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OT, books
Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 11:49 am
by the spirograph crew
Could some kind Abe head recommend me a life changing book for me to read on my summer hols?
peas.
Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 12:00 pm
by pepezabala
I wanted to re-read this one: greil marcus - lipstick traces.
(the links from dada to punk ...)
Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 12:01 pm
by beats me
Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 12:05 pm
by Warminstrel
Diceman by Luke Rhinehart (Explores self and illusion, and freedom and chance/choice)
Carlos Castanedas (Author of a controversial series of books that claimed to describe his training in traditional Native American shamanism, Peyote not included)
Anything by Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting, Acid House, Porn, Filth = All vices catered for, you may even learn some new ones...)
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May not change your life but certainly change the way you percieve life.....
Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 12:10 pm
by the spirograph crew
cheers read that before! also my girlfriend would probably have something to say about that.
I wanted to re-read this one: greil marcus - lipstick traces.
(the links from dada to punk ...)
yeah that looks pretty good ta.
Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 12:13 pm
by the spirograph crew
cheers for the suggestions Warminstrel.
like the look of Diceman.
Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 12:14 pm
by 8O
Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 12:19 pm
by the spirograph crew
8O wrote:
ha, i study stuff like that on work time.
Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 12:22 pm
by smartass303
Herbert Marcuse - One dimensional man
Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 12:24 pm
by dom
The manual is actually a good suggestion :-)
Something even more entertaining during the summer holidays would be the good old Illuminatus Trilogy. You'll either love or hate it - there's not much in between.
Dom
Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 12:32 pm
by 8O
Here's some more suggestions for you. Should all be amazonable:
Bill Drummond - 45
Haing S. Ngor - Survival in the Killing Fields
LTC Rolt - High Horse Riderless
Jonathan Glover - Humanity
Philip K Dick - The Man in the High Castle
Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 12:48 pm
by andydes
Joseph Heller - Catch 22
Do you want your life changed for the better or worse. If it's the latter you could try Hubert Selby Jr - Last Exit to Brooklin
Or for a music related read, there's always, The Timelords (KLF) - The Manual, How to Have a no 1 the Easy Way
Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 1:05 pm
by Rogue Scrunt
Generation Kill
homicide: a year on the killing streets
Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 1:10 pm
by Patch
Rogue Scrunt wrote:Generation Kill
homicide: a year on the killing streets
Rainbows and lollipops, and...
Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 1:10 pm
by railheads