i'm home sick and going nuts, i need something to throw myself into

thanks

Earths Children series (clan of the cave bear) 5 or 6 of them, good books but after the 2nd one its just a whole lot of caveman sex.

it's been said a million times, but House of Leaves.

also, the Handmaid's Tale is very good.

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

it's about dystopia and the end of the world, with two simultaneous narratives, pre- and post-apocalyptic. bit on the long side but worth it.

The Stranger by Albert Camus

Short, deceptively simple, but the proverbial Bible of absurdism and existentialism (i.e. disillusionment with reality post-WWII, "the world is meaningless," etc.)

Highly recommended.

cool, can you guys say a bit about the books like MistaMista1 did?

Life of Pi by Yann Martel [You can't describe it - if you do, it doesn't sound too good/believable, you have to read it].
Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams [A must-read, of course].
Cold Granite by Stuart MacBride [Excellent and funny thriller about some cruel murders in Aberdeen].

All three very strongly recommended.

if possible, i'm trying to find something more along the lines of inspiring or rewarding or heartwarming or meaningful or positive or something, as opposed to alienating, disconcerting, disassociating, shocking, etc.

The Average American Male by Chad Kultgen

if possible, i'm trying to find something more along the lines of inspiring or rewarding or heartwarming or meaningful or positive or something, as opposed to alienating, disconcerting, disassociating, shocking, etc.

Then you should REALLY REALLY REALLY check out Life of Pi.

if possible, i'm trying to find something more along the lines of inspiring or rewarding or heartwarming or meaningful or positive or something, as opposed to alienating, disconcerting, disassociating, shocking, etc.aw, disregard my suggestion then

'bastard out of Carolina', by Dorothy Allison

Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book

were you trying to damage my frail psyche neopryn?

If you enjoy Stephen Colbert, read his book I Am America (And So Can You!). I had a blast.

the killer inside me, jim thompson

Not a book, but my most recent rewarding read was:

Y: The Last Man (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_the_last_man) is a comic book series by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra, about the only man to survive the mysterious simultaneous death of every male mammal on Earth.

Also, if you want to open your mind, check out Scott Adams' [yes, the guy from Dilbert] 'thought experiment' God's Debris. It's <a href="http://fringe.davesource.com/Fringe/Entertainment/Books/Scott_Adams.Gods_Debris.pdf">free</a>.

if you are are looking for some non-fiction and are interested in post-punk i'll suggest 'rip it up and start again: post-punk 1978-84' by simon reynolds.

i'd recommend the hitchikers guide to the galaxy as well. it's funny and pretty sweet at the same time. very light reading for depressed times.

i'd recommend the hitchikers guide to the galaxy as well. it's funny and pretty sweet at the same time. very light reading for depressed times.

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oh yeah the hitchhiker books are the pinnacle of literature.

da nizzo's, or whatever it's called

if possible, i'm trying to find something more along the lines of inspiring or rewarding or heartwarming or meaningful or positive or something, as opposed to alienating, disconcerting, disassociating, shocking, etc.


Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet. Really epic story about the building of a cathedral in the middle ages. Rarely does a book draw me in as much as this did. Easy reading, and it's long as hell, useful for eating up shitloads of time. Wonderful story.

i generally recommend siddharta by herman hesse to everyone

i recommend the story of daisy the 9-11 hero dog

if you haven't read Catch-22, i'd tell you to read it
doesn't quite fall into the feel-good quality you're looking for though, (it made me laugh out laud many times, it's just that synical humor, not happy giddy humor, but shit, it's <b>so</b> worth reading)

Hitchiker's Guide would have to be the next generic i-don't-know-what-kind-of-stuff-you-like-to-read suggestion - also, laugh out loud funny - in that british way

oh yeah the hitchhiker books are the pinnacle of literature.

how did the sentence "funny and pretty sweet" give away my feelings about this book? you're smarter than i give you credit for.

seriously though, who wouldn't like to relax with a bit of dostojevskij or neitzche when you're overworked, unfocused and depressed.

Henry Miller helps me to focus

do you think nietzsche's philosophy influenced your behaviour and thinking in some way, anders

True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey

historical fiction. fantastic. heartwarming for sure.

or get something by Bill Bryson. very light and funny.

i wish i hadn't read the dune books right now, those were pretty engrossing for times like these

if possible, i'm trying to find something more along the lines of inspiring or rewarding or heartwarming or meaningful or positive or something, as opposed to alienating, disconcerting, disassociating, shocking, etc.

forget both of mine, then.

fuck i just got a call from work and i have to put some things together for them, so much for books/
i'm gonna go back to this thread when i do get a chance to read though, i miss it

cool, can you guys say a bit about the books like MistaMista1 did?

