Good Books to Read? (893 hits)
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Submitted by ShimishSmortion (View user info) at 2007-11-11 13:03:39 EST
I come seeking the collective genius of Uber to tell me, what are some good books to read?
What I am looking for is something to expand my horizons, to make me think of things in a unique perspective. I have confined myself to the genre of fantasy i.e. swords and shit like that. I want to branch out and learn from the greatest literary minds of our time.
For example, I've had to read books like Death of a Salesman and Tim O'Brian's The Things They Carried. Great pieces. Any recommendations on books I can pick up and enjoy such as the two listed above would be appreciated.
I realize how ambiguous this question is, but literature is ambiguous in and of itself. Anything you guys or girls have that is inspiring would be greatly appreciated.
Here are some boobs (not promising the greatest quality) for your troubles.
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Submitted by ShimishSmortion (user info) at 2007-11-14 22:09:10 EST (#)
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Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2007-11-14 09:01:48 EST (#)
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Smoking is bad for your health.
7 Mysteries of Life - Guy Murchie...this is informational reading
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
Call A Devil By His Oldest Name - Sallie Bissell
ShimishSmortion is a Dumb Nigger with Funny Comebacks to Director and has Floppy Tits - S.I. Co. Semen
Haha thanks Sico.
Submitted by ConorJS (user info) at 2007-11-14 17:56:07 EST (#)
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The bible, you fucking sinner.
I dunno, christ...
Leon Uris? I like a lot of his stuff. If you're in it for the long hall get something(s) by Dostoevsky. I just read "City of God" and it was a lot cooler than the movie.
Submitted by ShimishSmortion (user info) at 2007-11-14 17:33:41 EST (#)
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You are the fucking man kaos-king. I've been dying to find out information on Goodkinds WFR mini series that should be starting up soon. I forget about it since info was scarce for a long time since the announcement it would be made, then I find this. Thanks man.
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2007-11-14 09:01:48 EST (#)
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Smoking is bad for your health.
7 Mysteries of Life - Guy Murchie...this is informational reading
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
Call A Devil By His Oldest Name - Sallie Bissell
ShimishSmortion is a Dumb Nigger with Funny Comebacks to Director and has Floppy Tits - S.I. Co. Semen
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2007-11-14 08:39:11 EST (#)
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Wildman, sweetheart, you couldn't be more wrong.
Whilst I agree that, too an extent, we display ourselves through our choices of music, literature, film and art, it has a limit. I doubt very much any of these suggestions were made with the express purpose of looking 'cool' and being accepted. Indeed, the response is varied and no one agrees with anyone else on the true definition of a good read. I think your view is very cynical. I feel most people were trying to share a passion and pass on something they enjoyed and got pleasure from.
Submitted by Nellypaal (user info) at 2007-11-14 08:07:04 EST (#)
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Bearing in mind these troubled times in which we live, The Islamist by Ed Hussein is very eye-opening and more than a little scary. If you don't know, it's about the author's time as a radical Muslim extremist before he came out of the whole scene. I found it a valuable read.
The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts by Louis De Bernieres is something else I enjoyed recently.
All the classics.
Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2007-11-12 22:21:47 EST (#)
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caution: people seeking recognition and valadation through the works of others below
Submitted by bob (user info) at 2007-11-12 22:04:16 EST (#)
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Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2007-11-11 15:10:46 EST (#)
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Submitted by bob (user info) at 2007-11-11 19:35:33 GMT (#)
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anything by Hermann Hesse or Franz Kafka.
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Kafka is an invitation to commit suicide
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No way. Great stories all around, even if there is an obvious depressive slant to it. If anything, it reaffirms everything he was fighting against through his own works.
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2007-11-12 17:32:05 EST (#)
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Keeping along the lines of your actual taste... these are some of my favorites...
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"American Gods" - Neil Gaiman: A journey into myth and faith as seen through the modern USA.
"The Great & Secret Show/Everville" - Clive Barker: Mysticism, darkness, science and a talking monkey
"On A Pale Horse" - Piers Anthony: In the future, a newly appointed Grim Reapper hates his job.
"Necroscope" - Brian Lumley: Psychics, vampires, and a rogue factions of the KGB.
I'm also currently reading "The Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova. It deals with the historical Vlad Tepes Dracula as percieved by scholars both Christian & Ottoman. It's far more factual than fantastic.
