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NuclearTreeFrogNuclearTreeFrog Posts: 225
edited February 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
what should I get
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  • WildsWilds Posts: 4,329
    NuclearTreeFrog wrote:
    what should I get


    Try American Gods: A Novel by Neil Gaiman
  • DOSWDOSW Posts: 2,014
    Green Eggs and Ham. It's a good one.

    Failing that, I would check out the Grapes of Wrath if you haven't already.
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  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    Into The Wild............havent read it but I plan to soon
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  • rcsrcs Posts: 711
    A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
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  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,696
    I don't know what kind of books you like so here's a few suggestions:

    Duma Key by Stephen King
    Manhunt: the 12 Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer by James Swanson
    The Ruins by Scott Smith
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • McCready00McCready00 Posts: 371
    2001: A Space Odyssey

    The four books are awesome.. Everything by Arthur C. Clark is good.He also wrote Rendezvous with Rama, which is a really great book too.


    La Nuit Des Temps by Rene Barjavel is pretty good too.


    What about The Alchimist! (: a classic !
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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    anything by hunter s. thompson. what a fucking writer. my favorite of all time.
  • boxwine_in_hellboxwine_in_hell Posts: 1,263
    Go for a classic.

    The Sun Also Rises by Hemingway.

    You gotta love a book that is basically about a guy that got his meat shot up in World War I, that's in love with a nymphomaniac. All the while, the nympho falls in love with him as well and wants said meat in the worst way, but can't have it. They console themselves by travelling all over the place and getting plastered daily, while the nympho nails everything in sight and the guy with a bad crank drinks himself stupid with jealousy, longing and rage. It's an absolute masterpiece. Enjoy. As a side note, when I went to Paris and Madrid I tried to find as many of the bars that Hemingway talks about as I could. Quite a few are still in business.
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  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Touching the Void... everyone should read this... one of the most amazing unbelievable stories of human endurance ever told... and told brilliantly. Sooo inspirational :o

    http://www.amazon.com/Touching-Void-Story-Miraculous-Survival/dp/B00066R4T8/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203504256&sr=8-2
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  • Sian-of-the-deadSian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    I recommend 'The Book of Lost Things' by John Connelly as I've just finished reading it (I've also just finished Nikki Sixx's 'Heroin Diaries'... a surprisingly good read!). ... Lost things is a beautiful but kinda weird adult fairy tale complete with knights, a crooked man and even talking mythical creatures... a great read! :D
    Reading Terry Pratchett's 'The Unadulterated Cat' at the moment but planning on reading David Bellavia's 'House to House - An epic memoir of war' next, swiftly followed by Russell Brand's 'My Bookywook'
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  • bedface cooper.bedface cooper. Posts: 193
    because both of them have already been mentioned - Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's "Good Omens". I love to read that one over and over again :D
    Neil Gaiman's "Neverwhere" is a good read as well.
    can't think of a lot more now, I also adore Poppy Z Brite's way of writing, but then I don't know if you like "that kinda stuff".
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  • ChazzChazz Posts: 1,135
    I recently read Ishmael and am close to the end of The Story of B by Daniel Quinn. (Have yet to read the third of the set My Ishmael). VERY INTERESTING BOOKS, could change your whole outlook on life....
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  • rival.rival. Posts: 7,775
    GlorifiedAnimal wrote:
    anything by hunter s. thompson. what a fucking writer. my favorite of all time.

    what he said.

    i just finished the rum diary, and now i started the curse of lono. both amazing!!
  • acoustic guyacoustic guy Posts: 3,770
    Kitchen Confidential. Anthoney Bourdaine, Great Book
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  • IndifferenceIndifference Posts: 2,690
    If you want some great laughs:

    http://www.amazon.com/Hope-They-Serve-Beer-Hell/dp/0806527285

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  • moxiemoxie Posts: 80
    The Perks of Being a Wallflower

    It's maybe the best book I've ever read.
    I have dogs instead of children... I'd rather ruin my carpet than my life.
  • cubbieblue82cubbieblue82 Posts: 292
    Tortilla Curtain by TC Boyle.

    One of my favorite books of all time, by one of my favorite authors. Don't see his books mentioned too much around here, but it is definitely worth reading!

