What are you reading now? - Page 3

**Hooked** · 03-26-2007, 07:03 PM

Reading Joe Gould's Secret by Joseph Mitchell right now. Good shtuff.

Also been reading Tao Chien and Meng-haojan, old Chinese poets. Cool stuff, very Daoist/Zen Buddhist.

**Hooked** · 03-26-2007, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Revolver

just picked up Hunter s Thompson's Kingdom of Fear

i dont read a whole lot of books but i think im gonna like this one

That was the last Thompson book I read. I love his collections of letters. There's one from the seventies, first chapter of 'Reaping the Whirlwind, Riding the Tiger' that details an episode where he eats a capsule of mescaline and amphetamine in a hotel room. Probably one of my favorite experience accounts ever.

Steiger · 03-27-2007, 12:08 AM

The Razor's Edge by Somerset Maugham
A great book paralleling the pressures put on a young man to fit as a cog in society and his journey to find inner peace. Not quite done with it but i find it a great read, highly recommended.

B. · 03-29-2007, 03:41 PM

Currently reading -

Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 - Hunter S. Thompson

and

Robot Visions - Isaac Asimov

Also just bought on ebay.. Sold as a Slave by Olaudah Equaino, looking forward to its arrival

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Originally Posted by x420Warrior

...and then

Brave New World - Aldous Huxley

Just read back through this thread, good to see lots of Gonzo fans!, to be expected really tho

x420's post has just reminded me that I really need to get hold of a copy of Aldous Huxley's Doors of Perception, according to many the best mescaline account ever written...

Terry · 04-01-2007, 01:24 AM

Bump.

Slouching Toward Nirvana

Poems by Charles Bukowski.

shermsticky2 · 04-01-2007, 01:29 AM

i'm not reading a fuckin' thing besides this thread

butters046 · 04-04-2007, 05:37 PM

Recently read Crime & Punishment, The Stranger, and am now reading Chrinicle of a Death Foretold, all for a class. Pretty decent novels.

**Hooked** · 04-04-2007, 10:25 PM

Never got much into Crime and Punishment. Someday.

But the Stranger was my introduction to Camus, only thing I've read by him. That book had a major effect on me when I read it. For all the lit I've read it stands alone in its own category.

Chronicle is good, too. I'd reccommend 100 Years of Solitude. That book took me a year and a half to finish (took a long break from it for awhile because it wasn't holding me) but when I finally did, it was one of the more rewarding moments of my life. Chronicle is different than his other works, but it's still Marquez. Great fucking writer.

Christoffer · 04-05-2007, 01:58 AM

Right now I'm reading a book called "Skældud" by Erik Sigsgaard.

The book is used in the education of teachers, or is meant to be such a book. It deals with the topic of verbally correction children. Very very interresting stuff indeed.

I know I never yell at kids anymore

Peace seeker · 04-05-2007, 08:42 AM

HELLO magazine

**bows head in shame**

Elton John gave a party and dressed like a Russian general, holding hands with his lover who was dressed like a US marine

good one

Über King · 04-05-2007, 10:33 AM

The Catcher In The Rye - J.D Sallinger

dayglo_CrazIes · 04-05-2007, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by c.n0te

The Man. Try Survivor, one of my favorites.

Currently, I'm reading Hell's Angels by Hunter S. Thompson

hell's angels = excellent book.

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before that i read The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe.
definitely a wonderful read.
right now i'm reading Confessing a Murder.. it's a copy of Darwin's Journal. so far it's interesting.

Sid · 04-06-2007, 07:08 AM

I just finished the post office by bukowsky and i have to say that im a little dissapointed, hes ALOT better at writing short storys.
Anyways i just started rereading the rum diarty by HunterST, great book, makes me want to get drunk.

Christoffer · 04-06-2007, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Über King

The Catcher In The Rye - J.D Sallinger

lol that's standard curricular here

04-08-2007, 08:36 PM

http://books.google.com/books?vid=06...xSikQ8#PPR5,M1

Burner of trees · 04-08-2007, 10:58 PM

just got done reading george orwell's 1984 and am about to start ayn rand's atlas shrugged

gotta love books

moldyorangepeel · 04-08-2007, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Burner of trees

just got done reading george orwell's 1984 and am about to start ayn rand's atlas shrugged

gotta love books

hell yeah I got that book. I just read Animal farm on a road trip, easy read, then I read A Catcher in the Rye, another easy read. I am about to read 1984 again but I want to try something I haven't seen before.

Burner of trees · 04-08-2007, 11:18 PM

i read catcher in the rye a month or so ago, its one of those books i always like to re-read because its so short yet so good. i reccomend any john grisham book...i read runaway jury like a year ago, and i think since then i've read all of his books except two. he writes some good stuff.

moldyorangepeel · 04-08-2007, 11:18 PM

If you enjoyed The Catcher in the Rye, you also might enjoy The Perks of Being a Wallflower. That was my Amazon impression. The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a good book though.

/no html?

(you put the slashes wrong, D)

The Second Law of Thermodynamics · 04-09-2007, 02:08 AM

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Steiger YaHookan Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Fargo Posts: 42 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	The Razor's Edge by Somerset Maugham A great book paralleling the pressures put on a young man to fit as a cog in society and his journey to find inner peace. Not quite done with it but i find it a great read, highly recommended. __________________ i found smiley faces amusing

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Terry Illuminated One Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Missoula, Montana Posts: 2,712 Thanks: 0 Thanked 74 Times in 58 Posts	Bump. Slouching Toward Nirvana Poems by Charles Bukowski. __________________ The world has achieved brilliance without wisdom, power without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living. -Omar Bradley

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Hooked Hedonistic fool Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: around Denver for a minute Posts: 5,542 Thanks: 4 Thanked 16 Times in 13 Posts	Never got much into Crime and Punishment. Someday. But the Stranger was my introduction to Camus, only thing I've read by him. That book had a major effect on me when I read it. For all the lit I've read it stands alone in its own category. Chronicle is good, too. I'd reccommend 100 Years of Solitude. That book took me a year and a half to finish (took a long break from it for awhile because it wasn't holding me) but when I finally did, it was one of the more rewarding moments of my life. Chronicle is different than his other works, but it's still Marquez. Great fucking writer. __________________ The never-ending quest to find a reason to smile...

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Sid The shit of the crap Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The Third Reich Posts: 986 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I just finished the post office by bukowsky and i have to say that im a little dissapointed, hes ALOT better at writing short storys. Anyways i just started rereading the rum diarty by HunterST, great book, makes me want to get drunk.

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