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Pick-up a book once in a while
| Message Board > Controversy and Quarantine > Pick-up a book once in a while |
| Troutbreath User Info... | I swear, I keep pitching em' and it just goes over their heads. About the only reading some of the little twits on this board do is when they need to know which bathroom to use. - Mon, 1 Mar 2004 4:16pm | ||
| XY-SATAN User Info... | I don't think not reading books is a sign of unintelligence , I myself only read technical manuals and scientific periodicals that pertain to my interests . But when it comes to fictional based books or story type writings I get bored . - Mon, 1 Mar 2004 5:15pm | ||
| Broccoli User Info... | Fuck that noise, I read entirely to much technical bullshit against my will, and it is a great pleasure to be able to scan some fiction now and again. finished Breakfast of Champions not too long ago: that is funny shit - Mon, 1 Mar 2004 5:51pm | ||
| Mutilashawn User Info... | I usually avoid fiction, outside of 1984. I usually read books like The Autobiography of Malcolm X, THe Black Panthers Speak, or other books documenting race, race relations, Civil Rights, etc. I'm not a fan of story books. I want to know what actually happened in this world. - Mon, 1 Mar 2004 6:17pm | ||
| ML7Mike User Info... | I read Crime and Punishment last month - Mon, 1 Mar 2004 6:56pm | ||
| Masturbating The War God User Info... | Currently reading Dan Simmon's Illium, and a graphic novel so nicely lent to me entittled PREACHER. - Mon, 1 Mar 2004 7:13pm | ||
| Nik Olaz User Info... | If I didn't have such a short attention span, i'd read more. - Mon, 1 Mar 2004 7:22pm | ||
| booger User Info... | selected writings of Mao tse-tung. it's a gooder. - Mon, 1 Mar 2004 8:31pm | ||
| Troutbreath User Info... | "I don't think not reading books is a sign of unintelligence , I myself only read technical manuals and scientific periodicals that pertain to my interests" Absolutely, one of the smartest people I ever met was illiterate but he wasn't afraid of having his ideas challenged. He enjoyed it. We owe it to ourselves to step outside our own narrow area of interest once in awhile. I read Hitler's Mien kampf, and sure it was the most appalling drivel I ever had to slog my way through but I can say that from first hand experience not because someone told me to think that. - Mon, 1 Mar 2004 10:49pm | ||
| KnifeGhost User Info... | Mutilashawn: I know what you mean, I go through big phases where I only read culture studies/sociology-ish non-fiction.... In fact I should get back into that..... But I'm a sucker for science fiction.... - Mon, 1 Mar 2004 11:36pm | ||
| Gman User Info... | TB: Maybe everyone is just, like "whatever dude" because of your serious attitude problem. - Tue, 2 Mar 2004 10:44am | ||
| SweetGrass User Info... | Awww! Troutbreath's tongue is firmly planted in cheek! Attitude is an illusion, books are cool mmmkay!?! Really though I read Anna Karenina by Tolstoy after years of avoiding it and it really changed the way I look at the world. One of those authors who makes you want to think about things outside your norm. Books are wonderful that way. Who else has a book that changed them somehow??? - Tue, 2 Mar 2004 11:08am | ||
| utopian society User Info... | I've just started Slaughterhouse Five for english, it's got a bit of a slow start but hopefully it'll pick up soon... - Tue, 2 Mar 2004 3:13pm | ||
| Mutilashawn User Info... | If anyone is in to books about the Panthers/socialism/violent revolution, I highly recommend reading George Jackson's "Blood in My Eye." - Tue, 2 Mar 2004 3:23pm | ||
| SweetGrass User Info... | Mutilashawn have you seen 101 Sympathy For the Devil.? If Black Panthers are your thing this is a must see documentary. Juxtaposes footage of Black Panthers preparing for action against recording footage of Stones in studio. Excellent little film I saw in film school. I thingk pic a flic carries it! - Tue, 2 Mar 2004 4:15pm | ||
| Mutilashawn User Info... | sounds good. You must have seen that flic with the Stones in Altamont. Crazy footage with the Hell's Angels. - Tue, 2 Mar 2004 4:44pm | ||
| Broccoli User Info... | Slaughterhouse Five kicks ass: same author as Breakfast... - Tue, 2 Mar 2004 5:38pm | ||
| Troutbreath User Info... | You should also check out Cat's Cradle. And come to think of it The Second World War got off to kind of a slow start as well. - Tue, 2 Mar 2004 6:38pm | ||
| H User Info... | I read a book once. Actually it was a picture book - Tue, 2 Mar 2004 11:29pm | ||
| ROSS B AY User Info... | MOTLEY CRUE - THE DIRT. Best read ever. - Wed, 3 Mar 2004 7:13am | ||
| Masturbating The War God User Info... | Thanks Adrian btw for lending me Preacher, just finished the firt book, best thing I've read in a long time. Artwork is great too, thanks! - Wed, 3 Mar 2004 8:04pm | ||