Terry Goodkind's 'Sword Of Truth' is the only fantasy series I ever really liked outside of "Dragonlance" in my youth.
You might wanna see this ---> http://imdb.com/title/tt0844653/
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-11-12 17:30:02 EST (#)
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I loved War and Peace. (yes, I'm serious) And The Count of Monte Cristo.
Hated Fountainhead and anything else by Ayn Rand. Blech. made me wanna stab my eyes out, and stick a pencil in my ear.
Also enjoyed Les Miserables, but found The Phantom of the Opera not really worth reading, which surprised me.
If you want something still fantasy but very different, try Storm Constantine - Wraeththu, I believe, is the first of the series.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-11-12 14:16:44 EST (#)
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oh and now i read the reviews how the hell did i forget gabriel garcia marquez? gah.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-11-12 14:12:16 EST (#)
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oh yeah...horrid tits.
those things probably scrape her navel when unbound. blech.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-11-12 14:10:48 EST (#)
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Loop's Progress
Experiments with Life and Deaf
Loop's End
A trilogy by a guy named Chuck Rosenthal. Incredible reads, one and all. Favourite in the whole wide world. His wordplay is really fun, lot of literary references in there that you don't have to get at all to appreciate the work in itself, but understanding them make it that much better.
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Neil Gaiman. Any of it. I'm sure that has been said before in reviews, but I didn't read any of them yet. My favourite was 'Neverwhere.'
'Anansi Boys' and 'American Gods' are fooking good too. Jake didn't like one of those three, but I don't remember which. His taste is to be questioned anyway, so no matter.
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If you're in the mood for something light that you can burn through in an afternoon or a plane ride, Tom Robbins has written a dozen or so nice things. He likes to poke fun at societal conventions, things others hold sacred, etc. without really getting vitriolic or mean spirited. Since you're on Uber maybe the lack of hatefulness doesn't appeal to you?
If so, just google his name and pick a title.
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Douglas Coupland. Any of it. 'Miss Wyoming' was good, 'Shampoo Planet' was good, 'Microserfs' was better than those, 'Generation X' was better than that.
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Salman Rushdie. Any of it. The last thing I read of his was something written as something of a children's story, but in that good sense where there is some gruesomeness lurking beneath the surface of the fairy tale. I'll be fucked if I can remember the title of it though.
Read 'The Satanic Verses' (of course) 'The Moors Last Sigh' and 'The Ground Beneath her Feet'
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Oh, how did I almost forget Douglas Adams? Eat it all up, or you're a heathen who I want nothing to do with.
Me, I'm a big fan of classics... James Joyce is a badass...bah Im done typing this review now, my tea just ran out and I'm going to need some more.
Submitted by triangle_man (user info) at 2007-11-12 13:35:13 EST (#)
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read yourself to sleep
Submitted by TheDoctor (user info) at 2007-11-12 13:22:33 EST (#)
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Grey's Anatomy.
Submitted by icarus1987 (user info) at 2007-11-12 13:09:41 EST (#)
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If you want adventure, but something more substantial than the content Mercedes Lackey/Terry Brooks/Neil Gaiman pump out, I'd go for Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series. It's written, paced, and characterized well enough that you can actually read through the 21 books without getting bored. The reading's somewhat heavy, as Napoleonic/Georgian as well as British naval jargon is thrown about with little/no explanation, but you can get a companion reader, and generally if you can make it past the fifth book you already know enough to read the other sixteen.
Submitted by ilikesteak (user info) at 2007-11-12 10:44:41 EST (#)
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If you were one of my devoted, fanatical followers, you'd know about this post. Remember, I am the source of all that is good.
Enjoy.
http://www.ubersite.com/m/94735
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-11-12 10:33:19 EST (#)
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Read "Catcher in the Fuck Off" and "War and Peace and Fuck You".
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2007-11-12 10:05:21 EST (#)
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stranger in a strange land, heinlein i think.
those are some of the most ghetto tits i've seen in a long long time.
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-11-12 09:32:06 EST (#)
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Have you read Atlas Shrugged? It's slow starting but worthwhile once you get about a third of the way through it...a LONG read, though.
"Blue Like Jazz" by Donald Miller is an excellent book, as well.
Also, I've really been enjoying Ted Dekker's novels recently.
