charles-burns-640.php

bakedRice · « **Reply #790 on:** January 17, 2011, 10:33:50 PM »

the lost city of z-

really interesting read about exploration in the amazon and particulary colonel fawcett. people just arent made like this guy anymore. crazy story, give it a try.

Maus. A graphic novel/comic about the authors father and his relationship with him. Highly recommend this to anyone, its a quick read and the terrors are masked by the cartoon animals. read this for an english class.

oyolar · « **Reply #791 on:** January 18, 2011, 12:16:03 AM »

Quote from: Cockaigne on January 17, 2011, 03:50:40 PM

Haaaaaa so stoked. Ordered some books saturday, one of which "Ol' Mah & teh C" by Hemingway, just because of it's legacy, stoked!

Also after some spiritual drug trip(xtc) I decided to get The Dharma Bums

aand I was thinking of getting The Electric Kool-Aid Acid test, but should I try LSD myself first? Won't reading it first spoil my un-acid ass?

I was super excited to read The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, but I just could not get into it. I think I just wasn't in the mood to deal with figuring out the acid trip narrative for the class I was reading it for. Or maybe it's just because I've never done acid.

buttpirate · « **Reply #792 on:** January 18, 2011, 04:45:53 AM »

Quote from: Bipsmound on January 17, 2011, 10:39:27 AM

Quote from: MaryhillVibe on January 17, 2011, 06:35:36 AM
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breakfast of champions is awesome, as it Akira.

Im still waiting for my library to get the last book for me but Im pretty excited to get it done.

X'ed out looks interesting, whats it about?
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X'ed Out is about a drug addled youngster having a hard time dealing with reality. I enjoyed it, but it's supposedly only the first part of a three part storyline. Charles Burns takes forever to come out with new stuff because he does like 10 drafts of each panel or something regular like that, so that book might leave you hanging a bit. He's fuckin stellar though if you haven't read him before, so I'd recommend any of his other stuff, Black Hole, Big Baby, Skin Deep, it's all gravy with biscuits.

black hole sounds good, going to read that next. I can understand the 10 drafts of each panel thing, because none of the panels in X'ed out ever feel superfluous. I was surprised by how thin it was, and then by how much detail you pick up on the second read. definitely worth checking out

Inbred Jed · « **Reply #793 on:** January 19, 2011, 01:48:35 PM »

From Max Brooks, bestselling author of World War Z, an original story about a global war between humans and zombies seen through the eyes of Vampires. Or you can just call it the vampire version of An Inconvenient Truth.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-01-14/max-brooks-original-zombie-story-from-world-war-z-author/

sparksandblood · « **Reply #794 on:** January 20, 2011, 10:55:57 AM »

If anyone has an interest in early Christianity texts, canonical and non-canonical, read anything by Bart Ehrman; he is one of the authorities on the subject. I just read Lost Christianities: The Battle for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew and The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot. Both of those are great.
Im currently reading Lost Scriptures: Books That Did not make it into the New Testament, by Ehrman.

Also reading A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin.

jimi420 · « **Reply #795 on:** January 24, 2011, 02:17:29 PM »

I'm reading all these books at once. i haven't finished them but damn are they good.

I first read this along with his Expressions book in 7th grade and it was really difficult to understand but i think i grasp it better now

My mother dated a black panther when we lived in a Hebrew commune and he gave me this book.

VictoriousOG · « **Reply #796 on:** January 24, 2011, 03:01:39 PM »

Beer Keg Peg Leg · « **Reply #797 on:** January 24, 2011, 08:55:14 PM »

Quote from: Buddy G on January 16, 2011, 11:10:58 AM

just started this.

finished this a few weeks ago...it gave me lots of boners!

Buddy G · « **Reply #798 on:** January 25, 2011, 03:58:52 PM »

Quote from: Beer Keg Peg Leg on January 24, 2011, 08:55:14 PM

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just started this.

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finished this a few weeks ago...it gave me lots of boners!

nearly finished it...zero so far.

GISM · « **Reply #799 on:** January 26, 2011, 12:56:21 AM »

the layout in house of leaves is nothing short of fucked up

mandibleclaw · « **Reply #800 on:** January 26, 2011, 01:19:48 AM »

i meet jonathan safran foer tomorrow, i'll tell you if he's as much of a prick as i've heard.

sametelt · « **Reply #801 on:** January 26, 2011, 02:23:30 AM »

Quote from: mandibleclaw on January 26, 2011, 01:19:48 AM

i meet jonathan safran foer tomorrow, i'll tell you if he's as much of a prick as i've heard.

