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    • May 16, 2012 4:52 PM CDT
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      I love Bukowski's books, I think his misogyny is often tongue in cheek and the person he hates the most is always himself. I didn't get on with Miller though I found Tropic of Cancer incredibly hard to read and just plain boring.

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      South of No North is the best collection of Bukowski short stories! I have a Black Sparrow Press edition. Black Sparrrow also used to publish authors such as John Fante and so on. I may attempt to read Henry Miller again but found him a bit misogynistic. Kerouac leans in this direction slightly sometimes but I give him a pass because the whole mother complex thing that he had probably tempers it a bit. Don't think Bukowski was a misogynist despite what some of his critics said. He was more of an equal-opportunity apartment court Casanova in my estimation.  Any opinions on this thematic riff? 
      Allerleirauh said:

      South of No North - Charles Bukowski

      Under the Roofs of Paris- Henry Miller

      In Watermelon Sugar- Richard Brautigan

      Push -Sapphire

      The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood

      Are what come to mind first.  Not including children's books and comics.

    • May 16, 2012 4:38 PM CDT
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      South of No North is the best collection of Bukowski short stories! I have a Black Sparrow Press edition. Black Sparrrow also used to publish authors such as John Fante and so on. I may attempt to read Henry Miller again but found him a bit misogynistic. Kerouac leans in this direction slightly sometimes but I give him a pass because the whole mother complex thing that he had probably tempers it a bit. Don't think Bukowski was a misogynist despite what some of his critics said. He was more of an equal-opportunity apartment court Casanova in my estimation.  Any opinions on this thematic riff? 
      Allerleirauh said:

      South of No North - Charles Bukowski

      Under the Roofs of Paris- Henry Miller

      In Watermelon Sugar- Richard Brautigan

      Push -Sapphire

      The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood

      Are what come to mind first.  Not including children's books and comics.

    • May 16, 2012 3:30 AM CDT
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      This is also one of my classic faves:)

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    • May 16, 2012 3:28 AM CDT
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      Re-discovered this beautie some time ago....I had read it in high school some moons ago and after talking to some pals at the local, I found out that there is also Vol II (which I have not found yet:()...so in the meantime, I dusted it off and I must say it still tickles my fancy.....it has nothing to do with the supernatural or occult, but with nature at its best. A must:):)!!!

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    • May 16, 2012 3:22 AM CDT
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      I'm getting "experienced" now:):):)

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      I saw David Icke here in Atlanta a few years ago. He had this tremendous slide show and was able to connect quite a convoluted series of dots. Not sure I believe in the shape shifting reptiles but very engrossing presentation.
      sleazy said:

      Everyone should be intoi Icke's books what with 2012 coming around trhe bend, hehehhehehehhe :):)

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    • May 15, 2012 10:14 PM CDT
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      I saw David Icke here in Atlanta a few years ago. He had this tremendous slide show and was able to connect quite a convoluted series of dots. Not sure I believe in the shape shifting reptiles but very engrossing presentation.
      sleazy said:

      Everyone should be intoi Icke's books what with 2012 coming around trhe bend, hehehhehehehhe :):)

    • May 15, 2012 5:26 PM CDT
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      Mark Leyner's new title The Sugar Frosted Nutsack is kind of hard to encapsulate but it parodies celebrities, pop culture trends and contains a lot of book-within-a-book type metafiction. Anything by Leyner is great.

      The Killer Inside Me by pulp master Jim Thompson set the standard for psychokiller/interior monologue type stuff.

      Just to pick one of Philip K Dick's genre bending novels I will mention The Man in the High Castle. It ponders the US after a WWII victory by the Axis powers. It was written with the aid of the prognosticating I Ching and was published way before any of the alternative history novels to follow.

    • May 15, 2012 2:02 PM CDT
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      South of No North - Charles Bukowski

      Under the Roofs of Paris- Henry Miller

      In Watermelon Sugar- Richard Brautigan

      Push -Sapphire

      The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood

      Are what come to mind first.  Not including children's books and comics.

    • January 21, 2012 4:23 AM CST
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    • January 21, 2012 4:21 AM CST
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      Nooooo joke :):):):)

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    • January 21, 2012 4:20 AM CST
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    • January 21, 2012 4:19 AM CST
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      Cover of the book above:)

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    • January 21, 2012 4:18 AM CST
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      This one is considered by many as the new absolute Bible of Heavy Metal today :):)!!!!

       

       

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    • January 21, 2012 4:05 AM CST
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      Real nice one :):)

      Pat said:

      The HitchIker's guide to galaxy by Douglas Adams , my all time favorite !!

