Pizza
04.08.11 | do androids dream of electric sheep? covers a couple of these |
iswimfast
04.08.11 | a song of fire and ice. |
Mordecai.
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ShinXetsu
04.08.11 | Catch 22 is a pretty entertaining read. |
duckpride82
04.08.11 | I got about half way through Colbert's book and then decided that if wasn't worth finishing. I wasn't laugh out loud funny like I though it would be. |
dnor
04.08.11 | ray bradbury is my favorite science fiction author, and my favorite author is stephen king. (go find and read "cell" by king. my favorite of his novels)
also, the hannibal lector series was a really enjoyable read. rec'ing that as well. |
psykonaut
04.08.11 | science fiction - anything by Phillip K. Dick
dystopian - Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
generally awesome - anything by Carl Sagan or Hunter Thompson
i'm too busy to read much though, it's a shame |
kris.
04.08.11 | readings for homosexuals this is a music site not some faggy reading site |
Kiran
04.08.11 | "Catch 22 is a pretty entertaining read."
catch-22 is brilliant!
i don't read science fiction beyond the classics but i think douglas adams' "a hitchhikers guide to the galaxy" might be up your alley. insanely clever book. |
RooseveltsGhost
04.08.11 | If you like dystopian fiction, then definitely read Brave New World. I read it every year or so just to pick up on things I missed.
These days I don't really read fiction at all. The humanities don't really intrigue me as much as the sciences. I mostly read popular science and philosophy of science. Right now I'm reading Brian Greene's new book on other universes called The Hidden Reality, a book called The Science of Liberty wherein the author is making the case that the Enlightenment and the rise of Western liberal democracies could not have happened without the scientific revolution, and a semi-textbook on quantum electrodynamics. |
liledman
04.08.11 | im reading moby-dick right now which is incredible. |
FreePizzaDay
04.08.11 | Edits. Will post anew
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AnotherBrick
04.08.11 | im reading a brief history of time right now |
FreePizzaDay
04.08.11 | "a song of fire and ice."
It's "A Song of Ice and Fire. Good books, but they're written by a geriatric who takes forever to write them and will likely die and have his notes burned before finishing them.
I'm currently listening to "Death by Black Hole" by Neil DeGrasse Tyson on audiobook. Not only is it interesting but Neil reads it, and if you've ever heard him talk, he's got one of those smooth, sexy black man voices. |
iswimfast
04.08.11 | bah yeah, that's what happens when you're not paying attention to what you're typing. |
NigelH
04.08.11 | Was gonna rec 1984....but yeah. Great book though. |
botb
04.08.11 | i fucking hated the grapes of wrath
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ZippaThaRippa
04.08.11 | I read a fuckload of Warhammer |
FromDaHood
04.08.11 | A Clockwork Orange obviously for dystopian, buy you've likely read it already.
Of Mice and Man is good too |
MO
04.08.11 | I've been reading alot of Stephen King and Michael Crichton lately. Such great authors. |
FromDaHood
04.08.11 | King can get pretty boring though. Ever read Misery? |
MO
04.08.11 | Yep, great book. The thing with King is he's REALLY big on character development and explaining the smallest things in massive detail. I really like it, but it can definitely get boring for others. I'm reading Under The Dome right now about a city that all of a sudden gets encased in an invisible, impenetrable dome which leads to alot of gruesome deaths when it instantly comes to be. So good. |
Hocmat
04.08.11 | Was going to rec 1984.. fuck.I love that book, it's my favorite. |
TREO5
04.08.11 | If you like sci fi you have to read Jack McDevitt. Its in the mass effect realm sort of where its more like humanity has only recently discovered deep space flight and it is very slow and focuses alot more on the wonderment of discovery of new planets, artifacts, derelict ships, ruins, primitive alien colonies, etc. Chindi, Omega, and Cauldron are his best. |
Deviant.
04.08.11 | Thing about King is the whole horror aspect of his novels is always secondary to the psychological nature of his characters. Instead of having to spend time churning out and thinking up dialogue to get him by he crafts scenes that he can place his characters into to see how they'll react. Which is why only half the films based on his books/short stories have been good. The straight horror ones (Salems Lot, Pet Cemetary etc) were all terrible, but the more psychological ones (Shawshank, Misery) are fantastic. The Running Man is the obvious exception though.
