Recommend me some books...

k-krack · 03.25.2007, 02:15 AM

I need some books to read... recommend me some shit!
I just read Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, and it was magnificent... I think I'm going to get a Chuck Palahniuk book... my friend is always talking about how good he is. Anything goes, give a recommendation and maybe a brief (BRIEF!) synopsis!
Thanks!
G'night!

schizophrenicroom · 03.25.2007, 02:18 AM

invisible monsters by palahniuk is really a fun read.
the joke by milan kundera- i just know that this guy plays a "joke" that screws up history. it's 3 am. i'm not googling stuff.
microserfs by douglas coupland- a bunch of microsoft workers circa 1993 quit their jobs to find a new life

youthoftomorrow · 03.25.2007, 02:20 AM

William Gibson's Neuromancer.

about a guy who can maneuver in cyberspace but gets involved in a bad deal and is crippled. he's offered a chance to regain his status by some shady characters. the guys who wrote The Matrix stole a bunch of ideas from this book (but The Matrix isn't nearly as good as this is). inspired the lyrics to a few SY songs.

also, anything else written by Gibson. Pattern Recognition is excellent.

jakeonguitar · 03.25.2007, 02:20 AM

So far I like David Copperfield by Dickens, and The Sea Wolf by London.

Not sci-fi, but they have some ideas that are just boss. The Sea Wolf is cool for those who aren't materialists or spiritualists, but somewhere in the middle.

But then again these are probably children's books to the stuff you read or whatever.

screamingskull · 03.25.2007, 05:31 AM

My favourite author is Douglas Coupland, i'm reading Hey Nostradamus! at the moment.

atsonicpark · 03.25.2007, 06:33 AM

J.G. Ballard and William S Burroughs! Anything by em.

Derek · 03.25.2007, 07:56 AM

A few books I've read lately:

Walkabout by James Vance Marshall
TWOC by Graham Joyce
Frank Black And The Pixies by uhh... forgot the name

Cardinal Rob · 03.25.2007, 09:07 AM

"Kes" by Barry Hines.

!@#$%! · 03.25.2007, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by youthoftomorrow

William Gibson's Neuromancer.

about a guy who can maneuver in cyberspace but gets involved in a bad deal and is crippled. he's offered a chance to regain his status by some shady characters. the guys who wrote The Matrix stole a bunch of ideas from this book (but The Matrix isn't nearly as good as this is). inspired the lyrics to a few SY songs.

also, anything else written by Gibson. Pattern Recognition is excellent.

thats right, if youre gonna gibson do i recommend going chronological, as some characters tend to reapper

neuromancer is the place to start

but if you want a "prequel to all", burning chrome is truly the place to start. some great short-stories to introduce you to this world.

Green_mind · 03.25.2007, 09:49 AM

Can anyone recommend any good horror books? (preferably some maniac killer story, the more dark, disturbing and gruesome the better!)

!@#$%! · 03.25.2007, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Green_mind

Can anyone recommend any good horror books? (preferably some maniac killer story, the more dark, disturbing and gruesome the better!)

fuck, no, i hate that shit, but if you look into the "true crime" genre you could find a lot of material for your nightmares.

you could probablyeven read about these pricks:

Green_mind · 03.25.2007, 10:26 AM

I have to say, I'm not a big fan of the true crime genre, I was thinking horror fiction or dark poetry maybe. No horror fans here?

Katy · 03.25.2007, 11:39 AM

I'm sick of recommending my favourite books.

I pick four books that happen to be sitting next to each other on the shelf above my computer:

"An Autobiography" by Igor Stravinsky
"The Dedalus Book of Absinthe" by Phil Baker
"Rebecca" by Daphne Du Maurier
"The Intellectuals & The Masses" by John Carey

Alex's Trip · 03.25.2007, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by youthoftomorrow

William Gibson's Neuromancer.

I loved that book. I really need to read it again, though, so I can get a better understanding of all of it.

nomadicfollower · 03.25.2007, 01:00 PM

I recommend Dostoyevsky, Turgenev, Chekhov, Gogol, Nabokov, Pushkin, Solzhenitsyn. You get the idea.

atari 2600 · 03.25.2007, 01:13 PM

Good recommendations, nomadicfollower.

k-krack,
Here's a hint:

if you search for "burroughs"
http://www.sonicyouth.com/gossip/sea...earchid=477249
haha, of course

you'll bring-up all the previous book threads, and with any ingenuity, will be able to avoid egotistically starting new topic-after-topic about the same subject! Now you might have to poke around for a couple of minutes through the seach results, but you owe that to the community, now don't you?

timtimtim · 03.25.2007, 01:39 PM

anything but Time Quake by kurt vonnegut
my faves are galopogus and breakfast of champions

youthoftomorrow · 03.25.2007, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!

burning chrome is truly the place to start.

agreed. The Belonging Kind is one of my favorite stories.

and i second Vonnegut.

k-krack · 03.25.2007, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by screamingskull

My favourite author is Douglas Coupland, i'm reading Hey Nostradamus! at the moment.

