DominionMM1
05.16.14 | johnny got his gun cuz it's the best book ever |
widowslaugh123
05.16.14 | Vonnegut, Thomson, or bukowski. literaturally anything by them. |
Winesburgohio
05.16.14 | lmao Vonnegut and Bukowski
umm out of those two i've only read Ulysses but i'd happily recommend it |
Wadlez
05.16.14 | Game of thrones |
fallenbird
05.16.14 | Paradise Lost |
Urinetrouble
05.16.14 | Read some Thomas Pynchon or Haruki Murakami instead
or Infinite Jest |
widowslaugh123
05.16.14 | What's wrong with Vonnegut and bukowksi? Please grace me with elite literary knowledge haha what the fuck |
Calc
05.16.14 | literary elitists are some of the worst agreed |
Iamthe Nightstars
05.16.14 | "literary elitists are some of the worst agreed"
Have you even seen the music elitists around here? |
qwe3
05.16.14 | vonnegut's irreverent humour is what sucks me in every time, and bukowski is alternately petulant and endearing. neither deserve scoffs from randoms on the internet.
If you really enjoyed ulysses, check out Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow. I had trouble starting it, and found that V was an easier starting point, but I think Gravity's Rainbow is the better novel overall. In a similar vein, you could check out Infinite Jest and The Broom of the System by DFW.
I really enjoy Dubliners by Joyce. If you haven't read that then definitely rectify that.
In terms of fantasy, I really like Rothfuss' kingkiller series so far, even though he gets a bit pretentious at times I can deal because of the amazingly beautiful sentences he comes up with sometimes.
The Gormenghast novels by Mervyn Peake are also fantastic.
I also enjoyed Julian Barnes' England England, if you're up for some contemporary satire, and if you like the old school get A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift.
I made a pretty small list a while ago, not that comprehensive but would recommend most of the books on that list http://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?listid=77307&memberid=428668 |
toxin.
05.16.14 | "lmao Vonnegut and Bukowski"
lol fucking sputnik never ceases to be full of cunts |
ZombicidalMan
05.16.14 | Currently I'm reading My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk, which is really quite humorous and well written, and the plot so far is unfolding nicely. I also started Blood Meridian about a week ago, which as most people know, is hailed as McCarthy's greatest work. Highly recommend that one if you haven't tried McCarthy yet
Murakami was already suggested and I couldn't agree more. His books get more praise than they deserve IMO, though I do think he's a great author. My personal favourites are A Wild Sheep Chase (for cool and weird mystery), Norwegian Wood (which is just an excellent and nostalgic story), and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (also a mystery at its heart but has as many downs as it does ups). Next on my list is Kafka On The Shore, but I don't know if it's good yet obviously.
A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift [2] agree hard with qwe |
qwe3
05.16.14 | oh man didn't see johnny got his gun but yeah that book is great. very affecting though, hard to read over long stretches, at least for me.
the film (1971 version, not 2000s version) is terrific too |
Calc
05.16.14 | "Have you even seen the music elitists around here?"
they are bad yeah but I find the literary breed more insufferable since they couldn't hope to replicate the works they shit on in a million years. |
KILL
05.16.14 | atlas shrugged |
Calc
05.16.14 | anyway I've been recently turned into one of those mark danielewski nerds so i recommend anything he's written |
Deathconscious
05.16.14 | The Dark Tower should definitely be your next read. |
LambsBread
05.16.14 | Based off of 1. Highly recommend either Ike (Dwight Eisenhower) by Michael Korda or the Winston Churchill biographies "The Last Lion" by Manchester.
