[QUOTE=Alley McSqueal]Thats my favourite book EVER[/QUOTE]

The ending was f[SIZE=2]u[/SIZE]cking amazing. It blew me away.

[QUOTE=thepo]It would be my favorite book too, except that i haven't read that many.

What's Lord of the Flies about? My sister told me that when her class read it, the teacher kept linking one of the kids to the devil, and one of them to god or an angel. I'm asking because I remember Bad Religion mentions it on one of the songs off of Suffer.[/QUOTE]

Well, it's about a group of boys who crash on an island. No adults are around and the story is about them trying to set up a society but everything crumbles. The underlying themes are human nature and loss of innocence. Many of characters represent things such as order, anarchism and Christ, but the book is trying to point out the savagery of human nature.

[QUOTE=cbmartinez24]The ending was f[SIZE=2]u[/SIZE]cking amazing. It blew me away.[/QUOTE]

You should see the movie too. John Malkovich is fantastic in it.

We started watching it in class, but we only got to the part where he crushes the guy's hand, I think. Gary Sinise and John Malkovich both acted excellent. God, I forgot how much I love that book. In fact, I'm going to read it right now.

I've read Catcher and handful of times.

And for a laugh The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks[/QUOTE]


I'm prepared. Are you? Anyways, most of the good books were taken, but some really good ones were left out.

Stupid White Men - Michael Moore's post 9/11 fact filled novel about how much George Bush sucks. The facts will shock you.
Youth In Revolt - Hilarious book about a teenager in California that goes to extreme lengths to try and have sex with the woman of his dreams. One of the funniest books I've ever read.
The Perks of Being A Wallflower - A series of letters written by a boy named Charlie. Perfectly describes the challenges of being a teenager. Filled with mix tapes, special brownies, teenage abortions, and lost virginity.
Steal This Book - Instruction book for being a baadass. How to steal, fight, forge, pirate, rig, and lie your way through life. Very thorough.

[QUOTE=redwedding]

Steal This Book - Instruction book for being a baadass. How to steal, fight, forge, pirate, rig, and lie your way through life. Very thorough.[/QUOTE]

I'm 100% badass.

there is a book called 'PUNK'
gives in depth history of Old skool punk 1977-1986(i think)

Noam Chomsky- Laungage and Politics
Noam Chomsky- 9/11
Al Franken- Lies and the Lieing Liars Who Tell Them
Tom Wolfe- Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
Jack Kerouac- Visions of Cody

[QUOTE=AnihilateShrubbery]i useually hate reading, but my friend threw that book at me and said to read it, and if i didnt he would sic his badass dog on me. anyway, i read it and it changed my veiw on reading[/QUOTE]

yeah same here, cept minus the dog thing

[QUOTE=ihatecelebrities]America (The Book)[/QUOTE]

You beat me to it.

Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death and Grindcore

Came out not too long ago, I'm going on a big search for it.

1984!
catcher in the rye
small town punk
salad days

Catcher in the Rye was ok, I understand why its a classic, but I didn't find it absolutely wonderful.

The part when Holden is leaving the school and yells "Sleep tight you bastards" is still one of my favorite paragraphs in a book ever.

[QUOTE=Alley McSqueal]Thats my favourite book EVER[/QUOTE]

It's mine too.

Harry potter - a kewl bok aboot a boy who lieks magic and solves mistories wit his wizard friands

[QUOTE=cbmartinez24]The ending was f[SIZE=2]u[/SIZE]cking amazing. It blew me away.[/QUOTE]
And you weren't the only one.

Personally, I thought Catcher In The Rye sucked. It was just boring.

[QUOTE=Alley McSqueal]You should see the movie too. John Malkovich is fantastic in it.[/QUOTE]

Of Mice And Men is alright, Although we were forced to read it in school so it took the fun out of it somewhat. John Malkovich is a [i]f[/i]ucking fantastic movie, incredibly clever and funny at the same time.

[QUOTE=*NevermindTheBallots*]Of Mice And Men is alright, Although we were forced to read it in school so it took the fun out of it somewhat.[/QUOTE]
Same here

[QUOTE=sketchyjoe]Same here[/QUOTE]

The old English Lit GCSE exam! bah almost 5 years ago now and the wounds still hurt!

all geoge orwell books

Political non fiction.

War Against the Weak

a book on the program of eugenics in america and the connections to Hitler's eugenics programs during WW2, plus how the eugenics program is continued to this day

Political Fiction,

Hearts in Atlantis

Written by Steven King, this is a look at the Vietnam war through the eyes of various people before, after, and during the war itself. very interesting and well written

I'm reading Please Kill Me right now. Is that any good to get some punk history, or just total ****?

Burning Britain is great

Burning Britain is great

A clockwork orange classic

[QUOTE=bitLion][B]Books[/B]

o Fight Club - Check Palahniuk's book of pent up testosterone and destruction

o Please Kill Me - A history of punk in the form of quotes from notable figures

o Humanity: A Moral History of the 20th Century - It sounds thick, but it's actually very readable. Gives a good perspective as to how we got into this mess.

[B]Photobooks[/B]

o Glen E. Friedman's "F u c k you Heroes" and "Banned in DC"

[B]Magazines[/B]

o Adbusters - media and cultural critics, reclaiming the mental environment[/QUOTE]Fight Club really wasn't a very good book, Chuck Palahniuk the movie was actually better in this instance.

As for my picks :

Clockwork Orange
Animal Farm
Catcher in the Rye
Catch 22

[QUOTE=cbmartinez24]Me too.

[U]Books To Check Out:[/U]

Lord Of The Flies
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I thought that book was horrible, my class finished reading it last month in school. Of Mice and Men was a really good book though, it wasn't predictable like most books are.

[QUOTE=rancidpunk]Fight Club really wasn't a very good book, Chuck Palahniuk the movie was actually better in this instance.[/QUOTE]

Fight Club is my favorite movie and I still thought the book was just as good, if not better.

I will agree with Sketchy Joe about Catch 22. It is probably my favorite book ever.

Other books that I like are "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, and "ONe Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest" by Ken Kesey.

[QUOTE=victimofreality]I will agree with Sketchy Joe about Catch 22. It is probably my favorite book ever.

Other books that I like are "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, and "ONe Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest" by Ken Kesey.[/QUOTE]
Those are all great books. I love the section in Cuckoo's Nest where McMurphy punches through the window. There is not a single section is Catch 22 that isn't funny, except Snowden's secret and that's incredibly moving.

I haven't read the book One Flew Over, but I've seen the movie and Jack Nicholson was great.

The book is better than the film in my opinion.

Haha this thread is about literature and it's spelled wrong!

Oh the irony.

Haha I didn't even notice that.

[QUOTE=ihatecelebrities]Haha this thread is about literature and it's spelled wrong![/QUOTE]

Hahahahaha, Oh yeah!

Shame on me :upset:

[QUOTE]The part when Holden is leaving the school and yells "Sleep tight you bastards" is still one of my favorite paragraphs in a book ever.[/QUOTE]

My favorite part has to be when Holden says, "This is a people shooting hat. I shoot people in this hat." It was also hilarious when Holden says that Stradlater was a very sexy bastard.

[QUOTE=anti_emo_punk]A clockwork orange classic[/QUOTE]
its very confusing

[QUOTE=sketchyjoe]The book is better than the film in my opinion.[/QUOTE]The book is better because Kesey wrote half of it while stoned on LSD, grass, and speed.

I think it's the best book to film transition ever.