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Karma In The South
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01/11/2004 7:20 pm
Ive seen a couple of threads like this in the past, I dunno how recently its been done but Id like to see what other people are reading.

Currently my favourite author is Mark Billingham, hes an English stand up comedian who writes graphic crime novels. 'Sleepyhead' is my favourite of his, the first of his books I read.

At the moment Im reading 'American Psycho' by Brett Easton Ellis, which was made into a movie a couple of years ago. Good book, very funny.
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01/11/2004 8:05 pm
Well I'm reading "A brief history of time" at the minute. I'm not kiding!

(P.S. If you don't know, this is a book by Stephen Hawkin about the origins of the universe. Very deep)
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01/11/2004 8:09 pm
Robert Rankin, the armageddon series. Elvis with a time sprout inplanted in his head while tryin to save the world. Soooo funny.
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01/11/2004 10:27 pm
Stephen King "From a Buick 8" here currently.
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01/11/2004 10:32 pm
Im reading "the art of steal" by frank abagnale Jr....if ur into crime an that u gotta get this one...very ****n interesting, i was reading and was like holy **** hes a ****n smart criminal but that ****er ended up getting caught and still makes his millions doin an honest ****n living an didn't have to repay one ****n dime. That my friends is truly ****n amazing! A must read book
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01/11/2004 11:23 pm
I'm reading "The Lord of the Flies", and my favorite author is Jack Kerouac.

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01/11/2004 11:53 pm
I just finished "East of Eden." My favorite author is John Steinbeck.
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01/12/2004 2:56 am
Just finished "The Last Continent" from Terry Pratchett (favourite author). Now I'm re-reading "Noble House" from James Clavell.
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01/12/2004 7:12 am
Well - reading right now:

Nicola Tesla´s Autobiography
Johann Wier "De Praestigiis Daemonum" (reprint from 1586)
Agrippa of Nettesheim "Magical Works" (original from 1870)
George R.R. Martin "The song of fire and ice" (9 Books)



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01/12/2004 5:18 pm
My favourite book has got to be Bram Stoker's "Dracula"
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01/12/2004 7:50 pm
My favorite author book combo would be Daniel Quinn's Ishmael. An extremely enlightening piece. I would definately recommend it you, iiholly, if you are kerouac fan. I'm currently reading Darwin's Origin of species for a Darwin class I'm taking here at school
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01/12/2004 10:40 pm
I never got Kerouac. I read 'On The Road', which was good initially but I thought it just dragged on too long. Then I tried reading Desolation Row and gave up.

Ive read one Terry Pratchett book and I wanna read more.
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01/12/2004 11:45 pm
My favourite author is Stephen King, my favourite book is his "The Stand" or "It".
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01/13/2004 2:50 am
Black Tiger at Le Mans by Patrick O'Connor.
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01/13/2004 4:45 pm
It's been awhile since I had the chance to read a book that wasn't some sort of manual or something. The last craze I was on when I used to read a lot was Herman Hess, I really enjoyed his books.
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01/14/2004 3:26 pm
Hey, I thought of another favourite book:

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the entire 6-part (or however many books) trilogy by Douglas Adams. My favourite book in the trilogy is "Young Zaphod Learns To Play It Safe", but all of the books are equally engaging, hilarious, captivating, etc. The characters are at once real yet bizarre and outlandish.

I could go on and on, but I won't. Wow, I really feel like reading it again!
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01/14/2004 10:10 pm
One of the books I'm reading is Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun. Anyone read this book? It's so cool!!! It's about this guy who lost his arms, legs, sight, hearing, and speech during the war. He basically feels like a fetus. Go figure....
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01/14/2004 10:13 pm
Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy is definitley one of my favs.
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01/14/2004 10:18 pm
They made a film o Johnny Got His Gun. Cue Metallica "One" video and lyric about losing arms legs and souls.
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01/15/2004 12:24 am
Originally posted by Leedogg
My favorite author book combo would be Daniel Quinn's Ishmael. An extremely enlightening piece. I would definately recommend it you, iiholly, if you are kerouac fan. I'm currently reading Darwin's Origin of species for a Darwin class I'm taking here at school


One of my teachers just reccomended that book to me today. Kind of creepy.



"I never got Kerouac. I read 'On The Road', which was good initially but I thought it just dragged on too long. Then I tried reading Desolation Row and gave up. " posted by Karma in The South



A lot of people don't get Kerouac I think to really appreciate his work you have to know a little about the guy. He created a new form of writing called spontaneous prose. Basically he would take drugs, and write an autobiographical book in about a week or less.
I'm pretty sure you mean Desolation Angels, and that is one of Kerouac's greatest supposedly. I found some of it amusing. One seen he mourn the death of a mouse which he killed. Then another moused died, and he though it was the old mouses' friend, and had commited suicide. Pretty funny stuff. Atleast, I thought so.

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