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hihowareyou:
Is everything too simple? Does your place in the universe make just make too much sense to you?
Read Ishmael, My Ishmael, the Story of B or ANYTHING by Daniel Quinn. Things just won't be the same for you afterwards.
Also Confessions of an Economic Hitman by John Perkins if you trust the U.S. government.
TheFuriousWombat:
In agreement with some post above, everyone should read Calvin and Hobbes. Everyone, And by read I mean every single comic because it is well worth the time commitment. Also, 100 Years of Solitude is a novel everyone should read. It is one of the best written pieces of literature I have ever encountered. It's brilliant in every sense and you'd be doing yourself a disservice if you didn't read it.
Ishotdanieljohnston:
I saw Mysterious Skin last night. I'm still not quite sure what I think of it. Really fucked up, but I think it's all necesary- the director carefully never took it to far, but he certainly went FAR ENOUGH. While I was watching it I thought "what a disgusting piece of shit", but the ending deffinitely redeemed it and I haven't been able to stop thinking about it. Which I guess was the intention, so it was a success on that front. See it if you're not to sensitive, and deffinitely don't see it with some one else (i.e. your mother, father or girlfriend).
HellPuppi:
Umm well, I have odd tastes in everything, but I got6ta put in my 2 cents anyway:
Yeah, I put it into sections, I have a tendency to ramble, you can just read what your interested in, I 'spose.
Books:
Stephen King. Yeah he's kinda puply, but the more you read, the more you love! The first of his that I read was The Stand (unabridged), and shortly after that was introduced to his Gunslinger series by my wonderful uncle. Well actually it's the Dark Tower series, but it's a series made of PURE AWESOME. Words cannot describe the greatness, nor the weirdness. Also once you read this you realize almost all of his other books are related TO the Dark Tower series. Freakin' epic, s'what it is.
That and your realize SK has probably written everything, ever.
His Dark Materials. I think this was done by Phillip Pullman, but I could be wrong. There's actually going to be a movie out (the first book, Golden Compass) pretty soon, and hopefully it won't suck. There's some pretty serious stuff going on in this series (3 books: Golden Compass, Subtle Knife, Amber Spyglass), and I can't recommend it to everyone...but hey it's got talking polar bears in armor. And Daemons. And angels. Witches...alternate universes....okay stopping now.
Dragonlance. If your a nerd. this is pretty much recommended reading. There's 80 million+ books out, but read the original series if you're into fantasy.
Movies:
If your like me and no movie is complete without a monster/someone dying, then: Sleepy Hollow and Brotherhood of the Wolf (Indian Ninja!). Also Howl's Moving Castle, Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Lock stock and two smoking barrels, Boondock Saints. I'm not a big movie critic =P.
TV Shows:
Firefly, Scrubs, Cowboy BeBop, Hellsing, Home Movies (better in later seasons), Family Guy....and star trek TNG......
*slaps self* I forgot Dune! Yeah it's recommended.
Bunnyman:
--- Quote from: brunel cog on 15 Mar 2007, 09:12 ---Books: If you like science fiction, you might want to read some of Isaac Asimov's "Foundation" novels. Why? They contain some very original and interesting concepts.
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F*cking yes. It's embarrassing how much the 4X genre has stolen from this series.
Recommendation: anything by Bruce Sterling. Current list: The Difference Engine (+William Gibson), Islands in the Net, Zeitgeist. Islands is hardcore cyberpunk done right - without it devolving into gunfights like Gibson always does for some reason (no beef with WG or anything, but...verisimilitude, man); Zeitgeist is essentially the Spice Girls from the manager's perspective in a totally punk attitude - when the soundman buys military vacuum tubes for his rig from the Russian mob, you have something special.
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