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#153924 - 03/19/06 01:19 AM
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Chronic Masturbator
Registered: 12/22/03
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If your reading Davinci Code, read Holy Blood, Holy Grail... the source material is much better.
I don't read much fiction, but...
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Weaveworld by Clive Barker
Death Rides a Pale Horse - Peirs Anthony
once again, i dont read much recent fiction... but i would reccommmend reading some Bradbury.
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#153925 - 03/19/06 12:51 PM
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Porn Jesus
Registered: 12/28/05
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#153927 - 03/19/06 04:32 PM
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Kurt Lackwood's Fluffer
Registered: 12/09/05
Posts: 1291
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Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
(way better than the silly hollywood movie)
Blindness by Jose Saramago
(different writing style but neat implementation)
I love how this guy signed up on a porn board, specifically to make a post about books. Rock on dude.
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#153928 - 03/19/06 07:44 PM
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Porn Jesus
Registered: 09/07/05
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Loc: NYC
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Pris, read My Dark Places by James Ellroy. You'll really like it.
And so would Maged.
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#153929 - 03/19/06 08:22 PM
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AC Cream Wannabe
Registered: 03/14/06
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I love how this guy signed up on a porn board, specifically to make a post about books. Rock on dude.
Long time reader, new poster here. What can I say. I enjoy books.
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#153930 - 03/19/06 08:51 PM
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Porn Jesus
Registered: 07/20/03
Posts: 5256
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You cant go wrong with: The Art of War by Sun Tzu Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi The Art of War by Niccolo Machiaveli (not the same as Tzu) The Prince by Niccolo Machiaveli The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius On War by Carl Clausewitz Enjoy. 
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#153931 - 03/19/06 09:03 PM
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AC Cream Wannabe
Registered: 10/22/05
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#153935 - 03/20/06 02:28 AM
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Kurt Lackwood's Fluffer
Registered: 12/09/05
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You cant go wrong with:
The Art of War by Sun Tzu
Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
The Art of War by Niccolo Machiaveli (not the same as Tzu)
The Prince by Niccolo Machiaveli
The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius
On War by Carl Clausewitz
Enjoy.
read them all, except the Twelve Caesars.
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#153937 - 03/20/06 04:06 PM
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Porn Icon
Registered: 02/04/05
Posts: 3499
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Fuck all that shit, try Slaughterhouse Five, and then continue reading more Vonnegut. Word is born.
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#153939 - 03/21/06 06:48 PM
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Porn Jesus
Registered: 04/17/04
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you'll be a stupider person for reading a word of dan brown.
best xpt-level degeneracy book out there?
not william b, hunter, etc.
frederick exley's "a fan's notes". he pretty much was the sir mix a lot of books--he wrote what floofin's boy kurt von. and a number of others consider the best american novel of the latter half of the century. then he died. it's pretty good if you're sick of faggy ian macwhatever shit from the times book review or toni morrison seems as shitty a writer to you as she does to me and you forever mistrust them.
best writer-george e. 'cept he was a she, brazilian-style. russians bear some mention as competitors, as do joyce, homer and the guy from rome with the book about anus.
you want multiculturalism that doesn't make blacks and gays look stupid and inferior like maya angelou or richard wright?
james baldwin
you want to be something other than a bitchass-moron?
sorry pris.
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#153940 - 03/21/06 09:42 PM
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Porn Jesus
Registered: 09/23/04
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I'll throw Mark Twain in here. Tom Sawyer is all fun and games. On the surface Huckleberry Finn is the same, but there is so much more there. The Mysterious Stranger is as dark as a work can get, especially considering the time it was written.
Vonnegut is a great author who is crossing generations. I remember picking up my Dad's copy of Cats Cradle, then seeking out everything else I could find. Years later my younger brothers brought home Slaughterhouse Five as homework. They got hooked and I turned them onto my books. I recently watched my oldest son go through the same thing. An author who can cross those age gaps and still seem relevant has a gift.
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#153941 - 03/21/06 10:00 PM
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Porn Icon
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I agree of course on Vonnegut, I found myself quickly addicted and roared through his whole works. You hit the head on Twain, his satire was flat out wicked, his wisdom is still relevant and he was nothing if not uniquely American. I guess what I'm saying is that I really need to read some Twain again. I also find it funny that Pris has started an interesting thread, go figure.
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#153942 - 03/22/06 01:37 AM
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Max Hardcore Prison Bitch
Registered: 05/06/04
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I struggled through Cat's Cradle. I just can't seem to get into literature as hard as I try. I even had to put down Heart of Darkness. The only two pieces of literature that I liked were 1984 and History of the Peloponessian War. Otherwise, its textbooks and non-fiction all the way for me.
