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04-26-2009, 09:50 PM
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I haven't read a book in months... I really need something new... a new author would be nice, I'm reading the same ones, and even the same books over and over again.
The most memorable books I've read... most were german, and I don't think there's much of a point mentioning them... I'm not a big fan of translations, having read some english books side by side with the german translation and it never seemed to work out.
William Burroughs:
Naked Lunch
Nothing much to say about it... and I can't think of a better introduction to his work.
Cities of the red night, Nova express, The ticket that exploded... the more he got into cut-ups and various collage techniques his books become increasingly hard to read, but well... if you haven't read anything by him, I think you should.
Kurt Vonnegut:
I almost feel like I'm recommending apple pie here... it's possible he's on english literature classes book lists, and you all read something, but still...
Slaughterhouse V, Cat's Cradle, Galapagos
Galapagos is probably the least known of the three, but to me it was the most memorable. The story spans over millions of years while a small group of humans adapt after stranding on a small island, and gradually going back into the sea... which I thought was a very beautyful idea.
Hunter S. Thompson - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Everyone knows the movie, but it's still worth reading. The film adaptation is very true to the book. I've read some other books by him but they were somewhat inacessible to me not knowing anything about the political landscape at the time.
Douglas Adams:
Last Chance to See
Let me say first that I did not care for the Hitchhikers Guide one bit, but Last Chance to See... if they were to assamble a modern day bible, this should make it in as the book of Adams.
Charles Bukovski - The captain is out for dinner and the sailors have taken over the ship
Haven't really gotten into him that much, but I really like the way he writes. One line that I keep repeating in my mind a lot lately is when he quotes a degenerate gambler at the race tracks: 'Fuck god in the face, how can he do this to me?!'
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He didn't like HHGTG, 
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He didn't like HHGTG, |
Did he try reading it? Cuz that helped me out a lot.
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He didn't like HHGTG, |
blah, idk... I mean it wasn't a waste of time, but it wasn't all that great either.
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ur life isn't all that great either
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Why are we satisfied merely with locking this thread bigred? Ban OP I say!
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Jared Diamond
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this
And if you like it trashy
Richard Milward - Apples
Everything by Matias Faldbakken (Dunno if there are english translations or how well your norwegian skills are, but the german translation are okay)
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bode
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wasn't there one of these threads like a month ago?
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from XTR's thread
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Originally Posted by bode
i dont read a ton of non-fiction, but i've been reading alot lately. Im currently reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy, and its living up to the hype from the person who recommended it. Probly read 20ish books in the last year, some of which are:
The Kite Runner and A thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Housseini
Tuesdays with Morrie, The Five People You Meet In Heaven, and For One More Day all by Mitch Albom
Freakonomics
Body of Lies by David Ignatius
Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Sacred by Dennis Lehane - This is the guy who wrote Mystic River and Gone Baby Gone, both excellent movies.
The Associate and The Appeal by John Grisham - all Grisham books are goot
Breakfast of Champions and Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
Sounds like you're looking for more non-fiction, but if you feel the itch any of these books are a good read. Up next is Blood Meridian also by Cormac McCarthy and The Night Gardener by George Pelecanos (lead writer for The Wire)
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oh yea, I began "kiterunner" from bode´s list, which seems good so far and freakonomics is fun as well.
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read "A Thousand Splendid Suns" after Kiterunner by same author.
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