The Books thread.

Naked_Lunch · Post by **Naked_Lunch** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 12:47 am

I bet that Spazmo is totally hawt.

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 10:03 am

Ur mother

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 1:26 pm

What's your schedule Spazmo?

Spazmo · Post by **Spazmo** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 5:31 pm

No dice, you'll have to stake out the library 24/7 if you want a glimpse of my seductive figure.

atoga · Post by **atoga** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 6:22 pm

I thought you were pear-shaped?

Spazmo · Post by **Spazmo** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 6:32 pm

Pears are seductive. You just have to appreciate fruit.

POOPERSCOOPER · Post by **POOPERSCOOPER** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 7:09 pm

i like my women, pear shaped.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 9:50 pm

Peach asses >

Mandalorian FaLLouT GoD · Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:40 pm

Spazmo wrote:
Subhuman wrote:Wait, hold up. You mean the Westmount Library in London, Ontario? You mean JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM ME?
No. If I were ever to live in rural Ontario, I would have to hang myself. Westmount, QC, in Montreal (for now).

London isn't exactly rural.
90% of Ontario is rural, mind you, but I would not consider cities most likely the same size or bigger than the ones you know rural.

Worst Poster Ever · Post by **Worst Poster Ever** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 3:22 pm

i red 'hary potter and the hal blood prnce' and ron dies

Subhuman · Post by **Subhuman** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 4:58 pm

Finished Rules of Attraction a few days ago. Reaction: Meh. If there's a point to the novel, and I really think there must be somewhere, it's buried among all the pointless sex and drugging. On the plus side, whee, sex and drugging!

Also, my earlier comment about the lack of mansex? Ignore that. More mansex than a season of Queer as Folk, seriously.

atoga · Post by **atoga** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:42 pm

Why is it that small towns in Ontario are all exactly the same? They all have the same stores, the same houses, the same people, the same cars. Everything looks exactly the same, and they all blend in with one another. Driving around in rural Quebec, or the northeast / southwest US, I failed to notice much of a similarity between the small towns, ie. they all had some degree of 'character' (small town charm and all that chit) to them.

I mean, honestly, what the fuck? Why does Ontario suck so much?

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 7:55 pm

The problem of Canada's "cultural value" is coming back

Ernesto · Post by **Ernesto** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 1:03 pm

I finished both Neuromancer (William Gibson) and Haunted (C. Palahniuk). Neuromancer was quite kick ass. I don't what took me so long to read because It was fucking awesome. Another thing, the more science fiction I read, the more Deus Ex seems like a steaming pile of shit.

And everyone must read Haunted. Now.

Update: I've got a huge shipment of books from eBay.

A copy of Classic Crews by Harry Crews

By Bret Easton Ellis, I got

Rules Of Attraction
Less Than Zero
The Informers

By Hunter S. Thompson,

F & L in Las Vegas
F & L on The Campaign Trail '72
Hell's Angels
The Proud Highway
Generation of Swine
The Great Shark Hunt
Better Than Sex
The Rum Diary

By Irvine Welsh,

Trainspotting
The Acid House
Ecstasy

Spazmo · Post by **Spazmo** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 1:41 pm

I finished Cecil Woodham Smith's The Reason Why yesterday. It's an excellent account of the Charge of the Light Brigade and one of the bestest historical books I've ever read. Highly reccommended.

atoga · Post by **atoga** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 4:01 pm

I just picked up The Age Of Reason by Jean-Paul Sartre yesterday. Oh, do I feel pretentious. I will leave some anecdotes from the novel around here when I am finished it, to drive the point home.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 4:55 pm

On July 16th I'll be reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Ernesto · Post by **Ernesto** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:15 pm

Mandalorian FaLLouT GoD · Wed Jul 13, 2005 2:45 pm

Ernesto wrote:Another thing, the more science fiction I read, the more Deus Ex seems like a steaming pile of shit.

Well well, people are becoming enlightened.

Neuromancer was a good book.
If you want some real sci-fi learning, you should attempt to find the old stuff.

I'm reading Brian W. Aldiss' Starswarm right now.

johnnygothisgun · Post by **johnnygothisgun** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 5:27 am

Among others, Steel My Soldiers Hearts by David Hackworth, and I reread Chickenhawk by Robert Mason. Having read every book on the Vietnam War I could get my hands on, I'd say these are two of the most accessible, Chickenhawk actually being a top pick. If that sort of thing interests you (and it should), I would certainly suggest them.

Currently on the lookout for a new copy of Siddartha.