new books

[Sheridan]

I just finished reading "the prophet" by kahlil gibran.
so now I am looking for something fresh to get into.
so I was wondering if there are any good books that
people are reading right now or something that they
have read and would suggest.

[orgee]

try something by samuel becket or albert camus

[karitek]

what type of stuff are u into? i can give a better recommendation if i knew a bit more bout what u were lookin for...

anyhow i am currently reading 'no more prisons' - william upski's follow up book to 'bomb the suburbs' (NMP is much better!) and both are definitely interesting - talking about social problems of racism, classism, etc through a hip hop perspective.

[Sheridan]

I am into really contemporary writting. stuff that takes
place in todays society. I generally am into people that
aren't that well known. just sort of indie writting I guess
but I am willing to give pretty much anything a go.
I had heard about that bomb the suburbs book, and
was meaning to check it out. maybe I'll have a go on that.

[karitek]

it's short and pretty entertaining/interesting. if u read it tho, i highly recommend reading 'no more prisons' too - you'll appreciate both books more as a pair.

[Lady E]

'Dark Materials' trilogy by Philip Pullman

childrens books, but cant recommend them highly enough - been out a couple of years

for any philisophy/ quantum physics/ theology fans out there

[nothinghere]

Baudrillards Selected Writings
Just finished Breif History of Time (I would say just watch the Erol Morris documentary)

[phdbob]

paul auster? ny trilogy...

boris vian! don´t know english tiltles but cool!!!

[MUX]

i just read both 'Sarah' & 'The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things ' by Jt Leroy.. excellent stuff. sometimes u totally forget that yr reading with his writing style.. he writes like a daydreaming 14 year old... and gets away with it

[Sheridan]

I have the illustrated version of a brief history of time. good stuff but a bit hard to follow. I always found carl sagan easier to digest.
as far as childrens books go I am a huge Mr. Men series fan. my mum had those for me
as a small child. they're kinda hard to get in the states but they are so great.
I will do some research on the titles you all have suggested, thanks.
as far as my recomendation: I strongly suggest the book that I just finished:
"the prophet" by kahlil gibran. just some great philosophies on the various components
to life. it is real short, like 96 pages so there is no excuse for not reading this book.

[aleks]

just read noam chomsky-war against people, which was pretty interesting

[deccard]

just started illusions by richard bach, a friend recommended it but dunno what to think about it yet...
i think i´m gonna get some ken wilber in the near future.

[Marolo]

Pedro Paramo- by Juan Rulfo. He's Mexican writer. This book is very surreal (the biggest influence on Gabriel Garcia Marquez apparently) and i strongly reccomend it.

[V Knid esq]

Anything by Richard Brautigan or Ian Sinclair.

[Sheridan]

I checked out these two authors on amazon.com.
richard brautigan looks like exactly what I was looking for.
ian sinclair on the other hand looked to be a bit too technical for my tastes.
you never know though.
today I bought the book "no more prisons" by wiliam upski,
that karitek suggested. so maybe I will look into brautigan later.
thanks for eveyone's input.
"..it's a reading rainbow, a reading rainbow!!"

[emef]

i just finished
the llama parlour by kathy lette
and
the fuck up by arthur nersesian

[V Knid esq]

Ian Sinclair can be pretty brain-scrambling... it's not so much that he's cryptic or anything - he explains things incredibly clearly - it's just the density of information he keeps throwing at you relentlessly. You can find yourself in quite a whirl. I recommend Lights Out For The Territory, which is non fiction stuff about London, and structured so you can skip from section to section if you get bogged down at any point. It's got some really funny stuff about Jeffery Archer, pitbulls, the Krays and so forth.

[Sheridan]

I picked up a book around christmas time that I haven't actually got around to reading just yet. it is called "how the scots invented the modern world". it was written by "historian and author" arthur herman and it is basically supposed to depict all the contributions that scotish culture has made to modern science, philosophy, literature, education, medicine, and politics. the inside jacket had this funny little quote :
who formed the first modern nation? who created the first literate society? who invented our modern ideas of democracy and free market capitalism? the scots.
anyway it seemed rather interesting.

[Ava]

Yes! Phillip Pullman

fantastic stuff. read all three in a month or so. SO amazing! didn't want to do anything except read for those months. Spend your weekends searching for windows into other worlds (look from the side) I am trying to write a Max/Msp patch to talk to Dust.

Some other favourites:

Journey to the Alcarria by ? can't remember the name. A Spanish guy who won th Nobel prize.

Iain M Banks sci fi books - well wicked innit

[nothinghere]

aleks-Ahh, noam Chomsky my flat mate just picked up his Manufacturing Conccent Documentary on DVD, cant wait till she gets back so I can watch it.