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teresak2
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My tv is dead, i have no weed, and the internet bores me. so what are some good books worth reading? besides harry potter and LOTR cuz ive read them atleast 3 times.



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stupid3000
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jimmy buffett: a pirate looks at fifty thats an awesome book so goddamn interesting
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Aug 8 2003 10:17PM
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freezed
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finder...thats a good book


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Aug 8 2003 10:26PM
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canonrider
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if you want books to change your life, check out 'the celestine prophecy' by james redford, if you want awesome story telling, check out 'life of pi' by yann martel, and if you want just an all around sick book check out nufonia must fall by kid koala

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Aug 8 2003 10:33PM
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pajibber
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If you want an interesting read about the mafia, get Donnie Brasco it is a true and it's incredible what this guy did, he infiltrated the mob for 6 years and set most precedents for FBI undercover work.


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Aug 9 2003 7:11AM
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roxysister360
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we were the mulvaneys by joyce carol oates...great book
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Aug 9 2003 6:40PM
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enigma
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Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, and all the other books in its series.

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Aug 9 2003 6:50PM
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mariberries
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read Catch 22
then read Fast Food Nation
both excellentiness

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Aug 10 2003 12:01AM
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Freeskifro
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anything by Carl Hiassen.. they are hilarious

THE PROUD HIGHWAY by Hunter S. Thompson is good cuz you can read it at short intervals..good reading while on the shitter


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Aug 10 2003 12:41AM
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weazelzb
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The Dirt: The Story Behind Motely Crue. and The Shining by stephen King. Catcher in the Rye-Jd Salinger

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Aug 10 2003 3:30AM
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ReggaeConcept1
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ok, if you like fantasy read The Dark Tower books by stephen king. i hate fantasy, but i can get enough of these books.

if you want some easy but extremely funny reads check out Tourist Season by Carl Hiaasen. you can go wrong w. hiaasen, and this is his best.

if you want thought provoking books, definately Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. best book ive ever read. A Clockwork Orange by Anothony Burgess is brilliant as well. the movie was good (kubric is a genius) but this blows it out of the water


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Aug 10 2003 4:53AM
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ReggaeConcept1
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*i cant get enough of the Dark Tower


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lineskier10
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The Crystal Shard and all the other books in that series by R.A. Salvatore if you like Fantasy
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Aug 10 2003 5:38AM
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canonrider
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sick, freeskifro, hunter s. thompson is a genious, theres a profile on him in the current issue of high times. has anyone read the book to fear and loathing in las vegas? he wrote it, and i bet it blows the movie out of the water.

btw. if you like movies that have been turned into books or vice versa, fight club is a fantastic book, alot more into the mind of tyler durden

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Aug 10 2003 8:21AM
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Astomp
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clive cussler books are cool
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Aug 10 2003 8:24AM
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ReggaeConcept1
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Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas is an awesome book. its better than the movie.

Fight Club is one of my favorite books ever. Chuck Palaniuk (sp?) is really good. ive also read Suvivor by him, which is great as well.


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Aug 10 2003 4:18PM
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Freeskifro
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Yeah man the book is way better. Proud Highway is the first set of Fear and Loathing letters.


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Aug 10 2003 8:59PM
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therealjerk
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check out Dharma Bums by Kerouac. It's like On the Road but 20x better and its about a bunch of mountaineering and living in the mountains. really fun read.


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Aug 10 2003 9:09PM
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UpDawg
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shit, i'll have to read that one...but anyway, you HAVE to read Touching the Void by Joe Simpson...that story is fuckin insane- just go read it, it'll amaze you
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Aug 11 2003 5:14AM
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stupid3000
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candide by voltaire is also really good
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five0
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im reading franny and joey right now by J.D.Salinger
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Aug 12 2003 4:35AM
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five0
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im reading franny and joey right now by J.D.Salinger
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Aug 12 2003 4:36AM
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ECFS-Attitash
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*Crime and Punishment - Dostoevsky
The Brothers Karamazov - Dostoevsky
*1984 - Orwell
Animal Farm - Orwell
*Atlas Shrugged - Rand
*The Fountainhead - Rand
*Catch 22 - Heller
*The Catcher in the Rye - Salinger
A Clockwork Orange - Burgess
Dr. Zhivago - Pasternak
Dante's Inferno - Alighieri
A Farewell to Arms - Hemingway
Fahrenheit 451 - Bradbury
*The Grapes of Wrath - Steinbeck
*The Great Gatsby - Fitzgerald
Heart of Darkness - Conrad
In Cold Blood - Capote
Lord of the Flies - Golding
Moby Dick - Melville
*The Old Man and the Sea - Hemingway
On the Road - Kerouac
The Outsiders - Hinton
*Paradise Lost - Milton
Pride and Prejudice - Austen
Ragtime - Doctorow
*The Red Badge of Courage - Crane
*A Separate Peace - Knowles
The Trial - Kafka
Utopia - More

...etc...

