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Jambi
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Post subject: Looks Like We Got Ourselves a Reader............  Posted: 06 Nov 2009 21:01 |
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I was looking for a book topic, but seeing as I couldn't find one I decided to create it.
If I looked over it please correct me and disregard this post.
What book are you currently reading and/or what are your favorite books?
Currently I am reading "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins
One of my favorites is "Slaughterhouse Five" by Kurt Vonnegut.
I want to revisit 1984 soon because it has been awhile and I don't recall much.
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Post subject: Re: Looks Like We Got Ourselves a Reader............ Posted: 07 Nov 2009 05:30 |
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Jambi wrote:
Currently I am reading "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins
Shit! So am I! Where are you in it, so far? I'm on page 174 in the hardcover edition, Chapter 5, "The Roots of Religion". Interesting stuff so far... Quote: One of my favorites is "Slaughterhouse Five" by Kurt Vonnegut. I have an affinity for the entire Middle Earth story (the Silmarillion, Histories, Hobbit, Lord of the Rings). I just love it.
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Post subject: Re: Looks Like We Got Ourselves a Reader............ Posted: 08 Nov 2009 16:03 |
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I have just read the meditations from descartes if anyone is interested in philosophy I would recommend it or montaigne s essays...
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Post subject: Re: Looks Like We Got Ourselves a Reader............ Posted: 08 Nov 2009 16:21 |
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My favorite book/books of all time is the His Dark Materials trilogy. A must read for everyone I should think... Keep on meaning to re-read LOTR but can never get around to it.
A Hundred Years of Solitude is pretty good too. Not quite sure why but it always comes to mind when I try and think of my favorite books of all time.
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Jambi
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Post subject: Re: Looks Like We Got Ourselves a Reader............ Posted: 09 Nov 2009 01:10 |
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NateHevens wrote:
Shit! So am I! Where are you in it, so far? I'm on page 174 in the hardcover edition, Chapter 5, "The Roots of Religion".
Interesting stuff so far...
Right on! Currently I am on Chapter 4. I really enjoy it so far. Makes me think of the song "Imagine" by John Lennon. All the possibilities and achievements we could accomplish if religion wasn't in the way of everything. I was really moved by what he said about the court system. How an Atheist is compared to a modern Salem Which Tiral. There is no way a jury of Christians would give you a fair trial if they knew you were an Atheist, regardless if you were innocent or not. It is interesting to know what we are a minority and subject to much discrimination in the social and political spectrum.
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Post subject: Re: Looks Like We Got Ourselves a Reader............ Posted: 13 Nov 2009 12:43 |
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Favorites......Hard for me to pick anything in the arts, whether it's books, music, paintings......I'm pretty much all over the map. I pretty much like anything by Palahniuk, Tolkien, Orwell, Twain, Steinbeck, Kerouac, (Love the Beats), etc. I also like Mythology. Especially Greek and Norse though I've been getting into Aztec lately.
Currently reading.....the Bill Hicks forums of course.
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Post subject: Re: Looks Like We Got Ourselves a Reader............ Posted: 14 Nov 2009 22:13 |
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Like reading sci fi, fantasy, poetry and the occasional biography. recently read Dear Boy: The Life Of Keith Moon, by Tony Fletcher, which is very detailed and insightful, just re-read the Broken Sword by Poul Anderson, which would make a great film by the way, and am currently reading a collection of sci fi short stories and am on The Hemingway Hoax by Joe Haldeman which is a very interesting tale about parallel universes.
Don't really have a favourite as such, but I would recomend Jeff Noon's novels Vurt and Pollen, which are set in a Bowiesque diamond dogs future Manchester full of rock n roll imagery. Also anything by Philip K Dick, David Zindell and Stephen Donaldson.
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Post subject: Re: Looks Like We Got Ourselves a Reader............ Posted: 16 Nov 2009 05:32 |
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I'm reading Neil Gaiman-Neverwhere. I plan on reading A Confederacy of Dunces next because both Bill Hicks and another guy I like listed it as a great book and I'm always ready to accept suggestions by people I esteem. Quote: His Dark Materials That is a great trilogy. For those who haven't read it, I'm going to push these books there for a bit. They're about a kid in a vaguely steampunk alternate reality, sure, but when I found out that the enemy was the Church my eyes lit up. The writer is a convinced atheist who believes in the essential evilness of organized religion, in this specific case Christianity and its perspective of sin. So read the books. And LOTR. What the hell.
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Post subject: Re: Looks Like We Got Ourselves a Reader............ Posted: 08 Dec 2009 05:54 |
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I like anything Kahlil Gibran. Hunter Thompson is good and H.P Lovecraft when I'm in the mood.
ha! I love the tittle of your post.
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Post subject: Re: Looks Like We Got Ourselves a Reader............ Posted: 13 Dec 2009 16:13 |
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Michael Moorcock, who wrote Hawkwinds' rap SONIC ATTACK is also one of my favourites. His eternal champion series of books are a must for any serious sci fi fan, especially the dark antihero Elric Of Melnibone and his sword Stormbringer, the eater of souls.
