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…in no particular order.
Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Women by Charles Bukowski
Junky by William Burrough (or try Naked Lunch if you’ve got an extra 10 months)
Hell’s Angels by Hunter Thompson
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald
Cosmic Banditos by ??????
The Art of Being by Erich Fromm* Catcher in the rye (I don’t remember the author)
* All the diaries of Adrian Mole by Sue TownsendAt this moment I’m reading Dutch literature, so I don’t think you know any of that. [img]images/smiles/converted/wink.gif[/img]
Pim
Catcher in the Rye is by JD Salinger. Fantastic book….definately goes on the list.
And your right….I don’t get a chance to read many Dutch novels. [img]images/smiles/converted/biggrin.gif[/img]
JD Salinger is the man!
Another geat book was Clockwork Orange. I read it years ago. It was a very nice book, but I had some problems with the language. But at the end, when I finished after two months, it was a great book.
i read a clockwork orange with a dictionary(?) in the back of the book, explaining all the words.. a lot of the words mean the same and could be used many ways. i thought that was neat. anyways,.
now time for Defduck’s book club.
In Order Of Priority.1) On The Road – Jack Kerouac
2) Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell
3) A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess
4) Dharma Bums – Jack Kerouac
5) Animal Farm – George Orwell
6) The Day Television Died – Don McGuire
7) Downsize This! – Michael Moore
8) Doors Of Perception – Aldous Huxley
9) The Town And The City – Jack Kerouac
10) The Tao Of Pooh – Benjamin HoffAll these books have had great influence on me. If anyone has read the day television died. please tell me. i dont know anyone who has. and i wonder what others think of it. i think its brilliant. also. if anyone has read THE BEGINNING WAS THE END by Oscar Kiss Maerth, could they tell me about it and if anyone knows where i can get a copy, please share. later. [img]images/smiles/converted/biggrin.gif[/img]
More good books are ;
Will Self ; Cock and bull
Danny Sugerman ; Wonderland Avenue
Iain Banks ; Wasp Factory
Tom Wolfe ; The electric kool-aid acid test
William Gibson ; Neuromanceer
Ellen Miller ; Like being killed.Hey,
Another really cool book by George Orwell is Down and Out In Paris and London. Orwell works and lives in the slums of Paris and London…living the life of a hobo…pretty cool book. Very interesting presentation of the difficulties of existing on pretty much zippo cash in the 30’s(?), great commentary by Orwell!!!
Allison
Kudos to Jebus for Confederacy of Dunces and defduck for Dharma Bums.
In addition:
Cryptomnicon by Stephenson
Slaughterhouse Five by Vonnegut
Breakfast Of Champions by Vonnegut
The Bible (as a work of fiction) by Various Authors
Catch 22 by Heller
Something Happened by Heller
On The Road by Kerouac
The Trial by Kafka
The Stranger by Camus
House Of Leaves by Dougle
(can’t remember)
Crime And Punishment by Dostoyevski
The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevski
The Idiot by Dostoyezski
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by someone
Steal This Book by Abbie HoffmanI’ll type up more later. Reading is my favorite hobby.
<BLOCKQUOTE><font>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by ELJ:
<STRONG>Kudos to Jebus for Confederacy of Dunces and defduck for Dharma Bums.In addition:
Cryptomnicon by Stephenson
Slaughterhouse Five by Vonnegut
Breakfast Of Champions by Vonnegut
The Bible (as a work of fiction) by Various Authors
Catch 22 by Heller
Something Happened by Heller
On The Road by Kerouac
The Trial by Kafka
The Stranger by Camus
House Of Leaves by Douglewski (can’t remember)
Crime And Punishment by Dostoyevski
The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevski
The Idiot by Dostoyezski
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by someone
Steal This Book by Abbie Hoffman
1984 by Orwell
Paradise Lost by Milton
Paradise Found by Milton
Brave New World by Huxley
The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald
Absalom Absalom by Faulkener
The Sound And The Fury by Faulkener
Sister Carrie by someone
Ulysses by Joyce
Portait of the Young Man As An Artist by Joyce
The Complete Works of W.B. Yeats
Canterbury Tales by Chaucer
Clockwork Orange by Burgess
Anything by Clive Barker
A Time To Kill by GrishamI’ll type up more later. Reading is my favorite hobby.</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
I’d say reading would be my second favourite hobby, after music…
Anyhow try this little lot
Vonnegut – Slaughterhouse 5, hocus pocus, cat’s cradle. pretty much anything as the man’s a genius
Joseph Heller – Catch 22
george Orwell – as mentioned 1984, and Paris and London – but try also A homage to Catalonia – autobiography about his experiences in the spanish civil war – just brough out in uk with a whole load of extra essays, newsaper articles etc attached.
Hunter s Thompson, pretty much everything but suprised no-ones mentioned fear and loathing…
big yes to catcher in the rye read that in one sitting then had to go back and read again.
try also the outsider (my favourite) and the plague by camus.
the castle – kafka
bret easton ellis – american psycho, glamorama
steinbeck – grapes of wrath, mice and men.
naomi klein – no logo – not fiction this one but a very intelligent deconstruction of brand culture and the rise of multi nationals – i’d advise anyone with a conscience to read this book.
graham greene, brighton rock, the power and the glory and many many more.
bukowski – post office – very funny.
I’m sure there’s many many more I’ve forgotten, might have to check out my bookshleves and come back with another liat later…
At the moment I’m reading "Visual Basic 6 From Scratch". I need to go to the library [img]images/smiles/converted/wink.gif[/img]
<BLOCKQUOTE><font>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by PeteSome:
<STRONG>At the moment I’m reading "Visual Basic 6 From Scratch". I need to go to the library [img]images/smiles/converted/wink.gif[/img]</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>You sound like me [img]images/smiles/converted/smile.gif[/img] I am usually found reading tech books when I get the chance to read nowdays. If you want a good deal on some tech books check http://lcis.booksonline.com
* just note that you don’t have to take one of their pre-selected packages. You can select your own. Also remember to look around. I think they have some their flash books in their graphics club as opposed to just the web section
I am hoping to have some free time soon so that I can read some real books you guys have been listing here.
Yeah I haven’t read a ‘proper’ book for ages. Either reading for uni work or tech books to try and better myself [img]images/smiles/converted/rolleyes.gif[/img] Total geek!!
Its the summer now though, so I should get a chance.
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"Visual Basic 6.0 From Scratch"
Haven’t read it but it sounds delightful.
*cough*VBrulesC++drools*cough*Hey,
I sound like a few of you guys above, not tech books but always checking out new books,articles, journals about the work I do…gotta stay current!!! Actually some pretty interesting stuff but hey guess its a good thing I like what I do.
Recent road trip brought a very easy to read book…Dead Men Do Tell Tales by William R Maples and Michael Browning. Forensic Anthropologist going over some of his cases…murder mysteries at the most horrifying level. Hmmmm guess thats why I was so paranoid at the hotel, in the small towns we stopped in…go figure [img]images/smiles/converted/cwm12.gif[/img]
Allison [img]images/smiles/converted/newangel.gif[/img]
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