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Re: book reccomendations
« Reply #125 on: May 27, 2010, 11:25:01 PM »
'Heart of a Dog' quick and almost as good as 'Master and Margarita.'
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Re: book reccomendations
« Reply #126 on: February 07, 2011, 04:44:23 PM »
Grapes of Wrath

finished this last night, right before the super bowl ads started. Nice.

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Re: book reccomendations
« Reply #127 on: February 07, 2011, 04:46:15 PM »
Grapes of Wrath

finished this last night, right before the super bowl ads started. Nice.

Their POS car making it across the country was the best part

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« Reply #128 on: February 07, 2011, 04:49:48 PM »
Grapes of Wrath

finished this last night, right before the super bowl ads started. Nice.

Their POS car making it across the country was the best part

*spoiler alert*

I liked the part where Tom crushed that dude's skull.

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Re: book reccomendations
« Reply #129 on: February 07, 2011, 04:54:03 PM »

I finished "Lucky Jim" a bit ago.   Hilarious , and highly recommended, especially for those with experience in academia.
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Re: book reccomendations
« Reply #130 on: February 07, 2011, 04:57:35 PM »
Grapes of Wrath

finished this last night, right before the super bowl ads started. Nice.

Their POS car making it across the country was the best part

*spoiler alert*

I liked the part where Tom crushed that dude's skull.

no, you like the part where the grown man suckles at the teet of the lady after he almost drowns or whatever

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Re: book reccomendations
« Reply #131 on: February 07, 2011, 04:59:03 PM »
Grapes of Wrath

finished this last night, right before the super bowl ads started. Nice.

I read East of Eden right after the Grapes of Wrath.  Liked East of Eden better.

Also, Winter of Our Discontent is his best book, imo.(my fav book FWIW).  

I just finished Pastures of Heaven a couple weeks ago.  I liked it, but I really like Steinbeck's characters and that is all it really is.

Steinbeck is one of a few people who I wish wasn't dead.  

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Re: book reccomendations
« Reply #132 on: February 07, 2011, 05:01:17 PM »
Grapes of Wrath

finished this last night, right before the super bowl ads started. Nice.

Their POS car making it across the country was the best part

*spoiler alert*

I liked the part where Tom crushed that dude's skull.

no, you like the part where the grown man suckles at the teet of the lady after he almost drowns or whatever

well, duh.


I'm going to read Catcher in the Rye next, FWIW.

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Re: book reccomendations
« Reply #133 on: February 07, 2011, 05:05:38 PM »
Rusty didn't take high school american lit class fwiw

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Re: book reccomendations
« Reply #134 on: February 07, 2011, 05:06:33 PM »
Grapes of Wrath

finished this last night, right before the super bowl ads started. Nice.

I read East of Eden right after the Grapes of Wrath.  Liked East of Eden better.

Also, Winter of Our Discontent is his best book, imo.(my fav book FWIW).  

I just finished Pastures of Heaven a couple weeks ago.  I liked it, but I really like Steinbeck's characters and that is all it really is.

Steinbeck is one of a few people who I wish wasn't dead.  

Steinbeck is a great read.  Of Mice and Men is a classic as well.  There si a WWI book by him I read as well but I can't remember the title.
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« Reply #135 on: February 07, 2011, 05:15:40 PM »
All Quiet On The Western Front is a good WWI book

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« Reply #136 on: February 07, 2011, 05:29:04 PM »
Rusty didn't take high school american lit class fwiw

well, duh.

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Re: book reccomendations
« Reply #137 on: February 07, 2011, 05:37:44 PM »
Rusty didn't take high school american lit class fwiw

well, duh.


I didn't either.


I would have hated Steinbeck in HS. 

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Re: book reccomendations
« Reply #138 on: February 07, 2011, 05:38:26 PM »
Grapes of Wrath

finished this last night, right before the super bowl ads started. Nice.

I read East of Eden right after the Grapes of Wrath.  Liked East of Eden better.

Also, Winter of Our Discontent is his best book, imo.(my fav book FWIW).  

I just finished Pastures of Heaven a couple weeks ago.  I liked it, but I really like Steinbeck's characters and that is all it really is.

Steinbeck is one of a few people who I wish wasn't dead.  

Steinbeck is a great read.  Of Mice and Men is a classic as well.  There si a WWI book by him I read as well but I can't remember the title.

His only book I have read that I didn't like.   :dunno:

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« Reply #139 on: February 07, 2011, 08:57:02 PM »
Romans New Testament-Bible

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« Reply #140 on: February 07, 2011, 09:03:47 PM »
Grapes of Wrath

finished this last night, right before the super bowl ads started. Nice.

cool. glad you liked.

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« Reply #141 on: February 07, 2011, 09:30:45 PM »
Hate it when this thread returns to the top because of the misspelling.

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #142 on: February 07, 2011, 10:06:46 PM »
Just finished "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis. Pretty good, pretty crazy how a few doodz saw crap going down so early.

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« Reply #143 on: February 08, 2011, 12:07:07 AM »
I re-read Slaughterhouse 5 recently. Was too ignorant to appreciate it in high school.
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« Reply #144 on: February 08, 2011, 12:15:48 AM »
I re-read Slaughterhouse 5 recently. Was too ignorant to appreciate it in high school.
Love Slaughterhouse 5.  Pretty embarrassed about how great I think Vonnegut is.

I'm reading Picture of Dorian Gray right now.  If I could describe it in two words so far, I'd say "witty" and "fancy."


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« Reply #145 on: February 08, 2011, 12:20:21 AM »
I re-read Slaughterhouse 5 recently. Was too ignorant to appreciate it in high school.
Love Slaughterhouse 5.  Pretty embarrassed about how great I think Vonnegut is.

The pictures in "Breakfast of Champions" really demonstrate his brilliance.

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« Reply #146 on: February 08, 2011, 12:21:44 AM »
catch 22 is pretty rough ridin' incredible.  everyone go back and reread that next.
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« Reply #147 on: February 21, 2011, 05:02:39 PM »
Naked Lunch - William S. Burroughs
On the Road - Jack Kerouac
Big Sur - Jack Kerouac
The Sheltering Sky - Paul Bowles
Short Stories - Paul Bowles
Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison
East of Eden - John Steinbeck
Tropic of Cancer - Henry Miller
Tropic of Capricorn - Henry Miller
Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon (very long and complex)
Anything He's Ever Written - Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Post Office - Charles Bukowski
Pulp - Charles Bukowski
Ham on Rye - Charles Bukowski

if you feel like venturing outside of America, just give the word. Some real incredible stuff out there in that big bad world.

So, after Catcher in the Rye (pretty good), I was going to try something from this list, but my shitty library had basically nothing on the list, except for a lot of Vonnegut stuff. So I played it safe and will read Slaughterhouse Five next.

Anyone can feel free to add something that is considered "classic" or "timeless". Fiction/non-fiction and foreign authors welcome. Thanks, pals.

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« Reply #148 on: February 21, 2011, 05:06:55 PM »
Naked Lunch - William S. Burroughs
On the Road - Jack Kerouac
Big Sur - Jack Kerouac
The Sheltering Sky - Paul Bowles
Short Stories - Paul Bowles
Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison
East of Eden - John Steinbeck
Tropic of Cancer - Henry Miller
Tropic of Capricorn - Henry Miller
Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon (very long and complex)
Anything He's Ever Written - Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Post Office - Charles Bukowski
Pulp - Charles Bukowski
Ham on Rye - Charles Bukowski

if you feel like venturing outside of America, just give the word. Some real incredible stuff out there in that big bad world.

So, after Catcher in the Rye (pretty good), I was going to try something from this list, but my shitty library had basically nothing on the list, except for a lot of Vonnegut stuff. So I played it safe and will read Slaughterhouse Five next.

Anyone can feel free to add something that is considered "classic" or "timeless". Fiction/non-fiction and foreign authors welcome. Thanks, pals.

Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad; the basis for Apocalypse Now
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey; way different than the movie, and way better
The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway; sums up the mentality behind manhood
1984 - George Orwell; really gets a bad reputation because of the indie kids that like it so I thought I'd hate it, but I loved it
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald; if you haven't read it since high school, it is nothing like you remember

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #149 on: February 21, 2011, 05:20:49 PM »
Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray [very funny imho]