Submitted by MudWhistle (user info) at 2007-11-12 07:06:58 EST (#)
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Four Letters of Love - Naill Williams
The Fuckup - Arthur Nersesian
Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2007-11-12 04:11:34 EST (#)
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I cant believe I left that off my list, below. confederacy of dunces was amazing.
Submitted by UTOCKIN2ME (user info) at 2007-11-12 02:47:28 EST (#)
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A Confederacy of Dunces -by John Kennedy Toole
*the author was 16 years old when he wrote this novel-he also had a short story he wrote for an english assignment in grade eight that later- after his suicide- became the novel 'Neon Bible'
both ended up with Pulitzer prizes.
Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2007-11-12 02:12:31 EST (#)
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Submitted by spacemonkey (user info) at 2007-11-11 14:06:08 EST (#)
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1984
brave new world
on the road
dawn by elie wiesle
one flew over the cukoos nest
notes from the underground
of mice and men
catch-22
the great gatsby
nine stories
farewell to arms
alls quiet on the western front
lord of the flys
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spacemonkey and i have similar taste in books...
brave new world, on the road, cuckoo's nest, catch-22 (my favorite), and lord of the flies are all on my favorites list, and western front was pretty good but i read it in high school history class and my teacher ruined it for me. also, i hate everything elie wiesel ever wrote, except for that scene from Night where he and the rest of the jews were forced to run like 25 miles to the next camp and they just shot everybody who fell behind. i think of that when i go running and i use it as motivation to stop being such a pussy and trying to stop or slow down. And I'm glad nobody has mentioned A Clockwork Orange because I was so frustrated with it I chucked it before I finished the first chapter. I've never enjoyed reading anything less.
anyway, my list, with those mentioned above coming first just so you see them again:
Brave New World - Huxley
On the Road - Kerouac
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - I cant think of the author's name right now but it's easy enough to find.
Catch-22 - Heller. BUY THIS BOOK. THERE IS A REASON EVERYBODY IS SUGGESTING IT.
Lord of the Flies - again, I cant think of the author
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius - Dave Eggers (my co-favorite..fast paced and funny but also poignant and meaningful)
Black Hawk Down - Mark Bowden (SO much better than the movie, and the movie was pretty good. i like war books too, and this one is the best i've read)
One Bullet Away - Nathaniel Fick (second best war book i've read. The Things They Carried is third.)
The Game - Neil Strauss
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell - Tucker Max (this is the same sort of stuff you'd read on ubersite but much funnier)
The 33 Strategies of War, The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction - Robert Greene (the analytical side of war stories...excellent writing, valuable knowledge)
The End of the Affair - Graham Greene (cool little love story...not the same kind of stuff as anything else on this list)
White Fang, Call of the Wild - Jack London (havent read either of these in a long time but these were the books that got me excited about reading when i was a kid)
The Dark Is Rising (and the rest of the "Over Sea, Under Stone" series). I dont know if you've read these but they are some good fantasy books (like, the light vs. the dark in a battle for world domination) that i still enjoy reading. I lost, I think it was, Silver on the Tree, from that series. I need to find it and finish it.
Right now I'm reading This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald for a class and it's super. I am liking it a lot. Next on my list is Closing Time, the sequel to Catch-22. I've read about 40 pages of it and it seems pretty good so far.
Submitted by ShimishSmortion (user info) at 2007-11-12 01:37:52 EST (#)
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Submitted by Susie_Derkins (user info) at 2007-11-11 23:33:03 EST (#)
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Inherit the Wind - Jerome Lawrence & Robert Edwin Lee (since you enjoy reading plays, this one rocks)
ANYTHING by Douglas Coupland - Girlfriend in a Coma, Shampoo Planet, Hey Nostradomus!, Microserfs etc.
ANYTHING by Douglas Adams - The Hitch Hiker's Guide trilogy of five, Salmon of Doubt etc
The Life of Pi - Yann Martel
I Know This Much is True - Wally Lamb
My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult
The Memory Keeper's Daughter - Kim Edwards
The Long Way Round - Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman
Right now, the only books I can read are textbooks, so I'm quite jealous of you.
I've just spent the past three years mucking around in various computer majors at school to settle on an English major. Not much free time here either. Don't be too jealous.
Submitted by maiorano84 (user info) at 2007-11-12 00:32:56 EST (#)
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Those tits are gross.