Caveman sex.

if possible, i'm trying to find something more along the lines of inspiring or rewarding or heartwarming or meaningful or positive or something, as opposed to alienating, disconcerting, disassociating, shocking, etc.

Seriously though, really good books. The series is both inspriring and heartwarming with minimal amounts of caveman sex.

Black Elk Speaks - Black elk

The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood

The Star Rover - Jack London

I think my favorite is Jack London. I was a bit homesick when I moved last year, came across Star Rover and enjoyed it.

have you read the hobbit? that's a good'un.

Revolutionary Road, by Richard Yates. It's about a family in the 1950s but it's a lot darker and more honest than similar works, and the writing is fantastic.

any kurt vonnegut book is a humorous/easy read.. the philosophy of andy warhol is good as well and nine stories by salinger.

Not a book, but my most recent rewarding read was:

Y: The Last Man (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_the_last_man) is a comic book series by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra, about the only man to survive the mysterious simultaneous death of every male mammal on Earth.




where is this sold? amazon? any real-world places?

i just read the wikipedia page for Y:, and if they make the movie and put shia lebouf in as the dude -

Duovamp recommended this to me a few weeks ago and it's so good that I'll pass the recommendation on to you:

The White Hotel by D.M. Thomas

It is meaningful, but I mustn't tell you more about it before you read it, cause it could take away some of the magic. And don't get put off by the first 50 or 100 pages, they're kinda irritating, but everything will surely unfold.

Another book I love is The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera. Probably my all-time favourite.

Get these two, Whatcolor, you will thank me (and duovamp). Promise!

My upcoming biography of the Smashing Pumpkins.

Check out the details here. (http://www.thepumpkins.net/content/view/772/100/)

where is this sold? amazon? any real-world places?

amazon is selling compilation volumes of them.
http://www.amazon.com/Y-Last-Man-1-Unmanned/dp/1563899809/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1204816249&sr=8-2

or if you look hard enough, you will find places where you can download all 60 issues.

i just finished (and really enjoyed) Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis

i think you might like it :)

full metal jacket diary by matthew modine is AWESOME too. ;)

Ishmael by Daniel Quinn.
If you ever have the feeling that there is something more to life....just read this novel, and you will know.

“In the shop window you have promptly identified the cover with the title you were looking for. Following this visual trail, you have forced your way through the shop past the thick barricade of Books You Haven't Read, which were frowning at you from the tables and shelves, trying to cow you....And thus you pass the outer girdle of ramparts, but then you are attacked by the infantry of Books That If You Had More Than One Life You Would Certainly Also Read But Unfortunately Your Days Are Numbered. With a rapid maneuver you bypass them and move into the phalanxes of Books You Mean To Read But There Are Others You Must Read First, the Books Too Expensive Now And You'll Wait Till They're Remaindered, the Books ditto When They Come Out In Paperback, Books You Can Borrow From Somebody, Books That Everybody's Read So It's As If You Had Read Them Too. Eluding these assaults, you come up beneath the towers of the fortress, where other troops are holding out:

the Books You've Been Planning To Read For Ages,
the Books You've Been Hunting For Years Without Success,
the Books Dealing With Something You're Working On At The Moment,
the Books You Want To Own So They'll Be Handy Just In Case,
the Books You Could Put Aside Maybe To Read This Summer,
the Books You Need To Go With Other Books On Your Shelves,
the Books That Fill You With Sudden, Inexplicable Curiosity, Not Easily Justified.

Now you have been able to reduce the countless embattled troops to an array that is, to be sure, very large but still calculable in a finite number; but this relative relief is then undermined by the ambush of the Books Read Long Ago Which It's Now Time To Reread and the Books You've Always Pretended To Have Read And Now It's Time To Sit Down And Really Read Them.”

you probably won't pay mind but this book was a treat.


What about little microphones? What if everyone swallowed them, and they played the sounds of our hearts through little speakers which could be in the pouches of our overalls? When you skateboarded down the street at night you could hear everyone's heartbeat, and they could hear yours, sort of like sonar. One weird thing is, I wonder if everyone's hearts would start to beat at the same time, like how women who live together have their menstrual periods at the same time, which I know about, but don't really want to know about. That would be so weird, except that the place in the hospital where babies are born would sound like a crystal chandelier in a houseboat, because the babies wouldn't have had time to match up their heartbeats yet. And at the finish line of the New York City Marathon it would sound like war.

-Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

My upcoming biography of the Smashing Pumpkins.

Check out the details here. (http://www.thepumpkins.net/content/view/772/100/)

get the fuck out of here. isn't advertising a bannable offense?

and if not, why not.

guy's a real asshole. *kicks dirt*

has anybody read the alchemist?

has anybody read the alchemist?

has anyone NOT read it?

The Stranger by Albert Camus

Short, deceptively simple, but the proverbial Bible of absurdism and existentialism (i.e. disillusionment with reality post-WWII, "the world is meaningless," etc.)

Highly recommended.

the fall is also an awesome short book by camus

Tristan Egolf - Kornwolf


Depending on the phases of the moon, Ephraim, antihero of this caustic, exuberant novel, changes from a meek Amish lad into a hideous, foul-smelling werewolf with a taste for Satanic thrash-metal and an uncanny resemblance to Richard Nixon. Pursued by a cynical reporter, a sympathetic boxing coach with a mysterious past and a horde of vigilantes, Ephraim rampages through the barns and cornfields of the Pennsylvania Dutch countryside, as well as the exurban subdivisions and Sprawl-Marts that are gnawing away at it. As he lopes toward a prophesied Halloween bloodbath, his howl gives voice to the hidden violence and sexual transgressions of the orderly, pacifist Amish, the "hedonic enchantments" with which consumer culture seduces the young and deranges settled communities, or perhaps an anarchic devilry that neither traditional religion nor modern capitalism can tame. This is familiar teen-werewolf territory, but Egolf, who committed suicide earlier this year, infuses it with deadpan wit and sardonic social satire, both sympathizing with and lampooning the Amish resistance—and occasional surrender—to the corruption of "English" society. Like Stephen King, Egolf (Lord of the Barnyard) pokes the dark, squalid underbelly of smalltown life, but adds an edge of punk derision. Although Egolf's climax plunges into lurid melodrama, he delivers a smart, stylish supernatural fable with an infectious bite.

http://www.amazon.com/Kornwolf-Novel-Tristan-Egolf/dp/0802170161

His other 2 books are pretty amazing as well

wHATcOLOR !!! check the books out i recommended!

has anyone NOT read it?

yea

the fall is also an awesome short book by camus

yes! i liked it a lot more too.

this reminds me i was supposed to mail my copy to someone..

i just read the wikipedia page for Y:, and if they make the movie and put shia lebouf in as the dude -

ugh, I can't imagine how any movie version will not be a colossal disappointment.

Alexandre Dumas - The Count Of Monte Cristo (ultimate tale of revenge. Epic.)
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Patrick White - The Tree of Man (A man builds a home and a family in the Australian outback. Epic.)
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Joyce Cary The Horse's Mouth - (an eccentric artist trying to make ends meet. Humorous)
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Joseph Heller - Catch 22 (Yosarian in WWII. Humorous.)
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Mervyn Peake - Titus Groan

...................... - Gornenghast (books 2 & 3 in a gothic trilogy set in a medieval castle filled with quirky and bizarre characters. Humorous) I won't recommend the third book because by then the author was loosing his mind and the book is completely different to the first two.
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Upton Sinclair - The Jungle (about the Chicago meat packing business and the exploitation of its workers. Dark.)
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John Steinbeck - The Grapes of Wrath (a family travels west during the great depression. Epic.)
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Ernest Hemingway - For Whom The Bell Tolls (an american fighting in the spanish civil war.)
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Douglas Adams - The Hitchiker's Guide to The Galaxy [a trilogy in 5 parts] (an earthling travels around the galaxy avoiding various perils. Humorous.)

........................ - Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (a "thumping good detective-ghost-horror-whodunnit-time-travel-romantic-musical-comedy-epic".)

........................ - The Long Dark Tea-Time of The Soul [Dirk Gently sequel] (On another case, involving Thor, the Norse god of Thunder. Humorous.)
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Harry Harrison - Eden Trilogy (An asteroid never crashed into earth, leaving dinosaurs to evolve at the same time as humans, though on seperate continents. The Yilane (lizard people) travel to the Americas and discover humans (aprox. stone age). Conflict ensues. Epic.)

