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Johnny C:
Not Wanted On The Voyage by Timothy Findley is a dark, captivating retelling of the Noah's Ark story. It's about as far from a traditional version of the tale as you can get. I might post a paragraph or two later to get you used to the idea. Then you should go read it.
tomselleck69:
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--- Quote from: elcapitan on 06 Jan 2007, 17:59 ---I recommend Milan Kundera's The Incredible Lightness Of Being.
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. . . Is that the sequel to The Unbearable Lightness of Being??
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no, that was "Unbearable Lightness of Being Reloaded"
Locke:
High Fidelity, the book and the movie. They're both wonderful. John Cusack in his best role, Jack Black before he became totally overused.
In movies, Almost Famous is a great one, and home to the best music from a non-real band ever! It even has Chasing Amy's Jason Lee in it!
Igby Goes Down is a personal favorite, sort of a modernized Catcher in the Rye, very good film. If you liked movies like Ghost World and Little Miss Sunshine, you'll like Igby. Also see the first two Wes Anderson films, Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums.
And watch my movie, "Possibilities" when its... done. It'll be good, seriously!
In books, I reccommend "The Areas Of My Expertise" By John Hodgman. He's the guy who appears on The Daily Show sometimes and plays the PC in the Mac vs PC commercials. The book is brilliant. It even comes with a blurb from the high priest of the church of Satan on it!
Also, read God's Debris by Scott Adams (Its available as a free ebook, just google it) and if you really like it, the sequel The Religion War. Great thinking books.
Techies would do well to read Steal This Computer Book 4.0, which is a wonderful tome on the seamy underbelly of the internets.
Fans of Kevin Smith should check out Silent Bob Speaks, a collection of his writings over his career in various forms. Very funny stuff. Similarly, comic book geeks should read Men of Tomorrow.
TheFuriousWombat:
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Also see the first two Wes Anderson films, Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums.
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*sigh*
almost buddy. almost.
Johnny C:
BOTTLE ROCKET = WIN
The bit where Owen Wilson comes in and the dude who plays Pagoda isn't opening the safe? Classic.
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