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#153943 - 03/22/06 10:13 AM
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Max Hardcore Prison Bitch
Registered: 05/06/04
Posts: 300
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You cant go wrong with:
The Art of War by Sun Tzu
Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
The Art of War by Niccolo Machiaveli (not the same as Tzu)
The Prince by Niccolo Machiaveli
The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius
On War by Carl Clausewitz
Enjoy.
With the exception of Suetonius (which I have not read), these are all excellent works.
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#153945 - 03/22/06 01:13 PM
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Rob Black's Crack Pipe
Registered: 04/16/03
Posts: 82
Loc: Kalifornia
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Good pick, Gia. In My Dark Places is a great read. James Elroy's fiction work is pretty twisted & fun too. Check out his Killer on the Road, Blood on the Moon, Suicide Hill, & of course The Black Dahlia. A few years back, Sandy Steward turned me on to Topping from Below by Laura Reese. It's got murder, s&m, humiliation, beastiality--it's like Red Dragon if written by the JM crew! But, if you're really fucked up & need something to mellow you out after a stressful day, my personal fav is still American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis. 
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#153946 - 03/22/06 01:36 PM
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Porn Jesus
Registered: 09/07/05
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Ellis has been one of my faves since I read Less Than Zero in 6th grade. Turns out my ex went to college with him and introduced us at a party.
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#153951 - 03/22/06 07:15 PM
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Max Hardcore Prison Bitch
Registered: 12/03/05
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thanks everyone I have lots of time when im doing my security job so keep em coming-- You dont want me to spamm the board during my many many free hours at work 
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#153952 - 03/22/06 08:46 PM
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Sex Slave Trader
Registered: 01/12/05
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Kings of Cocaine: Inside the Medelin Cartel by Guy Gugliotta and Jeff Leen. Awesome read.
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#153953 - 03/22/06 08:53 PM
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Max Hardcore Prison Bitch
Registered: 01/09/06
Posts: 304
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the rule is that for every one fiction book (see: complete crap, the "now that's what i call music vol 36" of text), you read five non-fiction books.
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#153955 - 03/22/06 10:30 PM
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Max Hardcore Prison Bitch
Registered: 01/09/06
Posts: 304
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so cass
any recommendations?
ps im thinking of retraining for radiology tech but i need to learn highschool math and sciences and i never got past grade 9 in those subjects
Anything to stimulate my brain ? or anyone elses ?
a dictionary, you dumb motherfuck. you ought to attempt to relearn your mother-tongue with the enthusiasm and single-minded dedication of an asian youth. i suggest that you start immediately. first, by setting aside the illusory pleasures of the flesh. second, by picking up "logic and conversation" by HP Grice.
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#153956 - 03/22/06 11:57 PM
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Max Hardcore Prison Bitch
Registered: 12/03/05
Posts: 344
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will do cass
thanks
remember im only a psych grad so i can only forumulate 5 answers---A) b) c) d) e)
Sometimes its one , sometimes none and sometimes like in prof. wiltisesies class its can be any or all of the 5 !@#$@
ie. correct answer A, c, e
Edited by pris (03/23/06 12:02 AM)
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#153958 - 03/23/06 03:48 AM
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Max Hardcore Prison Bitch
Registered: 03/23/05
Posts: 422
Loc: Mitteleuropa
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Pris, read My Dark Places by James Ellroy. You'll really like it.
And so would Maged.
American Tabloid and Cold Six Thousand are good choice too.
Do'h and Ellis is one of my fav. either...
i read u have italian blood, maybe we are somewhat related.
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#153960 - 03/23/06 04:31 PM
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Kurt Lackwood's Fluffer
Registered: 12/09/05
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Kings of Cocaine: Inside the Medelin Cartel by Guy Gugliotta and Jeff Leen. Awesome read.
Any other similiar books you recommend?
Not really. I picked up a few books (the titles escape me now), but a lot of the content was just a retread of what I already new from reading Kings. I tell ya, Kings completely blew my mind. If it wasn't true, you would never think anyone could make up such an outrageous story. Definitely worth tracking down (It is out of print. You can find it through Barnes and Nobles Used Books. In paperback form it is titled Kings of Cocaine: An Astonshing True Story of Murder, Money and Corruption).
I actually watched a doco on the Columbian cocaine cartels last night, and they interviewed Jeff Leen. I may have to find this book...
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