    This ones about an illegal immigrant husband and wife who manage to find themselves on a collision course with a white yuppie family in Southern California. Really a funny, touching book and definitely appropriate for our current situation with immigration.
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  • CollinCollin Posts: 4,931
    Rant - Chuck Palahniuk
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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    boxwine_in_hell wrote:
    Go for a classic.

    The Sun Also Rises by Hemingway.

    You gotta love a book that is basically about a guy that got his meat shot up in World War I, that's in love with a nymphomaniac. All the while, the nympho falls in love with him as well and wants said meat in the worst way, but can't have it. They console themselves by travelling all over the place and getting plastered daily, while the nympho nails everything in sight and the guy with a bad crank drinks himself stupid with jealousy, longing and rage. It's an absolute masterpiece. Enjoy. As a side note, when I went to Paris and Madrid I tried to find as many of the bars that Hemingway talks about as I could. Quite a few are still in business.

    good call. one of my all time fav novels.

    also second 'american gods.'

    someone mentioned 'confederacy of dunces.' i have to say, i really wanted to like that book, but just found it annoying. maybe i need to re-read it. i just found it absurd, and not in the good way like joseph heller... in the slapstick way like adam sandler.
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    cubbieblue82 wrote:
    Tortilla Curtain by TC Boyle.

    One of my favorite books of all time, by one of my favorite authors. Don't see his books mentioned too much around here, but it is definitely worth reading!

    This ones about an illegal immigrant husband and wife who manage to find themselves on a collision course with a white yuppie family in Southern California. Really a funny, touching book and definitely appropriate for our current situation with immigration.

    i was thinking of checking out that or drop city. i rather liked water music, but really didnt like talk talk, so im not sure about boyle yet.
  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,696
    soulsinging wrote:
    someone mentioned 'confederacy of dunces.' i have to say, i really wanted to like that book, but just found it annoying. maybe i need to re-read it. i just found it absurd, and not in the good way like joseph heller... in the slapstick way like adam sandler.

    I read it last year and liked it, but not as much as most people seem to. I did find the main character to be annoying for the majority of the book.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • BinFrogBinFrog Posts: 7,309
    Wilds wrote:
    Try American Gods: A Novel by Neil Gaiman


    One of my favorites.

    "Neverwhere" was even better.
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  • EnkiduEnkidu Posts: 2,996
    I just finished Duma Key. Loads of fun and scary as hell if you're in the mood for that.

    Or The Gum Thief by Douglas Coupland.
  • PJ_SalukiPJ_Saluki Posts: 1,006
    If you're looking for some light fiction with snappy dialogue, anything by Elmore Leonard is a great choice.

    For something more substantial, try "The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power" by Daniel Yergin. It's a very readable history of oil in the U.S. and the world.
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  • mole1985mole1985 Posts: 1,119
    The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Its the same author who wrote 'No Country for Old Men'. I came upon this by accident but the reviews were not your usual 'must read'. Only half way through but it is VERY powerful. It's aldo being made into a movie this year. Here's some reviews on a handy website

    http://www.metacritic.com/books/authors/mccarthycormac/road?q=the%20road
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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    PJ_Saluki wrote:
    If you're looking for some light fiction with snappy dialogue, anything by Elmore Leonard is a great choice.

    For something more substantial, try "The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power" by Daniel Yergin. It's a very readable history of oil in the U.S. and the world.

    i've only read one elmore leonard novel. i tend more to the hard-boiled end of the spectrum. chandler, hammett. i was kinda disappointed by dennis lehane's first novel, but it's kinda in the same vein as leonard, only not as smooth.
  • QuarterToTenQuarterToTen Posts: 3,636
    anything by Chuck Klosterman.
    Nice shirt.
  • inmyrvminmyrvm Posts: 933
    Collin wrote:
    Rant - Chuck Palahniuk
    get his new one when it comes out. it's about a gangbang.
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  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    NuclearTreeFrog wrote:
    what should I get

    Luke Rhinehardt - 'The Dice Man'
  • NYbenbenNYbenben Posts: 1,020
    Indifference wrote:
    If you want some great laughs:

    http://www.amazon.com/Hope-They-Serve-Beer-Hell/dp/0806527285

    If your PC sensitive stay away - far away.


    this book is absolutly AMAZING... some of the funniest and raunchiest shit you'll ever read (besides Penthouse Letters)... it is like a Harliquen Romance Novel... for MEN!
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