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Post by CoKeS on Apr 28, 2005 15:35:13 GMT -5
well i just finished the book i've been reading lately and now it's time for me to start looking for a new one, the only problem is i can't find one i wanna read. so could someone please recommend me something i'd like? i like books along the lines of catcher in the rye and on the road. books about going on crazy adventures where the characters get into ridiculous situations. doesn't matter when the book was written, as long as it's similar to the ones i just mentioned, thanks in advance.
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Post by Rubberneck on Apr 28, 2005 15:58:10 GMT -5
"Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer is a true story about a boy who decides to live off the land in Alaska. it is an interesting story over all; i think it is one of maybe two books required in highschool that i actually read. i think it due to the wealthy socio-economic setting that the protagonist leaves behind in order to give up all possessions and live in nature.
"House of Leaves" by Mark Z. Danielewski is more along the lines of a psychological thriller. this book is the most horrifying experience i have ever had, however there were certain events happening in my life that occurred parallel to one of the main characters in the book, so that was pretty freaky. if you want a book about a man who finds himself in a strange situation, this is the book for you. i can't push this book enough. it might not be up to kyle's literary elitist standards, but it is my favorite book to this day.
another favorite, and i know these are stretches from the books you mentioned, but the Divine Comedy by Dante is one of the more influential pieces i have read. i would consider traveling through the depths of hell, experiencing the torments and histories of the indivduals who have been sentenced to oblivion, only to emerge on the shores of purgatory and ascend to paradise a pretty wild adventure : ]
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Post by sez on Apr 28, 2005 16:34:04 GMT -5
I finished reading a clockwork orange yesterday.
It was real horrorshow, I now govereet the slovos of the nadsat to my droogies and they cannot pony your humble narrator.
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Post by Bradley on Apr 28, 2005 16:36:00 GMT -5
i like books along the lines of catcher in the rye Well when I saw the name of this thread, I was going to recommend that as the best book ever written. Nowadays stuff, I'm kinda into genre writing really, detective tough guy stuff. Raymond Chandler or James Ellroy. Alternatively, invest time in Jack London.
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Post by Evycakes on Apr 28, 2005 16:36:41 GMT -5
errr the last book i read was "Scar Tissue" by Anthony Kiedis ... lately ive been reading shakespeare plays ... im reading king lear now lol
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Post by Bradley on Apr 28, 2005 16:39:37 GMT -5
I finished reading a clockwork orange yesterday. It was real horrorshow, I now govereet the slovos of the nadsat to my droogies and they cannot pony your humble narrator. Yes, great book. You will vidi that my "signiture" is taken from that very same book. 'Appy polly lodges!
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Post by Bradley on Apr 28, 2005 16:40:58 GMT -5
errr the last book i read was "Scar Tissue" by Anthony Kiedis ... lately ive been reading shakespeare plays ... im reading king lear now lol Yeah I took a quick look at the kiedis bio. His dad got him a hooker for like his 14th or something. What a twat.
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Post by sez on Apr 28, 2005 16:44:02 GMT -5
Yes, great book. You will vidi that my "signiture" is taken from that very same book. 'Appy polly lodges! Ahh i viddy that the other day droog. Celebrated with eggiwegs and jammiwam with lomticks of toast and a bloshy cup of milky chai, then ittied for some of the old in-out in-out.
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Post by Bradley on Apr 28, 2005 16:54:58 GMT -5
you legend. When i first read it I spoke Nadsaq for bout a month straight. then forgot it all. everytime i watch film i go back into it. I didn't specifically request info on your sex life, but fair play to you brother sir. If thats the way you want it.
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Post by sez on Apr 28, 2005 17:04:22 GMT -5
...rape life
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Post by Bradley on Apr 28, 2005 17:11:55 GMT -5
Ha. Just looked at my MSN profiles from years back. Pure Clockwork Orange quotes
Occupation: "A job for two, who are now of job age" About Me: "I'll take you with chain or nozh or britvar anytime"
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Post by motherprussia on Apr 28, 2005 17:23:21 GMT -5
everything is illuminated by jonathan safran foer--maybe, just maybe the best book written in the last ten-twenty years (though i have not read house of leaves yet)
then there's kurt vonnegut
and then there's the beat writers: kerouac, burroughs, etc. i'm thinking you'd like them
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Post by CoKeS on Apr 28, 2005 19:17:39 GMT -5
thanks for the suggestions everyone, i already bought my new one and it's naked lunch by burroughs and i've only read the first 20 pages and it's already one of the weirdest things i've ever read. he reminds me of hunter s. thompson a lot, so i guess that's good. also motherprussia, i've heard of everything is illuminated, that might be my next purchase.
