NF book club

[MakesYouAWeapon]

Lately, I've been getting into Heinlein. Read Friday and I Will Fear No Evil, got J.O.B. and Stranger In A Strange land sitting around and waiting.

 

The influence of 1984 is obvious in both books I read, moreso in Fear No Evil. Both books seem to stem from some bizzare corner of Heinlein's mind likely connected to his subconcious desires to become a woman. Regardless, purring aside the fluff coming of woman tales in both books, the sci-fi stuff is good and some of the character interaction is decent.

 

Before that was Micheal C.'s Prey. Bad. Borrow it from the library.

[Les Trois Yeux]

Well, I just finished Choke by Chuck Palahniuk. That was messed up, yet very funny, in a twisted way. I got Diary for Christmas, but I'm not sure whether or not to wait on reading it.

Choke was the first novel I read by Chuck Palahniuk and it was messed up indeed. I finished reading Diary weeks ago and it too, is messed up.

Both were good reads though.

[S.E. Hardy]

I also recommend Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. Amazing book.

Snow Crash is one of my favorite books. I must have read it thru over half a dozen times in 2 years.

[Paranoid Android]

I am almost done reading "the Da Vinci code". This book is mind blowing! I have never read something this good and informative in my life.

[Beautiful Midnight]

Slaughter House Five by Kurt Vonnegut. SO GOOD. Kurt Vonnegut is godly.

[primetime_deliverance]

Cool, I just bought that book McKayla.. looks great.

 

The last 2 books I've read are Cat's Cradle and Breakfast of Champions, and now whenever I write something I feel like I'm using his style. Its strange how that happens lol.

[Beautiful Midnight]

I haven't read either of those, butt I have Time Quake, Hocus Pocus and Slapstick. Time Quake is my second favorite, I think you will enjoy SH5 ;)

[regularguy]

Has anybody read the ecology of commerce by Paul hawken? I highly reccomend it to anyone who gives a darn about the world we live in.

[plaintiff177017]

I just started Disco Bloodbath. It's quite hilarious, moreso than the movie.

[martin]

Ive been reading Fast Food Nation. For those who havent heard of it, its basically 300 pages slagging McDonalds and other fast food establishments on a variety of level. Some interesting stuff, some not.

 

Also, Douglas Coupland writes some good books. Im reading Microserfs which was written in 95. its good times.

[HSteele]

I am almost done reading "the Da Vinci code". This book is mind blowing! I have never read something this good and informative in my life.

how can a work of fiction be "informative" unless you are studying the author's writing structure?

 

I am currently finishing Penny Dreadful by Will Christopher Baer and will then move to his next book,Hell's Half Acre.

[Crusader]

Almost through with Children of Dune. I must finish the whole series.

[mrs jesus]

still not reading ishmael cuz it started boring the holy fuck out of me

 

still disappointed about that

[sodamntired]

Read The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

 

I've never read a book I couldn't put down until I came across this one.

[thegoodnessofallthatisbad]

if you want to read a good autobiography/ book about real cooks and their wonderful addictions i suggest kitchen confidential by anthony bourdain. everyone i know that has read it, cook or not, say that its awesome

[The_Rat_Who_Would_be_King]

anyone ever read any Bret Easton Ellis? I'm just reading American Psycho right now. It's something else.

[sockcrotch]

Bob Dylan - Chronicles (Vol. 1)

 

can't wait til i get Vol. 2

 

another great book is Slaughterhouse-five by Kurt Vonnegut

[ecnarf]

Been trying to read Robert McNamara's In Retrospect as of late, pretty good book on the vietnam war. McNamara was the secretary of defense for the kennedy and johnson administrations.

 

P.S. Nobody ever read Obasan by Joy Kogowa. I had to read it for english, and damn did it suck.

[The_Rat_Who_Would_be_King]

Well there have been two posts in here since may, so I'm guessing this won't be answered, but is there any way to make dostievsky an easier read, i.e. take vallium before reading or only read while sitting on the edge of a giant building or something simialrly dramatic?

[static]

I reccomend taking unhealthy doses of caffeine packed beverages and locking yourself with the book in a completly empty room

[The_Rat_Who_Would_be_King]

Thanks tiger, I'll give that a go. No sarcasm, I think that would work. Or I'll go nuts.

[mrs jesus]

i like books

[Crusader]

I like Christy.

[mrs jesus]

i like anton too

[pennies]

Read The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

 

I've never read a book I couldn't put down until I came across this one.

i read that either last summer or the summer before, there's an amazing poem in there. i enjoyed it more the second time around.