Are you in the NYU Creative Writing program or something?

skateboardnorth · « **Reply #802 on:** January 26, 2011, 10:11:06 AM »

Quote from: GISM on January 26, 2011, 12:56:21 AM

the layout in house of leaves is nothing short of fucked up

i'm half way through it. It's a difficult read, but entertaining.

mandibleclaw · « **Reply #803 on:** January 26, 2011, 11:35:50 AM »

Quote from: sametelt on January 26, 2011, 02:23:30 AM

Quote from: mandibleclaw on January 26, 2011, 01:19:48 AM
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i meet jonathan safran foer tomorrow, i'll tell you if he's as much of a prick as i've heard.
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Are you in the NYU Creative Writing program or something?

i go to grad school there.

cocainecowboy · « **Reply #804 on:** January 28, 2011, 01:52:39 PM »

Quote from: sven thorkel on January 17, 2011, 05:46:10 PM

Quote from: cocainecowboy on January 17, 2011, 12:41:17 AM
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i'm too lazy to look if anyone's mentioned em. but the last book I finished was Breakfast of Champions, that was really good.
i just got Atlas Shrugged, hoping to be as interesting as I've been told.
[close]

*chant
Left, Right... Left, Right, Left
Left, Right... Left, Right, Left

i don't get it.

Inanimate Object · « **Reply #805 on:** January 28, 2011, 05:14:48 PM »

Quote from: mandibleclaw on January 26, 2011, 01:19:48 AM

i meet jonathan safran foer tomorrow, i'll tell you if he's as much of a prick as i've heard.

Does he look as much like Harry Potter in person as I've been lead to believe?

spool of cord · « **Reply #806 on:** January 28, 2011, 05:42:40 PM »

Quote from: Buddy G on January 25, 2011, 03:58:52 PM

Quote from: Beer Keg Peg Leg on January 24, 2011, 08:55:14 PM
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Quote from: Buddy G on January 16, 2011, 11:10:58 AM
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just started this.

[close]

finished this a few weeks ago...it gave me lots of boners!
[close]

nearly finished it...zero so far.

I pushed myself through half of this book and still didn't see what made it a classic. maybe back when it was written a lot of the stuff was some new age, out the box type ideas but...i don't know, the story line was cool enough I guess, but his style of writing didn't do a damn thing for me.

I know its a book people have to read in high school, but I just read The Grapes of Wrath and fell in love with steinbeck. That book totally humbled me. I'd say a must-read for anyone caught up in the fast paced lifestyle of the 21st century.

Tarquin · « **Reply #807 on:** January 28, 2011, 08:25:21 PM »

Even better than the film.

mandibleclaw · « **Reply #808 on:** January 28, 2011, 11:40:58 PM »

Quote from: Inanimate Object on January 28, 2011, 05:14:48 PM

Quote from: mandibleclaw on January 26, 2011, 01:19:48 AM
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i meet jonathan safran foer tomorrow, i'll tell you if he's as much of a prick as i've heard.
[close]

Does he look as much like Harry Potter in person as I've been lead to believe?

yeah, he sort of looks like a grown-up, vegan harry potter. he's actually a really nice guy, he just kept turning the conversation back around to himself, haha. i'm going to be working with him a lot in the next year and a half. let's see how it goes.

i'm supposed to write a short story for him by sunday, and i have a page and a half. dope

anybody want to be my ghostwriter? i think that skating is what makes my creativity run, because since winter hit, and i haven't been able to skate, i haven't been able to write shit.

Blue Fescue · « **Reply #809 on:** January 29, 2011, 12:45:22 AM »

Quote from: mandibleclaw on January 28, 2011, 11:40:58 PM

Quote from: Inanimate Object on January 28, 2011, 05:14:48 PM
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Quote from: mandibleclaw on January 26, 2011, 01:19:48 AM
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i meet jonathan safran foer tomorrow, i'll tell you if he's as much of a prick as i've heard.
[close]

Does he look as much like Harry Potter in person as I've been lead to believe?
[close]

yeah, he sort of looks like a grown-up, vegan harry potter. he's actually a really nice guy, he just kept turning the conversation back around to himself, haha. i'm going to be working with him a lot in the next year and a half. let's see how it goes.

i'm supposed to write a short story for him by sunday, and i have a page and a half. dope

anybody want to be my ghostwriter? i think that skating is what makes my creativity run, because since winter hit, and i haven't been able to skate, i haven't been able to write shit.

I tried to read Eating Animals but it seemed like he just kept repeating the same things

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