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Aug 12 2003 4:51AM
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teembosqet17
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Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member

its about this guy that joins the Crips at 11, and goes thru his life killing dudes, going to jail, etc...then at the end he becomes a muslim or something...all in all its the sickest book ive ever read, and ive read it about 6 times





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Aug 12 2003 5:10AM
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Billups07
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catch 22 is really good and so is the sequel closing time.....i like 1984, animal farm, all those books about utopias and governments and shit


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Aug 12 2003 5:36AM
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five0
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stienbeck is great im about to read cannery row and i read another one i cant think of the name right now too
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Aug 12 2003 5:49AM
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Markman
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Kurt Vonnegut is awesome and anything by Chuck Phalhniuck (sp?) is great also.
Aug 12 2003 5:52AM
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timber
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I'm glad someone mention Carl Hiaasen (sp). His books are so well written and so funny. I suggest you pick up anyone of those.
Aug 12 2003 4:29PM
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mo-rod
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anything by Clive Cussler. they're like 600+ pages but u can breeze through it in a couple weeks (2-4)
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Aug 12 2003 4:31PM
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ECFS-Attitash
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or a couple days...depending on how fast you read.

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Aug 12 2003 5:31PM
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CTripper
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of mice and men by steinbeck is good and short. it'll take maybe 3 days to finish it. i'm currently reading the dharma bums by kerouac, it's more interesting than On The Road, that book is very boring at certain parts. like someone said before, a separate peace is also a good read, that'll take a short time to read too. A excellent biography is Down the Highway: The Life and Times of Bob Dylan.
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Aug 12 2003 5:35PM
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CTripper
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even though i think everyone reads this in school, to kill a mockingbird is not bad either.
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Aug 12 2003 5:35PM
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seward
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Playboy


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Aug 12 2003 5:45PM
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CTripper
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bad attempt at trying to amuse someone, that's not even a book.
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Aug 12 2003 6:56PM
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XxRoSSiSCraTchxX
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ok i cant believe no one has mentioned the godfather its my favorite book you all should read i can guarentee u will love it
Aug 12 2003 7:57PM
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anomericas
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the best book you will ever read i promise you -- Youth in Revolt, by C.D. Payne. Then the sequle (sp) Revolting Youth
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Aug 12 2003 8:07PM
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FRZGene
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The Da Vinci code by Dan Brown, or Angels and Demons by him.
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Aug 12 2003 8:12PM
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mo-rod
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if clive cussler doesn't interest u read all orwell's stuff, and agatha christie's novels about Hercule Poirot, everyone loves a good 'whodunit'

lates moe

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Aug 12 2003 8:21PM
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ECFS-Attitash
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good call on the dan brown...he just moved down the street from me, super chill guy.

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Aug 12 2003 10:27PM
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FRZGene
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Word word...anthony chavez actually suggested him to me cause I guess he taught or teaches at Exeter? but his books are definetly the new hotness. Ive read angels and demons, the da vinci code, and deception point, but now his first one, digitla fortress.
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Aug 13 2003 12:30AM
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Freeskifro
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I just got On The Road and a Randy Wayne White book. If you like Carl Hiaasen then try Randy Wayne WHite.


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Aug 13 2003 1:22AM
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wolfmansbro
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Frank Zappas book i hear is very good
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Aug 13 2003 1:26AM
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ECFS-Attitash
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dan brown is a graduate of exeter and lives in rye beach (where i do)...he used to teach there as well...till the book thing became full time.

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Aug 13 2003 3:07AM
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UpDawg
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yeah, Slaughterhouse 5 was amazing...pure entertainment in my opinion
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Aug 19 2003 1:40AM
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ThisAngelicRage
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Both have been listed but A Clockwork Orange and Catch 22 are great books. I also really like A Swiftly Tilting Planet, and A Ring Of Endless Light, by somthing-something L'Engle, I had to read them in grade school and even now I still love them.




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Aug 19 2003 5:14PM
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Freeskifro
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Just finished, Team Rodent: How Disney Devours the World. Excellent quick read.


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Aug 19 2003 5:21PM
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Swirly999
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Undaunted courage is an amazing bood


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Aug 19 2003 6:03PM
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Krongos
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i know you said dont say it, but lord of the rings is good, very good, also the odyssey and the illiad and chuck amuck, chuck jones' autobiography
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Aug 19 2003 11:10PM
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UpDawg
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I think it's a given that LOTR is awesome.
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