Been reading Atlas Shrugged and enjoying the hell out of it, but there is a ton of book left to get though.


I am also doing it on my amazon kindle(amazing product for book readers imo)

I'm about 200 pages into Crime and Punishment. My first exposure to Dostoevsky, and I'm very impressed so far.

Noble House. Read through the other Clavell novels and am nothing short of amazed at his story telling ability.

About five chapters into 'Charlie Wilson's War'. I didn't even realize there was a book until I found it at this huge sale my school puts on. I snapped it up for $1.50.

This was my favorite movie in recent memory (3-5 years, maybe) but mainly because of Philip Seymour Hoffman. The book is pretty interesting so far, and it's nice to know that what I liked so much about the movie isn't completely off-base, Gust Avakrotos really was a huge ******* in real life. I look forward to the rest of it.

I bought this book after hearing about it so much after David Foster Wallace's suicide, and I was desperate for new readng material, so 1000+ pages didn't intimidate me, and it's interesting, yes, but I'm really struggling to get through it. Is this like Ulysses, where everyone agrees it's ZOMG the best book ever written, but no one actually reads it for pleaasure? Or am I doing it wrong?

Hey All,

Whats a good book about LSD in the 60's and the hippy/liberal/musical culture that surrounded it?

I'm reading this too and I'm about 130 pages through. So far I really like it. I've never read any Dostoevsky either but might pick up something else of his after I read Crime and Punishment.

Has anyone read his other famous work The Brothers Karamazov and is it better than Crime and Punishment?

I *almost* started Brothers Karamazov but chose to read House of Leaves instead. I'm not very far into it, the writing hasn't gone upside down or required reading in a mirror yet. So far it seems right up my alley, I hope the weirdness of the text doesn't end up turning me off.

Off the top of my head before morning coffee:

Steal This Book
The Electric Kool-Ade Acid Test
Shout
No One Gets Out of Here Alive
In His Own Write

Less obviously or "directly" about or by hippies, more about the context which shaped the era --

Growing up Absurd
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
Rabbit Run by John Updike
Anything by Hunter S. Thompson
The Rape of the A.P.E. by Alan Sherman
The Organization Man
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Escape from Freedom by Erich Fromm (sp?)
Mythologies by Roland Barthes
The Movement and the 60's


DVD --

The U.S. vs. John Lennon

Awesome, Thanks a million.

Also,

You might check out the writings of Lester Bangs, the famous rock critic.

Currently reading The Watchmen. I am almost finished it and it kicks ass. Very relevant commentary on society. Great character development. I think it's amazing.

It's my first "comic" in many many years. It's actually a graphic novel, which combines comics into one book but it's still a comic. I may buy some more graphic novels after reading this one. Do not think of this as a typical comic, it has breadth and depth to rival any novel I've read recently. In fact it's on Times 100 Best Novels of the Century list (or some list with a similar name).

I've also picked up The Intelligent Investor after a long hiatus. I'm not very far into it, and it's good, but it's basically a textbook and I'm having trouble devoting time to it. I mainly try to read for pleasure and this is not pleasurable, but it is practical and useful.

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

I have no reason to make this stuff up.

I wasn't implying that you made it up.

Your implication befuddles me then.

I just find it interesting that it's included in the top 100 best novels.

Interesting, that is all.

I'm about halfway through "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman and I'm really liking it.

Just read Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort?

About to read Too Fat To Fish by Artie Lang?

Vittorio The Vampire by Anne Rice

I'm tempted to check this one out, Gaiman was a fantastic comic book writer (nerd alert).

I finished this ghetto old book I bought a while back titled 'Dawn of Empire' by Sam Barone. It was mildly entertaining. The author isn't tremendously polished though. Meh, it was fine. It took place in early Mesopotamia region, farmers have decided to take a stand against the raiding barbarians (by building a wall/fortifying). Some of it was cheesy but I am easily amused :P

Mostly done with 'World War Z' by Max Brooks. As many have stated previously, some of the stories are good, others are bad, I just wish there was some continuity in the book. Just as I'm getting into some of the short stories, it ends. And I'm sitting here guessing. It's a decent take on a post-apoc zombie outbreak but I just wish some of the stories were expanded. Oh well.

I just started 'World without People'. Pretty sure it just dwells on the possible outcomes of the earth if humans were gone. Interesting premise, I also enjoy post-apoc tales so this one should be interesting.

I picked this up this week as well. About 2/3 the way through and I'm ecstatic. I hope that they are able to make the movie, if they do manage to I can't wait.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3orQKBxiEg

If you, your girlfriend or wife liked Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, then you will enjoy Harlot's Sauce by Patricia Volonakis Davis

I always recommend anything by P G Wodehouse if he hasn't been mentioned yet.

Also, The Game of X by Robert Sheckley is still my favorite spy spoof.

about 100 pages into Ernest Becker's "The Denial of Death", I've never read a psychology/existentialist type book in my life, I wish I had started to read this kind of stuff earlier in life, it gives a lot of great insights I can't stop thinking about.

BTW, The Watchmen being included in the Times "Top 100 Novels" had me curious, so I did ended up buying it (yes, and reading it).

I liked it. . One of those books that are hard to put down once you start getting into the story. The satirical sociological elements and the characters' psychological intricacies were intriguing. Also, even tho the story was written in 86, it's still very analogous to today's world.

I'll be the first to admit tho, I'm not qualified to judge whether a book should be in the top 100 of anything, but if you're looking for a good read I doubt you'll regret reading this comic.