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Alitare 
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 Posted: May 22 2011 at 09:47 |
 colorofmoney91 wrote:
I went through a huge HP Lovecraft phase before my this semester started. Now I have to read boring little articles for research papers. |
I have two Lovecraft books. One contains his dream cycle, and another has some Madness or some such. I have this massive reading list before I get to it, though.
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colorofmoney91
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Posted: May 22 2011 at 09:54 |
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I also have a huge list. I just recently finished a Dostoevsky binge.
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Alitare
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Posted: May 22 2011 at 10:36 |
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I also have a huge list. I just recently finished a Dostoevsky binge. |
How was he? I have The Idiot, Brothers Karamazov, and Crime and Punishment. Haven't read either.
On my list so far is:
Grapes of Wrath East of Eden Brothers Karamazov Idiot Crime and Punishment Blood Meridian All the Pretty Horses/Border Trilogy Pale Fire Lolita Heart of Darkness On the Beach The final Dune book (Chapterhouse) Some Heinlein Some Arthur C. Clarke Some more Asimov Some Brunner Some more Philip K. Dick (Ubik, Valis, some short stories) I Am Legend Some Ursula K. LeGuin War and Peace (eventually) Some Gene Wolfe HP Lovecraft materials It's a longer list than that, but those are off the top of my head.
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Posted: May 22 2011 at 10:37 |
I was born on the same day (but a different year) as H. P. Lovecraft, which makes me inherently awesome.
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Epignosis
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Posted: May 22 2011 at 10:41 |
Vompatti wrote:
I was born on the same day (but a different year) as H. P. Lovecraft, which makes me inherently awesome.
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I share a birthday with Billy Ray Cyrus and Regis Philbin. 
Also, Dostoyevsky is one of my favorite authors. The Brothers Karamazov is awesome.
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A Person
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Posted: May 22 2011 at 10:51 |
Vompatti wrote:
I was born on the same day (but a different year) as H. P. Lovecraft, which makes me inherently awesome.
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omg me too
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Posted: May 22 2011 at 10:54 |
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A Person
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Posted: May 22 2011 at 10:58 |
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Alitare
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Posted: May 22 2011 at 11:00 |
Epignosis wrote:
Vompatti wrote:
I was born on the same day (but a different year) as H. P. Lovecraft, which makes me inherently awesome.
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I share a birthday with Billy Ray Cyrus and Regis Philbin.
Also, Dostoyevsky is one of my favorite authors. The Brothers Karamazov is awesome.
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I may start with him, next, but I dunno. I'm mainly looking for books that are under two or three differing hoods. Most of all I'm trying to find books that evoke in me the feelings I got from 1984, which is my all-time favorite novel (and piece of art in general). Something psychologically brutal, incessantly oppressive, philosophically violent, totalitarian, dystopic, corrupt, despairing, bleak, hopeless, and mentally disturbing. (For the record I really loved Eraserhead).
The second hood falls under the one of The Road, or post-apocalyptic (and not in a high-adventure way) with themes of struggle, desolation, ruin, physical brutality, the breakdown of society, the savagery of man (thought Lord of the Flies was great), nuclear holocaust, etc. The Stand is on the list somewhere, but it sure is long.
The third hood falls under the one of Dune, or soft science fiction, with themes of social engineering, sociology, religion, brainwashing, fictional philosophy (loved Ayn Rand's Anthem, hated Atlas Shrugged with a passion) , immortality, etc. Really loved the first four Dune books.
The fourth hood falls under the one of Flowers for Algernon/One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest/Of Mice And Men - the interesting, character-driven, non-romantic, atypical emotional drama. This one's hard to define. To me there's a big difference between Steinbeck and a ton of authors who write about well-to-do upperclass women lamenting their lack of husband. As a note, Catcher in the Rye bored me stiff.
The final hood is probably well-strewn about to most genres, but it's the likes of Eraserhead, Kafka, Philip K. Dick (Scanner Darkly's one of my favorite books), . With themes dealing in perception, reality, confusion, drug abuse, psychosis, insanity, etc.
I need book suggestions.
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Vompatti
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Posted: May 22 2011 at 11:03 |
Alitare wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
Vompatti wrote:
I was born on the same day (but a different year) as H. P. Lovecraft, which makes me inherently awesome.
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I share a birthday with Billy Ray Cyrus and Regis Philbin.
Also, Dostoyevsky is one of my favorite authors. The Brothers Karamazov is awesome.
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I may start with him, next, but I dunno. I'm mainly looking for books that are under two or three differing hoods. Most of all I'm trying to find books that evoke in me the feelings I got from 1984, which is my all-time favorite novel (and piece of art in general). Something psychologically brutal, incessantly oppressive, philosophically violent, totalitarian, dystopic, corrupt, despairing, bleak, hopeless, and mentally disturbing. (For the record I really loved Eraserhead).
