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OwlOwl Posts: 1,062
edited May 2011 in The Porch
I was looking for a book on amazon earlier on and stumbled on a series of books about PJ which attracted my attention. They all look to have the same cover and nothing is specified about their content.
This is the one about Pearl Jam Concert Tours: Ten Tour, Pearl Jam 2006 World Tour, Backspacer Tour, Riot ACT Tour, Yield Tour, Binaural Tour, vs. Tour and apparently there's another one with most of their album titles, plus another couple of them which include PJ in the title.

Has anybody ever tried to buy or own any of them?
I'd like to know some more, please.

thanks a lot from now :wave:
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  • GivenToLukinKPGivenToLukinKP Posts: 3,076
    nope, Ive never seen these.

    I also hadn't noticed a pre-order available for Pearl Jam twenty, a book to be released in September:
    http://www.amazon.com/Pearl-Jam-Twenty/dp/1439169217/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1304188292&sr=8-1 anyone have any info on this?

    Looks like list price is going to be $35 in the US, and the preorder is listing for $21. I may need to do this.
    Makes much more sense...

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  • Dirty Frank ZDirty Frank Z Posts: 2,878
    "Five Against One: The Pearl Jam Story" by Kim Neely is pretty good. It's mostly about the bands that became PJ and Eddie's crazy ass life regarding his parents. It only goes up to "Yield," I think. But it's a good read. '
  • PapPap Posts: 28,901
    I own None Too Fragile, but I didn't purchase it from Amazon. I bought from a Public store in Athens. Very good book and it goes up to Backspacer.
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  • OwlOwl Posts: 1,062
    Thanks to you all for your replies; I already knew about the others you mentioned: I read Five Against One long ago and I've recently ordered None Too Fragile out of curiosity.
    GivenToLukinKP wrote:
    I also hadn't noticed a pre-order available for Pearl Jam twenty, a book to be released in September:
    http://www.amazon.com/Pearl-Jam-Twenty/dp/1439169217/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1304188292&sr=8-1 anyone have any info on this?

    as for the new book, two threads were already opened about it not long ago, so you may find some more info there ;)
    http://community.pearljam.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=155315&p=3608709&hilit=book+september#p3608709
    http://community.pearljam.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=154430&p=3584995&hilit=book+september#p3584995
  • red mosred mos Posts: 4,953
    Goose Necking DZ wrote:
    "Five Against One: The Pearl Jam Story" by Kim Neely is pretty good. It's mostly about the bands that became PJ and Eddie's crazy ass life regarding his parents. It only goes up to "Yield," I think. But it's a good read. '

    This is a great book. read it in like 2 days. I couldn't put it down! :mrgreen:
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  • PilateOfTheStormPilateOfTheStorm Posts: 4,319
    red mos wrote:
    Goose Necking DZ wrote:
    "Five Against One: The Pearl Jam Story" by Kim Neely is pretty good. It's mostly about the bands that became PJ and Eddie's crazy ass life regarding his parents. It only goes up to "Yield," I think. But it's a good read. '

    This is a great book. read it in like 2 days. I couldn't put it down! :mrgreen:

    is it? i've heard some negative reviews of it, saying that it seemed like the writer had an agenda against the band, specifically Eddie
    i've never read it but I may just do so, if it's good that is
  • red mosred mos Posts: 4,953
    I heard the same thing regarding none to fragile.

    5 against 1 is a good book. Like some one else said, goes into the history (pre pearl jam), discusses family life, and goes up to the yield era. If you are a die hard fan (I'm sure you are), I recommend it. I also reccomend it to people, who like reading band biographies. Me: personally, I love band biographies and documentaries. :mrgreen:
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  • threefish10threefish10 Posts: 7,392
    electricxlovex wrote:
    is it? i've heard some negative reviews of it, saying that it seemed like the writer had an agenda against the band, specifically Eddie
    i've never read it but I may just do so, if it's good that is


    yeah, all the early seattle music history is good, but then it does go on a bit too much about Ed's childhood and seems to only talk to people who have something against Ed. it has been years since i read it but i remember thinking it just seemed like the writer wanted to talk to Ed and the band but couldn't get them to talk to them so just decided, "well fuck you, i'll talk to the guy that knew you 20 years ago and thought you were an arsehole"
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  • PapPap Posts: 28,901
    None Too Fragile also includes data related to Ed's early life (gas station etc).
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  • PilateOfTheStormPilateOfTheStorm Posts: 4,319
    which one's better? a more interesting read?