| Mutilashawn User Info... | I really want to read "Lords of Chaos", about the rise of black metal, looks really interesting and the pictures are worth getting it alone. - Thu, 4 Mar 2004 9:21am | ||
| utopian society User Info... | Good call Troutbreath... I'll check out Cat's Cradle when I'm done Slaughterhouse. And the book has definitely picked up in pace, it's become much more interesting than it was at the beginning. - Thu, 4 Mar 2004 2:53pm | ||
| KnifeGhost User Info... | I've heard great things about The Preacher... I'm working on The Sandman right now, but The Preacher might be next.... - Thu, 4 Mar 2004 8:18pm | ||
| METALNECK User Info... | Go for Lonesome Dove, Streets of Laredo, Dead Mans Walk and Comanche Moon by Larry McMurtry. He won the pulitzer for Lonesome Dove. Some of the best books I have ever read. Everyone I know who has read them really enjoyed them. They made movies for the first three starring Tommy Lee Jones, Jon Voight, Robert Duval, Angelica Huston, Steve Buscemi, Danny Glover, Louis Gosset Jr, Sissy Spacek, James Garner, and a shitload more stars. It totals 20 hours over 9 videos. So far you can do a real marathon watching them and it does not hold all of the four books yet. They will make Comanche Moon soon and that will be sweet. - Fri, 5 Mar 2004 9:28pm | ||
| ROSS B AY User Info... | Check the whole Louis L'Amopur catalogue too...of course you'll have to be in the 'Gow to find them.... - Sat, 6 Mar 2004 6:56am | ||
| V User Info... | why the fuck would i read when i can watch television? - Mon, 8 Mar 2004 6:46pm | ||
| Troutbreath User Info... | Another Television addict heard from. It's OK buckaroo, just make sure your lips don't move while you're watching. - Tue, 9 Mar 2004 6:00am | ||
| jackass User Info... | one good book I read that really made me do some thinking was "Life of Pi" by that Patel dude I think. Good book, the end threw me for a loop. The last series of books I've read though are the DUNE series by Frank Herbert as well as the new additions written by his son and Kevin Anderson. I've still got to read one more of the new ones, but I've read all the rest. Immense story line, spanning about 14,000 years or more of human history/future, depending on how you look at it. Herbert was amazingly educated in philosophy and religion, economics and politics. These books are more than just science fiction. I've just started the Monk and the Philosopher, which is a collection of dialogues between a buddhist monk and his western culture oriented father. I'm looking forward to this book. Next up, either "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" by David Eggers, or something by Chomsky, I'm undecided right now. - Tue, 9 Mar 2004 6:08am | ||
| Instrument of Karma User Info... | Seems kinda silly to insult and belittle a person for watching television when we all appear to be glued to our computers to talk to people who are, in all likelyhood, within earshot anyway. Whatever happened to having these "deep, philosophical" debates at a local coffee shop? Ssdd. I think I'll try leaving the house...Maybe that's where all the answers are. Chances are I'll be back. - Tue, 9 Mar 2004 7:41am | ||
| Troutbreath User Info... | I know I should be kept in quarantine.....oh...hey,wait a minute. I do think there is a difference between passively watching television and what we are doing here. i've already met people in the 'real world' who I first encountered on LiveVic. Bands have been formed through this website. I think 'V' was being a little tongue in cheek and I responded in kind. I'll admit to enjoying television but if you do anything to the extreme it is a problem. There is a very strong argument that TV can be very addictive in its own way. - Tue, 9 Mar 2004 1:34pm | ||
| Gman User Info... | Jackass: I dunno if you already read it, but the continuation of the Dune book by Frank's son is, in my opinion, total garbage. 'Staggering' is a fine read, in my opinion, but lots of people disliked it for some reason. TV does not have to be watched passively. You can think about what you see or not. A show like the Passionate Eye, for example, is more thought provoking than Friends, but that's because of the kind of show it is. - Wed, 10 Mar 2004 10:46am | ||
| jackass User Info... | Gman...which one are you talking about? There are several..House Atreides, House Harkonnen, House Corrino, The Butlerian Jihad, Battle of Corrin and another coming out after that too. They are definitely not as good as Frank's work, but what they are really good for is filling in the history before Dune...cuz if you read Dune, you were quite likely lost in the details of this immense universe with no information as to how things became like they are. For example...The Butlerian Jihad described the series of events that led to the beginning of the Fremen on Arrakis, the beginning of spice addiction and it's spread to the universe, the end of the thinking machine rule, the beginning of the Guild, etc. House Atreides explained why the Baron Harkonnen was such a big fat ugly fucker, where Duncan Idaho came from, etc etc etc. Lots of good information, just not as well written as Frank, cuz Frank was an amazing writer. The end of Chapterhouse: Dune, the last Dune book by Frank was odd to me. I don't get it. I've heard that there could possibly be another book by his son that continues on after Chapterhouse, but I'm not sure how true that is. - Wed, 10 Mar 2004 11:15am | ||
