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What are you people reading these days?
| Message Board > General Chitchat > What are you people reading these days? |
| Masturbating The War God User Info... |  Just finished reading 'NEVERWHERE' by Niel Gaiman, was really good, though no 'Amerian Gods'. Now reading 'Hitchhickers Guide To...' and still trying to get through Noam Chomsky's 'Hegemony or Survival'. - Mon, 6 Dec 2004 2:27pm | ||
| ML7Mike User Info... | geez, thats great , I read the whole Hitchikers series in like 1985 :D And then I had the GAME on my Atari 520ST one of those AMAZING text only based games! - Mon, 6 Dec 2004 2:52pm | ||
| Troutbreath User Info... | Don't Panic! HitchHikers Guide is one of my all time favs. I just finished reading 'Ismael' by Daniel Quinn. It has some very interesting ideas on the development of human civilization and why it makes such a mess. There is also a website for discussion and Q and A by the author. http://www.ishmael.com Oh and thanks for all the fish! - Mon, 6 Dec 2004 2:52pm | ||
| Masturbating The War God User Info... | Wow, good for you, I was 3 dumbass :p Old bastard. I've listened to the radio series before, though I was in and out of consciousness on a 32 hour bus ride to LA, so I thought I'd read them this time around. - Mon, 6 Dec 2004 2:54pm | ||
| lonemonk User Info... | Yep, I'm a Douglas Adams junky as well. Have been since 1980 or so. Still listen to all the audiobooks every night. Good to fall asleep to. I just finished a World History of Opium (Can't remember the author) and "Bass Culture (When Reggae was King)" by Lloyd Bradley. Both are very informative. Hey ML7, the HHGTTG game is out on the net for download (Not entirely legit though). I think the original D. Adams website has a Java version of it online as well. I was legitimately upset when I heard DNA died. - Mon, 6 Dec 2004 3:06pm | ||
| ROSS B AY User Info... | "reading"? - Mon, 6 Dec 2004 4:09pm | ||
| Natalie User Info... | right now "who killed kurt cobain?". the answer is pretty obvious, he killed himself, and the authors are just trying to make more money (they had a previous book) but nonetheless its well written. Before this i finished "jim morrisson: life and legend" i think thats the title, anyway, brilliant book written by a credible author. And if you havent yet read "heavier then heaven", cobains bio, its amazing. I have a literary fetish for rock bios. - Mon, 6 Dec 2004 4:14pm | ||
| Gman User Info... | Harper's Magazine. Can't get enough of that left wing intelligencia. - Mon, 6 Dec 2004 4:29pm | ||
| DOOMHAMMER User Info... | tao te ching by lao tzu / twilight of the idols or how to philosophize with a hammer by nietzsche - Mon, 6 Dec 2004 4:36pm | ||
| Curmudgeon Rocker User Info... | Reading an article on the wonderful Salton Sea right now in Harper's, which is a pretty cool rag except for their pompous editor Lewis Lapham, who, although his heart is the right place, writes WAY too grandiloquently to get his point across in, say, two paragraphs, as opposed to the 2-3 pages that he requires to churn out all these classical references and vague, lofty platitudes, which means gay gay gay. And his son married Mulroney's daughter!!!! Um.......ew? I like to rotate H. with the Atlantic Monthly (closer to centre, but still definitely left-leaning) and the New Yorker (ignore the yuppie-scum ads - probably the best writing I've come across). Just before I go to work I like to read another page or two of Solzhenitsyn's "Gulag Archipilego", to get me in that upbeat mood. - Mon, 6 Dec 2004 5:07pm | ||
| Haden User Info... | Yann Martel's "Life of Pi". Though, it's kinda being read slow until finals are over. - Mon, 6 Dec 2004 5:22pm | ||
| V-DUB User Info... |  I recently finished African Safari Papers by Robert Sedlack who is from Calgary. I can definetly recommend it. Actually Galapagos is really good too.Check 'em out... - Mon, 6 Dec 2004 5:54pm | ||
| DestroyeR User Info... | Just finished "Purfume" by Patrick Suskind. Deadly. Natalie if you hav'nt read it I think you would like it. The Pro, well Antagonist depending on how you look at it, is like a rock star. Also after reading the book I wrote a song about it. Then while trying to think of a name I realized Kurt wrote the "Scentless Apprentice" about this book. I just started the Silmarillion again, for a quick read untill the next pick. The always good power metal bible. - Mon, 6 Dec 2004 6:52pm | ||
