hi there
i am doing a personal info quiz that seaceeme posted in her journal yesterday. i dug up a list of books i loved that i did for someone else...well, after a bit - i realized i was taking up a whole lot of space in CC's world. so, in most of it's glory:
Book List (not complete...will try to do a part 2 later):
MUSIC
Englands Dreaming - Jon Savage
a brilliant look at English Society, the rise of the Sex Pistols and beginning of the Clash...not as anal retentive as Last Gang in Town or as goofy as No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs.
Hitmen - Fredric Dennen
Who made who, who screwed who...why you pay so much for CDs today.
SCIENCE AND FUN
The Mathematical Tourist - Ivars Peterson
an almost (but not quite) Laymans look at Knot Theory, Koch Snowflakes, Prime Properties and other truly fucked-up math stuff...
The Universe Below - William Broad
a Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times Science editor takes us down in *DEEP* sea exploration - very well written view of the world we will never tame
FICTION
Feast of Snakes - Harry Crews
i love this book so much, i would probably buy it back from you if you didnt like it! Gritty Southern Gothic with a strong finish.
Grey Matter - Will Self
The british counterpart to Tom Robbins - twisted with a iron firm grasp of the Mother Tongue.
The Basketball Diaries - Jim Carroll
a true classic in every sense of the word. Fast fast read...
High Fidelity - Nick Hornby
well written novel showing at the end of it all - everything can be related to your record collection.
TRAINSPOTTING - Irvine Welsh
youve seen the movie - now experience heroin the way it was meant to be - read. Beware heavy Scottish writings aboot...allow yourself to be immersed by the language
Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
pure classic bit o the ultraviolence, me droogies - make sure to get the edition with glossary as an appendix...same warning as TRAINSPOTTING
Anything by Raymond Chandler
The big Sleep, The long Goodbye...classic american detective noir
Anything by Jim Thompson
The Grifters, The Killer inside me, After Dark My Sweet...classic American Pulp fiction
Repent Harlequin! Said The Tick Tock Man. - Harlen Ellison
his most famous short story - you can find it as a beautiful trade hardback or in The Essential Ellison Anthology
My Pretty Pony - Stephen King
The MOMA edition of this short story with Barbara Kruger photos and art direction add the edge that is missing from the Nightmares And Dreamscapes...
Anything by William Gibson
creates amazing detailed believable worlds with a few paragraphs...the man is a genius - i keep re-reading his novels over and over...
(i have many more, but i will stop here for now...)
GRAPHIC NOVELS
The Dark Knight Returns - Frank Miller
This is what comic books are all about - the gothic, dark view into batmans soul...no relation to the goofy campy tv series. here lies the torture of Bruce Waynes life - couldnt save his parents, can he save everybody else?
The Watchmen - Alan Moore
a comic book in a comic book - twisted entangled plot lines weave in and out among stark art and exposed nerves. asks the immortal question: who watches the watchers?
SOCIAL CRITICISM AND NON-FICTION
The Art of War - Sun-Tzu
be careful of which edition you pick up - footnotes are important here.
I Ching - Kerson and Rosemary Huang
Make sure you pick up this edition - written by a prof of Particle Physics at MIT...concise, to the point and doesnt get tripped up in all the schism on translation like some other books...i was throwing coins on the plane trying to predict if my snowboards would show up in time for my week on the mountain in BC!
Speed Tribes - Karl Taro Greenfeld
a detailed, but not fawning or judgemental look at the fringe cultures in Japan - the money-drinkers, the Othau and others...i cant wait to go!
The Invisible Dragon - Dave Hickey
Four Essays on Beauty from El Greco to Mapplethorpe...what is art?
The Redneck Manifesto - Jim Goad
a searing semi-satirical look at the positive virtues of middle class white trash...ones gotta respect ones roots, right? Fuck Jeff Foxworthy - this boy is pissed and well-read. writing as release.
