Book Recommendations

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 7/8/2004, 7:20 pm

analyzing books kills them, i hate when teachers make us do that with books i wanted to read

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 7/8/2004, 8:10 pm

I wish we had analyzed The Catcher in the Rye

clumsychild_ · Post by **clumsychild_** » 7/8/2004, 8:30 pm

^ Awesome, awesome book. I read it a little while ago and quite enjoyed it. :nod:

I'm currently reading 1984 which is also quite good. I'd recommend it, but I think Rob has read it. I swear he mentioned it sometime.. :freak:

Lydia · Post by **Lydia** » 7/9/2004, 12:30 pm

Kushiel's Dart and Kushiel's Chosen, both by Jacqueline Carey. I haven't read Kushiel's Avatar, the last part of the trilogy yet, so I can't recommend it, but I'm sure that one's amazing as well.

One-Eye · Post by **One-Eye** » 7/9/2004, 12:38 pm

Oh! Oh! Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and its sequel, Lila, by Robert M. Pirsig.

Everyone should read those books. :nod:

Soozy · Post by **Soozy** » 7/9/2004, 1:18 pm

Long Jon wrote:vernon god little.

seriously, it's an awesome book.
it's very michael mooreish.

i need somebody else to read this so i can compare thoughts with them. it;s very satirical.

It's on my 'books I've bought but not read yet' shelf. I think I'll end up talking it to the UHMU with me to read on the plane as I don't really want to be entering the US with a copy of Dude, Where's My Country or the book about Iraq and the war which is also on that shelf.

As for good books to read, I really like the following:
Anything by Douglas Coupland - especially Girlfriend in a Coma
John Steinbeck - Of Mice & Men
Oliver Sacks - The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat

deniedjunkie · Post by **deniedjunkie** » 7/9/2004, 1:24 pm

A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide

The Two Faces of Islam: The House of Sa'ud from Tradition to Terror

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 7/9/2004, 1:52 pm

I picked up Vernon God Little today.

One-Eye · Post by **One-Eye** » 7/9/2004, 2:05 pm

Soozy wrote:Oliver Sacks - The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat

Yes! Yesyesyesyes yes yes yes!

In sum, yes. :mrgreen:

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 7/9/2004, 2:25 pm

That sounds outstandingly good by title alone!

One-Eye · Post by **One-Eye** » 7/9/2004, 2:49 pm

It's a collection of true case studies by a neurologist of people with different kinds of brain damage. It's fucking NUTS! There's this one about this dude who wakes up in his hospital bed screaming that his left leg's been amputated and replaced with a fake leg. So the nurses come down and they're all, "Your leg hasn't been amputated." And he's all, "YES IT HAS!" And they're all, "Then what's that right there?", pointing at his leg and he's like. "THAT'S THE FAKE LEG THEY GAVE ME! LOOK HOW GROSS IT IS!" And they're all, "Then why is it attached to your body?" And when he finds out that it is, in fact, attached to him, he flips out even more. :wtf:

The whole book is wacky like that. Good shit. There's a sequel called An Anthropologist on Mars, which is also stoopid wicked awesome. :nod:

clumsychild_ · Post by **clumsychild_** » 7/9/2004, 2:56 pm

That sounds awesome. :nod:

*adds to list*

Long Jonny · Post by **Long Jonny** » 7/9/2004, 3:23 pm

Axtech wrote:I picked up Vernon God Little today.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! Good choice! You'll like it.

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 7/9/2004, 3:29 pm

One-Eye wrote:It's a collection of true case studies by a neurologist of people with different kinds of brain damage. It's fucking NUTS! There's this one about this dude who wakes up in his hospital bed screaming that his left leg's been amputated and replaced with a fake leg. So the nurses come down and they're all, "Your leg hasn't been amputated." And he's all, "YES IT HAS!" And they're all, "Then what's that right there?", pointing at his leg and he's like. "THAT'S THE FAKE LEG THEY GAVE ME! LOOK HOW GROSS IT IS!" And they're all, "Then why is it attached to your body?" And when he finds out that it is, in fact, attached to him, he flips out even more.

The whole book is wacky like that. Good shit. There's a sequel called An Anthropologist on Mars, which is also stoopid wicked awesome.

Definately going to read that, too. :nod:

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 7/9/2004, 3:31 pm

omg i want to read that book

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 7/9/2004, 3:40 pm

Now that I'm all set, I'll suggest some...

Waiting For Godot by Samuel Beckett - very very very good existential play
When Rabbit Howls by Truddi Chace - a first person perspective on the experience of living through an abusive childhood and developing multiple personalities.

Sonya · Post by **Sonya** » 7/9/2004, 6:12 pm

Soozy wrote:Anything by Douglas Coupland - especially Girlfriend in a Coma

Douglas Coupland is pretty cool. I picked up Microserfs a while ago, and laughed my way through the entire book. It's sooo awesomely cool. :lol:

Waiting to Exist · Post by **Waiting to Exist** » 7/9/2004, 7:27 pm

Have you read the Hitchhiker's Guide books? Good stuff there too.

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 7/9/2004, 7:31 pm

I just finished the Hitch Hiker's Trillogy of Five. Great stuff. The first book was definately the best, but each of the others offered something really good, too. Douglas Adams' sense of obscure and ironic humour is great.

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 7/13/2004, 9:03 am

Long Jonny wrote:
Axtech wrote:I picked up Vernon God Little today.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! Good choice! You'll like it.

Man, this book is good. I'm about a third of the way through, and I love it. :nod: