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hey, you!
Posted: 7/25/2003, 2:10 pm
by megxyz128
i'm going away next week and i need a book to read (nothing bad, or boring, or really long for that matter) a fun book that i might like. ok go! and if you don't like reading books, yet still feel the need to participate in this thread then discuss how sad it is that john stamos is in telephone commercials now.
Posted: 7/25/2003, 2:54 pm
by xoNoDoubt69
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".
Posted: 7/25/2003, 3:54 pm
by robcore
"At Last there is nothing left to say." By Matthew Good. Oh, and "1984" by Georgie Orwell
Posted: 7/25/2003, 3:55 pm
by Mechanical Thought
I've only read a little bit, but it was fucking amazing.
Posted: 7/25/2003, 3:57 pm
by sandsleeper
Kiss of the Spider Woman (my sig quote is actually from this, beautiful, beautiful book. will blow your mind)
or
Heartbreak Tango (funny as hell at parts and also incredibly sad)
both by Manuel Puig.
or One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, it's long but SO DAMN GOOD. you'll fly through it.
yeah i'm really into south american writers at the moment.
Posted: 7/25/2003, 3:58 pm
by robcore
"Playboy Magazine issue # 304" by hugh hefner.
Posted: 7/25/2003, 4:00 pm
by Neil
which one is that? haha this months?
Posted: 7/25/2003, 4:07 pm
by trentm32
I'd go with "On The Road", by Jack Kerouac. That book friggin' rocks.
Posted: 7/25/2003, 4:09 pm
by Axtech
Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind. A little clichéd here and there, but an overall good read. Plus the rest of the series will knock you flat.
Posted: 7/25/2003, 4:12 pm
by Neil
Ray's book "The Age of Spiritual Machines" is actually quite kick ass.
You also can't go wrong with either of Bill O'Reilly's books.
Posted: 7/25/2003, 4:16 pm
by finding emo
trentm32 wrote:I'd go with "On The Road", by Jack Kerouac. That book friggin' rocks.
I liked "Maggie Cassidy" more... just me.
Posted: 7/25/2003, 5:49 pm
by Axtech
Neil down and obey.. wrote:Ray's book "The Age of Spiritual Machines" is actually quite kick ass.
Definately. If you haven't read this, do it.
<- read it twice
It's pretty heavy reading, but amazingly interesting.
Posted: 7/25/2003, 8:27 pm
by Sufjan Stevens
Catcher In The Rye by JD Sallinger
East of Eden by....I think Steinbeck. The guy who wrote Grapes of Wrath.
Posted: 7/25/2003, 8:30 pm
by Lando
my bro just bought "Are We Spiritual Machines?: Ray Kurzweil Vs. the Critics of Strong AI"
He hasn't really stopped reading since he's gotten it.
Posted: 7/25/2003, 8:34 pm
by Dabekk
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.
good choice, yeah it was steinbeck I was just gonna recommend some of his stuff . . . like the aforementioned east of eden and grapes of wrath, as well as 'of mice and men' and 'the red pony'
Posted: 7/25/2003, 8:52 pm
by tasha
Axtech wrote:Neil down and obey.. wrote:Ray's book "The Age of Spiritual Machines" is actually quite kick ass.
Definately. If you haven't read this, do it.
<- read it twice
It's pretty heavy reading, but amazingly interesting.
i got about halfway through, reading every page twice or more. and i was still completely lost.
Posted: 7/26/2003, 3:26 am
by Lando
Hurry up and buy ARE WE SPIRITUAL MACHINES?
Posted: 7/26/2003, 7:22 am
by Axtech
That's definately the next book I'm getting.
Posted: 7/26/2003, 11:35 am
by megxyz128
hmm, i'm interested in perks of being a wallflower, and on the road since i haven't read that yet.
and yeah, i really want to get the ray kurzweil books, but i wouldn't consider those light reading. lol.
anyway, thanks anyone who suggested anything.
Posted: 7/26/2003, 1:01 pm
by starseed_10
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.