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Favorite book - House Of Leaves by Mark Danielewski

Author - Kerouac or Iceberg Slim.
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Favorite book - House Of Leaves by Mark Danielewski
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this has been on the top of my TO READ list for 4 years now.
i need to start it soon. all the footnotes always scare me away.


my favorite of all time:
the catcher in the rye ~ j.d. salinger
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DayStar Wrote:
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Favorite book - House Of Leaves by Mark Danielewski
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this has been on the top of my TO READ list for 4 years now.
i need to start it soon. all the footnotes always scare me away.


my favorite of all time:
the catcher in the rye ~ j.d. salinger


Yeah HOL is so so awesome. Never read a book that sets such a scary atmosphere as this.


I have never read catcher in the rye. :oops:
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Favorite author: Tough to pick just one. Probably Salinger or Vonnegut.

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Fave book: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Because I can open it to any page and find something I missed/something else hilarious

Favorite writer would be Tom Wolfe, David Halberstam or David Maraniss

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Sen. Lost Highway LooGAR Wrote:
Fave book: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Because I can open it to any page and find something I missed/something else hilarious

Favorite writer would be Tom Wolfe, David Halberstam or David Maraniss


Yeah Fear and Loathing is outstanding. I really love his first book of letters, i forget the title.
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I have never read catcher in the rye. :oops:



well, of course i'd recommend it! :)

favorite author: j.d. salinger, jack kerouac
novels: the catcher in the rye, dharma bums
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The Umbrella Man and Other Stories - very clever short stories by dahl

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petecockroach Wrote:
Sen. Lost Highway LooGAR Wrote:
Fave book: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Because I can open it to any page and find something I missed/something else hilarious

Favorite writer would be Tom Wolfe, David Halberstam or David Maraniss


Yeah Fear and Loathing is outstanding. I really love his first book of letters, i forget the title.

Proud Highway. Great way to watch an author evolve.

Daystar -- why Dharma Bums over On the Road or Big Sur (Big Sur being my favorite)

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harry Wrote:
I understand that you, of all people, know this crisis and, in your own way, are working to address it. You, the madras-pantsed julip-sipping Southern cracker and me, the oldman hippie California fruit cake are brothers in the struggle to save our country.

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favorite book - Bo Knows Bo

favorite author: Bo Jackson


I think you mean Dick Schaap, jocko.

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I understand that you, of all people, know this crisis and, in your own way, are working to address it. You, the madras-pantsed julip-sipping Southern cracker and me, the oldman hippie California fruit cake are brothers in the struggle to save our country.

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Sen. Lost Highway LooGAR Wrote:
paper Wrote:
favorite book - Bo Knows Bo

favorite author: Bo Jackson


I think you mean Dick Schaap, jocko.


http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/038541 ... oding=UTF8

check it out, I can score a copy for a penny at amazon.
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Sen. Lost Highway LooGAR Wrote:
petecockroach Wrote:
Sen. Lost Highway LooGAR Wrote:
Fave book: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Because I can open it to any page and find something I missed/something else hilarious

Favorite writer would be Tom Wolfe, David Halberstam or David Maraniss


Yeah Fear and Loathing is outstanding. I really love his first book of letters, i forget the title.

Proud Highway. Great way to watch an author evolve.

Daystar -- why Dharma Bums over On the Road or Big Sur (Big Sur being my favorite)


I remember this from another thread daystar.

I'm going...

1-Lonesome Traveller
2-Desolation Angels
3-Dharma Bums
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Brothers Karamazov.

I just finished Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man for the second time. I really love that book.

I'm reading Requiem for a Dream now. It's pretty good. It goes quick.
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Sen. Lost Highway LooGAR Wrote:
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favorite book - Bo Knows Bo

favorite author: Bo Jackson


I think you mean Dick Schaap, jocko.


http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/038541 ... oding=UTF8

check it out, I can score a copy for a penny at amazon.


