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Fast Luck
Joined: 11 Oct 2001
Posts: 22805
Location: Penis |
Books
I like the hip writers: Fitzgerald, the guy who committed suicide, Hemingway, all those guys. Some of them were alcoholics and drug addicts but they had fun. They were real people. They formed the culture of American literature. Hemingway admired Tolstoy, Tolstoy admired Pushkin, and Mailer admired Hemingway. It all flows down. The greats are all connected. One day I'm gonna write a book myself. The first chapter will be about what a rough deal my momma got. She believed in you guys and your society.
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 4:32 pm |
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setsail
Joined: 28 Oct 2005
Posts: 54
Location: Sweden |
Team Sweden Rocks!!!
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 4:34 pm |
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hassan-i-sabbah
Joined: 10 Nov 2006
Posts: 27424
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lol no one here reads books _________________
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Originally posted by turtleman
A normal person wouldn't say that in real life because it's ridiculous and insulting. Yet here you are spouting the most hateful garbage that your demons can muster out of your darkened soul. All because of the internet.
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 4:34 pm |
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Fast Luck
Joined: 11 Oct 2001
Posts: 22805
Location: Penis |
hehe that's a mike tyson quote
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 4:34 pm |
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setsail
Joined: 28 Oct 2005
Posts: 54
Location: Sweden |
Yes they do read instruction books 4 tv, computers, mobile phones etc.
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 4:37 pm |
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hassan-i-sabbah
Joined: 10 Nov 2006
Posts: 27424
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Originally posted by setsail
Yes they do read instruction books 4 tv, computers, mobile phones etc.
i don't think most people on here are intelligent enough to even manage that
i was about to say firesand can read the book of mormon but then i remembered he knows nothing about his own religion _________________
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Originally posted by turtleman
A normal person wouldn't say that in real life because it's ridiculous and insulting. Yet here you are spouting the most hateful garbage that your demons can muster out of your darkened soul. All because of the internet.
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 4:38 pm |
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firesand
Joined: 03 Jul 2003
Posts: 976
Location: Idaho |
I just finished the Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.
Last week I read the Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Two weeks ago I read Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia Vol 1 by Jean Sasson.
To name just a few.
I am about to start Warren Buffets book The Snowball effect.
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 4:53 pm |
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hassan-i-sabbah
Joined: 10 Nov 2006
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damn that's some shitty taste _________________
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Originally posted by turtleman
A normal person wouldn't say that in real life because it's ridiculous and insulting. Yet here you are spouting the most hateful garbage that your demons can muster out of your darkened soul. All because of the internet.
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 4:54 pm |
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firesand
Joined: 03 Jul 2003
Posts: 976
Location: Idaho |
quote:
Originally posted by hassan-i-sabbah
damn that's some shitty taste
Says the Emo dressing Socialist
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 4:56 pm |
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Jon;
Joined: 13 Oct 2008
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im currently reading, carcass disposal - a comprehensive review
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 4:58 pm |
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hassan-i-sabbah
Joined: 10 Nov 2006
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I don't like emo music, nor do I dress in an emo style. Socialist is not an insult by the way, I take it as a complement. _________________
quote:
Originally posted by turtleman
A normal person wouldn't say that in real life because it's ridiculous and insulting. Yet here you are spouting the most hateful garbage that your demons can muster out of your darkened soul. All because of the internet.
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 4:58 pm |
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firesand
Joined: 03 Jul 2003
Posts: 976
Location: Idaho |
quote:
Originally posted by Jon;
im currently reading, carcass disposal - a comprehensive review
This struck me as being funny. I don't know why
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 4:59 pm |
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hassan-i-sabbah
Joined: 10 Nov 2006
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lol it just struck me again what a terrible insult that is
"oh yeah? well you support economic equality, an end to imperialism, basic human services and equal rights for all!!! take that!!!!"
what kind of twisted fascist scumbag could think that would be insulting? _________________
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Originally posted by turtleman
A normal person wouldn't say that in real life because it's ridiculous and insulting. Yet here you are spouting the most hateful garbage that your demons can muster out of your darkened soul. All because of the internet.
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 5:03 pm |
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TheDRAX
Joined: 28 Feb 2008
Posts: 1906
Location: Dallas, Texas |
GN's flirtatious attitude towards firesand...Lawl! See how many potshots you can give out in one thread!
Last.
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 5:16 pm |
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ChrisLui
Joined: 13 Dec 2003
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the first thing i did when i started posting here again was make a book thread. a few of you douches gave obnoxious replies. one thing that was really funny was ash saying that he loves tolkien and that most other books are boring
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 6:02 pm |
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cracky
Joined: 13 Mar 2006
Posts: 3026
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anyone read the book Into the Wild?