Been reading a lot of Douglas Rushkoff lately. The guy's mad bonkers and amidst all his non fiction stuff are a few novels, like The Ecstasy Club. Fucking mental story about a bunch of rave kids who take up digs in an abandoned factory and try to tap into the "next dimension" with drugs and virtual reality |
wabbit
04.08.11 | fear and loathing in las vegas |
TREO5
04.08.11 | I love king too. Do y'all interpret the shining as real ghosts or Danny and jack are just schizos? Now that I am older I think it is all in their head and the isolation is driving them crazy. Also, I like that jack uses a rouque mallet in the book as opposed to the fire axe in the movie, unique. Still need to read under the dome. |
iFghtffyrdmns
04.08.11 | I can't believe nobody's said Kurt Vonnegut yet.
He's phenomenal and actually fits a few of those categories up there, if I can suggest a few novels of his:
Cat's Cradle, Galapagos, and Slaughterhouse-Five |
scissorlocked
04.08.11 | for the moment I'm reading Kafka's Castle and Heidegger's Being an Time for a university project |
iarescientists
04.08.11 | pynchon kakfa or dostoevsky |
witchxrapist
04.08.11 | I read tons of fantasy. B) |
fulgrim
04.08.11 | Some good sci-fi books are the Nights Dawn trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton. |
Acanthus
04.08.11 | Anything by Peter F Hamilton, his space opera's are wonderful 1000+ pages of epic.
And I highly recommend Lovecraft, but stick with his longer tales as I find his shorter one to be a bit reminiscent of Poe. |
BigHans
04.08.11 | Tucker Max |
Tyrael
04.08.11 | How To Kill a Mockingbird. |
iarescientists
04.08.11 | lol
i saw bighans as the last commenter and was like "if he includes tucker max at all on his list then fuck everything" and then you did |
DocSportello
04.08.11 | House of Leaves
Lolita / Pale Fire
The Stranger
Slaughterhouse-Five
Don Quixote |
iFghtffyrdmns
04.08.11 | "How To Kill a Mockingbird."
....you mean, To Kill a Mockingbird? haha |
BigHans
04.08.11 | i saw bighans as the last commenter and was like "if he includes tucker max at all on his list then fuck everything" and then you did
^ He's an underrated literay mind and storyteller |
Tyrael
04.08.11 | Yeah thanks iFghtffyrdmns it's been a few years since I read that book... |
Maniac!
04.08.11 | Philosophy
Psychological Thrillers |
BigHans
04.08.11 | Dante's Inferno |
dnor
04.08.11 | reformatting this rec list after having to edit and it becoming a HUGE mess.
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BigHans
04.08.11 | You should get War and Peace, The Republic, and Leviathan and just make sure you set them out so people can see you have them and they'll think you're really smart. |
dnor
04.08.11 | Lord of the Flies - William Golding
Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes
Hannibal Lecter Series - Thomas Harris
Cell - S.King
The Green Mile - S.King
Misery - S.King
The Long Walk - S.King (under the Pseudonym Richard Bachman) |
BigHans
04.08.11 | The best King work is Different Seasons, because it has The Body (Stand By Me), Shawshank Redemption, and Apt Pupil all in the same book. |
witchxrapist
04.08.11 | Fucking Terry Brooks dudes. |
dnor
04.08.11 | Shawshank was good...but at the SAME time, Cell was SUCH a good read. I enjoyed it so fuckin much. Books by King I did not enjoy included Carrie, Christine, and Salems Lot.
Cujo and It was cool in the sense that I saw the movies before I read the book. And the difference between the ending of the movie version of Cujo and the book version will make you SO much more unsettled than you think. (rephrased this because I was afraid of a spoiler) |
BigHans
04.08.11 | the best single King book (ie, not a group of novellas like Different Seasons), is the Stand, and it isnt close. |
dnor
04.08.11 | Haven't read it, I'll have to go get it. :/ |
Crysis
04.08.11 | "A Walk In The Woods" by Bill Bryson is a very funny travelogue about the author and his friend hiking the Appalachian Trail, but is also extremely informative. Probably one of my favorite books. |
BigHans
04.08.11 | know whats a great book? The Outsiders. Read it in one sitting. |
Maniac!
