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EMMAh 10.06.2006 05:30 PM

Recommend me (or someone else) a book
 
I've got 25 bucks to spend at Chapters and have no clue what to buy.
I like books about:
doggies
drugs
crazy people
people with fucked up ideas
I'll think of more later.

You know the drill...

Radioactive Poltergeist 10.06.2006 05:35 PM

Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky
The Trial by Franz Kafka
The Plague by Albert Camus

those are my three favourite books, at the moment at least. I'm assuming you've read On the Road, but you need to if you havent.

finding nobody 10.06.2006 05:37 PM

Perfume BY Patrick Suskind is what i've been reading. The main character is pretty crazy

Pookie 10.06.2006 05:46 PM

Diary of a Madman by Gogol (short story) about a crazy man and features a dog! And it's great.

EMMAh 10.06.2006 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Radioactive Poltergeist
Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky
The Trial by Franz Kafka


I like the sound of these two the best :) Especially The Trial

EMMAh 10.06.2006 05:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by finding nobody
Perfume BY Patrick Suskind is what i've been reading. The main character is pretty crazy


I've heard this one is really good. Kurt wrote a song about it or something too? I can't remember which one at the moment hahah.

Cantankerous 10.06.2006 05:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by finding nobody
Perfume BY Patrick Suskind is what i've been reading. The main character is pretty crazy

kurdt.
Quote:

Originally Posted by EMMAh
I've heard this one is really good. Kurt wrote a song about it or something too? I can't remember which one at the moment hahah.


scentless apprentice

For Savage Drone?

http://www.amazon.com/Phil-Collins-O...e=UTF8&s=books

Tokolosh 10.06.2006 05:51 PM

 

Hip Priest 10.06.2006 05:51 PM

Tibor Fischer - The Thought Gang
Nicola Barker - Small Holdings
Evelyn Waugh - The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold

finding nobody 10.06.2006 05:52 PM

Hey you!
http://myspace.com/cantankerous

Radioactive Poltergeist 10.06.2006 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EMMAh
I like the sound of these two the best :) Especially The Trial

Oh yeah, lots of crazy in those books!

o o o 10.06.2006 05:53 PM

Maldoror by Lautréamont... one of my favourite books, maybe my favourite... it probably features some dogs at some point...

EMMAh 10.06.2006 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Cantankerous

scentless apprentice


Ahhh, you're right! Jeez I'm an idiot

nomadicfollower 10.06.2006 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EMMAh
I like the sound of these two the best :) Especially The Trial




The Trail isn't really a pleasure read though (neither is Dostoevsky or Camus (even if they are good books in other respects)))...I'd suggest something else...
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is where it's at, if I know you (which I probably don't). In fact, any of Thompson's novels.
Douglas Adam's for some fun. Maybe even a William Gibson novel.
Or get a non-fiction book on a musical genre or band.

Radioactive Poltergeist 10.06.2006 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by nomadicfollower
The Trail isn't really a pleasure read though (neither is Dostoevsky or Camus (even if they are good books in other respects)))...I'd suggest something else...
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is where it's at, if I know you (which I probably don't). In fact, any of Thompson's novels.
Douglas Adam's for some fun. Maybe even a William Gibson novel.
Or get a non-fiction book on a musical genre or band.

well, yeah, but if you want something to think about, then go for those. The Trial is actually a really easy read, so is the Plague to an extent. Crime and Punishment is a little more difficult though.

Have you read On the Road emma?

Danny Himself 10.06.2006 06:01 PM

 

You will love this book, Emmah. I did.

http://www.amazon.com/Drugs-Are-Nice.../dp/1932360948

nomadicfollower 10.06.2006 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Radioactive Poltergeist
well, yeah, but if you want something to think about, then go for those. The Trial is actually a really easy read, so is the Plague to an extent. Crime and Punishment is a little more difficult though.

Have you read On the Road emma?




I didn't think The Trail was that easy...at least grasping the meaning of it (which I fear I missed),

EMMAh 10.06.2006 06:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nomadicfollower
The Trail isn't really a pleasure read though (neither is Dostoevsky or Camus (even if they are good books in other respects)))...I'd suggest something else...
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is where it's at, if I know you (which I probably don't). In fact, any of Thompson's novels.
Douglas Adam's for some fun. Maybe even a William Gibson novel.
Or get a non-fiction book on a musical genre or band.


I love Fear and Loathing. I wanna read The Rum Diary but I'm not going to buy that cause my friend has it.

EMMAh 10.06.2006 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Radioactive Poltergeist
well, yeah, but if you want something to think about, then go for those. The Trial is actually a really easy read, so is the Plague to an extent. Crime and Punishment is a little more difficult though.

Have you read On the Road emma?


No, I haven't. I couldn't really understand the info I read on it though, what's it about?

EMMAh 10.06.2006 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Bytor Peltor
I'm guessing you have a $25 gift card? If so, you can always stick it on Ebay and let someone buy it from you for $20. They will save $5 and you can use the $20 to go buy some new music.

You can always check out the books mentioned here from the library for FREE :)

If you must purchase a book, I recommend this:

Mix Tape: The Art of Cassette Culture
by Thurston Moore

http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/image...sbn=0789311992


I don't Ebay, momma works at a bank and sees too much fraud.


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