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finding emo · Post by **finding emo** » 7/26/2003, 1:30 pm

Spiritual Machines is a good book to read a lot for a while and then take a break from it...and then read more.

thirdhour · Post by **thirdhour** » 7/26/2003, 2:59 pm

if you want reeeaal light reading, read Holes

that book rocks :thumbs:

starseed_10 · Post by **starseed_10** » 7/26/2003, 3:42 pm

that movie was hillarious. it was possibly the most poorly made theatre movie ever... but it was well worth going to see just to laugh at it.

I've heard good things about the book though, and Luis Sachar is a really good author.

Solidarity 9-6347 · Post by **Solidarity 9-6347** » 7/26/2003, 5:22 pm

"catch-22" by joseph heller will keep you laughing for hours

if you want a pretty occupying book i'd go with "the fountainhead" by ayn rand(my favorite book) but its real long

also, "Ishmael" by daniel quinn is kickass once you get past the fact that he's talking to a gorilla

megxyz128 · Post by **megxyz128** » 7/26/2003, 9:53 pm

starseed_10 wrote:I suggest Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams for a light read. there's nothing at all serious in it, just a fun book.

aww that makes me sad because that guy just died.

perhaps i'll read those books as a tribute?

edit: nevermind, he died like 2 years ago, but the buttface who told me made it sound like it was recent.

thirdhour · Post by **thirdhour** » 7/27/2003, 4:08 am

xonodoubt69 wrote::lol: I was just thinking that about John Stamos the other day when i saw that commercial. You should bring "The Perks of being a Wallflower".

haha, crazy. i walked into a bookstore today (i was looking for books on kurt cobain) and i saw that book and i couldnt remember for the life of me where i had heard of it....

it didnt come to me until i read your post again...

xoNoDoubt69 · Post by **xoNoDoubt69** » 7/27/2003, 10:18 am

cool.you should have bought it.good book.

ourladypeace10000 · Post by **ourladypeace10000** » 7/28/2003, 3:03 pm

"The Age of Spiritual Machines" is a REALLY good book! When I first saw it I didn't really think that it would be, but it really was such a good book. I've read it twice. Oh, and George Orwell's "1984" and his book "Animal Farm" are both really good too. Those are the types of books you'd want to read if you're interested in crazy f##ked up endings. "1984" is sort of long, but "animal farm" is a really good short book and you'll really enjoy it! It's short and good and perfect!

Oh, and when did this book "Are we Spiritual Machines?" come out. I so have to get this book!

starvingeyes · Post by **starvingeyes** » 7/28/2003, 3:14 pm

i would recommend

"Saying Yes" by jacob sullum. it is about doing drugs.
"Atlas Shrugged" by ayn rand. it is about what is right and what is not. it is very long.
"Treason" by ann coulter. it is very dumb. so dumb it's funny. ann coulter is the dumbest person in the world.

Susan · Post by **Susan** » 7/28/2003, 3:27 pm

Susan Recommends

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Get the five-in-one omnibus edition if you can. It's the best way to go about reading them.

Microserfs by Douglas Coupland. My personal pick for a good read.

Whale Music and Civlization, both by Paul Quarrington. To describe them in a word, I'll use "quirky".

The Age of Spiritual Machines because it was that good.

Nineteen Eighty-four by George Orwell.

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. Most people find it somewhat confusing. It takes some careful reading and thinking to put it all together. I somehow managed to write a perfect independant study on it.

Stupid White Men by Michael Moore.

Any of the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett. There's about 40 of them.

The Science of Discworld by Terry Pratchett and two other guys whose names escape me.

thirdhour · Post by **thirdhour** » 7/28/2003, 3:32 pm

i had a plan to finish atlas shrugged this summer. im like two chapters in and i started like two months ago. i hate my long-book-laziness.

Automatic_Flowers · Post by **Automatic_Flowers** » 7/29/2003, 9:54 am

I hope this is goodbye wrote:Catcher In The Rye by JD Sallinger

East of Eden by....I think Steinbeck. The guy who wrote Grapes of Wrath.

Definitely, definitely Catcher In The Rye... I love that book

Also..Watchers by Deen Koontz is good, but its very long and wordy, or Strangers by Dean Koontz

Or.. anything by Robin Cook..if you like fiction medical thrillers