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06 Jun 2008, 11:29 am

^Cool. I guess you can't tell me b/c then the story would be ruined.

I'm now reading Irish Fairy and Folktales by W. B. Yeats. Kind of hard to understand some of the spelling but very interesting book which many would probably find strange cause I've always been interested in the stories of nature spirits such as the fairies, trolls, witches and so on. This helps describe some of their origins. They remind me a lot of the belief Native Americans had concerning spirits coming from earth.


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18 Jul 2008, 8:21 pm

Um...Slips, Stumbles and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean



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18 Jul 2008, 8:29 pm

I dont read books



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18 Jul 2008, 9:05 pm

Confederates in the Attic

http://www.amazon.com/Confederates-Atti ... 067975833X

It is a very good book because I'm still reading it and it is very interesting as well.


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19 Jul 2008, 12:32 am

Omar wrote:
http://www.amazon.com/Crash-Novel-J-G-Ballard/dp/0312420331/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1216359113&sr=1-2

NotCrash

Nothin' beats some auto-erotica supercharged wit one of the most perverse wits in living memory. Also sympathizes for the film, which -recently - be sharing its name wit some real sloppy, stinkin overblown turd (gold crusted) - with the wiff alone makin' Omar feel sick to the gut- llike he just consumed raw Haggis.


Ooh, interesting, I also happen to luv books that have some peversity like Nake Lunch, a book by William Burroughs although most critics would find his books quite taboo and perverted and/or controversial.


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19 Jul 2008, 9:46 am

I haven't read Crash yet but I have read a few other Ballard novels, & it seems as if everything by him is amazing. I just finished 'High Rise' where the upper middle class inhabitants of a high rise apartment building descend into savagery on the slimmest of provocations, & just keep sinking. It's great. Also, regarding Burroughs, I think most editions of 'Crash' include an introduction by him.



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19 Jul 2008, 10:59 am

I've bought a book titled 100 Banned Books. It is a list of books that have been censored throughout history. It does mention Naked Lunch. The books range from the Bible to The Satanic Verses to All Quiet on the Western Front. I recommend that last one to anybody who thinks war is glorious.

An interesting book I've read before is Bohemian Manifesto by Laren Stover. It is fascinating, and details the life of the average bohemian (but then again, an "average bohemian" is kind of an oxymoron).


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