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Brandon · #**126**

Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis

huond · #**127**

Mike Nelson's Mind Over Matters

this book is making me lol a lot

ProfessorCool · #**128**

That's a fucking great book

Big McLargehuge · #**129**

"From the Dust Returned" by Ray Bradbury and "Radio Free Albumuth" by Philip k. Dick, andi am trying to get a copy of "Breakfast of Champions" but my local library doesn't have it

kellychaos · #**130**

Have you tried asking the librarian if he/she can get the book from one of the other libraries in the county? From what I understand, most library systems are equipped to do that these days. In my county, it usually only takes a couple of days to get whateve book I request if they have it.

huond · #**131**

I am about to finish A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy O'Toole. Its too bad he only wrote 2 books, this was really good and I heard his other isn't that great

LacrimansTaurne · #**132**

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris.

huond · #**133**

i went to a david sedaris reading a couple days ago

i didn't buy his book though

glowbelly · #**134**

you should have. it's damn funny.

i'm STILL reading mason and dixon by pynchon. i doubt i'll ever finish that one.

huond · #**135**

i will wait till i can get it cheap, i still need to read a bunch of his other books. I would have been waiting for like 3 hours to get it signed. :/

kellychaos · #**136**

JARHEAD: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War
and Other Battles by Anthony Swofford

The following review is fairly accurate and pasted here mostly because I'm too lazy to write one myself:

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"In Jarhead, Anthony Swofford has written a powerful and riveting memoir of his life, particularly his involvement as a Marine during the first Persian Gulf war. He recounts his experiences in the Marine culture, the blood lust, the alternating boredom and terror, and the absurd moments including wearing camouflage uniforms because their desert ones hadn't arrived yet. He watched the burning wells rain oil on the desert and the desecration of Iraqi corpses. At the same time he became aware that becoming a man involved more than becoming a soldier. The New York Times says, "By turns profane and lyrical, swaggering and ruminative, Jarhead -- referring to the marines' 'high-and-tight' haircuts, which make their heads look like jars -- is not only the most powerful memoir to emerge thus far from the last gulf war, but also a searing contribution to the literature of combat."

the[Hitman] · #**137**

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Originally Posted by huond

i will wait till i can get it cheap, i still need to read a bunch of his other books. I would have been waiting for like 3 hours to get it signed. :/

people actually go and get books signed still....

no new writers are worth the effort in my opinion but im an oldschool sci-fi/post apoc person.

im reading Sixth Column by Robert A. Heinlein, The Long Tomorrow by Leigh Brackett and Catch 22 by Joseph Heller.

GADZOOKS · #**138**

You should read more fiction, like for you, Planned Pregnancy.

the[Hitman] · #**139**

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Originally Posted by GADZOOKS

You should read more fiction, like for you, Planned Pregnancy.

i haven't decided if i want to sink to your level yet cutie.

GADZOOKS · #**140**

Are you talking to me???

kellychaos · #**141**

RESPECT!

Big McLargehuge · #**142**

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas it makes me wanna do drugs

Emu · #**143**

I'M READING THIS THREAD

the[Hitman] · #**144**

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Originally Posted by Big McLargehuge

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas it makes me wanna do drugs

that book was absolutely terrible.

summed up "look at me, im a book about drug use who is over sensationalized by media and retarded teenages alike".

Big McLargehuge · #**145**

I like it, sensationalism aside.

and it is not my usual cup of tea, i tend to lean towards good science fiction (ie Bradbury, Sturgeon, Dick) and "literature".