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 Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 5:59 pm
The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey
Anything by Carlos Castaneda - I would consider Castaneda to be a fiction writer, but there's a lot of ideas and glimmerings of truth.
Lord of the Rings - well, yeah...
there's just a couple classic "hippie" titles-
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Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 11:15 am
I love reading. Electric cool aid acid test is a really cool book, but I prefer On the road by Jack Kerouac. It's written in the beat era, so the language and whole story are a bit different from "hippie books" One of the main (and in my opinion, the best) character in Electric cool aid acid test, Neal Cassady, is the main character in On the road. That man was absolutely ******* crazy and one of my biggest heroes ever. 3nodding pirate Theese two books are very alike because of the Neal Cassady/ Dean Morriarity character
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Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 12:26 pm
I'd have to say my all time favorite books are Lord of the Rings.
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman is another really good series.
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Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 3:37 pm
OOOh books, my favorites are:
Way of the Peaceful Warrior
Sacred Journey of the PEaceful Warrior
Journeys of Socrates
Everyday Enlightenment
Mutant Message Down Under
Four Agreements
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Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 7:41 pm
My favorite book is 'Child X' I thought that was an awesome book. Has anyone read 'A Child Called 'It'' that book almost made me cry, I didnt know abuse was that serious, I had a friend who said his aunt sometimes abused him and he seemed happy so I was only worried a little bit. But when I read 'A Child Called 'It'' I was like 'Oh my gosh, I got to help him, or pay more attention to him.' I couldnt put the book down.
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Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 9:22 pm
Hippie Books... ah... well I am into the super tree-huggy kind of stuff, so:
SILENT SPRING: It was written by Rachel Carson (I think lol) in the sixties... it's all about the horrible chemicals and pesticides and stuff... I think that was when DDT was still legal because there is some stuff about that in there. Anyway, it's an interesting read.
CARIBOU RISING: It's about ANWR (the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge) in Alaska, and the proposal to drill for oil there. Deals with both the political and environmental aspects of the proposal and talks about the people who live there, and what they think about it.
Not tree huggy: Shade's Children - it's a "young adult" book but very mature for that rating... it deals with a lot of philosophical stuff about this crazy futuristic society where people are turned into machines and used for fighting wars and such. Shade's Children are the ones who are still human and trying to fight against the machines. It's really good.
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Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 7:01 pm
Newski the Hippie Tanto and the Lone Ranger Fist fight in Heaven, made into the movie Smoke signals. Forgot the author. Sherman Alexie (I think it's spelled that way, at least). As for books I think everyone should read... there are tons, but if we're being picky, I would say that without a doubt everyone should read Exile's Honor, by Mercedes Lackey. Preferably in connection with the rest of the Valdemar books so that you have some setting for the story. That book is really, really meaningful.
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 1:50 pm
harry potter books are great... people think theyre children's books but they teach love and bravery and friendship
another good book is the bell house by ruth hamilton
its about community spirit and how enemies at the time- the catholics and protestants as well as jews . the story starts at the end then the middle then the bit before the end then the beginning or something!! its a bit weird cuz theres 2 plots one features the children of the village and the other is about murders but in the end the plots are linked. v. good book
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 3:42 pm
Those that have time to read what they want are really lucky. I'm not going to make any suggestions right now because I'm bitter that I have to go and read Ch.2 of my genetics book in five minutes.
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 9:11 pm
Right now, I'm into this book called "Talking With Nature" by Michael J. Roads. It's about this guy that talks with nature. Supposed to be a true story. I'm about 25% sceptical...
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Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 7:25 pm
(serious)In THe Forests Of The Night; Demon In My View; Shattered Mirror; Hawksong; Snakecharm; (comedy)Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging; On The Bright Side, I am Now The Girlfriend Of A Sex God; Dancing In MY Nuddy Pants; Knocked Out By My Nungga Nunggas; Away laughing On A Fast Camel;(interesting autobiography type book) A Heatbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius; (Comical/serious/chickflick) all three of the Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants books; (war)Soldier X.
Read those.
All of them.
If you want authors, PM me.
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 7:30 am
The World According to Garp by John Irving.
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 2:07 pm
Punk333 My favorite book is 'Child X' I thought that was an awesome book. Has anyone read 'A Child Called 'It'' that book almost made me cry, I didnt know abuse was that serious, I had a friend who said his aunt sometimes abused him and he seemed happy so I was only worried a little bit. But when I read 'A Child Called 'It'' I was like 'Oh my gosh, I got to help him, or pay more attention to him.' I couldnt put the book down.
It was so sad. ;-;
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Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 2:34 am
Anything by Neal Stephenson or Umberto Eco
Pygmy Kitabu - Jean-Pierre Hallet
A People's History of the United States
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Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 12:48 pm
Anything by Abbie Hoffman like Revolution For the Hell of It, Woodstock Nation, or Steal This Book
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