....................... - The Hammer and Cross Trilogy (As Christianity spreads, it collides with Vikings. Another 'what if', a christian slave joins the Vikings, rises through their ranks through his ingenuity, and challenges the Catholic Church. Epic.)
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Robin Hobb - The Farseer Trilogy (A royal bastard, FitzChivalry Farseer, is trained as a royal assasin and has both magical abilities of The Wit - can talk and bond with animals - and The Skill - telepathy. Helps to defend the Kingdom against raiders. Epic.)

................. - The Tawny Man Trilogy (Continuation of Fitz's life 15 years later, he is called from retirement to find the missing Prince, who also shares The Wit, for which many are persecuted. Epic.)

Life of Pi by Yann Martel [You can't describe it - if you do, it doesn't sound too good/believable, you have to read it].

this book made my head explode?

I recommend:
Dom DeLillo - White Noise
Hemingway - The Sun Also Rises
Frank Herbert - Dune
Robert Penn Warren - All the King's Men

Dune has been mentioned already dumbass

I can't believe no one gives a flying fuck about Ishmael. What the fuck you guys.

hmm i like that name, Ishmael.

Ishmael, Ishmael

have you chosen a book yet, leonard?

Yes, but the book, that's what you should be reciting.

and recite, i will. i'll take you up on that, ella. but right now my focus is on comic books.

Well then, I just finished The Death and Life of Superman...That was a great read!!!!!!! You've probably already read that though, if your a big comic book fan....But if not, you should definitely pick it up!

i'm really not a big fan, but am a potential one. just getting back into them now. thanks for the recc, i need to go to the town shop real soon.

Playboy - great articles

oh you sly dog!

i picked up the white hotel, the unbearable lightness of being, and the life of pi. i also downloaded Y.

Not a book, but my most recent rewarding read was:

Y: The Last Man (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_the_last_man) is a comic book series by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra, about the only man to survive the mysterious simultaneous death of every male mammal on Earth.


do you know what program i should install to help me read the .cbr files?

Just rename the .cbr extension to .rar and unzip it like normal.

I guess that's assuming you have WinRAR or whatever.

Try this if not: http://www.geocities.com/davidayton/CDisplay

this book made my head explode?

I recommend:
Dom DeLillo - White Noise

His name is Don, but way to go with the name drop you know nothing about.

I suggest The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey. Also the one above.

thanks slash... so i got a ton of pictures now.. i see that application is to view sequential images, but it's for a PC.. anyone know an easy way to flip through sequential images in one window? i don't know dick about this stupid computer

i picked up the white hotel, the unbearable lightness of being, and the life of pi. i also downloaded Y.




do you know what program i should install to help me read the .cbr files?

first off, cbr files are just .rar files renamed as cbr. (cbz files are renamed zip files).

Don't unzip them. There are programs that will let you read the comics as cbr files. For quick and easy, use CDisplay/

But I highly recommend ComicRack (http://comicrack.cyolito.com/). Which is pretty much itunes for comics. It's a great organizer and it's a really "pretty" way to browse thru your collection. But just like itunes, it's a bigger and slower program than the bare bones CDisplay reader.

I haven't read a book in an embarrassing long while. I'm relatively new to reading comics on the computer and I've been acquiring comics like crazy and trying to catch up on all the great comics I've missed since I stopped buying comics when I was a teenager. I read the famously praised "Watchmen" miniseries since I knew a movie is in the works, it was pretty good. Brubaker's "Criminal" was good. Rucka's "Whiteout" was not bad (its being made into a movie, too). I'm currently reading Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8, and catching up on Brian K Vaughn's "Ex Machina" (excellent). I still have "Preacher", "Shaolin Cowboy", Angel season 6, Fables on my queue...there's just way too much interesting stuff that I'm afraid I'll never get to. Frank Miller, Warren Ellis, Grant Morrison...

those applications are both for windows though, right?

those applications are both for windows though, right?

oh yeah, you're a mac guy. I know I've read good reviews of mac comic book readers, although I've never tried them myself.

I think the mac's basic comic book reader is "FFvew." I know there's a mac equivalent to the Comic Rack program I rave about, but the name escapes me at the moment.

wakka wakka wakka!

cool ill check out ffvew tomorrow im beat. i'm not a mac guy, i just got duped into buying this stupid thing. that or on some level i just had to complete the yuppie-douchebag hat trick, prius, ipod, mac

Whoops I had a typo. It's "FFview"

you know...I've been eyeing a 13-in macbook...

