fao people that read books

**skahound** · October 12, 2005, 02:37:38 PM

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Even better.

**peloquin** · October 12, 2005, 02:38:56 PM

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any hemingway fans? i just read "a farewell to arms" last week, and enjoyed it, was wondering waht else of his to read next :P

**palmer** · October 12, 2005, 02:39:07 PM

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Yeah it was very good. Lots of underlying themes worthy of multiple reads.

**skahound** · October 12, 2005, 02:40:09 PM

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Originally posted by peloquin

any hemingway fans?

Hemingway's Self-Proclaimed Greatest Short Story - [ms]

http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18721

The story goes that Ernest Hemingway was challenged to write a short-story in 10 words or fewer. He later proclaimed that it was one of the best stories he'd ever written. It actually spawned a whole new genre of writing called 'micro-fiction' which is typically a maximum of 100 words. Hemingway's story was: "For sale.

**peloquin** · October 12, 2005, 02:41:34 PM

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hah forgot about that thread...

**Lorn** · October 12, 2005, 03:26:30 PM

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I just read Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad again.

An all time favorite for me. Conrad's writing style sticks out and hits you in the chest like heavy bass. I love it.

**day_for_night** · August 20, 2007, 02:04:53 AM

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i'm gonna be on planes for 83 hours for business travel over the next 3 weeks...i will definitely be taking some of these suggestions with me.

**day_for_night** · August 20, 2007, 02:05:58 AM

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and if anyone wants to add any newer suggestions, that'd be appreciated. this is the only thread of book recommendations i could find, and its a bit dated...

**Kat** · August 20, 2007, 04:56:32 AM

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Originally posted by day_for_night

and if anyone wants to add any newer suggestions, that'd be appreciated. this is the only thread of book recommendations i could find, and its a bit dated...

Books that changed you... - [ms]

http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31170&highlight=hesse

List some books that have significantly changed your perspective on life here are a few that come to my mind. The Alchemist Jean Piaget (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Piaget): Theory of cognitive development (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_cognitive_development) The 48 Laws of Power Theory of Communicative

**SyntaxTerror** · August 20, 2007, 07:38:12 AM

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I started reading 'Jitterbug Perfume' by Tom Robbins today. It's from the 80s so not exactly new, but I'm going off a strong recommendation and I can already tell I'm going to be hooked on this one.

Anyone else read it?

**feather** · August 20, 2007, 10:51:05 AM

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I am struggling through:

**day_for_night** · August 20, 2007, 11:18:35 AM

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Originally posted by Katkich

http://www.mercuryserver.com/forums/...ighlight=hesse

danka

**peloquin** · August 20, 2007, 03:32:27 PM

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Originally posted by SyntaxTerror

I started reading 'Jitterbug Perfume' by Tom Robbins today. It's from the 80s so not exactly new, but I'm going off a strong recommendation and I can already tell I'm going to be hooked on this one.

Anyone else read it?

actually this is one of the only ones i havent read of Tom Robbins. he's probably my favorite writer though... so funny and has such a way of coming up with analogies like nobody else. my fave of his is Skinny Legs & All and Half Asleep In Frog Pajamas is also great.

**lucid** · August 20, 2007, 04:08:46 PM

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my favorite author by far is Bret Easton Ellis, most notably known for American Psycho, Rules of Attraction, and Less Than Zero, all of which were made into movies. his writing style can be a bit much for those who can't handle really detailed and descriptive passages about violence, murder, fucked up sex acts, drug usage, etc... but he has this dark, witty, smart-ass sense of humor that i just find highly entertaining. he also has a lot of character overlap in his books, which is really cool if you read all of them because characters from one book will turn up in another one, and you'll feel like you already know them. another cool thing - he makes a lot of pop culture references in his storylines, mostly music and designers and trends from the 80's, which is really cool if you grew up during that time.

American Psycho, Glamorama, and Rules of Attraction are my favorite books of his. i'd definitely recommend any of those, especially if you're into more fucked up authors like Chuck Palahniuk. i've read and enjoyed some Palahniuk books, but they didn't stick with me like Ellis' books do.

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