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Post subject: Re: Looks Like We Got Ourselves a Reader............ Posted: 15 Dec 2009 20:10 |
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Just finished Dawkins's "The God Delusion" again and starting his new one "The Greatest Show On Earth".
Reading "Pigs Might Fly" about Pink Floyd, "Leave 'em Laughing" about Tommy Cooper (British magician/comedian) and "Niv" about David Niven. Just bought Ozzy Osbournes autobiography. So many books on the go at once, just crazy.......
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Post subject: Re: Looks Like We Got Ourselves a Reader............ Posted: 16 Dec 2009 12:42 |
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green eyed lady wrote: I like anything Kahlil Gibran. Hunter Thompson is good and H.P Lovecraft when I'm in the mood.
ha! I love the tittle of your post. Have got all of Gibrans work, even though I am atheist, for me his descriptions of the spiritual are as an affinity to nature, which is how I feel.
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Post subject: Re: Looks Like We Got Ourselves a Reader............ Posted: 17 Dec 2009 18:35 |
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Prankster wrote: Just finished Dawkins's "The God Delusion" I really enjoyed this book. It was so true... everything it said. It was nice to have my feelings finally succinctly put. In a sense, it was The God Delusion that pretty much "deconverted" me to atheism (that and actually reading the Bible... what a fucking disgusting book!). Quote: again and starting his new one "The Greatest Show On Earth". This one is rather dry, but very good. Seriously... if Richard Dawkins had been my Biology teacher in high school, I'd probably be studying to be a Biologist right now. Instead, I had shitty teachers, and am now a struggling musician. This will give you tons of great arguments if you ever end up in a debate with a Creatard (contraction of Creationist and Retard... although, admittedly, it kind of insults Retards, who are emphatically more intelligent then Creationists) and/or an IDiot (Intelligent Design.... which is just Creation dressed up in a lab coat). Otherwise it will give you quite a bit more knowledge about Evolution. I'm on Chapter 11 right now. It's dry, but great. I'll be starting on Jerry Coyne's "Why Evolution is True" once the paperback version (which I pre-ordered) is out in January.
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Post subject: Re: Looks Like We Got Ourselves a Reader............ Posted: 05 Mar 2010 14:03 |
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His Dark Materials
LOTR
The Hobbit
DUNE
Money (a suicide note) Martin Amis. Actually referenced in Bill Hicks "Love All The People".
Love All The People
White Line Fever (Lemmy Autobiography.)
Just wondering I'm new to this site does anyone know of any books Bill recommended/liked?
Sorry if this has already been posted on another thread
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Post subject: Re: Looks Like We Got Ourselves a Reader............ Posted: 05 Mar 2010 19:25 |
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I think I read somewhere his favourite book was 'A Confederacy of Dunces'
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Post subject: Re: Looks Like We Got Ourselves a Reader............ Posted: 05 Mar 2010 19:37 |
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Bill loved LOTR and The Hobbit; the last book he read, in February 1994, was Fellowship of the Ring. Bill was a voracious reader since before he decided to become a comedian and would probably advise you read about whatever interests you, but a few of the books he is known to have favoured and/or recommended are: Noam Chomsky's Manufacturing Consent, Robert Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land, and everything Mark Twain wrote (especially The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn). Then, of course, there's the book that helped inspire Bill to become a comedian - Woody Allen's Without Feathers. Enjoy! P.S. - Around 1993, Bill also frequently discussed Heather's Two Mommies and Daddy's New Room-Mate but only recommended the former, as the latter was absolutely disgusting and grotesque. 
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Post subject: Re: Looks Like We Got Ourselves a Reader............ Posted: 08 Mar 2010 01:58 |
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Right now I'm reading "We we're soldiers once... and young"
Its about the battle of Ia Drang in Vietnam told from the perspective of the troops.
Its a real eye opener.
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Post subject: Re: Looks Like We Got Ourselves a Reader............ Posted: 09 Mar 2010 03:21 |
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I just finished "Bill Hicks: Agent Of Evolution" By Kevin Booth.
It was a fun read, I laughed quite a bit at their experiences.
I learned a lot about Bill that surprised me.
Towards the last months of Bill's life it was very emotional and made me tear up a bit.
If you guys haven't read it yet I recommend it.
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Post subject: Re: Looks Like We Got Ourselves a Reader............ Posted: 23 Mar 2010 15:19 |
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I havent read Agent Of Evolution yet but its the next book I plan on getting. Favorite books that come to mind would be LOTR series Harry Potter series (yes, laugh .. you fuckers)   I Am Ozzy (Ozzy Osbourne's autobiography) The Long Hard Road Out Of Hell (Marilyn Manson's autobiography) Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas American Psycho and many more but those are just a few personal faves.
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