Digital Comic book readers for Mac:
http://www.zcultfm.com/~comic/wiki/index.php/Comic_Viewers#Mac

it looks like the mac's "itunes for comic books" is comicbooklover. but it's not free.

the time traveller's wife
anything by richard laymond
as i lay dying
animal farm
lolita

I haven't read a book in an embarrassing long while. I'm relatively new to reading comics on the computer and I've been acquiring comics like crazy and trying to catch up on all the great comics I've missed since I stopped buying comics when I was a teenager. I read the famously praised "Watchmen" miniseries since I knew a movie is in the works, it was pretty good. Brubaker's "Criminal" was good. Rucka's "Whiteout" was not bad (its being made into a movie, too). I'm currently reading Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8, and catching up on Brian K Vaughn's "Ex Machina" (excellent). I still have "Preacher", "Shaolin Cowboy", Angel season 6, Fables on my queue...there's just way too much interesting stuff that I'm afraid I'll never get to. Frank Miller, Warren Ellis, Grant Morrison...

so you're never getting to Warren Ellis but you're reading Buffy.

you're dead to me.

so you're never getting to Warren Ellis but you're reading Buffy.

you're dead to me.

what are the essential warren ellis comics? i will get them.

The Harry Potter books were great, far far far far better than the movies. I think movies are shit compared to the books. The final 3 books in that series are great, and the final book is the most enjoyable book I've ever read.

His name is Don, but way to go with the name drop you know nothing about.

I suggest The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey. Also the one above.

hey dickhead, I read this book for class in october.

The Harry Potter books were great, far far far far better than the movies. I think movies are shit compared to the books. The final 3 books in that series are great, and the final book is the most enjoyable book I've ever read.

'Most enjoyable book I've ever read'? How old are you, ten?

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides is my favorite book. or maybe Slaughterhouse Five by Vonnegut. the latter might be a bit depressing for your purposes right now but I'd highly recommend either.

read some dave sedaris, man

If you're in a silly mood, anything by Christopher Moore.

read some dave sedaris, man

me talk pretty one day is pretty great

'Most enjoyable book I've ever read'? How old are you, ten?

Almost 22. Have you read the book? Having read the series from when the first book first came out, it was a great finale book. I can honestly say it was the most enjoyable book I have ever read and I could really give a shit what a snobby bitch like yourself has to think of that.

I bought it the day it came out and really enjoyed it. I'd read every book of the HP series [the first four up to 15 times ] and was pleased with the ending. But [I]most enjoyable book is just stupid.

On the other hand, I don't know what other books you've read.

Yeah I'm not going to sit here and act like I read a lot of books. Unless a book is great it's not going to keep my interest and I'm not going to finish it. The only time I ever really read books is if I go on a fishing trip and that happens once a year. But of the books I've read, the final harry potter has been by far the most enjoyable book I have ever read.

Check out J's book thread (http://forums.netphoria.org/showthread.php?t=157464). A lot of good [and some great] ones in there.

hey dickhead, I read this book for class in october.


that's nice, but that doesn't make his name dom

i picked up the white hotel, the unbearable lightness of being, and the life of pi. i also downloaded Y.

do you know what program i should install to help me read the .cbr files?

cool. even if you end up don't liking them at least you delved into some strong works!
please report back!

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf.

We read this for AP English and it is very good. Its a choreopoem. It talks about several women and the one in women in red is so disturbing. I recommend it.

i picked up the white hotel, the unbearable lightness of being, and the life of pi. i also downloaded Y.

I don't know White Hotel nor Y, but the other two books are absolutely fantastic. Good pick, J!

before i bought, i should have chcked to see who likes that portishead album, so i would know who's suggestions to IGNORE

http://forums.netphoria.org/showthread.php?t=157541

You don't like Third?

Neil Gaiman novels are always really awesome. Neverwhere and Anansi Boys are both great books.

Read The Road by Cormac McCarthy, it'll upset you.

what are the essential warren ellis comics? i will get them.

Pick up the first TPB of Transmet and move from there with that series. I think the first 3 TPBs are awesome. Hunter S. Thompson in the future, basically. THe art by Darrick Robertson is phenomenal (his superhero book work is really piss poor, it's almost like Warren inspired the shit out of this guy). It's really an acidic look at modern life, even if it is set in the future.

The first TPB of the Authority is like a superhero movie directed by Michael Bay but unlike a Bay movie this has sharp wit and a dark view of humanity in general. It's awesome, farcical stuff, really. Awesome entertainment and Brian Hitch's pencils really have to be seen to be believed. I actually hated the guy when I was an X-Men collector but his best work is on this series and it's just fucking stunning.

