For school.

Ulysses page 666. (no joke)

finished great expectations. i started don quixote of la mancha
so far i am finding it brilliant

don quixote is the most overrated book in the history of humanity.

I'm reading The Last Castle by Jack Vance, the Nebula winner for short novel from 1967.

i'm reading mona lisa overdrive by gibson and the minority report by dick.

very cool fucking book

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love this one. not preachy at all.

"difficult women"?

are you serious?

Read this yesterday..


..(a quick read. But quite good.)

Now continuing with..


..which I am about half way through and enjoying.

I am re-reading FROM HELL

by Alan Moore




and I am reading this book on dada throughout europe.



as well as this book about the prints and drawings of leonardo davinci

we're looking at the same picture, right?

In my English class today I went through the books that were there and came across JG Ballard's The Drowned World, I read 30 pages of it but had to put it back. :'[

Manson: In His Own Words

Yeah, I read that when I was in like 9th or 10th grade.....I was actually hoping it would be better than what it was.

How you liking it?

that manson book was one of themany I got for 5 finger discount back in the 80's.

Dance with the Devil: The Rolling Stones and their Times by Stanley Booth

Actually, it seems to be misnamed a little. The times it speaks of is only the year of 1969, specifically focusing on the tour that ended with Altamont. Still, it's a good trashy read.

I love Helter Skelter. Is there any other book on Manson that is worth reading? They always get mixed reviews.

Post your favorite book about the Stones here.

Just finished Kerouac's Big Sur, then decided I should probably read On The Road again

Ew, bad choice...

I liked the one listed above

Seriously, you've read it? I'd never even heard of it until today. Pulled it off the library shelves on a whim.

So far it's actually not bad. The writer seems to have some grasp of descriptive language.

I referred to the manson book above

oh, beautiful book. good stuff.

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Well, it's interesting to see his side of the story. It does try to show that he wasn't exactly the hypnotic cult leader the media made him out to be, but he still accepts the blame for the Tate/LaBianca murders... it just shows them commiting those murders in an attempt to frame 'the blacks' for Hinman's murder by Beausoleil, instead of him having ordered the murders specifically to start a race war. Interesting to see his side of why theywere commited and, an insider's view of 'Family' life.
I'd say it's probably a good companion to Helter Skelter. It doesn't really add too many more 'facts,' but it puts a different spin on events and his life. The sex scenes were pretty rediculous though.

You have to wonder how much of it is true, though. Charlie Manson still doesn't seem like the most trustworthy guy on the planet.

And, I have to wonder what would've become of him, had he been a successful musician...

Oh. Sadness. I am so alone.

Survivor

1984

Journey to Ixtlan

the Holy Bible book of Ezekiel

Call of Cthulu and Other Weird Stories by HP Lovecraft.

Weird to read this book after hearing about Cthulu all my life (my dad's a huge sci-fi nerd) and finding it to be so completely mindblowing.

"Mind blowing" is an especially amusing description of Lovecraft's books given that's exactly what tends to happen when his protagonists look upon the images of the Old Ones!

Reading this at the mo. Not very good. The usual Brit taking lazy swipes at America's supposed cultural decline. As though British culture is in perfect health at the moment.

I've been on a real Vonnegut kick lately.

vonnegtu yeah!

Psycotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung by Lester Bangs.

I'm halfway through and I love it.

I haven't read any of Ulysses in a week...going to start back tomorrow. About 100 pages to go.

Recently bought to read after Ulysses:

Brave New World
The Sketch Book Of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. by Washington Irving