Hooked

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.

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Hooked

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.

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Steiger

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.

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B.

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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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...

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shermsticky2

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

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butters046

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

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Hooked

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.

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The Don

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

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Peace seeker

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

The Catcher In The Rye - J.D Sallinger

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dayglo_CrazIes

hell's angels = excellent book. .
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.

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Sid

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.

The Don

lol that's standard curricular here

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kamikazi89

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

Burner of trees

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

gotta love books

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Mull D

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

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.

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Mull D

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.

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The Second Law of Thermodynamics

Hooked

Rum Diary may be my favorite Thompson book. It feels so genuine...I believe because it's semi-autobiographical.

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