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Old 08-20-2010, 03:43 PM   #2791 (permalink)
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Yet to start it, been told its an all round good book from an old english teacher... ill give my opinion once i finish it!
Mehh, it's very fanciful, it doesn't really show the nastier sides of heroin like Trainspotting

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R.A. Wilson's fictional work is quite similar to Robbins'. Haha, I worship Wilson as well, but more so for his non-fiction. Ironically I always thought of Wilson's Illuminatus Trilogy as being eerily similar to Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series.

Edit: My personal recommendations for Robbins' (aside from what you're reding now, which I think is also one of his better novels) are Cowgirls..., Jitterbug Perfume, and Still Life With Woodpecker.

If you want to take on an immensely challenging read, pick up Half Asleep in Frog Pagamas. It's written entirely in 2nd person!
I just bought that today for like a quarter, I hope it's good
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Old 08-20-2010, 04:06 PM   #2792 (permalink)
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Mehh, it's very fanciful, it doesn't really show the nastier sides of heroin like Trainspotting



I just bought that today for like a quarter, I hope it's good
Oh, that's the ¢25 book? It is very good. I'm quite excited for you to read it!
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Old 08-20-2010, 04:19 PM   #2793 (permalink)
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I have that and Still Life, both for mad cheap. I found some excellent books when I was out today, all for a quarter: Slaughter House Five, a Jackie Susann, Even Cowgirls, and one I particularly nearly peed myself in excitement of finding, The World According to Garp
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Old 08-20-2010, 04:24 PM   #2794 (permalink)
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I have that and Still Life, both for mad cheap. I found some excellent books when I was out today, all for a quarter: Slaughter House Five, a Jackie Susann, Even Cowgirls, and one I particularly nearly peed myself in excitement of finding, The World According to Garp
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Old 08-21-2010, 12:12 AM   #2795 (permalink)
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R.A. Wilson's fictional work is quite similar to Robbins'. Haha, I worship Wilson as well, but more so for his non-fiction. Ironically I always thought of Wilson's Illuminatus Trilogy as being eerily similar to Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series.

Edit: My personal recommendations for Robbins' (aside from what you're reading now, which I think is also one of his better novels) are Cowgirls..., Jitterbug Perfume, and Still Life With Woodpecker.

If you want to take on an immensely challenging read, pick up Half Asleep in Frog Pagamas. It's written entirely in 2nd person!
All are great books though - Hitchhiker's Guide, Illuminatus trilogy...even prometheus rising! (although more than 'helping myself change', I find it more of a fascinating book in that, the more I read it, the weirder it gets). And this was a marvelous lecture by douglas adams -


(I find him just as interesting a person as anyone else here!)

I will eventually get all the one's you've mentioned, but Cowgirls can wait for a couple of weeks - I can only take so much of this mind-boggling chaotic stuff at a time!




So, anyways, I'm more than halfway through Fierce Invalids and I have this (bad?) habit of reading multiple books at a time :\. So recently bought was - Stephen Fry - The Liar. Absolutely loved his autobiography (moab is my washpot) and can't wait to get started on this!
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Brian Greene's The Fabric of the Cosmos. The book is designed to give the leyman a better understanding of physics (special/general relativity, quantum physics, etc..) and so far it's a fantastic book. I'd recommend it to anyone interested in science-y things. Also just finished Sex, Drugs, Einstein and Elves by Clifford Pickover. It's basically a hilarious amalgamation of an old scientist's musings and interests including DMT, sushi, conspiracies and lots of other bizarre-o stuff.
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Brian Greene's The Fabric of the Cosmos. The book is designed to give the leyman a better understanding of physics (special/general relativity, quantum physics, etc..) and so far it's a fantastic book. I'd recommend it to anyone interested in science-y things. Also just finished Sex, Drugs, Einstein and Elves by Clifford Pickover. It's basically a hilarious amalgamation of an old scientist's musings and interests including DMT, sushi, conspiracies and lots of other bizarre-o stuff.
Something about this post, is enticing.
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Which part?
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Which part?
Well, I'm a science guy, so pretty much all of it. Always been quite fond of sushi as well. And amalgamation's a pretty sexy word. That's about it.
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Ahh! Another geek! We're slim pickins these days. Areas of interest? (Off topic, oh well, heh)
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