Just read that. I've read Girlfriend in a Coma and Hey Nostradamus! Even though both are essentially (obviously not really...) the same story, awesoem books both.

I ended up buying Palahniuks "Choke" and Lewis Carrol's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass," and looked at a few William Gibson books. (I forgot to check this thread, so it was kind of pointless haha. Thanks for the ideas anyway, though!)
I think next time I will be buying a William Gibson book, or another PKD.

k-krack · 03.25.2007, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by youthoftomorrow

and i second Vonnegut.

I read Slaughterhouse Five... great book. I'll look more into him, as well.

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k-krack invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: On Posts: 7,380	I need some books to read... recommend me some shit! I just read Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, and it was magnificent... I think I'm going to get a Chuck Palahniuk book... my friend is always talking about how good he is. Anything goes, give a recommendation and maybe a brief (BRIEF!) synopsis! Thanks! G'night! __________________ sandwich klub 4 men. Danny is a C.H.U.D.
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schizophrenicroom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: behind you Posts: 10,807	invisible monsters by palahniuk is really a fun read. the joke by milan kundera- i just know that this guy plays a "joke" that screws up history. it's 3 am. i'm not googling stuff. microserfs by douglas coupland- a bunch of microsoft workers circa 1993 quit their jobs to find a new life __________________ fuck i'm frustrated, freaking out something fierce, would you help me? i'm hungry and i stuffer and i startle, i struggle and i stammer til i'm up to my ears in miserable quote unquote "art"
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youthoftomorrow expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Idaho. Posts: 1,418	William Gibson's Neuromancer. about a guy who can maneuver in cyberspace but gets involved in a bad deal and is crippled. he's offered a chance to regain his status by some shady characters. the guys who wrote The Matrix stole a bunch of ideas from this book (but The Matrix isn't nearly as good as this is). inspired the lyrics to a few SY songs. also, anything else written by Gibson. Pattern Recognition is excellent. __________________ avalanche.
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jakeonguitar bad moon rising Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: California Posts: 181	So far I like David Copperfield by Dickens, and The Sea Wolf by London. Not sci-fi, but they have some ideas that are just boss. The Sea Wolf is cool for those who aren't materialists or spiritualists, but somewhere in the middle. But then again these are probably children's books to the stuff you read or whatever.
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screamingskull invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: england Posts: 5,580	My favourite author is Douglas Coupland, i'm reading Hey Nostradamus! at the moment.
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	J.G. Ballard and William S Burroughs! Anything by em. __________________
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Derek invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8,095	A few books I've read lately: Walkabout by James Vance Marshall TWOC by Graham Joyce Frank Black And The Pixies by uhh... forgot the name
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Cardinal Rob the destroyed room Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: In the O.. O.. Organ Loft, West Yorkshire, UK Posts: 553	"Kes" by Barry Hines. __________________ lastFM \| RYM \| MySpace
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03.25.2007, 09:49 AM	#10
Green_mind the end of the ugly Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 827	Can anyone recommend any good horror books? (preferably some maniac killer story, the more dark, disturbing and gruesome the better!)
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03.25.2007, 10:26 AM	#12
Green_mind the end of the ugly Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 827	I have to say, I'm not a big fan of the true crime genre, I was thinking horror fiction or dark poetry maybe. No horror fans here?
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03.25.2007, 11:39 AM	#13
Katy the destroyed room Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: London, UK. Posts: 643	I'm sick of recommending my favourite books. I pick four books that happen to be sitting next to each other on the shelf above my computer: "An Autobiography" by Igor Stravinsky "The Dedalus Book of Absinthe" by Phil Baker "Rebecca" by Daphne Du Maurier "The Intellectuals & The Masses" by John Carey
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nomadicfollower invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North America Posts: 2,672	I recommend Dostoyevsky, Turgenev, Chekhov, Gogol, Nabokov, Pushkin, Solzhenitsyn. You get the idea.
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03.25.2007, 01:13 PM	#16
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	Good recommendations, nomadicfollower. k-krack, Here's a hint: if you search for "burroughs" http://www.sonicyouth.com/gossip/sea...earchid=477249 haha, of course you'll bring-up all the previous book threads, and with any ingenuity, will be able to avoid egotistically starting new topic-after-topic about the same subject! Now you might have to poke around for a couple of minutes through the seach results, but you owe that to the community, now don't you?
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timtimtim children of satan Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 245	anything but Time Quake by kurt vonnegut my faves are galopogus and breakfast of champions
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