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Post by Rubberneck on Apr 28, 2005 19:52:16 GMT -5
i'm going to pick up my next read tonight. border's newsletter has a 30% off cupon for any book (i know, i'm a sucker) and i've been eyeing down jared diamond's "Collapse: How Societies Chose to Fail or Succeed" for a while now. it is a historical analysis of every significant society since historical documentation and what caused each's demise. then the "history repeats itself" cliche is tested by comparing all the trends of failed civilizations against modern america.
...i'm trying to stray away from my fiction obsession. let it be known that i was a Dragonlance FIEND from 5th grade through middleschool...
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Post by CoKeS on Apr 28, 2005 20:57:58 GMT -5
has anyone read the wheel of time series? i've only made it through book 4 (shadow rising). i got all the books from the series for my 13th birthday, so i'll eventually finish them all.
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Post by tremulant on Apr 28, 2005 22:32:14 GMT -5
you guys read books??
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Post by motherprussia on Apr 28, 2005 23:17:19 GMT -5
wheel of time? is that robert jordan? cuz my friends have warned me to never read he books ever, and they're usually right about these things
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Post by Rubberneck on Apr 29, 2005 0:26:22 GMT -5
when i hear the title "Wheel of Time," all i can picture is pat sajak's torso attached to a horses body, blabbering about folding space-time and teraforming.
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Post by sez on Apr 29, 2005 4:18:10 GMT -5
I'm goign to start reading a new book after the weekend, I'll just grab somthing of my shelf. I might even judge a book by its cover, and choose it for that.
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Post by CoKeS on Apr 29, 2005 11:12:31 GMT -5
wheel of time? is that robert jordan? cuz my friends have warned me to never read he books ever, and they're usually right about these things yeah it's robert jordan and im sorry prussia, your friends are wrong this time. he writes great fantasy novels. eye of the world is one of my favorite books of all-time.
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Post by soniktruth on Apr 29, 2005 14:03:57 GMT -5
BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE
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Post by rivalhools on Apr 29, 2005 18:05:41 GMT -5
Hermann Hesse - Der Steppenwolf
one of the best books i've read in my life, although i didn't fully understand it.
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Post by motherprussia on Apr 29, 2005 21:30:38 GMT -5
yeah it's robert jordan and im sorry prussia, your friends are wrong this time. he writes great fantasy novels. eye of the world is one of my favorite books of all-time. eh, i'm really not a fan of the fantasy genre, so i'm thinking no, but it's cool you like that stuff, most of my friends do (they can't hate it cuz they've read most if not all the books)
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Post by CoKeS on Apr 29, 2005 23:28:54 GMT -5
eh, i'm really not a fan of the fantasy genre, so i'm thinking no, but it's cool you like that stuff, most of my friends do (they can't hate it cuz they've read most if not all the books) i haven't read fantasy in a long time... i've forgotten what happened in most of those books.
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Post by Rubberneck on Apr 30, 2005 13:41:26 GMT -5
hmm...no one caught my wheel of fortune/wrinkle in time hybridization humor.
sadness
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Post by Castro on May 1, 2005 11:44:49 GMT -5
does anyone know how to get books free? [similar to how you get music via file-sharing programs i mean]
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Post by Rubberneck on May 1, 2005 13:25:21 GMT -5
you can find a decent number of books saved in a word document form, but it would suck to carry around 400 full sized sheets of paper stapled together. and i cant imagine reading a novel from your comp monitor...
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Post by Castro on May 1, 2005 16:34:03 GMT -5
i'm interested nonetheless
the particular book is called 'towards a cosmic music' by karlheinz stockhausen. i read the first few pages or something and i really want this book but its 70+ pounds
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