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Old 06-03-2008, 10:03 PM   #511 (permalink)
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~A Clockwork Orange
~Naked Lunch.
Steely Dan...Excellent book.
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Old 06-08-2008, 02:37 PM   #512 (permalink)
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I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert.

It's hilarious.
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Old 06-13-2008, 04:09 PM   #513 (permalink)
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Old 06-13-2008, 05:24 PM   #514 (permalink)
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"The Claiming Of Sleeping Beauty" Anne Rice.
Just finished that one, it was... not what i was expecting. It actually wasn't that good, though it is one of those _classic_ books that 'you must read before you die'.
Not a classic at all and you needn't read it before you die. It's sadomasochistic softcore porn in novel form.
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Old 06-13-2008, 05:36 PM   #515 (permalink)
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I still have never finished 'Naked Lunch' if I'm honest. I'm all for surrealism but W.B's cut-and-paste approach to the structure kind of irritated me. You can't argue with his wielding of the language though. I know the narrative can reputedly be read in any order, has anyone tried this? But it's time I gave it another go.

Currently reading: James Joyce - 'Portait Of the Artist As A Young Man' - my first Joyce since school, really compelling

William K.Massie - 'Dreadnought: Britain, Germany and the Coming of the Great War' - a real monster but just narrative history at it's best. Now finally I can talk to my dad about Otto Von Bismarck and the Franco-Prussian War and make him proud of his underachieving son.
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Old 06-21-2008, 06:40 PM   #516 (permalink)
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A Clockwork Orange for the 5th time, nadsat has become a second language for me.
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Old 06-21-2008, 07:19 PM   #517 (permalink)
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George Orwell's "1984", kind of inspired to read it again considering things happening in our world, especially concerning our internet rights being under siege at the moment. Big Brother is definitely watching...
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Old 06-22-2008, 02:06 AM   #518 (permalink)
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"Welcome to the Monkey House" by Kurt Vonnegut.
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Old 06-22-2008, 01:56 PM   #519 (permalink)
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"Welcome to the Monkey House" by Kurt Vonnegut.
Great collection. My favorite story would have to be "All The King's Horses"
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Old 06-23-2008, 02:04 AM   #520 (permalink)
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