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[lerik]

Finished reading "To a god unknown" by Steinbeck today.Very unusual novel but not one of my favorites by Steinbeck.Maybe because it was one of the first novels he wrote.The death of one character seemed really fantastic to me ( I got the feeling that Steinbeck just needed to get rid of her but didnt know how).But the ending was really powerful,like all Steinbeck's endings,though predictable

[Scoundrel]

has anyone read "east of eden" by steinbeck...I saw it at the library and intend to check it out when I have some time for it

[Zissou]

Finished Brave New World and loved it.  Liked it better than 1984 and think Huxley is a great talent.  Ive got The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell to read and also want to get Island.

Next up was Post Office by Charles Bukowski.  Simply awesome.  I have a new dead beat hero.

Then read The Acid House by Irvine Welsh.  Crackin Scottish writer with such a style and humour thats impossible to resist.

and now.......Woman by Bukowski.  Predictably amazing.

[Scoundrel]

Huxley is solid - you should check out "The Perennial Philosophy" by him -- it's certainly insightful

Post Office was hilariously entertaining, I've been meaning to read more by Bukowski

[Zissou]

Thus far I have stuck to his novels.  He was so prolific its hard to know where to start but I think the novels are a good place.  Then maybe his shorts and poetry.

Post Office is a fantastic read.  I flew through it.  His style makes it so easy to read.  Yeah also very funny.

You should definately read Ham on Rye.  Again funny and witty but also really moving and at times very hard to read on.  His father was a complete bastard.

As I said Im reading Woman at the mo.  His woman where fuckin crazy!  He makes so many good observations about woman and being in love and having a rampant sex life.  His brutal honesty is also in stark contrast to anything else Ive ever read.

I hope you pick him up and find in him many rewards.  Let me know how you get on.

[Worm]

Next to all the literature, i've developed a love for books concerning nature - i'm now reading about mediterranean birds.

[teew]

Currently reading the Pevear translation of "Crime and Punishment." This team's tranlations of the Russian classics have been a landmark, for me: it gives me the priviledge of reading "War and Peace" and all of Dos's major novels over again. This time, I understand them!! t

[lerik]

I am currently reading 'Atonement'. Just finished reading '100 years of solitude'. A fantastic novel, although I got confused between all Aurelianos

[Scoundrel]

I've been meaning to read Atonement for some time now.... well actually anything by Ian McEwan for that matter... the problem is... his books are relatively expensive at the used book store... and I'm relatively cheap, and mildly poor, so I always end up buying cheaper books.... but I'll make a point of buying one of his books next time I swing by the book store... ..........  How are you liking Atonement?

[germ15]

greetings to all
i'm new to the forum, yet i find most of the discussions quite thought provoking

presently:  kierkegaard's journals (dont know which author/ will check)
nietzsche "ecce homo" Kaufmann
frankl "man's search for ultimate meaning"
   (i find his influence for his philosophy is much like dostoevsky's inlfluence)
de quincey Confessions... opium eater)

next:  I plan to reread Dostoevsky'y biography (Carr)
sartre's No Exit
augustine "confessions"
emerson , selected essays/poems

[Stranger]

Currently rereading CS Lewis' Till We Have Faces and Plato's Apology.

On deck- Crito & Phaedo, also by Plato.