Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 2:16 am
the first book to make me gag.Sevensins wrote:American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis
great book..read it 2wice.
moovie is a cartoon of it.
great book..read it 2wice.
moovie is a cartoon of it.
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great book..read it 2wice.
moovie is a cartoon of it.
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 2:33 am
lets do it7zark7 wrote:I just bought Ulysses ..... Its so big I want company.
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 2:34 am
I finished Masters of Doom, loved it. Any recommendations?
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 2:38 am
haunted. chuck palaniukI cant spell u wrote:I finished Masters of Doom, loved it. Any recommendations?
you'll love it.
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 2:43 am
Weird, I was going to reccomend Choke by him... great minds?7zark7 wrote:haunted. chuck palaniukI cant spell u wrote:I finished Masters of Doom, loved it. Any recommendations?
you'll love it.
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 2:52 am
choke is not his best...FAR FAR from it...
FFS, Diary is much much better....
haunted is his best since FC.
FFS, Diary is much much better....
haunted is his best since FC.
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 2:54 am
Choke and Fight Club are all I've read, I wanted to read more before I started diary.
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 3:07 am
A Feast For Crows - A Song of Fire and Ice - George R R Martin (book4)
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 3:08 am
Scary... check out Jeff Long.
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 3:55 am
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 4:08 am
This forum. :icon27:
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 12:01 pm
Good one gramps. You totally just broke through the fourth wall.
Fucking moron.
Fucking moron.
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 1:09 pm
actually
nothing
one day ima read all the book so i can be one of the guys on jeperty
you know, those same books everyother person reads
then i'll know ey
nothing
one day ima read all the book so i can be one of the guys on jeperty
you know, those same books everyother person reads
then i'll know ey
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 1:39 pm
Oh, good... you always remind me to read more of his stuff :icon14:7zark7 wrote:choke is not his best...FAR FAR from it...
FFS, Diary is much much better....
haunted is his best since FC.
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 8:16 pm
I agree about Haunted and I enjoyed choke by the end. I'd like to see Haunted as a movie, if it was done right.7zark7 wrote:choke is not his best...FAR FAR from it...
FFS, Diary is much much better....
haunted is his best since FC.
Is Diary that good? I was hesitant on that one just based on reading the blurb.
What about Survivor and Lullaby?
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 11:35 pm
ugh, I'm *still* reading 'Ancestor's Tale' by Richard Dawkins. I'm getting into the heavy genetic stuff that's somewhat hard to digest.
Also just bought a book on the forests of the Pacific Northwest. Plan on reading a few books like that to get ready for school, maybe pick up Jared Diamond's books as well.
I'm behind on my reading.
Also just bought a book on the forests of the Pacific Northwest. Plan on reading a few books like that to get ready for school, maybe pick up Jared Diamond's books as well.
I'm behind on my reading.
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 11:43 pm
bass
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 11:50 pm
Guess...
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 11:52 pm
hrm, i appear to have posted in the wrong thread.
I suppose I could read the label.
I suppose I could read the label.
Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 12:40 am
maxim while taking a shit
Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 3:48 am
Sevensins wrote:I agree about Haunted and I enjoyed choke by the end. I'd like to see Haunted as a movie, if it was done right.7zark7 wrote:choke is not his best...FAR FAR from it...
FFS, Diary is much much better....
haunted is his best since FC.
Is Diary that good? I was hesitant on that one just based on reading the blurb.
What about Survivor and Lullaby?
Survivor is a must read..its acutally his first book.. lullaby is just okay..on the scale of choke.
I'd recommend Invisible monsters before lull and choke. Infact, Invisable monsters is a MUST read/.
I love Diary for the art school ref's...it hits home large for me....and has some quotes in it that rival fight club, ones that I say out loud on a regualr basis.....
Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 7:35 pm
I don't enjoy novels any more. I don't have the patience and I keep feeling like I'm wasting my time.
The book I have with me now is Philosophical Concepts in Physics by James Cushing--yes, I'm still slogging through it. It's not the kind of book you sit down and spend hours reading.
I'll read a portion, take notes, put it down, talk to a few people I know that like discussing philosphy...rinse, repeat. I'm very interested in the different schools of philosophy and how they approach and effect scientific theory. For example, you have realists (like Plato and Aristotle), rationalists (i.e., Descartes), empiricists (Herschel)...and they all have a different approach for determining what is "real" and what is not.
I'm interested in time. Time travel is great science fiction material and many people cannot view it as anything more than fanciful fiction. I believe it's a medium like any other, even though we don't understand it's properties right now.
One way of looking at it: whatever it is we need to travel through time, we already have. All of us are moving through time right now. We just don't know how, why or by what mechanism (if there even is one). It appears to be a passive ability. Much like a fish swimming in water...the fish doesn't need to do anything to be "in" the water...it just is. So we seem to be "in" time.
It's my belief that like any other medium, we will be able to effect time someday. I don't know by what means, or how that will effect us, but it's not a matter of if it will happen, just when.
The book I have with me now is Philosophical Concepts in Physics by James Cushing--yes, I'm still slogging through it. It's not the kind of book you sit down and spend hours reading.
I'll read a portion, take notes, put it down, talk to a few people I know that like discussing philosphy...rinse, repeat. I'm very interested in the different schools of philosophy and how they approach and effect scientific theory. For example, you have realists (like Plato and Aristotle), rationalists (i.e., Descartes), empiricists (Herschel)...and they all have a different approach for determining what is "real" and what is not.
I'm interested in time. Time travel is great science fiction material and many people cannot view it as anything more than fanciful fiction. I believe it's a medium like any other, even though we don't understand it's properties right now.
One way of looking at it: whatever it is we need to travel through time, we already have. All of us are moving through time right now. We just don't know how, why or by what mechanism (if there even is one). It appears to be a passive ability. Much like a fish swimming in water...the fish doesn't need to do anything to be "in" the water...it just is. So we seem to be "in" time.
It's my belief that like any other medium, we will be able to effect time someday. I don't know by what means, or how that will effect us, but it's not a matter of if it will happen, just when.
Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 7:43 pm
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 7:45 pm
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/014044 ... e&n=283155
It's interesting to me to see some of the "roots" of christianity in what is bascially this man's diary. It was not written as a book for the public, but was actually his private thoughts and ponderings. And yes, I've linked this book before in other book threads on this board.
The last book I've been reading is Sun Tzu, On the Art of War. I must admit, I do not understand all the principles and even after re-reading parts of it, I don't understand how to apply it to life events. The one amazing (to me) concept I've come away with is that a man's strengths and beliefs can be used effectively against him if you know what they are....his "good" qualities can be used to bring him down, because they make him predictable. I had never before considered that a positive or "good" quality could be a downfall.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/014044 ... e&n=283155
It's interesting to me to see some of the "roots" of christianity in what is bascially this man's diary. It was not written as a book for the public, but was actually his private thoughts and ponderings. And yes, I've linked this book before in other book threads on this board.
The last book I've been reading is Sun Tzu, On the Art of War. I must admit, I do not understand all the principles and even after re-reading parts of it, I don't understand how to apply it to life events. The one amazing (to me) concept I've come away with is that a man's strengths and beliefs can be used effectively against him if you know what they are....his "good" qualities can be used to bring him down, because they make him predictable. I had never before considered that a positive or "good" quality could be a downfall.
Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 7:55 pm
Wow, you must be a pretty active shitter if you read maxim AND post on q3w while doing the deed. :icon26:+JuggerNaut+ wrote:maxim while taking a shit