| DOOMHAMMER User Info... | vonnegut rules - Mon, 6 Dec 2004 6:56pm | ||
| DestroyeR User Info... | DOOMHAMMER, The way is the way, because it is the way. Ever read The Art Of War? I good follow up to Tao Te Ching. - Mon, 6 Dec 2004 6:59pm | ||
| Natalie User Info... | Oh yeah, also, on the top of awesome rock bios theres a great one called "never mind the bollocks: 12 days on the road with the sex pistols". Interesting if you like the pistols. Also, Gene simmons autobiography is pretty decent-hes pretty damn arrogant though. Half the book is about how many women hes slept with. Its like literary porn. Always good. Rawr. haha. Oh and black sabbaths newest bioraphy.....ill cease going on about this lol - Mon, 6 Dec 2004 7:12pm | ||
| DOOMHAMMER User Info... | Ive read it up, afterwards im probably going to reread romance of the three kingdoms. Im more rereading what I have in the past rather than new materials for some reason. - Mon, 6 Dec 2004 7:46pm | ||
| DestroyeR User Info... | I usually switch off old book then new book. Natalie.... Cryptopsy? - Mon, 6 Dec 2004 7:55pm | ||
| Mutilashawn User Info... | Revolutionary Suicide by the great Huey P. Newton and Racism by Robert Miles (for a class for school I wouldn't recommend it . . . too much pompous theorizing and analyzing and not enough heart + soul) - Mon, 6 Dec 2004 8:05pm | ||
| Natalie User Info... | yeah...i was at cryptopsy if thats what you mean - Mon, 6 Dec 2004 9:12pm | ||
| Jaron Evil User Info... |  An interesting 3rd alternative possibility regarding the creation of mankind for those who dont follow Darwinism or Creationism. Very cryptic yet historically sound. \m/ - Mon, 6 Dec 2004 11:31pm | ||
| workingclass User Info... | Trainspotting... - Tue, 14 Dec 2004 5:42pm | ||
| Nik Olaz User Info... | Curious George Gets a Medal by H. A. and Margret Rey - Tue, 14 Dec 2004 5:44pm | ||
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| jay brown User Info... | I am reading a book called Porno, it is the sequel to Trainspotting. I am also reading a rad book from the mid seventies about customizing your van, that tells you how to put in shag carpeting and a waterbed, and an eight track. It even shows you how to cut out your own tear drop window in the back... it is so sweet. - Tue, 14 Dec 2004 7:03pm | ||
| Kimberleykaos User Info... | Yo Jay - My dad's a carpet layer, just lemme' know if you need some shag cheap - and I mean the carpet. And well, any other shags, I'm down. Sorry - better stop teasin before your fairie girl kicks me arse! Got a sweet hoola girl for the dash too I might be coaxed into letting go of. - Tue, 14 Dec 2004 7:16pm | ||
| Starry_Wisdom User Info... | Jaron Evil I really would like to read that one, apparently he is one of few people that can read Sumerian Cuneiform? - Tue, 14 Dec 2004 8:40pm | ||
| Jaron Evil User Info... |  A while back there was an intense metal band in Nanaimo named Nibiriu. All their songs were based on the works of Zecharia Sitchin. m/ - Tue, 14 Dec 2004 8:47pm | ||
| Dr.DoomXXX User Info... | I just finished reading "Night Stalker" the Richard Remeriaz biograghy. ( but you should be able to tell that by the title.) - Tue, 14 Dec 2004 11:57pm | ||
| al User Info... | T>V> Guide - Wed, 15 Dec 2004 6:07am | ||
| Ty Stranglehold User Info... | I just finished Disposable: The History of Skateboard Art. It is nothing short of brilliant. Not only is there thousands of pictures of amazing decks through the years but it tells the stories of the artists and the pros. Reccomended. You also can't go wrong with Victoria's own junkie/bankrobber Stephen Reid. His novel Jackrabbit Parole is one of the most gripping and funny heist books I have ever read. - Wed, 15 Dec 2004 7:52am | ||
| V-DUB User Info... | Hey KimberleyKaos, I just checked out the site and Docu. Trailer of Dharma Punx. Looks pretty interesting. I have been looking for a new book and this one seems cool so I think I'll check it out. I would be into listening to Noah talk too so, let me know if ya end up organizing the gig. Thanks for the info and keep me posted - Wed, 15 Dec 2004 9:29am | ||
