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fugazifan · 08.24.2006, 03:05 AM

i just started The Air Conditioned Nightmare-By Henry Miller
i just read the 15 page preface and its pretty good stuff. he is an amazing writer, i hope the rest of the book is as good!

nomadicfollower · 08.24.2006, 04:09 PM

I've wanted to read some Henry Miller, but I've read that when he begins philosophizing it gets quite dry. (I believe I read that in a Bukowski poem.)

static-harmony · 08.24.2006, 05:42 PM

Thomas Wolfe- Look Homeward, Angel

Norma J · 08.28.2006, 01:54 AM

I stumbled across a bunch of Kerouac novels and journals and bio's at a secondhand book store today. Bought half of them and will buy the rest weekly.

Also among the books I found were 2 Charles Bukowski: Letter vol 1 & 2.
Also some Ginsberg.

Great finds.

Bunbury · 09.16.2006, 11:06 AM

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Also some Ginsberg.

i want to hold a howl party but i dont know how to go about doing it.

Alex's Trip · 09.16.2006, 11:07 AM

Neuromancer-William Gibson.

Next week, I think I'm gonna start reading the Tale of Two Cities for English.

Pookie · 09.16.2006, 11:29 AM

DemonBox · 09.16.2006, 01:06 PM

Murakami - Wind-Up-Bird. or whatever it's called in the English translation.

nomadicfollower · 09.16.2006, 01:16 PM

Celine's influence seems to be pretty widespread. This novel's quite modern for it's time.

static-harmony · 09.16.2006, 01:43 PM

Nova Express by William S. Burroughs.

Katy · 09.16.2006, 02:35 PM

I'm reading "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson and "Wonderland Avenue" by Danny Sugerman. (Learning all about neatrons, protons, Iggy Pop and heroin.)

I've started reading more than one book at a time. Something I NEVER used to do. I don't know if it's a good thing or not.

I read "The Consolations of Philosophy" and "Status Anxiety" by Alain de Botton last week. I liked the Montaigne chapter of the first, only some of the latter.

Cantankerous · 09.16.2006, 02:49 PM

i never read more than one book at a time. i can't consciously focus on more than one.

nomadicfollower · 09.16.2006, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Cantankerous

i never read more than one book at a time. i can't consciously focus on more than one.

Me either.

Speaking of modern novels, though (my other post), can someone reccomend some? 50's or so and up.
I'm stuck in the past. I haven't read a novel that wasn't written before the 50's in some time and I hardly know any good authors in the latter 20th century. (I have read the quite obvious ones like On the Road, Fear and Loathing and the such)
Reccomendations will be much appreciated.
Oh yeah, any genre.

ondskan · 09.16.2006, 04:31 PM

Orwells 1984.

Read it like 5 times now. Can't get enough.

k-krack · 09.16.2006, 04:42 PM

Ways of Seeing- John Berger

youthoftomorrow · 09.16.2006, 05:22 PM

a collection of Philip K. Dick short stories
Count Zero by William Gibson
and some stories for my Sci-fi/Fantasy Lit class

Norma J · 09.16.2006, 06:24 PM

Charles Bukowski: Selected letters 1960s-1970s (Living on Luck vol.2)

And have been contemplating for a few weeks now to start one of the many Kerouac novels I bought.

Tokolosh · 09.16.2006, 06:30 PM

Posts.

LifeDistortion · 09.16.2006, 07:35 PM

Just finished Bram Stoker's "Dracula" will start either Dostovesky's "House of the Dead" or Thomas Hardy's "Jude the Obscure".

Bunbury · 09.16.2006, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Katy

"Status Anxiety" by Alain de Botton, only some of the latter.

i have wanted to read this for a while now is it any good at all?

08.24.2006, 03:05 AM	#361
fugazifan invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,816	i just started The Air Conditioned Nightmare-By Henry Miller i just read the 15 page preface and its pretty good stuff. he is an amazing writer, i hope the rest of the book is as good!
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08.24.2006, 04:09 PM	#362
nomadicfollower invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North America Posts: 2,672	I've wanted to read some Henry Miller, but I've read that when he begins philosophizing it gets quite dry. (I believe I read that in a Bukowski poem.)
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08.24.2006, 05:42 PM	#363
static-harmony invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: outside L.A Posts: 5,156	Thomas Wolfe- Look Homeward, Angel __________________
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08.28.2006, 01:54 AM	#364
Norma J invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orstralia Posts: 4,917	I stumbled across a bunch of Kerouac novels and journals and bio's at a secondhand book store today. Bought half of them and will buy the rest weekly. Also among the books I found were 2 Charles Bukowski: Letter vol 1 & 2. Also some Ginsberg. Great finds. __________________ I want girls with new-wave hair-doos
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09.16.2006, 11:07 AM	#366
Alex's Trip invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 5,608	Neuromancer-William Gibson. Next week, I think I'm gonna start reading the Tale of Two Cities for English. __________________ KALOPSIA
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09.16.2006, 11:29 AM	#367
Pookie invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 9,877
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09.16.2006, 01:06 PM	#368
DemonBox the end of the ugly Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 840	Murakami - Wind-Up-Bird. or whatever it's called in the English translation.
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09.16.2006, 01:16 PM	#369
nomadicfollower invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North America Posts: 2,672	Celine's influence seems to be pretty widespread. This novel's quite modern for it's time.
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09.16.2006, 01:43 PM	#370
static-harmony invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: outside L.A Posts: 5,156	Nova Express by William S. Burroughs. __________________
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09.16.2006, 02:35 PM	#371
Katy the destroyed room Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: London, UK. Posts: 643	I'm reading "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson and "Wonderland Avenue" by Danny Sugerman. (Learning all about neatrons, protons, Iggy Pop and heroin.) I've started reading more than one book at a time. Something I NEVER used to do. I don't know if it's a good thing or not. I read "The Consolations of Philosophy" and "Status Anxiety" by Alain de Botton last week. I liked the Montaigne chapter of the first, only some of the latter.
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09.16.2006, 02:49 PM	#372
Cantankerous invito al cielo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A RETIREMENT HOME Posts: 18,499	i never read more than one book at a time. i can't consciously focus on more than one. __________________ RETIRED
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09.16.2006, 04:31 PM	#374
ondskan children of satan Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: swe Posts: 333	Orwells 1984. Read it like 5 times now. Can't get enough.
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09.16.2006, 04:42 PM	#375
k-krack invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: On Posts: 7,380	Ways of Seeing- John Berger __________________ sandwich klub 4 men. Danny is a C.H.U.D.
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09.16.2006, 05:22 PM	#376
youthoftomorrow expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Idaho. Posts: 1,418	a collection of Philip K. Dick short stories Count Zero by William Gibson and some stories for my Sci-fi/Fantasy Lit class __________________ avalanche.
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09.16.2006, 06:24 PM	#377
Norma J invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orstralia Posts: 4,917	Charles Bukowski: Selected letters 1960s-1970s (Living on Luck vol.2) And have been contemplating for a few weeks now to start one of the many Kerouac novels I bought. __________________ I want girls with new-wave hair-doos
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09.16.2006, 06:30 PM	#378
Tokolosh invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Plaza de Toros Posts: 6,731	Posts. __________________ Anything you can /imagine is real
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09.16.2006, 07:35 PM	#379
LifeDistortion expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CA Posts: 2,457	Just finished Bram Stoker's "Dracula" will start either Dostovesky's "House of the Dead" or Thomas Hardy's "Jude the Obscure".
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