And if you haven't read 1984... Jesus Christ read it. |
lyzakthellama
05.16.14 | if you havent read atlas shrugged do it now |
deathschool
05.16.14 | Motherfuckers talking shit about Vonnegut itt should be shot. |
qwe3
05.16.14 | don't read atlas shrugged that is such a terrible book, not even being a snob it's awful manipulative literature |
Uranium
05.16.14 | I'm 15% into Ulysses right now lol holy fuck this book is kicking my ass |
lyzakthellama
05.16.14 | very much disagree |
Uranium
05.16.14 | atlas shrugged sucks really bad i don't get how people take it legitimately |
PappyMason
05.16.14 | Joyce - Dubliners [2]
I've been reading Henry James - The Madonna of the Future and Other Early Stories. Pretty good. |
lyzakthellama
05.16.14 | atlas shrugged and the stranger are the two most important books ive ever read |
LambsBread
05.16.14 | Atlas Shrugged is a philosophy book more than a novel, people take it legitimately who are seriously into philosophy and not looking for a shallow thriller. |
Phlegm
05.16.14 | i recommend this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrizcmCwthg |
Calc
05.16.14 | "I'm 15% into Ulysses right now lol holy fuck this book is kicking my ass"
i hear the verbage in this book punches you in the dick |
Uranium
05.16.14 | the best part of as was when dagny crash landed a plane into galt's gooch
wait, that part was unrealistic
wait, so was the entire book |
widowslaugh123
05.16.14 | I've always wanted to read.Dubliners but never got around to it. |
KILL
05.16.14 | im kiddin i never read atlus shrugged but i did start the fountainhead and got to chapter 2 and gave up cos my brain was fryin n yearnin for some priest |
Rowan5215
05.16.14 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, all five books |
Uranium
05.16.14 | "i hear the verbage in this book punches you in the dick"
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it's a whole new level of brainfuck. joyce loves to throw latin, german, french and italian
quotes on every other page while using the english language in the most difficult way imaginable.
he did describe some chick's ass as two hams though so i'm in it till the end |
qwe3
05.16.14 | "Atlas Shrugged is a philosophy book more than a novel, people take it legitimately who are seriously into philosophy and not looking for a shallow thriller."
oh come on, even as a philosophical book it is a fucking travesty. yes compared to a matthew reilly book it is charles fucking dickens but a terrible meal is still terrible no matter how much feces you eat beforehand |
tommygun
05.16.14 | bukowski is dece only read women but it's tight
didn't dig vonnegut's slaughterhouse 5 so much
check some cormac mccarthy |
toxin.
05.16.14 | i honestly loved the road (and i'm pretty sick of dystopian literature as a whole) but in high school so take that for what it's worth. mccarthy really does have lovely prose though, so i'm assuming any of his stuff is worth checking out. |
deathschool
05.16.14 | I love Slaughterhouse Five, but it's my least favorite of all his books I've read. |
BigBlob
05.16.14 | phil anselmo has a book coming out. should be LOL |
ExcentrifugalForz
05.16.14 | karl marlantes-what it is like to go to war |
hikingmetalpunk
05.16.14 | "vonnegut's irreverent humour is what sucks me in every time, and bukowski is alternately petulant and endearing. neither deserve scoffs from randoms on the internet."
no doubt, the kid must be bullshitting.
and don't read atlas shrugged, terrible fucking book. ayn rand what a miserable cunt. |
Onirium
05.16.14 | And if you haven't read 1984... Jesus Christ read it. [2] |
Emyay
05.16.14 | infinite jest [3]
book is amazing |
Yotimi
05.16.14 | Agree that atlas shrugged is terrible
Check out A Confederacy of Dunces |
Emyay
05.16.14 | Agree that atlas shrugged is terrible [2]
i also didn't think 1984 was that great. i'd recommend brave new world for good dystopian.