04.08.11 | The Republic is one of my favorite books. |
americanmusicmachine
04.08.11 | "a feast of snakes" by harry crews
it just came in the mail today haven't read it yet should be awesome tho.
"the hunter" by richard stark
it's about a badass motherfucker gunnin' for revenge and shit. it's been made into a movie three times, "point blank" and "payback" and another movie nobody cares about.
"miss lonelyhearts" by nathanael west
this books was really awesome and hilarious and sad and shit. bout a motherfucker trying to find the meaning of life and failing at each and every step and shit.
"nixonland" by rick perlstien
it's about nixon and it's awesome and shit. |
WeepingBanana
04.08.11 | i'm pretty much predisposed to liking anything American written between 1830-1960 and dystopian novels |
BigHans
04.08.11 | The Republic is one of my favorite books.
^ Seriously, go get laid |
BallsToTheWall
04.08.11 | Mein Kampf anyone? |
americanmusicmachine
04.08.11 | eh mein kampf kinda sux "The International Jew: The World's Foremost Problem" is better |
Maniac!
04.08.11 | Sure Hans. |
BigHans
04.08.11 | Brandon you have all your life to read boring philosophical/governmental guidebooks like the Republic. Youre 17 once. Plus, youll be forced to read that in college anyway if you take a Political Science class. |
Maniac!
04.08.11 | Hans. I'm homeschooled and my parents are taking their sweet time getting me a driver's permit. What else am I supposed to do? |
Crysis
04.08.11 | The Republic isn't boring if you understand it. |
Maniac!
04.08.11 | The Republic isn't boring if you understand it.
^^^^ |
MO
04.08.11 | Anton Chekov is another great one |
BigHans
04.08.11 | When I read it I understood it perfectly, got an A on a paper on it. Was boring as fuck. |
BallsToTheWall
04.08.11 | Anton lavey's satanic bible is always a good read. |
Maniac!
04.08.11 | Hans can't be interested by anything that doesn't have "Playboy" on the front. |
Yuli
04.08.11 | If you want a mind-fuck, House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski is a fantastic choice for you. |
BigHans
04.08.11 | Hans can't be interested by anything that doesn't have "Playboy" on the front.
^ Ive read most of the notable classics of American literature (most of them really boring and overrated) and the key philosophical books. Been there, done that. When I read them I thought they made me smarter, then I realized that they don't change a damn thing in your life, so why not be entertained? |
Crysis
04.08.11 | ugh |
dnor
04.08.11 | LOL @ hans and maniac's tiff. Nah, it's like "A Separate Peace". Book is critically acclaimed and loved by A LOT of people I know....
That book was the most boring thing ever....A Separate Piece of Shit more like it. |
Maniac!
04.08.11 | Let's just leave Hans alone. |
BigHans
04.08.11 | John Grisham - The Firm
Classic |
RooseveltsGhost
04.08.11 | The Republic is boring, along with everything else Plato wrote. Western political philosophy didn't get interesting until the Enlightenment, and it peaked when Mill shot the glorious load that is On Liberty onto government's bosom. |
WeepingBanana
04.08.11 | "^ Ive read most of the notable classics of American literature (most of them really boring and overrated) and the key philosophical books. Been there, done that. When I read them I thought they made me smarter, then I realized that they don't change a damn thing in your life, so why not be entertained?"
i wouldn't say Thoreau and Emerson necessarily changed my life but they've definitely influenced me... they gave me the integrity and manliness to fist your mother. what a wonderful night that was. thank you transcendentalism! |
BigHans
04.08.11 | Glad she could be of service Weeping. |
BigHans
04.08.11 | Hey guys, you should all read Plato's Symposium, it might enlighten your thoughts on the ways of the world and you can tell everyone you are a Plato scholar. Never mind the fact that about 85% of it is about old men boning young boys. |
WatchItExplode
04.08.11 | Tales of Power - Carlos Casteneda |
darthbarf
04.08.11 | wheel of time
alice's adventures in wonderland |
Maniac!