Read the fine print.

I like how he talks about waking up early, running accross campus to fuh, and then running back, as sort of a pre-work out.

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I understand that you, of all people, know this crisis and, in your own way, are working to address it. You, the madras-pantsed julip-sipping Southern cracker and me, the oldman hippie California fruit cake are brothers in the struggle to save our country.

FT Wrote:
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petecockroach Wrote:
DayStar Wrote:
petecockroach Wrote:
Favorite book - House Of Leaves by Mark Danielewski
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this has been on the top of my TO READ list for 4 years now.
i need to start it soon. all the footnotes always scare me away.
my favorite of all time:
the catcher in the rye ~ j.d. salinger

Yeah HOL is so so awesome. Never read a book that sets such a scary atmosphere as this.
I have never read catcher in the rye. :oops:


I was disappointed by how not scared I was reading this. I probably should've gotten the original version with the bloody fur and shit in it to do it right.

My favorite authors are in the thousands, but I'll go with Douglas Coupland (who might be falling off that real quick) and Jeffrey Eugenides. Oh and Nabokov and Steve Erickson

Favorite Book: probably Jesus Son or Pale Fire
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I think I still consider John Irving my favorite author. I haven't really had a reason to rethink it.

Right now I'm mid-way through King's Gunslinger series, and it's holding my interest.

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the redworm Wrote:
petecockroach Wrote:
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petecockroach Wrote:
Favorite book - House Of Leaves by Mark Danielewski
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this has been on the top of my TO READ list for 4 years now.
i need to start it soon. all the footnotes always scare me away.
my favorite of all time:
the catcher in the rye ~ j.d. salinger

Yeah HOL is so so awesome. Never read a book that sets such a scary atmosphere as this.
I have never read catcher in the rye. :oops:


I was disappointed by how not scared I was reading this. I probably should've gotten the original version with the bloody fur and shit in it to do it right.

My favorite authors are in the thousands, but I'll go with Douglas Coupland (who might be falling off that real quick) and Jeffrey Eugenides. Oh and Nabokov and Steve Erickson

Favorite Book: probably Jesus Son or Pale Fire


Whats your favorite Coupland book? I think i would have to say Microserfs! Or maybe Girlfriend in a coma.

Oooh just checked amazon, Jpod whats that all about.
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Probably one of those two or Miss Wyoming.

J-Pod is about Japan, but how I have no idea. There's some exhibit listed on his site (www.coupland.net) that looks pretty awesome though.
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Too many books to list but Catch-22 is like we used to say "unfuckwithable."

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Too many books to list but Catch-22 is like we used to say "unfuckwithable."


I credit reading this in 10th grade to making me realize that most of the shit we read in school was worthless.

What THE FUCK about Scarlet Letter relates to a 15 year old male?

Why not get kids reading what they like, and get 'em to work up to "great literature"?

I had a class in 6th grade where I had a book report due every week, and the teacher didn't care what the book was. So, I read about a million quickie sports bios. Was it high art? No. Did it make me 1) Read and 2) get my assignments in? Yes...and I still know more about Eddie Matthews than any 28 year old should.

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I understand that you, of all people, know this crisis and, in your own way, are working to address it. You, the madras-pantsed julip-sipping Southern cracker and me, the oldman hippie California fruit cake are brothers in the struggle to save our country.

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Pride and Prejudice almost killed my desire for reading in the 11th grade.

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I tried to find somebody of that sort that I could like that nobody else did - because everybody would adopt his group, and his group would be _it_; someone weird like Captain Beefheart. It's no different now - people trying to outdo ! each other in extremes. There are people who like X, and there are people who say X are wimps; they like Black Flag.

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Sen. Lost Highway LooGAR Wrote:
What about Scarlet Letter relates to anyone born after 1856?


<== never read past the preface to Scarlet Letter, Cliff Noted the entire thing. Awful, awful piece of literature.
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