Steve V. wrote:

Heliotropic wrote:

Steve V. wrote:13. Women by Charles Bukowski

That's the only book I've ever returned to the bookstore for a refund.

Um...that was not a good idea in my opinion.

what was the fucking point behind this book? i enjoyed it, i admit, but i have absolutly NO idea why.

NerblyBear wrote:Consider the great chapter in MOBY DICK called "The Whiteness of the Whale," where Ahab takes aim at God, whom he pictures sitting upon his heavenly throne and throwing down hardships upon his mortal slaves.

This take on Moby-Dick was summed up quite nicely in Mastodon's album Leviathan.

Ace wrote:One of my favorite books is about how a bunch of persians tried to conquer a bunch of greeks and lost.

Are you talking about Gates of Fire or Branford's history?

I just read GUITAR MAN it was pretty cool

Nerbly Wrote:

Of course, this is to set aside Shakespeare, who flies like an eagle above every other author, but I don't want to consider his plays "books," I guess.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=PSDDYrbZ1e0

"Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said" by P.K. Dick

"Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas" Hunter S. Thompson.

"Naked Lunch" W.S. Burroughs

"Concrete Island" and "High-Rise" J.G. Ballard

Nineteen Eighty-Four for me too.

It really kicked me in the balls the first time I read it as an angry sixth form loser. Made me think deep.

If you take away the political aspirations of the book (if you would want to) the story is really dark and twisted. It's got the Kafka hue to it.

"The Plague" by Albert Camus.

Ty Webb wrote:

Ace wrote:One of my favorite books is about how a bunch of persians tried to conquer a bunch of greeks and lost.

Are you talking about Gates of Fire or Branford's history?

heh - i'm talking about herodotus. I've read his 'Histories' more than any other book. Some people call him 'The Father of Lies' and really, really hate him for not being accurate, telling forlktales, etc... I guess it's lucky that I really, really love beautiful lies.

I've also been reading a lot of Roberto Calasso's books, 'The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony,' 'The Ruin of Kasch'... Incredibly dense and difficult but also incredibly rewarding.

It's about the devil who comes to Moscow.