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Re: i need a book
« Reply #15 on: April 15, 2007, 08:55:13 PM »
so are you reading again axon?

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Re: i need a book
« Reply #16 on: April 15, 2007, 11:59:58 PM »
i am. Thanks to cheez I am really enjoying "into the wild" - it really hits home. I also picked up a book of poetry by a lesser known poet - Gary Snyder; the book is called "Earth House Hold" and is written in a journal kind of way. Look him up if you're interested. I'm also reading "Examples" by Ansel Adams - it is a study of 100 of his photos and how he took them - really interesting and informative.

I've also started to write again. Thanks guys.
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Re: i need a book
« Reply #17 on: April 22, 2007, 05:28:22 AM »
Nick Mason's biography of Pink Floyd.

So what did you think? I was a touch :dunno:, disappointed I guess. A bit flat.

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Re: i need a book
« Reply #18 on: April 22, 2007, 07:45:00 PM »
Nick Mason's biography of Pink Floyd.

So what did you think? I was a touch :dunno:, disappointed I guess. A bit flat.

It was good, but a bit bland.  I assume this is because other members of the band didn't want anything damaging written about them.  I don't doubt the band was into drugs at some point, other than Syd.  And I also wouldn't doubt that David is actually a bit of a humourless twat and that Roger isn't actually as big an arsehole as he's portrayed.  But I digress, it was a good insight into the band, but very much kept the audience at arms length.

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Re: i need a book
« Reply #19 on: April 23, 2007, 07:44:09 AM »
Weeell, I thought it was a good insight into Nick Mason, but not much else. It came across like he really didn't know what was going on most of the time.

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Re: i need a book
« Reply #20 on: July 28, 2007, 07:31:50 AM »
Into The Wild is great. Another great book by the same guy is Under The Banner Of Heaven, about some fundamentalist Mormon killers.
Confederancy of Dunces is one of the best books of all time. Great literature, easy to read, but with a lot to say.
Most Vonnegut is good, not all. Like Hemingway - try the Nick Adams short stories if you don't like the novels.
Schrodinger's Cat trilogy & it's predecessor trilogy Illuminatus.
Shakespeare. Nothing can beat Shakespeare when he's on his mark. Not saying this is an example of it, but I like it:
GLENDOWER
I can call spirits from the vasty deep.

HOTSPUR
Why, so can I, or so can any man;
But will they come when you do call for them?

GLENDOWER
Why, I can teach you, cousin, to command
The devil.

HOTSPUR
And I can teach thee, coz, to shame the devil
By telling truth: tell truth and shame the devil.
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