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    Re: Reccomend me a book.

    Quote Originally Posted by Jenpot View Post
    Less Than Zero I want to read because I've just read Lunar Park and loved it, and it's the only Ellis book (Well that and the Informers, which is also being ordered) that I've got left to read.
    Less Than Zero was his second book(first published)he was right young when it was published so i'll forgive him. Informers is quite good theres a story about Vampires in it which I loved, lost boys as fuck!

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    Re: Reccomend me a book.

    Penguin classics are great, especially when you're skint (voice of experience, here). Oh! Just thought - try 'The Forest of Hours' by Kerstin Ekman. It's well-written, and has a ton of Scandinavian folklore woven into it. Also, try 'Beowulf', especially the Seamus Heaney translation, as it's definitely worth a read.

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    Re: Reccomend me a book.

    What did he write before Less Than Zero? I always thought that was his first book?
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    Re: Reccomend me a book.

    Quote Originally Posted by Jenpot View Post
    What did he write before Less Than Zero? I always thought that was his first book?
    It's an old writers cliché that your first book is heavly autobiographal. This is faint memory that i think he just burnt it or something.

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    Re: Reccomend me a book.

    House of Leaves by Mark Z Danielewski.

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    Re: Reccomend me a book.

    Like goth_pixie said Penguin Classics are a good place to start as they've a great deal of books to choose from.

    These are some of my favourite books, they may not be to your tastes but all of the authors listed are exceptional writers in my opinion.

    The Beautiful and The Damned, The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
    The Tropic Of Cancer, The Tropic of Capricorn , The Colossus of Maroussi - Henry Miller
    Blood Meridian, Child Of God, Suttree - Cormac McCarthy
    V, The Crying Of Lot 49, Vineland - Thomas Pynchon
    Collected Fictions, Labyrinths - Jorge Luis Borges
    Of Love and Other Demons, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, The Autumn of the Patriarch, News of a Kidnapping - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    The Master and Margarita, Heart Of A Dog - Mikhail Bulgakov
    Even Cowgirls Get The Blues, Jitterbug Perfume - Tom Robbins.
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    Re: Recommend me a book.

    Try Addy's livejournal.
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    Re: Recommend me a book.

    Quote Originally Posted by evilglamcaitlin View Post
    Try Addy's livejournal.
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    Re: Reccomend me a book.

    Quote Originally Posted by Hayabusa View Post
    Like goth_pixie said Penguin Classics are a good place to start as they've a great deal of books to choose from.

    These are some of my favourite books, they may not be to your tastes but all of the authors listed are exceptional writers in my opinion.

    The Beautiful and The Damned, The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
    The Tropic Of Cancer, The Tropic of Capricorn , The Colossus of Maroussi - Henry Miller
    Blood Meridian, Child Of God, Suttree - Cormac McCarthy
    V, The Crying Of Lot 49, Vineland - Thomas Pynchon
    Collected Fictions, Labyrinths - Jorge Luis Borges
    Of Love and Other Demons, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, The Autumn of the Patriarch, News of a Kidnapping - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    The Master and Margarita, Heart Of A Dog - Mikhail Bulgakov
    Even Cowgirls Get The Blues, Jitterbug Perfume - Tom Robbins.
    You left out 'The Art of Levitation' by Leon Flapgastor.

    Quote Originally Posted by I'm Your God Now View Post
    "Why is every single girl I have ever liked in my entire life either unavailable, not interested, or still recovering from a previous breakup? I'm 21 years old, a virgin, and I have never had a girlfriend. And it's fucking depressing."
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    Re: Recommend me a book.

    Quote Originally Posted by I'm Your God Now View Post
    "Why is every single girl I have ever liked in my entire life either unavailable, not interested, or still recovering from a previous breakup? I'm 21 years old, a virgin, and I have never had a girlfriend. And it's fucking depressing."
    "It's very powerful stuff, and even though it depresses me every time I hear it, I love it and often can't stop"
    Quote Originally Posted by disolved_girl View Post
    I don't think 'fallenblackrose' cares about rationality, she just wants her arm fixed and to hell with everything else.

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    Re: Recommend me a book.

    Where is this livejournal? This sounds like depressing stuff!

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    Re: Recommend me a book.

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    Re: Recommend me a book.

    Guys, we already had words with admin over this...

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    Re: Reccomend me a book.

    Quote Originally Posted by Hayabusa View Post
    Like goth_pixie said Penguin Classics are a good place to start as they've a great deal of books to choose from.

    These are some of my favourite books, they may not be to your tastes but all of the authors listed are exceptional writers in my opinion.

    The Beautiful and The Damned, The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
    The Tropic Of Cancer, The Tropic of Capricorn , The Colossus of Maroussi - Henry Miller
    [Blood Meridian, Child Of God, Suttree - Cormac McCarthy
    V, The Crying Of Lot 49, Vineland - Thomas Pynchon
    Collected Fictions, Labyrinths - Jorge Luis Borges
    Of Love and Other Demons, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, The Autumn of the Patriarch, News of a Kidnapping - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    The Master and Margarita, Heart Of A Dog - Mikhail Bulgakov
    Even Cowgirls Get The Blues, Jitterbug Perfume - Tom Robbins.
    Going through my books? Or am I just a cliche?

    Fire From Heaven - Mary Renault. Modern classic. Insane biography of Alexander the Great. I don't think it particularly needs to be fictional to be utterly insane.
    Residence On Earth - Pablo Neruda. Beautifully relaxing Chilean/commie poetry. Feels like smoking weed in book form. Or doing good deeds possibly, I don't know what thats like. Something that feels good to the soul.
    The Princess Bride - William Goldman. Half a bastardised version of a rather boring classic made exciting for children, half an autobiography of the writer making the movie 'The Princess Bride' Awesome, simply awesome.
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    Re: Reccomend me a book.

    Quote Originally Posted by Shannow View Post
    House of Leaves by Mark Z Danielewski.

    Expect your brain to be dripping out your nose and ears by the end of it.
    What a deeply disturbing but utterly compelling book

    Quote Originally Posted by MarkMono View Post
    The Princess Bride - William Goldman. Half a bastardised version of a rather boring classic made exciting for children, half an autobiography of the writer making the movie 'The Princess Bride' Awesome, simply awesome.
    Never a truer word said. Even the film version was good. And it has Peter 'Columbo' Falk in it.
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