Submitted by Susie_Derkins (user info) at 2007-11-11 23:33:03 EST (#)
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Inherit the Wind - Jerome Lawrence & Robert Edwin Lee (since you enjoy reading plays, this one rocks)
ANYTHING by Douglas Coupland - Girlfriend in a Coma, Shampoo Planet, Hey Nostradomus!, Microserfs etc.
ANYTHING by Douglas Adams - The Hitch Hiker's Guide trilogy of five, Salmon of Doubt etc
The Life of Pi - Yann Martel
I Know This Much is True - Wally Lamb
My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult
The Memory Keeper's Daughter - Kim Edwards
The Long Way Round - Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman
Right now, the only books I can read are textbooks, so I'm quite jealous of you.
Submitted by Zampano (user info) at 2007-11-11 23:23:17 EST (#)
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Submitted by BeforeEmily (user info) at 2007-11-11 23:04:12 EST (#)
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Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2007-11-11 10:06:27 PST (#)
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Catcher in the Rye
Thats is all
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my all time favorite ^
I just ordered the book that the movie "into the wild" is based on, about that jackass that burned his money and went to starve to death in the alaskan wilderness. the movie was pretty good, try the book. the guy is still a jackass though
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Sorry, but I really hate Jon Krakauer (or something in that vein). 'Into the Wild' was my second attempt, after 'Into Thin Air.' Neither was a really pleasant experience for me. And especially when he deviated from Chris's story for a lengthy, I think fifty page iteration of some prior adventure in his mountain-going experience to vaguely draw a similarity between him and the so-called protagonist of his story.
I do want to see the movie though.
Submitted by Flack (user info) at 2007-11-11 23:08:14 EST (#)
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Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
Cat's Cradle- Kurt Vonnegut
Lullaby- Chuck Palahniuk AND Haunted- Chuck Palahniuk
Really the Blues- Mezz Mezzrow
Going after Cacciato- Tim O'Brien (not as good as The Things They Carried but excellent nonetheless)
I AM America (And You Can Too)- Stephen Colbert
Napalm and Silly Putty- George Carlin
American Psycho- Bret Ellis
The Gospel of The Flying Spaghetti Monster
Angels and Demons- Dan Brown
A Foreign Policy of Freedom- Ron Paul
Soylent Green- Oh fuck, who wrote that? Better than the movie anyways.
Journey to The Center of The Earth- Jules Verne (may fave book as a kid and still a great read)
Submitted by BeforeEmily (user info) at 2007-11-11 23:04:12 EST (#)
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Catcher in the Rye
Thats is all
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my all time favorite ^
I just ordered the book that the movie "into the wild" is based on, about that jackass that burned his money and went to starve to death in the alaskan wilderness. the movie was pretty good, try the book. the guy is still a jackass though
Submitted by pen_name (user info) at 2007-11-11 22:46:08 EST (#)
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champagne made in america isn't champagne, but sparkling wine.
pushes dildo up nose.
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2007-11-11 22:39:02 EST (#)
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www.amazon.com
how about you try there.
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2007-11-11 22:37:08 EST (#)
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death of a salesman is a play, not a book.
if i wore glasses, id be pushing them snootily up my nose
Submitted by Phallic_Cymbals (user info) at 2007-11-11 21:43:35 EST (#)
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Papillon/Banco by Henri Charriere.
Mr Nice by Howard Marks
Submitted by pen_name (user info) at 2007-11-11 20:56:46 EST (#)
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Oh come on. Pfft. trying to prove it might not have been lung TB? whatever.
by the way, orwell and jane austin also died of TB. as did emily bronte, keats, kafka, and poe's mother and wife (wtg edgar, you tough SOB).
Submitted by Zeglamancer (user info) at 2007-11-11 20:55:10 EST (#)
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http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warriorshtm/grammarian.htm
lolgg
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2007-11-11 20:50:46 EST (#)
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Submitted by Zeglamancer (user info) at 2007-11-11 20:41:10 EST (#)
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Fuck a book, I've learned more about human beings being a DD then I ever could from a book.
I swear to christ its hard to distinguish Homo Sapien from other 'non-intelligent' species on this planet sometimes...
However those breasts definately 'Made Me Smile' so have a +1
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What is DD, your cup size?
The things you didn't learn because you don't read:
"Than," not 'then'.
It's spelled; definitely.
Thx fer playin'.
Submitted by Zeglamancer (user info) at 2007-11-11 20:41:10 EST (#)
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Fuck a book, I've learned more about human beings being a DD then I ever could from a book.