been meaning to check that one out yotimi |
Deathconscious
05.16.14 | 1984 is easily in my top 5. much better than Brave New World imo. |
Deathconscious
05.16.14 | @toxin i havent read the book but the movie was great. |
DikkoZinner
05.16.14 | The Count of Monte Cristo |
qwe3
05.16.14 | "I'm 15% into Ulysses right now lol holy fuck this book is kicking my ass"
hahahahaha dude it took me like a year and a half to read that shit |
qwe3
05.16.14 | good stuff though |
Thibs
05.16.14 | animal farm |
Urinetrouble
05.16.14 | "Atlas Shrugged is a philosophy book more than a novel, people take it legitimately who are seriously into philosophy and not looking for a shallow thriller."
yeah but Randian philosophy is so ass-backwards and shallow anyways. Rand embraces being a shallow, selfish, asshole |
Emyay
05.16.14 | the book also doesn't allow for any sort of gray area whatsoever. you're either a shallow, selfish, asshole , or you're a helpless pussy. |
DikkoZinner
05.16.14 | "animal farm"
Great book and also a quick read |
GuanoBumbershoot
05.16.14 | Vonnegut and Bukowski are great.
The last two great novels I've read:
Zone One - Colson Whitehead
Battle Royale - Koushun Takami |
qwe3
05.16.14 | "yeah but Randian philosophy is so ass-backwards and shallow anyways. Rand embraces being a shallow, selfish, asshole"
this so hard. it's dishonest indoctrinating muck |
Avagantamos
05.16.14 | jurassic park
fahrenheit 451
brave new world and 1984 are both great |
widowslaugh123
05.16.14 | No love for hunter s thomson? |
qwe3
05.16.14 | Just remembered, I finished moby dick recently and it was a read and a half but definitely worth it. God, what I would give to be able to use language like that.
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BMDrummer
05.16.14 | johnny got his gun cuz it's the best book ever [2] |
TalonsOfFire
05.17.14 | Pet Sematary by Stephen King and Game of Thrones series |
ResidentNihilist
05.17.14 | raymond chandler - the long goodbye
ray bradbury - fahrenheit 451
gore vidal - Julian & his first collection of essays
don delilo - cosmopolis
james franco - metamorphosis |
TalonsOfFire
05.17.14 | The Name of the Wind too |
ButteryBiscuitBass
05.17.14 | I'll hit you with the good 'uns out of what I've read so far this year.
Ishmael - Daniel Quinn
Planet of The Apes - Pierre Boulle
The Passage - Justin Cronin
20th Century Ghosts (Short Story Collection) - Joe Hill
I am Legend - Richard Matheson
Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson
The Trial - Franz Kafka
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qwe3
05.17.14 | the trial is so good. really funny too |
DeSadeDisciple
05.19.14 | i previously had read, uh, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. So funny. |
North0House2
05.19.14 | Don Quixote because it's the greatest.
Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky is my favorite, though. Highly recommended. |
Clumseee
05.19.14 | Less Than Zero |
DharmaBurns
06.09.14 | Anything with an existential bent |
Uranium
06.10.14 | "hahahahaha dude it took me like a year and a half to read that shit"
i bet! it's like you need to know european history, multiple shakespearean works, the odyssey, 10
different languages and have a extremely good imagination just to know what joyce is even referencing
90% of the time. i'm finally 40% in but i'm struggling. |
YoYoMancuso
06.10.14 | Oil! by Upton Sinclair |
TalonsOfFire
06.10.14 | ^one of my all time favorite films, there will be blood, is loosely based on this, crazy movie |
Uranium
06.10.14 | good movie but the question: the book better? |
YoYoMancuso
06.10.14 | yeah that's also one of my favorite movies
and it's nothing like the book so they're not really comparable |
Uranium
06.10.14 | lol dang no bowling pin bludgeoning to look forward to |
YoYoMancuso
06.10.14 | did you think your song and dance and your superstition would put a bowling pin bludgeoning in the book, Uranium? |
Uranium
06.10.14 | ummmm, sure? |
YoYoMancuso
06.10.14 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12Iosf6btzM
to clear up any confusion |
Uranium
06.10.14 | hehaha ok ok :-) brilliant allusion that went right over my head |