    5 against 1
    or
    none too fragile?
  • PapPap Posts: 28,901
    electricxlovex wrote:
    which one's better? a more interesting read?

    5 against 1
    or
    none too fragile?
    I haven't read Five Against One, but I really enjoyed reading None Too Fragile.
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  • threefish10threefish10 Posts: 7,392
    electricxlovex wrote:
    which one's better? a more interesting read?

    5 against 1
    or
    none too fragile?

    I haven't read None Too Fragile, but I really enjoyed reading Five Against One.
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  • LukinFanLukinFan Posts: 29,045
    threefish10 wrote:
    electricxlovex wrote:
    which one's better? a more interesting read?

    5 against 1
    or
    none too fragile?

    I haven't read None Too Fragile, but I really enjoyed reading Five Against One.
    me too
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  • boyo79boyo79 Posts: 6,525
    electricxlovex wrote:
    which one's better? a more interesting read?

    5 against 1
    or
    none too fragile?

    I prefer Five Against One over None Too Fragile but NTF is more uptodate in terms that it covers the Riot Act tour. 5-A-1 goes upto pre-release of Yield.

    I also have PJ vs Ames, Place/Date and 5x1 by Lance Mercer.
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  • PapPap Posts: 28,901
    boyo79 wrote:
    I also have PJ vs Ames, Place/Date and 5x1 by Lance Mercer.
    Me too.
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  • tinkerbelltinkerbell Posts: 2,161
    threefish10 wrote:
    electricxlovex wrote:
    which one's better? a more interesting read?

    5 against 1
    or
    none too fragile?

    I haven't read None Too Fragile, but I really enjoyed reading Five Against One.

    Same here. I'm just reading All Ancompassing Trip by Jason Leung at the mo - even though its not actually about the band its still a cool read and PJ related.
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  • PapPap Posts: 28,901
    tinkerbell wrote:
    I'm just reading All Encompassing Trip by Jason Leung.
    I finished it three days ago. Very good book. I strongly recommend it to any Pearl Jam fan.
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  • Shoetheshoeless1Shoetheshoeless1 Posts: 18
    I thought "Five Against One" was an interesting read. I've never heard of "None too Fragile", have to check that one out.
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  • Indifference71Indifference71 Posts: 14,834
    Shoetheshoeless1 wrote:
    I thought "Five Against One" was an interesting read. I've never heard of "None too Fragile", have to check that one out.


    Same here. I'll definitely check out 'None Too Fragile'
  • RoeghmannRoeghmann Posts: 968
    I hav a danish book: "I Pearl Jams fodspor" (in the footsteps of PJ)
    Mainly it is about the time after Roskilde 2000 and the meetings with the families of the 9 friends! Touching stuff.
    However the book contains a bit about the band, their history etc.

    All in All a great read.

    By the way - Henrik Tuxen is the author of the book
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  • OwlOwl Posts: 1,062
    Röeghmann wrote:
    I hav a danish book: "I Pearl Jams fodspor" (in the footsteps of PJ)
    Mainly it is about the time after Roskilde 2000 and the meetings with the families of the 9 friends! Touching stuff.
    However the book contains a bit about the band, their history etc.
    All in All a great read.
    By the way - Henrik Tuxen is the author of the book

    As far as you know, is there any English version of it?
  • RoeghmannRoeghmann Posts: 968
    No idea about an english version
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  • OwlOwl Posts: 1,062
    Röeghmann wrote:
    No idea about an english version

    I don't seem to find anything in fact. Thanks for your reply, though.
  • PilateOfTheStormPilateOfTheStorm Posts: 4,319
    just started reading None Too Fragile - ordered it over 5 vs 1 because it was cheaper :lol:

    some HUGE editing/publishing errors - like captions. quotes etc.etc. they really threw me off course because i am enjoying it quite a lot.
    only up to chapter 8 or 9, some cool stuff.

    edit: i'll post a better review for anyone interested once i've finished. also the version i have is the 5th edition - says it's been updated as part of the 20th anniversary celebrations. don't know how much has been added yet though
  • PapPap Posts: 28,901
    edited October 2022
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  • PapPap Posts: 28,901
    ^ Looks nice, but it's sold out...
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  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 92,118
    Pap said:
    ^ Looks nice, but it's sold out...

    Hope a 2nd edition is on it's way.
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