I swear to christ its hard to distinguish Homo Sapien from other 'non-intelligent' species on this planet sometimes...
However those breasts definately 'Made Me Smile' so have a +1
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2007-11-11 20:29:07 EST (#)
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Why did so many writers die of consumption in the 19th century?
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Because 'consumption' was a generic term for everything they couldn't pin down.
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yeah, but it still had to do with the lungs. lots of lung disease in those prose masters.
Sholem Aleichem had TB I think. Chekhov also had it. Tolstoy died of pneumonia.
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The lung problems were caused by inhaling the stench of the rabble; kinda like Uber.
Also:
Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for tubercle bacillus or Tuberculosis) is a common and deadly infectious disease caused by mycobacteria, mainly Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis most commonly attacks the lungs (as pulmonary TB) but can also affect the central nervous system, the lymphatic system, the circulatory system, the genitourinary system, bones, joints and even the skin. Other mycobacteria such as Mycobacterium bovis, Mycobacterium africanum, Mycobacterium canetti, and Mycobacterium microti can also cause tuberculosis, but these species do not usually infect healthy adults.[1]
Ripped right off of Wikipedia, the most reliable place...in... da....
Submitted by Newty (user info) at 2007-11-11 16:02:53 EST (#)
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Anything by Tim butcher (his series 'The Dresden Files' especially)
Anything by Sebastian Faulks (seriously interesting books)
Making history by Stephen Fry
Murphy's Law
Wild Swans The Daughters of China by Jung chang
Submitted by Fungah (user info) at 2007-11-11 15:35:51 EST (#)
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oh, and house of leaves is kind of supernatural-esque, so it's a good bridge between the shit you read and good writing.
Submitted by pen_name (user info) at 2007-11-11 15:34:21 EST (#)
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Why did so many writers die of consumption in the 19th century?
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Because 'consumption' was a generic term for everything they couldn't pin down.
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yeah, but it still had to do with the lungs. lots of lung disease in those prose masters.
Sholem Aleichem had TB I think. Chekhov also had it. Tolstoy died of pneumonia.
Submitted by Fungah (user info) at 2007-11-11 15:31:32 EST (#)
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House of Leaves is, in my opinion, the greatest piece of contemporary fiction available.
But, if you're looking to get into pretentious, critically acclaimed ivory tower literature, pick up infinite jest by David Foster Wallace and say goodbye to a month or two of your free time. Seriously, it's huge.
Submitted by ShimishSmortion (user info) at 2007-11-11 15:29:59 EST (#)
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My mistake pen_name.
Submitted by pen_name (user info) at 2007-11-11 15:28:49 EST (#)
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i was talking to spacemonkey. I suggested he was the guy with the abusive father.
Submitted by ShimishSmortion (user info) at 2007-11-11 15:27:42 EST (#)
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For anyone who does like fantasy, Goodkind's final book in the Sword of Truth series is coming out in 2 days. Anyone looking forward to it?
Even though Terry Goodkind IS indeed a fantasy author, his focus on the human condition really sets him aside from the cliches you encounter within fantasy. Yes his main character possesses magic and fights with a sword, but once you get past that, his philosophical meanderings throughout his series are quite impressive.
He absolutely rips on certain religions for people who like that sort of thing. You have this evil empire called the "Order" who believes they must suffer in this life in order to get everlasting grace by the "Creator" in the next one. This is am important part of the entire series as a whole. Roman Catholicism made to look silly anyone? Also, Goodkind's views on I believe Hinduism's teaching that one can never truly know reality because your senses can deceive you are absolutely marvelous.
It's these and many more parallels you can draw from reading a genre such as fantasy that I really appreciate. Not magic because you find Harry Potter hot, but what you can represent with things like magic and so on.
Submitted by ShimishSmortion (user info) at 2007-11-11 15:20:04 EST (#)
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also I noticed that you prefer books with "unconventional" endings." did you have an abusive father or something?
No not at all. The books I mentioned are some of the very few I've read outside of the fantasy genre is all.
Kafka did metamorphosis correct? Had to read it for an English class once. I liked it.
This post worked out much better than trolling "top ten" sites and shit like that. Thanks again everyone.