| Kimberleykaos User Info... | Yeah, duh, guess I could've added web address so people could read intro and the works on site {www.dharmapunx.com} - self explanatory, as it does give a more detailed account of what to expect. Thanks for your interest, I'm gonna mail ya and give you the goods on what's happening. Happy reading all! - Wed, 15 Dec 2004 11:47am | ||
| moron User Info... | Dharma Punx? How is that any different than say, Krisna straight edge or Christian "punks"? Won't affect whether it is a good book or not of course but the last thing we need more of is bloody religion. And punk and religion are mutually exclusive IMHO. I just read "Ivan Petron: Russia Through a Shot Glass": http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=1-1891053833-1 Pretty cool biography of a hobo type fellow that gives an interesting view of the seedier side of life in cold war era Soviet Union. Scored second hand from Ditch Records. . .some cool books show up there. Now working through the latest Gibson book "Pattern Recognition": http://www.williamgibsonbooks.com/books/pattern.asp Not sure yet how it will hold up but so far it is interesting. Cheers - Wed, 15 Dec 2004 12:39pm | ||
| Kimberleykaos User Info... | Although you seem to be intelligent, your name says it all - try reading it before you judge it you fuckin hack, it's more about a persons life and the shit they have been through, and alot about the westcoast punk scene in the late 70's-80's and what it is like living hard, and what has become of his life and experiences, not trying to sign you up for the fuckin movement or anything. Don't even think about posting shit talk back to me until you show some respect. How can a simple book discussion bring such rats from the woodwork? Fun stuff. Bring it M.F. I fuckin thrive on it. MMMM... Can you smell my blood boiling? - Wed, 15 Dec 2004 1:38pm | ||
| moron User Info... | A little defensive there KK? From his site: http://www.dharmapunx.com/ "Fueled by his anger and so much injustice and suffering, Levine now uses that energy and the practice of Buddhism to awaken his natural wisdom and compassion Noah is now a Buddhist teacher in training with Jack Kornfield and the teaching collective at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, CA. He teaches meditation retreats nationally as well as leading groups in juvenile halls and prisons around the San Francisco Bay Area." Note that his site also trying to get folks to start / join "meditation groups" around the States (i.e. convert others to religion). As I said, the book may be a good read but on the surface I am not so sure I see any difference between what he is working towards and straight-edge Krisna cult stuff or Christian rock types for that matter. Another quote: "I am sharing the importance of meditation, prayer and spiritual exploration, in a medium that is easy to digest, emotionally moving and even entertaining." For the record I think the "12 steps" are equally dangerous in the long run since abrograting responsibility to a "higher power" is a way to avoid being responsible for your own actions. Cheers - Wed, 15 Dec 2004 2:14pm | ||
| Curmudgeon Rocker User Info... | Hey J - what's the name of the van reno book? - Wed, 15 Dec 2004 4:15pm | ||
| jay brown User Info... | bwahahahahah, I hate to do it what with all the angst against him and my undying urge to always be part of the group but i have to side with Moron on this one. Granted I will probably still read the book just to see what it is all about, but going by that blurb I just read there I'm going to bet it wont really be my cup of tea.. - Wed, 15 Dec 2004 4:48pm | ||
| Kimberleykaos User Info... | The blurb is worse than the book Jay, I think we all know I am not about to join 12 steps, or start meditating outside of gigs or hand out fuckin pamphlets or something, I read the book and I am still among the darker side of Tibet, and I read the book and have not changed. God forbid {well maybe I am brainwashed after all} we actually enjoy a little spirituality once in a while, or a different perspective with an open mind. {And a closed fist} Fuck you fuckin people, now I remember why I didn't post here in the first place, I'm gonna go cry now... - Wed, 15 Dec 2004 8:46pm | ||