Storming the Reality Studio - ed by Larry McCaffery
a thick and detailed look at Cyberpunk fiction and post-modernist lit crit...all the usual cyberpunk authors and discussions on society, music and SF writings...the Clash, Willam Gibson and Suvival Research Labs
As you can tell - i like british authors, hard science, Japanese culture, cyberpunk leanings and good writing above all else.
i am doing a personal info quiz that seaceeme posted in her journal yesterday. i dug up a list of books i loved that i did for someone else...well, after a bit - i realized i was taking up a whole lot of space in CC's world. so, in most of it's glory:
Book List (not complete...will try to do a part 2 later):
MUSIC
Englands Dreaming - Jon Savage
a brilliant look at English Society, the rise of the Sex Pistols and beginning of the Clash...not as anal retentive as Last Gang in Town or as goofy as No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs.
Hitmen - Fredric Dennen
Who made who, who screwed who...why you pay so much for CDs today.
SCIENCE AND FUN
The Mathematical Tourist - Ivars Peterson
an almost (but not quite) Laymans look at Knot Theory, Koch Snowflakes, Prime Properties and other truly fucked-up math stuff...
The Universe Below - William Broad
a Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times Science editor takes us down in *DEEP* sea exploration - very well written view of the world we will never tame
FICTION
Feast of Snakes - Harry Crews
i love this book so much, i would probably buy it back from you if you didnt like it! Gritty Southern Gothic with a strong finish.
Grey Matter - Will Self
The british counterpart to Tom Robbins - twisted with a iron firm grasp of the Mother Tongue.
The Basketball Diaries - Jim Carroll
a true classic in every sense of the word. Fast fast read...
High Fidelity - Nick Hornby
well written novel showing at the end of it all - everything can be related to your record collection.
TRAINSPOTTING - Irvine Welsh
youve seen the movie - now experience heroin the way it was meant to be - read. Beware heavy Scottish writings aboot...allow yourself to be immersed by the language
Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
pure classic bit o the ultraviolence, me droogies - make sure to get the edition with glossary as an appendix...same warning as TRAINSPOTTING
Anything by Raymond Chandler
The big Sleep, The long Goodbye...classic american detective noir
Anything by Jim Thompson
The Grifters, The Killer inside me, After Dark My Sweet...classic American Pulp fiction
Repent Harlequin! Said The Tick Tock Man. - Harlen Ellison
his most famous short story - you can find it as a beautiful trade hardback or in The Essential Ellison Anthology
My Pretty Pony - Stephen King
The MOMA edition of this short story with Barbara Kruger photos and art direction add the edge that is missing from the Nightmares And Dreamscapes...
Anything by William Gibson
creates amazing detailed believable worlds with a few paragraphs...the man is a genius - i keep re-reading his novels over and over...
(i have many more, but i will stop here for now...)
GRAPHIC NOVELS
The Dark Knight Returns - Frank Miller
This is what comic books are all about - the gothic, dark view into batmans soul...no relation to the goofy campy tv series. here lies the torture of Bruce Waynes life - couldnt save his parents, can he save everybody else?
The Watchmen - Alan Moore
a comic book in a comic book - twisted entangled plot lines weave in and out among stark art and exposed nerves. asks the immortal question: who watches the watchers?
SOCIAL CRITICISM AND NON-FICTION
The Art of War - Sun-Tzu
be careful of which edition you pick up - footnotes are important here.
I Ching - Kerson and Rosemary Huang
Make sure you pick up this edition - written by a prof of Particle Physics at MIT...concise, to the point and doesnt get tripped up in all the schism on translation like some other books...i was throwing coins on the plane trying to predict if my snowboards would show up in time for my week on the mountain in BC!
Speed Tribes - Karl Taro Greenfeld
a detailed, but not fawning or judgemental look at the fringe cultures in Japan - the money-drinkers, the Othau and others...i cant wait to go!
The Invisible Dragon - Dave Hickey
Four Essays on Beauty from El Greco to Mapplethorpe...what is art?
The Redneck Manifesto - Jim Goad
a searing semi-satirical look at the positive virtues of middle class white trash...ones gotta respect ones roots, right? Fuck Jeff Foxworthy - this boy is pissed and well-read. writing as release.
Storming the Reality Studio - ed by Larry McCaffery
a thick and detailed look at Cyberpunk fiction and post-modernist lit crit...all the usual cyberpunk authors and discussions on society, music and SF writings...the Clash, Willam Gibson and Suvival Research Labs
As you can tell - i like british authors, hard science, Japanese culture, cyberpunk leanings and good writing above all else.
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