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drizzle wrote:

Ap wrote:

how is this, subject matter got me curious immediately

stickying by popular demand, if this dies out too quick i'll pee on all of you

great book. no fairytale shit. a raw and realistic (no false romance) description of how the Secondigliano work. I havent read many mob books but this one is good. recommended.

lol @ "cryptonomicon" are some you dudes wizards and shit?!

i know im behind the times but whatever, the movie bored me. the book is great.

and as soon as i finish it.

Jimmy HiffHoffa wrote:lol @ "cryptonomicon" are some you dudes wizards and shit?!

here's a couple of books people need to check out...

The African Origins Of Civilization:Myth Or Reality by Cheik Anta Diop
Emerging Viruses-AIDS & Ebola:Nature, Accident Or Intentional by Leonard Horowitz
State Origin-The Evidence Of Laboratory Birth Of AIDS by Boyd Ed Graves
Behold The Pale Horse by Milton William Cooper

some deep shit, truss me people, the truth shall set you free, true stories, lets go
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LONDON wrote:here's a couple of books people need to check out...

The African Origins Of Civilization:Myth Or Reality by Cheik Anta Diop
Emerging Viruses-AIDS & Ebola:Nature, Accident Or Intentional by Leonard Horowitz
State Origin-The Evidence Of Laboratory Birth Of AIDS by Boyd Ed Graves
Behold The Pale Horse by Milton William Cooper

some deep shit, truss me people, the truth shall set you free, true stories, lets go

judging by how you post i'm surprised you can read at all


just started the Blood Meridian, excellent so far

Currently reading Walden by Henry David Thoreau. I'm very very slowly working on my Barnes & Noble $2.99 book collection

Bushido by Nitobe Inazo

PopeyeJones wrote:

RacquetballGangsta wrote:
man, i would love to go to his restaurant..pretty expensive or what?

do u watch his show on the travel channel? shit is DOPE

Nah, not that crazy expensive. Been to the mid-town one and there are (or were) plenty of entrees at or under 20 bucks.

and yeah, book and tv show are dope.

Was on a trip for a week and just finished



Very good read. Too much of the bells and whistles bullshit that plagues motherfucker's whole generation of writers, and the ending falls apart, but still a great book.

Just finished this book a couple weeks ago. It's not necessarily amazing but I loved reading it.


Also just finishing up



and I think next I'm gonna pick up..

The Pearl by John Steinbeck - Absolutely amazing. Every time I read a Steinbeck book I'm blown away. So simple and beautiful.

Currently:


On Deck: ?

Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card

LONDON wrote:here's a couple of books people need to check out...

The African Origins Of Civilization:Myth Or Reality by Cheik Anta Diop
Emerging Viruses-AIDS & Ebola:Nature, Accident Or Intentional by Leonard Horowitz
State Origin-The Evidence Of Laboratory Birth Of AIDS by Boyd Ed Graves
Behold The Pale Horse by Milton William Cooper

some deep shit, truss me people, the truth shall set you free, true stories, lets go

I would considered you a learned person, until you said "Behold a Pale Horse" and immediately followed it up with "deep shit" and truth.

Y@k Bollocks wrote:Halfway through this and its great...

Just finished this

I really dig his writing style and his observations on the mentality of the soldiers. Shit is real rugged and raw

I just finished:



an amazing book. it is long, but it reads really fast. I can see why Michael Chabon won a pulitzer in 2001 for it. if you get a chance read it.

I am now reading:



I am a fourth of the way threw the book, and it is awesome. savagery and pillaging at it's finest. I enjoy reading Hunter S Thompson.

LONDON wrote: Behold The Pale Horse by Milton William Cooper

i used to be interested, but now that im out of my conspiracy theory mode, im not that interested in reading it that much anymore. i would like to get a brief description of the book and why i should reconsider reading it...

A "true story" about a model who had multiple personality disorder, and was hypnotized to bring out her alter ego, which became a 'spy' for the CIA without Candy actually knowing (well, she knew, but didn;t know how dep into it she was).

Halfway through and it's a good read, but her husband was a radio personality often going into UFO's and conspiracy theories which of course throws the validity of the book.

If you're interested, read more here

http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=480

finally finished david copperfield after about 6 months, gonna start robinson crusoe

Kalel wrote:Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card

this is a really good one

Halfway thru this. Some say it is the best war novel ever but I don't think anything is fucking with "Naked and the Dead"

jamrage wrote:Currently:

Finished "The Handmaid's Tale" and I really enjoyed it. Well written but easy read about a post apocalyptic restrictive society trying to repopulate. In the same vein as books like Fahrenheit 451, 1984, and Brave New World.

Currently:


"The Woman in the Dunes" by Kobo Abe. About halfway in and loving it. It's about a guy who accidentally spends the night at a house that is surrounded on all sides by huge walls of sand. He is forced to stay there with a woman, and cannot climb out of the hole on his own. Sounds weird (and it is) but it's really entertaining.

They made a movie about it that got the criterion treatment. Really looking forward to seeing it when I'm done reading.

I find it pretty fascinating. It's about understanding how powerful a human being's rapid cognition is and how to harness that power. I actually feel like I've gained alot of valuable knowledge by reading it.

i know someone in here has read crytonomicon, i just started it
what the fuck am i reading?

sun ra and torch!
please reassure me the rest of the book doesnt read like the first chapter

Finishing up slaughterhouse five about now, too bad I didn't read it earlier (err... I guess it doesn't matter)

jamrage wrote:Currently:


On Deck: ?

what do u think of the handmaids tale? i thought it was an interesting idea, sort of in the same galaxy as children of men, as far as fertility/reproduction being the main factor in society. but i found the writing uninspired and boring.


right now im reading:



pretty cool, but its pretty clear that A House For Mr. Biswas is his flawless masterwork.

RacquetballGangsta wrote:

jamrage wrote:Currently:


On Deck: ?

what do u think of the handmaids tale? i thought it was an interesting idea, sort of in the same galaxy as children of men, as far as fertility/reproduction being the main factor in society. but i found the writing uninspired and boring.

I really enjoyed it, blew through it pretty quickly. The writing is simple but effective and has a lot going on I thought. Not dense at all just a straightforward narrative. The book was really about power and who had it as well as how it was wielded. So yeah, I think it's a pretty good book. I really like me some post apocalyptic movies/books so this fit right in with that. I'm going to rent the movie pretty soon actually.

The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis.

I feel like I'm being attacked by devils even as I read it. A serious look into the mind of demons.

TheEnglishProfessorGuy wrote: A serious look into the mind of demons.

finished it. great. i love food. ive eaten at babbo, ive eaten in florence. makes me fall in love with food more everytime i read it.

now rereading:



but mines a better version. just couldnt find its cover on amazon.