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    • January 20, 2012 4:19 AM CST
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      Just read some reviews of I Lucifer online. Most people said it was an amazing read, some people whined that it was too whiny and overly laden with adjectives. I'm gonna give it a try. Thanks.

      Funhouse Skull said:

      I just finished an AMAZING book called "I, Lucifer" by Glen Duncan the premise of which is Lucifer is given an opportunity to rejoin the angelic host by living out life as a mortal. Naturally he pursues a lifestyle of epic debauchery...

      Pikini Death Ray said:

      Here are a few of my favourites (not really music related)

      The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck

      Tales of Ordinary Madness - Charles Bukowski

      Pimp - Iceberg Slim

      Mama Black Widow - Iceberg Slim

      Dopefiend - Donald Goines

      Trainspotting - Irvine Welsh

      On the Road - Jack Kerouac

      If anybody has any suggestions for new reading material that would be great. Cheers.

    • January 19, 2012 8:08 PM CST
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      I just finished an AMAZING book called "I, Lucifer" by Glen Duncan the premise of which is Lucifer is given an opportunity to rejoin the angelic host by living out life as a mortal. Naturally he pursues a lifestyle of epic debauchery...

      Pikini Death Ray said:

      Here are a few of my favourites (not really music related)

      The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck

      Tales of Ordinary Madness - Charles Bukowski

      Pimp - Iceberg Slim

      Mama Black Widow - Iceberg Slim

      Dopefiend - Donald Goines

      Trainspotting - Irvine Welsh

      On the Road - Jack Kerouac

      If anybody has any suggestions for new reading material that would be great. Cheers.

    • January 19, 2012 8:37 AM CST
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      The HitchIker's guide to galaxy by Douglas Adams , my all time favorite !!

    • January 17, 2012 3:37 PM CST
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      Here are a few of my favourites (not really music related)

      The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck

      Tales of Ordinary Madness - Charles Bukowski

      Pimp - Iceberg Slim

      Mama Black Widow - Iceberg Slim

      Dopefiend - Donald Goines

      Trainspotting - Irvine Welsh

      On the Road - Jack Kerouac

      If anybody has any suggestions for new reading material that would be great. Cheers.

    • December 26, 2011 12:32 AM CST
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      Like bands favorite books tend to change as the years go by, but here are a few enduring selections:

      The Ginger Man - J.P. DONLEAVEY

      Voice Of The Fire - ALAN MOORE

      Blood Meridian - CORMAC McCARTHY

      Suttree - CORMAC McCARTHY

      The Neon Wilderness - NELSON ALGREN

      A Confederation Of Dunces - JOHN KENNEDY TOOLE

      Catch 22 - JOSEPH HELLER

      Starship Troopers - ROBERT HEINLIEN

      Logan's Run - WILLIAM F. NOLAN & GEORGE CLAYTON JOHNSON

      Everything That Rises Must Converge - FLANNERY O'CONNOR

      A Clockwork Orange - ANTHONY BURGESS

      Slaughterhouse 5 - KURT VONNEGUT

      The Hippopotamus - STEPHEN FRY

      London Fields - MARTIN AMIS

      Angela's Ashes - FRANK McCOURT

      Einstein's Monsters - MARTIN AMIS

      The Onion Eaters - J.P. DONLEAVEY

      I could probably go on indefinitely, but let me just point out that for me the subject matter is secondary to the author's ability to use language to convey a story. OH! I just thought of a couple more:

      With The Old Breed - E.B. SLEDGE

      The Naked & The Dead - NORMAN MAILER

    • December 22, 2011 2:32 PM CST
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      Everyone should be intoi Icke's books what with 2012 coming around trhe bend, hehehhehehehhe :):)

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    • December 22, 2011 2:16 PM CST
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      just got this book in the mail. It's about Puch mopeds and beat youth culture

    • December 22, 2011 1:37 PM CST
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      I'm into the Moonalice Legend 2:)

       

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    • December 22, 2011 1:33 PM CST
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      Yes, it's the latest on Hammer flix :)

      dave said:

      Cool, is that a history of Hammer films?

      sleazy said:

      I dig reading a lot, so I try to read as much as possible........I'm reading this one now:)

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    • December 22, 2011 1:23 PM CST
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      Cool, is that a history of Hammer films?

      sleazy said:

      I dig reading a lot, so I try to read as much as possible........I'm reading this one now:)

    • December 22, 2011 1:15 PM CST
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      I dig reading a lot, so I try to read as much as possible........I'm reading this one now:)

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