Ok Director I won't fuck with the Irish. For some reason, I've always been fascinated with Ireland and its history. I hope I make money on my first book. If I do well enough, I'm seriously considering getting a nice cottage in the gently sloping hills of Ireland and writing the second one.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2007-11-11 15:18:50 EST (#)
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Why did so many writers die of consumption in the 19th century?
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Because 'consumption' was a generic term for everything they couldn't pin down.
Submitted by pen_name (user info) at 2007-11-11 15:15:51 EST (#)
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Why did so many writers die of consumption in the 19th century?
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Submitted by bob (user info) at 2007-11-11 19:35:33 GMT (#)
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anything by Hermann Hesse or Franz Kafka.
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Kafka is an invitation to commit suicide
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best joke ever...from Spaceballs.
"Prepare for Metamorphosis, are you ready Kafka?"
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Submitted by bob (user info) at 2007-11-11 19:35:33 GMT (#)
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anything by Hermann Hesse or Franz Kafka.
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Kafka is an invitation to commit suicide
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Submitted by spacemonkey (user info) at 2007-11-11 14:06:08 EST (#)
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1984
brave new world
on the road
dawn by elie wiesle
one flew over the cukoos nest
notes from the underground
of mice and men
catch-22
the great gatsby
nine stories
farewell to arms
alls quiet on the western front
lord of the flys
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nine stories is AWESOME. My favorite was the first: A Perfect Day for Banana Fish.
also I noticed that you prefer books with "unconventional" endings." did you have an abusive father or something?
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2007-11-11 14:56:19 EST (#)
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Submitted by ShimishSmortion (user info) at 2007-11-11 14:13:18 EST (#)
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This is a treasure trove I will value as I start to get more books. Thanks everyone.
Submitted by Director (user info) at 2007-11-11 13:37:32 EST (#)
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Live and learn, dipshit.
Also, get out of the swords and sorcery shit, especially if you ever plan on getting laid by anything other than a chick with greasy hair, a fat ass, horn-rimmed glasses and buck teeth, you fucking dweeb.
What are you a fucking retard? Just because I like to read a fantasy book on my free time when I'm either in between classes or sitting on your kike mothers face, doesn't mean I show all my potential fuck friends my collection of fantasy.
You reek of fail.
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WHOA!!!!! AND YOU PEOPLE SAY "I" AM AN ASSHOLE!!! :)
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2007-11-11 14:52:37 EST (#)
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Seriously, look at this site.
http://www.sff.net/people/Amy.Sheldon/listcont.htm
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2007-11-11 14:49:08 EST (#)
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Great suggestions. Howsometoforeverandwhatthefuck, the author asked for swords and fantasy. Try Marion Zimmer Bradley and Anne MacCaffrey (sp?).
Or Tolkein.
Submitted by experima (user info) at 2007-11-11 14:43:59 EST (#)
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you might like "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro. It has a science fiction tilt to it of course but not overwhelmingly so.
Submitted by bob (user info) at 2007-11-11 14:35:33 EST (#)
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anything by Hermann Hesse or Franz Kafka.
Submitted by Director (user info) at 2007-11-11 14:26:47 EST (#)
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My mother is Irish and if you tried to sit on her face...
Tell you what, just try it.
Submitted by Director (user info) at 2007-11-11 14:25:37 EST (#)
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Reek of fail?
Maybe, but...
You stink of Nerd.
Submitted by ShimishSmortion (user info) at 2007-11-11 14:13:18 EST (#)
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This is a treasure trove I will value as I start to get more books. Thanks everyone.
Submitted by Director (user info) at 2007-11-11 13:37:32 EST (#)
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Live and learn, dipshit.
Also, get out of the swords and sorcery shit, especially if you ever plan on getting laid by anything other than a chick with greasy hair, a fat ass, horn-rimmed glasses and buck teeth, you fucking dweeb.
What are you a fucking retard? Just because I like to read a fantasy book on my free time when I'm either in between classes or sitting on your kike mothers face, doesn't mean I show all my potential fuck friends my collection of fantasy.
You reek of fail.
Submitted by spacemonkey (user info) at 2007-11-11 14:06:08 EST (#)
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1984
brave new world
on the road
dawn by elie wiesle
one flew over the cukoos nest
notes from the underground
of mice and men
catch-22
the great gatsby
nine stories
farewell to arms
alls quiet on the western front
lord of the flys
Submitted by pen_name (user info) at 2007-11-11 13:55:56 EST (#)
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Lolita drags about midway through. The language gets prettier while the plot gets thinner.
