Literary Types
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I 2nd "A Prayer For Owen Meany" ~ John Irving. I am re-reading it right now - awesome.
"Climbing is the spice, not the meal." ~ Lurkist
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I tried to get into "A farewell to Arms" last week by Hemingway....blah.
Positive vibes brah...positive vibes.
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Blood Meridian.
Suttree.
They are about as gripping as books can get. Both by Cormac McCarthy.
Suttree.
They are about as gripping as books can get. Both by Cormac McCarthy.
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Here's a variety...
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
The Worst Journey in the World (Apsley Cherry-Garrard)
Post Office (Charles Bukowski)
The White Spider (Heinrich Harrer)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Journey to the Center of the Earth & 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
The Worst Journey in the World (Apsley Cherry-Garrard)
Post Office (Charles Bukowski)
The White Spider (Heinrich Harrer)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Journey to the Center of the Earth & 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
Pick myself up, stop lookin' back.
Grand Funk Railroad
Grand Funk Railroad
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Fear and Loathing is probably the funniest book I have ever read, if you enjoy that one then try The Rum Diary as well, classic.
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Slaughterhouse- Five
Welcome to the Monkey House
Fahrenheit 451
A Confederacy of Dunces
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Not meeting the 20 year criterion but still damn good:
The Road
Blood Meridian
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Plus a bit of nonfiction:
A Short History of Nearly Everything
A People's History of the United States
Welcome to the Monkey House
Fahrenheit 451
A Confederacy of Dunces
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Not meeting the 20 year criterion but still damn good:
The Road
Blood Meridian
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Plus a bit of nonfiction:
A Short History of Nearly Everything
A People's History of the United States
"Always carry a large flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake." -W.C. Fields
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That's kind of how I felt about the few Hemingway books I read. I'm glad I'm not the only person who doesn't know how to appreciate fine literature. Of course I think I liked some of them too, but I just can't remember them as they don't stand out to me.pigsteak wrote:I tried to get into "A farewell to Arms" last week by Hemingway....blah.
I almost forgot, I also thought "Dune" was a great book. I own "A Prayer for Owen Meany" too if you want to borrow it since a few folks have mentioned it.
efil lanrete... i enjoy the sound, but in truth i find this seductively backward idea to be quite frightening
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i don't know what to say pigsteak.pigsteak wrote:I tried to get into "A farewell to Arms" last week by Hemingway....blah.
try again. imagine you were trying to tell someone about your life. really. what would you say? where would you start?
blah?
Edit-
i can't find my copy, but dug up this opening line...
"In the late summer of that year we lived in a house in a village that looked across the river and the plain to the mountains."
definitely blah.
the river. the plain.
the mountains
training is for people who care, i have a job.
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I 3rd that one - I've read all of John Irving's novels and love most of his work.rhunt wrote:I 2nd A Prayer For Owen Meany ~ John Irving. I am re-reading it right now - awesome.