There's also Global Frequency and some others that I can't think of right now but those are the two I'm the biggest fan of.

Also you should look at Red Son, which isn't a Ellis comic, but it's commie superman and I think you'd dig it.

Reading just the intro info on wiki, your recommendations sound great. I'll definitely pick them up.

You use to be an x-men collector? What do you think about Grant Morrison's run with New X-men? I have his whole run sitting around on the backburner, I dunno when I'll get around to reading them. Oh yeah, I do currently follow Astonishing X-Men, only because Joss Whedon is currently writing them.

I stopped collecting X-Men comics in 97 so that's well before Grant Morrison, someone I've actually never read anything by.

The Invisibles is some next level shit

Oh you know what else is rad? I just remembered my boy Alan Moore.

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen the book is infinitely better than the stupid, awful, horrendous piece of shit movie.

I own From Hell but I can't bring myself to start it for some reason. I really enjoyed V. hated the movie except for V himself though.

Nobody likes to mention big name authors in threads like these, but I've been on a John Grisham kick lately. I needed something to read when my plane was delayed so I bought the Client and I couldn't put it down. I've moved on to the Last Juror and the Summons is next. I thought these books would be boring but they're actually page turners and not difficult reads at all.

I also just read House of Leaves...man that was a difficult read. I felt like it was a fucking homework assignment. Very enjoyable, though.

The Rule of Four is really good if you're into the Davinci Code type stuff.

Peter Carey won a couple booker prizes and Don DeLillo is one of the preminent post modern novelists of our time.

Just because you're dumb doesn't mean that these authors you've never heard of are obscure.

Was that directed at me? I haven't read a single post in this thread, much less yours, I was "just sayin".

I stopped collecting X-Men comics in 97 so that's well before Grant Morrison, someone I've actually never read anything by.

I only have it because of the tremendous praise that is heaped on Morrison for it.

Oh you know what else is rad? I just remembered my boy Alan Moore.

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen the book is infinitely better than the stupid, awful, horrendous piece of shit movie.

Already have that, too. It's on my to do list.

Neil Gaiman novels are always really awesome. Neverwhere and Anansi Boys are both great books.

Read The Road by Cormac McCarthy, it'll upset you.


WHA? Anansi Boys but not American Gods? SHAME ON YOU!

I've actually not read American Gods.... My mom loaned it to me once, but I never got around to reading it.
I guess I should, huh?

I've actually not read American Gods.... My mom loaned it to me once, but I never got around to reading it.
I guess I should, huh?


Hell yeah, you should! I picked it up totally ready to hate it for what i thought at the time was a goofy premise but i absolutely fell in love with it. I thought it was a wonderful read.

Was that directed at me? I haven't read a single post in this thread, much less yours, I was "just sayin".

Who gives a fuck what you were just sayin you meatheaded teenage piece of shit?

Hell yeah, you should! I picked it up totally ready to hate it for what i thought at the time was a goofy premise but i absolutely fell in love with it. I thought it was a wonderful read.

Yeah for some reason It just didn't seem to catch my interest at the time.
Would you say it's better than Neverwhere though?

hmm.... no but i think it's def better then Anansi Boys by far

theres a book by this kid who hung out with Jim Morrison all the time - I forget his name -- oh yes, Danny Sugarman - the book is called Wonderland Avenue

It's a bit cheesy in places and basically all about drugs - but many funny moments - very enjoyable

I'll give you the Jim Morrison story: I'm drunk, I'm nobody. I'm drunk, I'm famous. I'm drunk, I'm fucking DEAD.

haha yes - very well said

I never quite got why the doors are a good band - mediocre I say!

Use of a pipe organ in rock music is mostly what makes them a good band and not totally forgettable. They have some great jams, too. I mean I like the doors but the Jim Morrison cult is weird, and not totally deserved but it always happens when a massive star dies young. He was pretty so of course people flock around him.

I personally think he was the last Romantic, in the drunken, orgiastic tradition of Lord Byron and Shelley. Which is kind of great.

is this thread about the doors now

i like me some doors

Recently I bought a this Black Elk in Paris (http://www.dealstudio.com/searchdeals.php?deal_id=89316&ru=282). This book was writen by Kate Horsley is an engaging and thought-provoking story of a young woman and her developing relationship with a distraught physician happened in the 1888. The story shows the friendship between a doctor and his patients, and the relationship each memorable character had with each other, and with Black Elk. I quite like it.

so what country are you from?

Where is the parody thread to this? I am in the mood for mammary viewing