| BibleBasher User Info... | readin's 4 idiots - Wed, 15 Dec 2004 9:13pm | ||
| jay brown User Info... | I tried to read your sweater but all I could make out was breasts........ I can tell already that wont be nearly as funny when I'm sober but you know what I'm just trashed enough not to give a shit. - Thu, 16 Dec 2004 1:24am | ||
| DOOMHAMMER User Info... | fuck i hate ending words with 'x' like punx or thanx - Thu, 16 Dec 2004 4:36am | ||
| Masturbating The War God User Info... | I'm siding with DOOM, not a fan either. - Thu, 16 Dec 2004 6:29am | ||
| Kimberleykaos User Info... | Im not sure if it was my sweater you were trying to read, but if it was, I am so glad that my sweater and boobs played a part in the later hours of your birthday. Hope you had fun! I got accused of trying to be a posuer and squishin' em together, but I was actually trying to show my tat, well, hey, I guess that would still make me a poseur, oh fuck, I'm gonna go cry some more now. - Thu, 16 Dec 2004 9:36am | ||
| YERMOMSMOM User Info... | I dont read - Thu, 16 Dec 2004 11:11am | ||
| steve User Info... | "The City Reader" /can't wait till exams are over - Thu, 16 Dec 2004 6:59pm | ||
| Luc User Info... | Back to the good ol days! Readin' some old Ghostrider comics I found! - Fri, 17 Dec 2004 10:23am | ||
| dumpstermesh User Info... | Personally I'm reading nothing but childrens stories these days. I'm reading the Great Glass Elevator as sequel to Charlie and the chocolate factory. I read the Twits last night. The last adult book I read was last week, Never Cry Wolf by the canadian sexpot Farley Mowat. I love that man. - Sat, 18 Dec 2004 2:39pm | ||
| The One After Two User Info... |  A book about how we are all poseurs. A great read if you think you are "hard-core." You're not and they prove it. Here is a great article to read written by the guys: http://www.thismagazine.ca/issues/2002/11/rebelsell.php - Sat, 18 Dec 2004 8:10pm | ||
| Nocturna User Info... | Just finished "Maybe the Moon"...Armistead Maupin is always a good read. - Sun, 19 Dec 2004 7:49am | ||
| STBP User Info... | A People's History of the United States is helping fill in some gaps of my own knowledge of our tainted history here in North America. - Mon, 20 Dec 2004 7:33pm | ||
| SentencedtoBurn User Info... | Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond - Tue, 21 Dec 2004 11:15am | ||
| The One After Two User Info... | SentencedtoBurn, I've been looking at the book. You like it? - Tue, 21 Dec 2004 12:16pm | ||
| dumpstermesh User Info... | Hey STBP you should also check out The State of Native America edited by M. Annette Jaimes it primarily deals with the USA's history but a worthy read if you're interested in it. - Tue, 21 Dec 2004 2:22pm | ||
| STBP User Info... | Thanks for the tip -- another book just mentioned, Guns Germs & Steel is quite interesting. I'd recommend that one for sure. - Tue, 21 Dec 2004 6:53pm | ||
| Doppelganger User Info... | I'm re-reading(for the umpteenth time) "Day Of The Triffids" By John Wyndham - Tue, 21 Dec 2004 7:10pm | ||
| Gitana User Info... | Hey i think it is great that you guys are giving book suggestions, should be done more often. Curious to know what people are reading..... Gitana - Wed, 22 Dec 2004 10:20am | ||
| SentencedtoBurn User Info... | Yo One After Two -- I'm only about 90 pages in, but so far it is pretty interesting. The book (as far as I can tell) is all about how the human race got to where it is in terms of warfare, conquest, food production, the spread of epidemics, rise/fall of various civilizations, etc. It doesn't really touch (so far) on European/Anglo-Saxon history, but moreso the rest of the world - excluding Antarctica. I'd definitely recommend it based on what I've read so far. - Wed, 22 Dec 2004 1:58pm | ||
| Natalie User Info... | "no one gets out alive" the jim morrison biography (ive read so many damn books on this guy i think i know more about him then i do my best friends!) im also reading the beatles book...forget which...my musical interest in the beatles is fleeting and so this book is rather boring... - Wed, 22 Dec 2004 6:01pm | ||
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