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k-krack · 08.01.2006, 08:20 PM

i would like to read it, but then again, i knwo the whole story, and i have a ton of books i wanna read first. i DID read A Clockwork Orange after seeing the movie though.

touch me i'm sick · 08.01.2006, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by k-krack

i would like to read it, but then again, i knwo the whole story, and i have a ton of books i wanna read first. i DID read A Clockwork Orange after seeing the movie though.

same here. both the clockwork movie and book were excellent and remain my favorites

k-krack · 08.01.2006, 08:21 PM

yeah, there good. i wouldn't say favourites but they are definately up there.

i dont understand what Burgess didn't like about the movie though! its a fantastic movie!

touch me i'm sick · 08.01.2006, 08:23 PM

i mean they did change a lot of the details. but that's how all books made into movies are

nomadicfollower · 08.01.2006, 08:25 PM

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gimme other palahniuk books to read? i consumed all at the local library and can't buy them all -- favorites?

Survivor, I thought, was very good, but I can't compare it to any of his other works since it's all I've read by him.
Invisible Monsters has an attractive cover (if I may be permitted to judge a book by it's cover) so I might pick it up next (if I ever get around to reading him again).

k-krack · 08.01.2006, 08:25 PM

exactly. burgess is just afraid of change is what i say.. what a pussy! (joking)

touch me i'm sick · 08.01.2006, 08:25 PM

oh i only read books if their covers are good

k-krack · 08.01.2006, 08:27 PM

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oh i only read books if their covers are good

thats the way you gotta roll. and if the title is cool, its better suited to being read.

* Edit, im the mothafuckin devil!

touch me i'm sick · 08.01.2006, 08:27 PM

yeah really. people who tell you not to judge a book by its cover, are the people who write the shitty books witth the bad covers

k-krack · 08.01.2006, 08:32 PM

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yeah really. people who tell you not to judge a book by its cover, are the people who write the shitty books witth the bad covers

yeah, if i was to write books i would make sure the cover is awesome, and its got a good title. dont want to have someone buying my book if its got a shitty cover.

touch me i'm sick · 08.01.2006, 08:34 PM

dinna time!

nomadicfollower · 08.01.2006, 08:36 PM

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yeah really. people who tell you not to judge a book by its cover, are the people who write the shitty books witth the bad covers

No complaints with people who have awesome covers and titles, but shitty work? That's the case more often then not.

k-krack · 08.13.2006, 08:55 PM

I am not reading anything at the moment. i am between books. i am thinking of maybe reading Interzone or soem other Burroughs book next... not sure. maybe something Vonnegut, i hear good things about him... suggestions?

Ripchord · 08.13.2006, 09:00 PM

The Affected Provincial's Companion, Vol. I: A Bounteous Selection of Essays, Philosophical Diagrams, Poetry and Other Such Theoretical Tinkerings Concerning the Art of Curious Living and the Reintroduction of Ancient Charm into this Vale of Mud and Tears Known Heretofore as the Modern Life
by Lord Breaulove Swells Whimsy

k-krack · 08.13.2006, 09:01 PM

that is quite the title!

oiooh, another one i was considering was something Kerouac, On the Road, really.

nomadicfollower · 08.13.2006, 09:32 PM

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I am not reading anything at the moment. i am between books. i am thinking of maybe reading Interzone or soem other Burroughs book next... not sure. maybe something Vonnegut, i hear good things about him... suggestions?

In my experince, I find Burroughs to be a tedious bore. Read Naked Lunch, if you must, and then be done with the man.
As for Vonnegut, an obvious and good choice, would be Slaughterhouse Five. Maybe even Cat's Cradle. Anything else by Vonnegut is good, as well.
Read On the Road if you can. In fact, get the new unedited version and tell me how it is.

Oh, and if anyone cares, I'm reading Anton Chekov's Ward No. 6 and Other Stories, which I made the mistake of getting the Constance Garnett translation.

acousticrock87 · 08.13.2006, 09:36 PM

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i wanna read fight club but covers that advertise "now a major motion picture" usually give me a rash. i mean, can you build a dignified library that way?

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fuck i gotta go. back tomorrow.

I know. I almost didn't buy Do Androids Dream because the only copy I could find has Harrison Ford and Blade Runner plastered all over it.

touch me i'm sick · 08.13.2006, 10:43 PM

the shining.... again

nature scene · 08.13.2006, 11:05 PM

I thought Michael Chricton's State of Fear was a pretty interesting read.

Just finished [i]The Great Shark Hunt[i] by HST. Terrific.

lovevol · 08.13.2006, 11:41 PM

fucking clockwork orange

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k-krack invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: On Posts: 7,380	i would like to read it, but then again, i knwo the whole story, and i have a ton of books i wanna read first. i DID read A Clockwork Orange after seeing the movie though. __________________ sandwich klub 4 men. Danny is a C.H.U.D.
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k-krack invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: On Posts: 7,380	yeah, there good. i wouldn't say favourites but they are definately up there. i dont understand what Burgess didn't like about the movie though! its a fantastic movie! __________________ sandwich klub 4 men. Danny is a C.H.U.D.
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touch me i'm sick expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,936	i mean they did change a lot of the details. but that's how all books made into movies are
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k-krack invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: On Posts: 7,380	exactly. burgess is just afraid of change is what i say.. what a pussy! (joking) __________________ sandwich klub 4 men. Danny is a C.H.U.D.
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touch me i'm sick expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,936	oh i only read books if their covers are good
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touch me i'm sick expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,936	yeah really. people who tell you not to judge a book by its cover, are the people who write the shitty books witth the bad covers
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08.01.2006, 08:34 PM	#291
touch me i'm sick expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,936	dinna time!
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k-krack invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: On Posts: 7,380	I am not reading anything at the moment. i am between books. i am thinking of maybe reading Interzone or soem other Burroughs book next... not sure. maybe something Vonnegut, i hear good things about him... suggestions? __________________ sandwich klub 4 men. Danny is a C.H.U.D.
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Ripchord the destroyed room Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Amherst, MA Posts: 549	The Affected Provincial's Companion, Vol. I: A Bounteous Selection of Essays, Philosophical Diagrams, Poetry and Other Such Theoretical Tinkerings Concerning the Art of Curious Living and the Reintroduction of Ancient Charm into this Vale of Mud and Tears Known Heretofore as the Modern Life by Lord Breaulove Swells Whimsy
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k-krack invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: On Posts: 7,380	that is quite the title! oiooh, another one i was considering was something Kerouac, On the Road, really. __________________ sandwich klub 4 men. Danny is a C.H.U.D.
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touch me i'm sick expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,936	the shining.... again
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nature scene 100% Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: da souf Posts: 671	I thought Michael Chricton's State of Fear was a pretty interesting read. Just finished [i]The Great Shark Hunt[i] by HST. Terrific.
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lovevol empty page Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: michigan Posts: 5	fucking clockwork orange
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