Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 4:52 pm Posts: 6822 Location: NY Gender: Male
I need to finish Philip Roth "The Plot Against America." Parts of it are great, but a lot of the time it reads really slow. I just haven't gotten into it as much as I'd hope. But, I'm about 2/3 through, so I might as well finish.
I just started re-reading "Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World." I would highly recommend this book. Gave it to one of my friend's for her birthday recently and she loved it. It's hilarious and I couldn't put it down the first time I read it.
I have 6 books on the go right now: The End of Nature (McKibben), The Population Bomb (Erhlich), Silent Spring (Carson), A People's History of the United States (Zinn), and Shake Hands with the Devil (Dallaire). And at this very moment I'm reading The Houses of History: A Critical Reader in Twentieth-century History and Theory. (heavy on the theory)
I'm reading Hell's Angels, i was around the halfway point last night, when they were taking the trip up to Bass Lake for the 4th of July, i probably laughed out loud 10 or 15 times within 60 or so pages. I've never laughed that hard reading any book. Just visualizing the site of a young Hunter in the midst of the Hell's Angels, having to make a beer run was slaying me.
RIP Hunter, i can't believe this, i just started to get into his work. i wrote this last week
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Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:41 pm Posts: 23014 Location: NOT FLO-RIDIN Gender: Male
So I have a few books Ive been meaning to read..where should I go first?
A Clockwork Orange (Author?)
Fight Club (Author?)
Catch 22 (Joseph Heller)
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Gunslinger Septet? 7 books? (Steven King)
I need to hit up the library.
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Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 10:53 pm Posts: 8066 Location: Las Vegas via Rockford (Roscoe), IL Gender: Female
YessCode wrote:
Blinking with Fists - Corgan
How is that one? I've been thinking about getting it.
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At night I drink myself to sleep and pretend I don't care that you're not here with me Cause it's so much easier to handle all my problems if I'm too far out to sea
So I have a few books Ive been meaning to read..where should I go first?
A Clockwork Orange (Author?) Fight Club (Author?) Catch 22 (Joseph Heller) Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson) Gunslinger Septet? 7 books? (Steven King)
I need to hit up the library.
I'd start with fear and loathing, in memory of hunter. the night i finished hell's angels i dove right into the fear, i almost finished it, but looked and it was 2:30 a.m., so you could say i was into it. i've seen the movie over and over, but the book is a different world.
Joined: Mon Oct 18, 2004 7:25 am Posts: 1235 Location: Philadelphia
Master Slave wrote:
A Clockwork Orange (Author?) Fight Club (Author?)
A Clockwork Orange was written by Anthony Burgess and is an incredible read. It's one of those books you finish in one sitting. It's such a brilliant story and is written in a crafted slang.
Fight Club was written by Chuck Palahniuk (I'm not sure if I spelled that right...). I've never actually read it, but I've seen the film, naturally. I've been wanting to read it for some time now, especially since hearing from Chuck here and there the past few years. He seems like a cool guy.
When you're finished with both of these and with Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, let us know how you liked them! If you think Fight Club is good, maybe I'll rush to the bookstore and pick it up.
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