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2007-11-11 13:51:33 EST (#)
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Dubliners by Joyce
Submitted by MyNameIsTim (user info) at 2007-11-11 13:51:16 EST (#)
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i hate fat boobs like that.
kite runner.
Submitted by pen_name (user info) at 2007-11-11 13:48:13 EST (#)
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The Best American _______ series is always good. I've tried their short stories and essays. They also have science fiction.
Franny and Zooey
Good Omens
Danny the Champion of the World.
Choke
Catch-22
Something Wicked this Way Comes
From the Dust Returned.
Different Seasons.
Tevye the Dairyman and the Railroad Stories
A shitload of others I can't remember because my library is retarded and can't/won't keep track of all the goddamn books I borrow.
Submitted by Zampano (user info) at 2007-11-11 13:42:58 EST (#)
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'100 Years of Solitude' by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, but if you want to get into his style first, then try out 'Memoirs of My Meloncholy Whores.'
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I would definitely agree with the first part. One of my all-time favorites. I don't know, however, if I'm of the opinion that one should acclimate to Marquez's style or to just jump right in. If you read '100 Years' first, like I did, everything else of his, while much better than most, just won't have quite the impact. 'Love in the Time of Cholera,' for instance, was a phenomenal read, but it just couldn't live up to its brother. 'Memoirs of My Melancholy Whores' is a good introductory book, agreed. Light and relatively brisk.
'Gravity's Rainbow' by Thomas Pynchon. Actually, scratch that. Read 'The Crying of Lot 49' if you're ever going to be serious about Pynchon. It's arguably his most accessible book and, at 152 pages, his briefest. (Speaking of Pynchon, has anybody read 'Against the Day' yet? Penguin released the trade paperback two weeks ago and I've been toying with buying it or not.)
And keeping with postmodernism, ever hear of a little book called 'House of Leaves?' Highly recommended.
James Joyce, 'Ulysses.'
Mark Helprin, 'Winter's Tale.'
Vladimir Nabakov, 'Pale Fire' and 'Lolita.'
Any of Jorge Luis Borges' fictions, or his poetry. I haven't read too much of his nonfiction, so I don't have much of an opinion on it.
And so on.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-11-11 13:37:43 EST (#)
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Kurt Vonnegut - Slapstick
Submitted by Director (user info) at 2007-11-11 13:37:32 EST (#)
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Live and learn, dipshit.
Also, get out of the swords and sorcery shit, especially if you ever plan on getting laid by anything other than a chick with greasy hair, a fat ass, horn-rimmed glasses and buck teeth, you fucking dweeb.
Submitted by ghola (user info) at 2007-11-11 13:33:52 EST (#)
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The Stranger - Albert Camus
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2007-11-11 13:31:27 EST (#)
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Books I read again and again -
Bruce Chatwin, On The Black Hill.
Also Graham Greene, Brighton Rock.
Clive Barker, Weave World.
Margaret Atwood, A Handmaid's Tale.
John Buchan, The Thirty-nine Steps.
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2007-11-11 13:19:02 EST (#)
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Anything by Elmore Leonard.
Submitted by STIXS (user info) at 2007-11-11 13:18:09 EST (#)
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'100 Years of Solitude' by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, but if you want to get into his style first, then try out 'Memoirs of My Meloncholy Whores.'
Submitted by ShimishSmortion (user info) at 2007-11-11 13:13:23 EST (#)
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Submitted by ilikesteak (user info) at 2007-11-11 13:08:16 EST (#)
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1. That's clevage, not boobs.
2. If you liked those, then I'll be of no help to you. You clearly have no concept of quality.
I wasn't applauding them as the greatest works of our time, I just happened to enjoy them. My problem is I don't know WHERE to get the good stuff.
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2007-11-11 13:09:45 EST (#)
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Slaughterhouse Five - One of the greatest books in history
Submitted by ilikesteak (user info) at 2007-11-11 13:08:16 EST (#)
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1. That's clevage, not boobs.
2. If you liked those, then I'll be of no help to you. You clearly have no concept of quality.
Submitted by ShimishSmortion (user info) at 2007-11-11 13:07:14 EST (#)
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I've read that one to. Should have included it in the examples above.
Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2007-11-11 13:06:27 EST (#)
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Catcher in the Rye
Thats is all