Catcher In the Rye-half finished

coincidentally, im reading Naked Lunch as well for the third time. But i'm hoping to pick up Desolation Angels as soon as I can find it.

Death Kit- Susan Sontag
Strangeland- Tracy Emin
Hey Nostradamus- Douglas Coupland

I've got that one. Yeah, it's quite good. Argumentative though. Might make you angry in parts. (That nature vs. nurture, one or the other debate always does.)

I'd say read a bit of Chomsky first (especially if you're interested in language/linguistics.) Pinker's very much one of Noam's disciples.

i cant read much lately. ive been overworking and i stop here & burn stress & all i read are mostly crap posts-- there are of course wonderful, honorable exceptions, and you know who you are.

naked lunch is so insane you should watch the movie it has nothing to do with the book or very little i should say but more so with burroughs and durgs as well as ginsberg

The movie's a fascinating interpretation of the book, really.

Maybe. However, from the reviews I read it appeared that Pinker should be read before Chomsky. Ever since I read Hegemony or Survival, I've been meaning to pick up something else by Chomsky, perhaps his linguistic works - considering I have trouble finding much interest in politics - but, obviously, I haven't. Hopefully soon.

oh that book is fucking funny

i was about to recommend it to someone here

pinker is definitely more accessible, chomsky is highly abstract-- besides, there's been a lot of fresh evidence coming from the neuroscience of language side of things since chomsky wrote his language stuff. so there are new lots of new things.

another good read is irvine welsh's bedroom secrets of master chefs its pretty insane like a fucked up british twilight zone meets the food channel

I actually saw the movie about a year ago and thought it was great, deffinitely not much in common with the book but a bit of insight into Burroghs life with plenty of fiction of course.

the psychic soviet - i. f. svenonius

how's that? the little bastard was my neighbor-- we used to run into each other in the elevator

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actually not a bastard at all-- really nice guy

very very funny.

have you seen this? he's got an internet tv show
http://www.vbs.tv/shows/index.php?show=Soft%20Focus


the book is a bit like the bits were ian svenonius asks iain mackaye those high falutin' questions

an old teacher of mine lent me "going after cacciato" and so far it's ok.

Never read this, but I loved The Things They Carried. A really unusual book, and he's such a good, naturally gifted writer.

Leo the African Amin Malouf - i love his writing
Imperial City Geoffery Moorhouse - a history of NY, fucking monster