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Radioactive Poltergeist · 10.06.2006, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by EMMAh

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

It's about this guy who hitch hikes and drives round the United States in the 40's looking for freedom and jazz and romantic shit like that. It's a classic of the beat generation and another of my favourite books. You'd really like it.

Radioactive Poltergeist · 10.06.2006, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by nomadicfollower

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

Well, easy in the sense that the literature flows well. The meaning I agree is very obscure, though I think there are hints of the author dealing with anti semitism, among other things. You know, he's being persecuted, but he doesn't know why, and when he tries to find out, the answers are impossible and just lead him further down this existentialist nightmare.

Man, what a great book.

EMMAh · 10.06.2006, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Radioactive Poltergeist

It's about this guy who hitch hikes and drives round the United States in the 40's looking for freedom and jazz and romantic shit like that. It's a classic of the beat generation and another of my favourite books. You'd really like it.

Awesome, I may look into getting that

static-harmony · 10.06.2006, 06:49 PM

Why don't you get The Perks of being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, It was really a good read.

EMMAh · 10.06.2006, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by static-harmony

Why don't you get The Perks of being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, It was really a good read.

That does sound really good

static-harmony · 10.06.2006, 07:00 PM

It is about a kid coming of age, it is somewhat like The Catcher in the Rye, oh there is another one if you haven't read it.

EMMAh · 10.06.2006, 07:03 PM

I haven't, I also heard that that's really good as well.

static-harmony · 10.06.2006, 07:05 PM

Yeah, also if you haven't picked it up, read Confusion is Next: The Sonic Youth Stoy- By Alec Foege. It has cool picture, and some good insight on the No Wave scene as far as I read into this scene.

finding nobody · 10.06.2006, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by static-harmony

Yeah, also if you haven't picked it up, read Confusion is Next: The Sonic Youth Stoy- By Alec Foege. It has cool picture, and some good insight on the No Wave scene as far as I read into this scene.

Word

Cantankerous · 10.06.2006, 07:28 PM

Confusion Is Next is HORRIBLE.

Radioactive Poltergeist · 10.06.2006, 07:36 PM

I didn't think it was horrible, just really really average.

golden child · 10.06.2006, 07:38 PM

crime in punishment isnt a pleasure?
fuck that was one of the pleasurest books i read in awhile, highly recommended.

dont read the perks of being a wallflower PLEASE, read catcher in the rye if you must but avoid this book, about 99% of anything "coming of age" sucks ass.

id suggest "tropic of cancer" by henry miller.

EMMAh · 10.06.2006, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by golden child

crime in punishment isnt a pleasure?
fuck that was one of the pleasurest books i read in awhile, highly recommended.

dont read the perks of being a wallflower PLEASE, read catcher in the rye if you must but avoid this book, about 99% of anything "coming of age" sucks ass.

id suggest "tropic of cancer" by henry miller.

Alright, hahaha I wont get The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
Tropic of Cancer sounds pretty cool.

I'm going to have a hard time choosing a book cause a lot of the suggestions are really good.

Radioactive Poltergeist · 10.06.2006, 08:10 PM

I went to get Tropic of Cancer out from my local library and the clerk there insisted I had to be 18.

Good book.

youthoftomorrow · 10.06.2006, 10:05 PM

get Burning Chrome or Neuromancer, both by William Gibson.

k-krack · 10.06.2006, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Radioactive Poltergeist

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.

I listened to a couple of Kafka's short stories (on cd) during a drive home from montreal. wonderful, they were. One was about an ape who learned to drink, and does a lecture somewhere.. a school?

racehorse · 10.07.2006, 06:55 AM

"junkie" by william burroughs

The Lung · 10.07.2006, 09:46 AM

Great trippy book with amazing illustrations

blue sunlover · 10.07.2006, 09:50 AM

if you haven t read jack kerrouak on the road read this .

touch me i'm sick · 10.07.2006, 11:04 AM

perks of being a wallflower wasn't that great at all. it's one of those godamn young adult books that are predictable as hell.

10.06.2006, 06:49 PM	#24
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10.06.2006, 07:00 PM	#26
static-harmony invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: outside L.A Posts: 5,156	It is about a kid coming of age, it is somewhat like The Catcher in the Rye, oh there is another one if you haven't read it. __________________
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10.06.2006, 07:03 PM	#27
EMMAh invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,433	I haven't, I also heard that that's really good as well. __________________
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10.06.2006, 07:05 PM	#28
static-harmony invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: outside L.A Posts: 5,156	Yeah, also if you haven't picked it up, read Confusion is Next: The Sonic Youth Stoy- By Alec Foege. It has cool picture, and some good insight on the No Wave scene as far as I read into this scene. __________________
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10.06.2006, 07:28 PM	#30
Cantankerous invito al cielo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A RETIREMENT HOME Posts: 18,499	Confusion Is Next is HORRIBLE. __________________ RETIRED
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10.06.2006, 07:36 PM	#31
Radioactive Poltergeist bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The boy's cock is sore, Naevoluse Posts: 139	I didn't think it was horrible, just really really average.
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10.06.2006, 07:38 PM	#32
golden child expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,672	crime in punishment isnt a pleasure? fuck that was one of the pleasurest books i read in awhile, highly recommended. dont read the perks of being a wallflower PLEASE, read catcher in the rye if you must but avoid this book, about 99% of anything "coming of age" sucks ass. id suggest "tropic of cancer" by henry miller. __________________ blind
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10.06.2006, 08:10 PM	#34
Radioactive Poltergeist bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The boy's cock is sore, Naevoluse Posts: 139	I went to get Tropic of Cancer out from my local library and the clerk there insisted I had to be 18. Good book.
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10.06.2006, 10:05 PM	#35
youthoftomorrow expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Idaho. Posts: 1,418	get Burning Chrome or Neuromancer, both by William Gibson. __________________ avalanche.
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10.07.2006, 06:55 AM	#37
racehorse 100% Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 784	"junkie" by william burroughs
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10.07.2006, 09:46 AM	#38
The Lung stalker Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Leeds Posts: 299	Great trippy book with amazing illustrations
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blue sunlover stalker Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Luxembourg Posts: 506	if you haven t read jack kerrouak on the road read this . __________________ aha
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10.07.2006, 11:04 AM	#40
touch me i'm sick expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,936	perks of being a wallflower wasn't that great at all. it's one of those godamn young adult books that are predictable as hell.
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