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Ah yes, how could I forget about Robert Anton Wilson...

Paulo Coelho is an amazing author as well. He isnt in the same genre as the rest mentioned. He has more of a spiritual thing goin for him. He is a brazilian writer. But every book ive read of his (about 8 or 9 now) has been wonderful. Try The Alchemist or The Pilgrimage first.

Haruki Murakami is also an amazing writer. Sort of Magical Realism from a japanese perspective. Some books to check out: Wind-up Bird Chronicle, Sputnik Sweetheart, Wild Sheep Chase, Kafka on the Shore, All amazing books by an amazing writer.

Amyjared, great call on Survivor. I love Palahniuk. If you really want to be disturbed, read Haunted.

Here are some must reads.

Tom Robbins - Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates
- Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas
- Villa Incognito
- Another Roadside Attraction

Christopher Moore - Practical Demonkeeping
- Coyote Blue
- Fluke
- A Dirty Job

And if you really want something heavy,
try Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco

btw who of you read gd: the illustrated trip?
is it worth the money or are there good alternatives?
thx

It is definatley worth the money, in MY opinion anyway. I just wish I could find it somewhere. P.S. How many more post till I get rid of this Blues For Allah? I just had the album cover and now this one, Allahs giving me the blues.

tigerstrat wrote:Ah yes, how could I forget about Robert Anton Wilson...

PRINCIPIA DISCORDIA!

Fnord.

If you haven't read it, yet, then I would highly recommend "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley. That book was an eye-opener for me, and a great read.

Also, I recommend "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer, for any drifters. It's a true story about this kid who, just after finishing college, decides to give up all his posessions, hitchhike to alaska, and live in the wilderness.

I'm a big fan of the Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. I've also read stuff like A Farewell to Arms, The Great Gatsby. The jazz age stuff. Also On the Road and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest are some of my favorites. But my absolute favorite book of all time is The Catcher in the Rye. I've read it about 5 times and I can't get enough of it. Of course, I'm always trying to broaden my literary tastes.

anyone read the road by cormac mcarthy? really good book, very disturbing vision of the apocalypse, umm also anyone like jrr tolkien...aka the hobbit guy

DMT: The Spirt Molecule
By Rick Strassman, M.D.

Fantastic read.

gratephulphish123 wrote:anyone read the road by cormac mcarthy? really good book, very disturbing vision of the apocalypse, umm also anyone like jrr tolkien...aka the hobbit guy

GP123, yeah, good call on the Tolkien. It's a bit mute now that they've gone and made the movies, but the Lord Of The Rings books were some of the best (fiction) books that I've read. I'd put the Hobbit up on the same pedestal.

anyone who's read "one flew over the cuckoo's nest" and seen the movie?? I've seen the movie, would you still recommend reading the book?

about a year ago i was having trouble sleeping, i couldnt keep my mind from racing all night long...
i had to get my self soooo tired i would just pass out...i couldnt even just read books because i would get caught up in them and my mind would be racing after reading anyhow so....

i have read the illustrated trip straight through

its not a book per say its just a time line with nearly every fact about shows and band memebers and just everything related to the GD...so i wouldnt recomend reading it like a book, but i would buy it, its really cool and accurate and fun to have around

d-v-s wrote:

gratephulphish123 wrote:anyone read the road by cormac mcarthy? really good book, very disturbing vision of the apocalypse, umm also anyone like jrr tolkien...aka the hobbit guy

GP123, yeah, good call on the Tolkien. It's a bit mute now that they've gone and made the movies, but the Lord Of The Rings books were some of the best (fiction) books that I've read. I'd put the Hobbit up on the same pedestal.

anyone who's read "one flew over the cuckoo's nest" and seen the movie?? I've seen the movie, would you still recommend reading the book?

books much better than the movie, imo

gratephulphish123 wrote:

d-v-s wrote:

gratephulphish123 wrote:anyone read the road by cormac mcarthy? really good book, very disturbing vision of the apocalypse, umm also anyone like jrr tolkien...aka the hobbit guy

GP123, yeah, good call on the Tolkien. It's a bit mute now that they've gone and made the movies, but the Lord Of The Rings books were some of the best (fiction) books that I've read. I'd put the Hobbit up on the same pedestal.

anyone who's read "one flew over the cuckoo's nest" and seen the movie?? I've seen the movie, would you still recommend reading the book?

books much better than the movie, imo

haven't seen the movie but the book is pretty much amazing.

i read "sometimes a great notion" last summer and it totally blew me away. kesey totally gets into the heads of all the characters of the book. the story is told by many characters from many points of view... i can't really describe it but its simply amazing... never read anything like it before.

anyone who's read "one flew over the cuckoo's nest" and seen the movie?? I've seen the movie, would you still recommend reading the book?

I read the book and saw the movie. Book is much better, and will give you more insight into the movie. Funny, the movie won the Academy Award for Best Picture, but Kesey never saw it. Hated that Nicholson was going to play McMurphy. Michael Douglas bought the rights to the movie. Ken said he was going to go to his grave never seeing the movie, and that's what happened. Oh, and if you read Sometimes a great Notion, don't bother with the movie!