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 7:20 pm |
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MassiveAttack
Joined: 01 Jan 2006
Posts: 2858
Location: Michigan |
I'm reading The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 7:50 pm |
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SoCxHoP
Joined: 01 Dec 2004
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quote:
Originally posted by firesand
Two weeks ago I read Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia Vol 1 by Jean Sasson.
i read that. it was pretty lame. I'm currently in the midst of Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test and As I Lay Dying. Next on the stack is Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley and Ten Thousand Roads, about the late great Gram Parsons.
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Thu Feb 05, 2009 12:33 am |
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hassan-i-sabbah
Joined: 10 Nov 2006
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quote:
Originally posted by ChrisLui
one thing that was really funny was ash saying that he loves tolkien and that most other books are boring
lollllllll what a fucking retarded child _________________
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Originally posted by turtleman
A normal person wouldn't say that in real life because it's ridiculous and insulting. Yet here you are spouting the most hateful garbage that your demons can muster out of your darkened soul. All because of the internet.
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Thu Feb 05, 2009 9:46 am |
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hassan-i-sabbah
Joined: 10 Nov 2006
Posts: 27424
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i'm reading the wind-up bird chronicle by haruki murakami btw, and also on the side i have:
the process - brion gysin
manufacturing consent - noam chomsky
gravity's rainbow - thomas pynchon _________________
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Originally posted by turtleman
A normal person wouldn't say that in real life because it's ridiculous and insulting. Yet here you are spouting the most hateful garbage that your demons can muster out of your darkened soul. All because of the internet.
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Thu Feb 05, 2009 9:58 am |
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foonat
Joined: 09 Mar 2003
Posts: 7716
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i just finished oliver twist and am now reading the basic writing of c.g. jung
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Thu Feb 05, 2009 4:58 pm |
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Yay
Joined: 19 Jul 2001
Posts: 3462
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i just read
Cats Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
Finding Caruso by Kim Barnes (gift)
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain (gift)
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Thu Feb 05, 2009 5:58 pm |
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Fast Luck
Joined: 11 Oct 2001
Posts: 22805
Location: Penis |
Cat's Cradle is really good
I think it's Vonnegut's best book maybe?
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Thu Feb 05, 2009 6:01 pm |
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NotATroll
Joined: 16 Jul 2008
Posts: 1195
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quote:
Originally posted by Fast Luck
Cat's Cradle is really good
I think it's Vonnegut's best book maybe?
I kind of think it's tied with SH5, I can't decide which I like more.
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Thu Feb 05, 2009 6:05 pm |
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SoCxHoP
Joined: 01 Dec 2004
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quote:
Originally posted by NotATroll
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Originally posted by Fast Luck
Cat's Cradle is really good
I think it's Vonnegut's best book maybe?
I kind of think it's tied with SH5, I can't decide which I like more.
i liked cat's cradle far more. i just finished galapagos not too long ago as well and that was also excellent. god bless you dr kevorkian is up there for me. cat's cradle is my favorite though.
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Thu Feb 05, 2009 6:58 pm |
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Fast Luck
Joined: 11 Oct 2001
Posts: 22805
Location: Penis |
dr. kevorkian? i read the novel god bless you mr. rosewater.
I like cat's cradle more than Slaughterhouse Five also, but I was pretty young when I read Slaughterhouse. i thought galapagos was one of his weaker books, i think i've read 8 and that was probably my least liked.
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Thu Feb 05, 2009 7:35 pm |
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[24-7]Guan-Yu
Joined: 14 Sep 2000
Posts: 1808
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quote:
Originally posted by hassan-i-sabbah
i'm reading the wind-up bird chronicle by haruki murakami
I read that about 2 years ago. Very good. Rate it when you've finished it!
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Thu Feb 05, 2009 7:49 pm |
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Fast Luck
Joined: 11 Oct 2001
Posts: 22805
Location: Penis |
quote:
Originally posted by [24-7]Guan-Yu
quote:
Originally posted by hassan-i-sabbah
i'm reading the wind-up bird chronicle by haruki murakami
I read that about 2 years ago. Very good. Rate it when you've finished it!
Have you read anything else by Murakami?
I really liked Wild Sheep Chase and Dance Dance Dance was good too. I also read Kafka on the Shore, although Sheep Chase is my favorite of those three. ghostnuke is a jerk and when he asked which murakami book i'd recommend and i said Sheep Chase he went and asked for Hard Boiled Wonderland for Christmas instead.
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Thu Feb 05, 2009 7:51 pm |
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NotATroll
Joined: 16 Jul 2008
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quote:
Originally posted by Fast Luck
I like cat's cradle more than Slaughterhouse Five also, but I was pretty young when I read Slaughterhouse.
I think I like sh5 better because I was about 14 the first time I read it and have since read it upwards of 15 times, whereas my boyfriend's sister gave me Cat's Cradle a year ago, so its not quite a "classic" to me yet. I tend to read books I like many many times.
I re-read One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest about a month ago... hated it the first time, but really enjoyed it this time.
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