what are you reading? - Page 58

SugarMountain · 05.06.2008, 04:15 PM

Just finished Kerouac's Big Sur, then decided I should probably read On The Road again

gmku · 05.06.2008, 04:15 PM

Ew, bad choice...

Rob Instigator · 05.06.2008, 04:16 PM

I liked the one listed above

gmku · 05.06.2008, 04:17 PM

Seriously, you've read it? I'd never even heard of it until today. Pulled it off the library shelves on a whim.

So far it's actually not bad. The writer seems to have some grasp of descriptive language.

Rob Instigator · 05.06.2008, 04:48 PM

I referred to the manson book above

tw2113 · 05.06.2008, 07:14 PM

!@#$%! · 05.06.2008, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by tw2113

oh, beautiful book. good stuff.

drrrtyboots · 05.06.2008, 08:05 PM

tw2113 · 05.06.2008, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!

oh, beautiful book. good stuff.

Word

forkimified · 05.07.2008, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by krastian

How you liking it?

Well, it's interesting to see his side of the story. It does try to show that he wasn't exactly the hypnotic cult leader the media made him out to be, but he still accepts the blame for the Tate/LaBianca murders... it just shows them commiting those murders in an attempt to frame 'the blacks' for Hinman's murder by Beausoleil, instead of him having ordered the murders specifically to start a race war. Interesting to see his side of why theywere commited and, an insider's view of 'Family' life.
I'd say it's probably a good companion to Helter Skelter. It doesn't really add too many more 'facts,' but it puts a different spin on events and his life. The sex scenes were pretty rediculous though.

You have to wonder how much of it is true, though. Charlie Manson still doesn't seem like the most trustworthy guy on the planet.

And, I have to wonder what would've become of him, had he been a successful musician...

gmku · 05.07.2008, 06:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

I referred to the manson book above

Oh. Sadness. I am so alone.

Dead-Air · 05.15.2008, 10:10 PM

I just finally got around to starting Lord Valentines Castle by Robert Silverberg. Very engaging from the start. It appears we have a science fiction novel that reads like Fantasy in the tradition of such work set by Anne McCaffrey (who is quoted raving about the book within the paperback edition). The planet Marjipoor is apparently vastly large with more than one species of humanoid roaming it, but the technology, after 8,000 years has devolved to the equivalent of our Dark Ages. The book begins with a commoner who's suffered some sort of memory loss who just happens to share the same name with Lord Valentine, the ruler of the gigantic planet.

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 05.15.2008, 10:22 PM

Survivor

1984

Journey to Ixtlan

the Holy Bible book of Ezekiel

dionysusundone · 05.15.2008, 10:59 PM

Call of Cthulu and Other Weird Stories by HP Lovecraft.

Weird to read this book after hearing about Cthulu all my life (my dad's a huge sci-fi nerd) and finding it to be so completely mindblowing.

Dead-Air · 05.16.2008, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by dionysusundone

Call of Cthulu and Other Weird Stories by HP Lovecraft.

Weird to read this book after hearing about Cthulu all my life (my dad's a huge sci-fi nerd) and finding it to be so completely mindblowing.

"Mind blowing" is an especially amusing description of Lovecraft's books given that's exactly what tends to happen when his protagonists look upon the images of the Old Ones!

demonrail666 · 05.16.2008, 03:57 AM

Reading this at the mo. Not very good. The usual Brit taking lazy swipes at America's supposed cultural decline. As though British culture is in perfect health at the moment.

drrrtyboots · 05.16.2008, 05:16 AM

I've been on a real Vonnegut kick lately.

Rob Instigator · 05.16.2008, 08:57 AM

vonnegtu yeah!

Silent Dan Speaks · 05.16.2008, 08:36 PM

Psycotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung by Lester Bangs.

I'm halfway through and I love it.

Sonic Youth 37 · 05.16.2008, 09:33 PM

I haven't read any of Ulysses in a week...going to start back tomorrow. About 100 pages to go.

Recently bought to read after Ulysses:

Brave New World
The Sketch Book Of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. by Washington Irving

05.06.2008, 04:15 PM	#1141
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05.06.2008, 04:15 PM	#1142
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05.06.2008, 04:16 PM	#1143
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05.06.2008, 04:17 PM	#1144
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Seriously, you've read it? I'd never even heard of it until today. Pulled it off the library shelves on a whim. So far it's actually not bad. The writer seems to have some grasp of descriptive language. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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05.06.2008, 04:48 PM	#1145
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05.06.2008, 07:14 PM	#1146
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05.15.2008, 10:10 PM	#1152
Dead-Air invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland OR Posts: 4,300	I just finally got around to starting Lord Valentines Castle by Robert Silverberg. Very engaging from the start. It appears we have a science fiction novel that reads like Fantasy in the tradition of such work set by Anne McCaffrey (who is quoted raving about the book within the paperback edition). The planet Marjipoor is apparently vastly large with more than one species of humanoid roaming it, but the technology, after 8,000 years has devolved to the equivalent of our Dark Ages. The book begins with a commoner who's suffered some sort of memory loss who just happens to share the same name with Lord Valentine, the ruler of the gigantic planet. __________________ FuckBook; My Band; My Radio Show; My Flickr Page; Science Fiction Message Board
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05.15.2008, 10:22 PM	#1153
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05.15.2008, 10:59 PM	#1154
dionysusundone the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 871	Call of Cthulu and Other Weird Stories by HP Lovecraft. Weird to read this book after hearing about Cthulu all my life (my dad's a huge sci-fi nerd) and finding it to be so completely mindblowing.
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05.16.2008, 03:57 AM	#1156
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	Reading this at the mo. Not very good. The usual Brit taking lazy swipes at America's supposed cultural decline. As though British culture is in perfect health at the moment.
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05.16.2008, 05:16 AM	#1157
drrrtyboots invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: in the forest(s) Posts: 2,946	I've been on a real Vonnegut kick lately. __________________
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05.16.2008, 08:57 AM	#1158
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,959	vonnegtu yeah! __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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05.16.2008, 08:36 PM	#1159
Silent Dan Speaks the destroyed room Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 603	Psycotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung by Lester Bangs. I'm halfway through and I love it.
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05.16.2008, 09:33 PM	#1160
Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	I haven't read any of Ulysses in a week...going to start back tomorrow. About 100 pages to go. Recently bought to read after Ulysses: Brave New World The Sketch Book Of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. by Washington Irving __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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