| Gabri~hell the Book Slut User Info... | If you are into Mr. Vonnegut (re: Slaughterhouse Five, et al) I would recommend reading 'Galapagos' by him. 'Welcome to the Monkey House' is great for all of you with short attention spans, as it is a collection of Vonnegut's short stories. I keep hoping I will get around to reading the triad of VOnnegut that I bought years ago ('Mother Night,' 'Sirens of Titan' and 'God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater'), but methinks my Vonnegut phase is over... I love Tom Robbins, too. 'Skinny Legs and All' gave me a new appreciation for inanimate objects, such as the Bean Can. Hector Hugh Munro writes some very clever and wryly dark stories that could curdle said Bean Can. Well worth checking out, for all you sarcastic bastards... For fluff, I read Princess Leia's book, 'Surrender the Pink', and she strings together some innovative word choices which made me sort of forget about the content--that was a good thing. Just finished off an Alice Munro collection of short stories that reminded me of all my college English classes. Nice topic! I could rave about books for hours. I will show some restraint today. - Wed, 10 Mar 2004 2:32pm | ||
| Mutilashawn User Info... | I read Life of Pi as well. Very good and really depressing/disturbing/thought provoking. It's hard to remember that it is just a novel and not an actual account. - Wed, 10 Mar 2004 2:55pm | ||
| Anonymous User Info... | Preacher is awesome, as is Sandman. For an intelligent laugh, check out "Good Omens", a novel by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, the author of Sandman. If you're into fantasy at all, anything by David Eddings is great, but it's best to start at the beginning of a series, and be prepared to spend the next 3 months reading.... - Wed, 10 Mar 2004 5:19pm | ||
| SweetGrass User Info... | Not Wanted on the Voyage by Timothy Findley!!!! Definately worth the read. It's an account of events leading up to the Noah's arc myth as seen through the eyes of his wife and cat! Classic Findley, black and insightful. - Wed, 10 Mar 2004 5:57pm | ||
| anti-blue-up User Info... | Everyone seems to sing the praises of Kurt Vonnegut so I picked up 'Slaughterhouse Five' and fuck did I ever find it boring. Huge Tom Robbins fan over here. I read his books over and over...never get tired of them. If you're into Tim Findley, I would highly recommend 'Pilgrim'. My favorite book of recent years would have to be NonZero by Robert Wright. Actually, all of his writing (check out slate.com) is fascinating. You can read parts of the book here: http://www.nonzero.org/ - Wed, 10 Mar 2004 7:56pm | ||
| jackass User Info... | David Eddings...meh, all his books are all the same. I read the Belgariad and the Mallorean, as well as some other stuff by him. All the same thing, over and over again. Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan is some kick ass fantasy, although some aspects are very repetitive. The Pern series by whatshername, McAffery are cool too. - Thu, 11 Mar 2004 4:57am | ||
| King Bong User Info... | Read all those series Jackass! I agree with you, the "Wheel of Time" series rocks, and is the best of all that you mentioned. Both "Not Wanted on the Voyage" and "Pilgram" are excellent books too..... For a change check out some of the KINKY FRIEDMAN books, really funny stuff... Peace, Kola - Thu, 11 Mar 2004 8:16am | ||
| Gman User Info... | Jackass & co. Uh... I guess I gave up on the first one sonny did 'cause I completely did not realize there were more! When I was 15 I immersed myself in the original series (as I like to call it) after not being able to get past the first 20 pages of Dune for a couple years. I read all 6 or 7 book (been a while,) in a row, one after the other. Lately, I've been into the absurdist writings of Kobo Abe (check out The Kangaroo Diary (or Kangaroo Journal, I think...) for an example.) It's a story about a guy who discovers radish sprouts growing on his legs instead of hair. Yes, he eats one. - Thu, 11 Mar 2004 5:23pm | ||
| Gman User Info... | Just looked it up. It's Kangaroo Notebook. right - Thu, 11 Mar 2004 11:16pm | ||
| Tiwst User Info... | . - Fri, 12 Mar 2004 3:28pm | ||
| Masturbating The War God User Info... | Just finished book 3 in Preacher, just bought it too. Fucking comics, so addictive and too short! Adrian, you've started something, and yes, they are so worth buying! I won't be borrowing anymore off of you ;) - Sun, 14 Mar 2004 4:20am | ||
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