04.08.11 | Immanuel Kant - The Critique of Pure Reason
John Locke - An Essay Concerning Human Understanding |
iarescientists
04.08.11 | "When I read them I thought they made me smarter, then I realized that they don't change a damn thing in your life, so why not be entertained?"
when i read, i'm not trying in vain to make myself smarter, I'm trying to be entertained. I'm entertained by ideas and other peoples views of the world. |
TREO5
04.08.11 | Dreamcatcher, Bag of Bones, The Stand, Tommyknockers, From a Buick 8, The Shining, Cell, Salems Lot, Duma Key, Firestarter, The Girl who loved Tom Gordon, Insomnia, Insomnia, The Regulators. all great. Also read the one where the chick captures the writer and makes him right a novel for her through torture but I can't remember what it's called. |
Winsomniac
04.08.11 | House of Leaves. |
Pizza
04.08.11 | what iarescientists said
+ i want to add The Plague by Camus, just finished it this week and it's probably my favorite book now. |
ConsiderPhlebas
04.08.11 | Science Fiction
Iain M. Banks' - Player of Games, Consider Phlebas, Excession
Dan Simmons - Hyperion
Charles Stross - Singularity Sky
Neal Asher - everything he does is star warsy
Philosphical/Mindfuck/Easy to get into
Hermann Hesse - Steppenwolf
M. John Harrison - Viriconium
Michel Houellebcq - Atomised
Poetry
Philip Larkin
Wendy Cope
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Christabel is amazing)
Ezra Pound
T.S Eliot (search for The Wasteland on youtube. Eliot's reading is freaky)
Ken Smith
Ann Rouse
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wabbit
04.08.11 | I've been reading a lot of Hemingway lately. He's badass |
ConsiderPhlebas
04.08.11 | For fantasy you can't go wrong with Ursula le Guin |
Masochist
04.08.11 | Favorite Stephen King book: 'Desperation'. And 'The Regulators' was pretty awesome, too.
Right now, I'm trying to get myself to read the later books in the 'Ender's Game' series ('Ender's Shadow' and 'Speaker For The Dead'). Also trying to read 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep'.
Favorite book is probably 'Flowers For Algernon' by Daniel Keyes, which EVERYONE should read if they haven't already. Also, 'Good Omens' by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. |
ConsiderPhlebas
04.08.11 | Terry Pratchett is a legend. The last few King books have been solid. Duma Key scared the crap out of me. |
Deviant.
04.09.11 | "the best single King book (ie, not a group of novellas like Different Seasons), is the Stand, and it isnt close."
This. My second favourite has always been Bag Of Bones |
TREO5
04.09.11 | I love bag of bones. |
toxin.
04.09.11 | Doing dystopian literature for a school project; Just read 1984 (awesome book) and Huxley's Brave New World. There's also Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. Those are probably the powerhouse dystopian novels. I know a few others but I can't remember them. |
FrozenVain
12.08.12 | nuffin' |
iridetheshortbus
12.08.12 | I dnt no how 2 reed |
Vespiion
12.08.12 | I'm reading Battle Royale right now. Excellent book. |
Winsomniac
12.08.12 | How the fuck do you people even find these lists to bump? |
bach
12.08.12 | The works of Carl Sagan. |
wacknizzle
12.08.12 | Slaughter House 5 - Kurt Vonnegut
Choke/Haunted - Chuck Palanuick
These Days Run Like Wild Horses - Charles Bukowski
Battle Royale [2] - Koushun Takami |
Winrar
12.08.12 | A very hungry caterpillar
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VinVal
12.08.12 | fahrenheit 451
Fade
slaughter house 5 |
GnFnRs87
12.08.12 | William Shakespeare. That is all. His 'Carpe Diem' is my favourite poem
Currently reading Picture of Dorian Gray- Oscar Wilde
'Of Mice and Men' is amazing and 'Lord of the Flies' says a lot about society so brilliantly. 1984 is one of the best I've ever read
I really need to get round to Dracula and Animal Farm |
Urinetrouble
12.08.12 | last 5 books I read:
The Rum Diary-Hunter S. Thompson
Unknown Man No. 89-Elmore Leonard
The Crime Writer-Gregg Hurwitz
Infinite Jest-David Foster Wallace
Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs: A low Culture Manifesto-Chuck Klosterman
Currently working on On the Road by Jack Kerouac and Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon |
