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Anybody read anything good lately? I need something to read.

i suggest something by Tom Robbins
thats what im reading right now (the book is called Skinny Legs and All)
its pretty interesting
i like his writing style
yeah
GO READING

I read philosophy primarily. If you want to get the gears working, look at anything by Shunryu Suzuki, or Alan Watts. Very intriguing and good stuff to read!

scar tissue, the anthony keidis autobiography, sex drugs and rock and roll, its such a good read.

The New Pearl Harbor

Scar Tissue is a great read isn't it?

At the moment i'm reading Brave New World by Aldous Huxley for school ... strange futuristic book written in the '30's but a lot of the stuff he writes about is coming true in modern society. I also think Billy may have read this because there is a few things in the book which have shown up in Pumpkins lyrics, eg Soma is a relaxing drug in the book; the book is about what the author saw as the coming trends in society, or Zeitgeist; and so on

Its an interesting book, a little confusing at times but still pretty cool

i have a friend reading a book called the screwtape letters by c.s. lewis. it looks like it would be a good read. i have not readed it but would like too.

Scar Tissue is a good read.

Im a big Fantasy and Sci Fi reader. If that takes your fancy Trudi Canavan is a very good newish Author.

pennies wrote:
i have a friend reading a book called the screwtape letters by c.s. lewis. it looks like it would be a good read. i have not readed it but would like too.


I didn't read the whole thing, but it's an interesting book.



It's really a bible-study group type of book though..deals with the devil, sin, temptation and God.

the most recent book i finished was "The Road Less Traveled." It's a good psychology/philosophy book that covers topics of Self Discipline, Love, and Grace. Grace is a section on religion. I was very intrigued by the first two sections. didn't much care for the part about religion, but thats just me.

Claypool's novel "South of the Pumphouse" was pretty good.

Last book I read was Cell by Stephen King, really good book if you're into him and that genre. Basically about people who use their cell phone turning into violent mindless zombies... It's better than it actually sounds.

Recently read "The Myst Reader," a novelization of the Myst computer games. Yes, I'm THAT nerdy.

Now I'm reading a mythology encyclopaedia. What the heck is up with all this incest in Ancient Greece? Yikes.

Trillian wrote:

Now I'm reading a mythology encyclopaedia. What the heck is up with all this incest in Ancient Greece? Yikes.

I find it more odd, how beutifull women can be seduced by a COW!! (A.K.A. Zeus in disguise) is it somthing us blokes have forgot over the ages? should we be putting a bell round our necks and swinging fake udders around.....LOL
But yeah lots of Incest and ....well anything goes really.

Back on topic and still related to trillians post.
The Odyseus and Iliad are both great pieces of classical work if you like your Ancient mythology.
Im actually myself looking out for a good version of "Arabian Night"

I just finished a book called The Traveler and it was awesome. It's the fist book of three.

I'm actually reading an older Clancy book. It's called "Ruthless.com" It is very very relevant to some issues we are working with in the office right now.

As I Lay Dying
Hamlet
Long Day's Journey Into Night (SO GOOD!)
The Stranger
Pride and Prejudice
Breakfast At Tiffany's
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
Always Running

I read...a lot.

Cormac McCarthy.

Anything by him is good.

Just wondering if anyone is reading anything interesting at the moment?

I'm a goof. I have to have at least 4 books going at once depending on what mood I'm in. What about you guys?

At the moment I have:
Einstein His life and Universe
Body Mind Mastery
The Historian
Astrology the Next Step
Conversations With My Dark Side
In the Company of the Courtesan
Healing the Soul in the Age of the Brain

HeavenlyAlchemy wrote:
Just wondering if anyone is reading anything interesting at the moment?

I'm a goof. I have to have at least 4 books going at once depending on what mood I'm in. What about you guys?

At the moment I have:
Einstein His life and Universe
Body Mind Mastery
The Historian
Astrology the Next Step
Conversations With My Dark Side
In the Company of the Courtesan
Healing the Soul in the Age of the Brain

those are some weird book titles? are you close to mastering your body and mind yet?

i wish books were something not so hard to figure out, you cant judge a book by its cover, then how the fuck else are you suppose to? read five pages before deciding if you want to read it? that would take two days probably... lol

the best book ive read is probably that teen angst one by ned vizzini, he seemed very interesting, and he mentions XYU in it, i was like "...pumpkins..."