The second hood falls under the one of The Road, or post-apocalyptic (and not in a high-adventure way) with themes of struggle, desolation, ruin, physical brutality, the breakdown of society, the savagery of man (thought Lord of the Flies was great), nuclear holocaust, etc. The Stand is on the list somewhere, but it sure is long.
The third hood falls under the one of Dune, or soft science fiction, with themes of social engineering, sociology, religion, brainwashing, fictional philosophy (loved Ayn Rand's Anthem, hated Atlas Shrugged with a passion) , immortality, etc. Really loved the first four Dune books.
The fourth hood falls under the one of Flowers for Algernon/One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest/Of Mice And Men - the interesting, character-driven, non-romantic, atypical emotional drama. This one's hard to define. To me there's a big difference between Steinbeck and a ton of authors who write about well-to-do upperclass women lamenting their lack of husband. As a note, Catcher in the Rye bored me stiff.
The final hood is probably well-strewn about to most genres, but it's the likes of Eraserhead, Kafka, Philip K. Dick (Scanner Darkly's one of my favorite books), . With themes dealing in perception, reality, confusion, drug abuse, psychosis, insanity, etc.
I need book suggestions. |
William Burroughs?
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Icarium
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Posted: May 22 2011 at 11:11 |
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Vompatti
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Posted: May 22 2011 at 11:13 |
I don't think Stalin was that funny, to be honest.
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Alitare
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Posted: May 22 2011 at 11:15 |
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I don't think Stalin was that funny, to be honest.
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You haven't heard his knock knock joke.
Stalin: Knock Knock Man in house: Who's there? Stalin: Get on Man: Get on, who? Stalin: Get on the floor, everything you have belongs to the government.
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A Person
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Posted: May 22 2011 at 11:18 |
Alitare wrote:
Stalin: Knock KnockMan in house: Who's there? Stalin: Get on Man: Get on, who? Stalin: Get on the floor, everything you have belongs to the government. |
I need moar books too. :(
Edited by A Person - May 22 2011 at 11:19
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Vompatti
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Posted: May 22 2011 at 11:21 |
Vompatti wrote:
Alitare wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
Vompatti wrote:
I was born on the same day (but a different year) as H. P. Lovecraft, which makes me inherently awesome.
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I share a birthday with Billy Ray Cyrus and Regis Philbin.
Also, Dostoyevsky is one of my favorite authors. The Brothers Karamazov is awesome.
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I may start with him, next, but I dunno. I'm mainly looking for books that are under two or three differing hoods. Most of all I'm trying to find books that evoke in me the feelings I got from 1984, which is my all-time favorite novel (and piece of art in general). Something psychologically brutal, incessantly oppressive, philosophically violent, totalitarian, dystopic, corrupt, despairing, bleak, hopeless, and mentally disturbing. (For the record I really loved Eraserhead).
The second hood falls under the one of The Road, or post-apocalyptic (and not in a high-adventure way) with themes of struggle, desolation, ruin, physical brutality, the breakdown of society, the savagery of man (thought Lord of the Flies was great), nuclear holocaust, etc. The Stand is on the list somewhere, but it sure is long.
The third hood falls under the one of Dune, or soft science fiction, with themes of social engineering, sociology, religion, brainwashing, fictional philosophy (loved Ayn Rand's Anthem, hated Atlas Shrugged with a passion) , immortality, etc. Really loved the first four Dune books.
The fourth hood falls under the one of Flowers for Algernon/One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest/Of Mice And Men - the interesting, character-driven, non-romantic, atypical emotional drama. This one's hard to define. To me there's a big difference between Steinbeck and a ton of authors who write about well-to-do upperclass women lamenting their lack of husband. As a note, Catcher in the Rye bored me stiff.
The final hood is probably well-strewn about to most genres, but it's the likes of Eraserhead, Kafka, Philip K. Dick (Scanner Darkly's one of my favorite books), . With themes dealing in perception, reality, confusion, drug abuse, psychosis, insanity, etc.
I need book suggestions. |
William Burroughs?
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Antonin Artaud?
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A Person
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Posted: May 22 2011 at 11:28 |
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I should finish Kafka first, though.
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Icarium
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Posted: May 22 2011 at 11:31 |
Vompatti wrote:
I don't think Stalin was that funny, to be honest.
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but John Belushi is.. or do you suggest him for being an evil dictator
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Vompatti
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Posted: May 22 2011 at 11:33 |
aginor wrote:
Vompatti wrote:
I don't think Stalin was that funny, to be honest.
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but John Belushi is.. or do you suggest him for being an evil dictator
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I dunno k
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Vompatti
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Posted: May 22 2011 at 11:34 |
A Person wrote:
I should finish Kafka first, though.
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You should read the one about the two men chasing each other.
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A Person
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Posted: May 22 2011 at 11:38 |
Vompatti wrote:
A Person wrote:
I should finish Kafka first, though.
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You should read the one about the two men chasing each other.
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Which one is that?
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