Suggest some books!

[Gusto]

Originally Posted by tiedye

Sometimes I lay awake at night tracing his name on the condensation building up on my window while watching the rainfall, just hoping that he'll give me good karma in the morning.

ya this is creepy, but i understand. i'm dreamy.

[rawb]

MARABOU STORK NIGHTMARES IS WELSH'S BEST BOOK o

[cubed]

I've been meaning to read that lately.

Maybe I'll swing by chapters on my way home.

[tiedye]

I'd kill for a Chapters up here right now. I've got about $500 I'm willing to spend on books right now, and no bookstore within a 4 hour drive.

[TrixX]

ah, this thread is awesome!

thanks for the recommendation jim ;)

looks like theres a few i need to go pick up.

chad, its such a good read, first thing that came to my mind when i thought about a book to recommend for you :)

[lildonkey]

Should I be ulta-trendy and suggest "Art of war" ?

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[crookedking]

Originally Posted by Gusto

yeah siddartha is a good but quick read, i'd recommend it.

freakonomics is another quick but interesting read.

i also highly recommend the "a song of ice and fire" series by J R R Martin... best fantasy series i've read.

it's george rr martin.

if you're going out in the bush and you need a lot of reading material but don't want to spend hours wandering around chapters looking for all the shitty books that have been recommended to you pick up bernard cornwell. the guy has about 50 books written so far and each one of them kicks ass.

[crookedking]

Originally Posted by tiedye

I have decided to pick up some Huxley. Perhaps I'll do Brave New World: Round 4.

ugh. go and return that book.

[crookedking]

Originally Posted by lildonkey

Should I be ulta-trendy and suggest "Art of war" ?

i tried reading that and it was so boring.

[crookedking]

Originally Posted by Gusto

here are the books in the series i mentioned. crookedking will back me up on how good it is.

A Game of Thrones (1996)
A Clash of Kings (1998 )
A Storm of Swords (2000)
A Feast for Crows (2005)

i'm hesitant to recommend it because it's such a good series and it takes soooo long between books.

the only reason why i'm reading any of goodkind's books right now is because he didn't die before finishing the series.

my money is my way of congratulating him on figuring out how to finish a series of books.

[gnosis]

Originally Posted by cubed

Pick up either Siddhartha or Steppen Wolf by Herman Hesse. Both are great reads if you haven't read them already.

I can't believe you put 2 horrible pieces of trash in one sentence!

Both books lick ass.

Waste of time.

Both of them.

Come ON! "Siddhartha"?!

You can get more out of an instruction manual on how to tie shoelaces! Either that or afflict yourself w/ "The Celestine Prophecies"!

May I suggest:
"Censored" Peter Phillips and Project Censored
"Voltaire's Bastards" John Ralston Saul
"The Mad Scientists Club" Bertrand R. Brinley
"Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" Douglas Adams
"Fear Nothing" and the sequel, "Seize the Night" Dean Koontz

And the first person to list _anything_ by Robert Pirsig gets a full-on slap upside the head!

Frosty
(reads quite a lot)

[tiedye]

I've got Dirk Gently, and Starship Titanic in my bag actually. I didn't find any Hesse. I've got about 26 books to read. A few of the ones suggested, although our library didn't have most of them.

Nevertheless, I've got at least 252 hours of reading.

[Disco_Whore]

Originally Posted by tiedye

I'd kill for a Chapters up here right now. I've got about $500 I'm willing to spend on books right now, and no bookstore within a 4 hour drive.

Amazon.ca

[tiedye]

Originally Posted by Disco_Whore

Amazon.ca

I've managed to stay away from credit cards (aka 'The Death of my Credit') so far. I budget far too poorly to have the internet at my shopping disposal.

[penguinabc123]

'the picture of dorian gray' - oscar wilde

[ebbomega]

Originally Posted by tiedye

I've managed to stay away from credit cards (aka 'The Death of my Credit') so far. I budget far too poorly to have the internet at my shopping disposal.

paypal mang.

I was actually about to recommend Celestine Prophecy to you over MSN (hey frosty!) but I kinda held back. It's a smart book that's horribly written, and gets a little lost near the end. What bugs me most about it is that the guy made a career for himself as a writer, because he really just plain sucks at it.

At any rate, Celestine Prophecy is a book that you're given and that you give away. I don't agree with giving Redfield money for writing, as it just encourages him to write more.

[ebbomega]

And I still say if you need to kill a lot of time, just read some Lovecraft or Joseph Conrad with a dictionary open. It'll take you a week to finish three pages but your vocabulary will become embiggened.

[mithridate]

hitchikers guide to the galaxy by douglas adams. the WHOLE damn 'trilogy' is THE BEST! pretty darn funny.. if you havnt read it.. do it!
<3

earth's children series by jean m auel is really good, fiction, set in caveman days but very well written. you wouldnt think that caveman stories would be good... but it really is!

the enchantment by orson scott card. fiction. very lovely book..

the deptford trilogy by robertson davies. cdn author, you can get it as one big book. fiction. set in the past...? lol follows a few different people, with some interesting views and ideas.

[mojo]

tom robbins- jitterbug perfume, fierce invalids home from hot climates, villa incognito
all good

[tiedye]

Originally Posted by mithridate

hitchikers guide to the galaxy by douglas adams. the WHOLE damn 'trilogy' is THE BEST! pretty darn funny.. if you havnt read it.. do it!
<3

A trilogy in five parts. I own a copy of them all in one, as well as them all individually. I also own one of the Dirk Gently books and Starship Titanic. Adams is one of the most brilliant minds to ever grace literature.

Glad to see more people spreading the love!

[crookedking]

Originally Posted by ebbomega

And I still say if you need to kill a lot of time, just read some Lovecraft or Joseph Conrad with a dictionary open. It'll take you a week to finish three pages but your vocabulary will become embiggened.

fuck lovecraft.

if you're able pick up some "necroscope". lumley (the creator of necroscope) takes after lovecraft but it's more modern.

[crookedking]

Originally Posted by mithridate

hitchikers guide to the galaxy by douglas adams. the WHOLE damn 'trilogy' is THE BEST! pretty darn funny.. if you havnt read it.. do it!
<3

earth's children series by jean m auel is really good, fiction, set in caveman days but very well written. you wouldnt think that caveman stories would be good... but it really is!

i wasn't a big fan of the "hitch hicker's guide to the galaxy" "trilogy"/

i've always meant to pick up jean auel's books.

[diva]

Originally Posted by mithridate

earth's children series by jean m auel is really good, fiction, set in caveman days but very well written. you wouldnt think that caveman stories would be good... but it really is!

She's a member of Mensa!

[M.C. BEAR]