Comments | simplesimon: I'm just one needy bastard

simplesimon

I'm just one needy bastard

Mar 18, 2009 13:13

Another request, this one a little less invasive. My book pile, she grows slim and I have need of recomendations.

So, what should I read?

Comments 13

cheetahmaster March 18 2009, 18:00:22 UTC

Brave New World

p_sunshine March 18 2009, 18:49:18 UTC

I second that. =)

simplesimon March 18 2009, 21:20:41 UTC

Read it. I prefer We by Yevgeny Zamyatin when I go in for my dytopian future, but Brave New World was good.

p_sunshine March 19 2009, 03:57:41 UTC

Sorry cheetahmaster - looks like my attempts to get him to read the book club books have failed agein...

thatwhichisgene March 18 2009, 19:35:52 UTC

Here's a list I posted on my lj sometime. Feel free to plunder it for ideas. I'm sure you've read at least some of these.

Heck, I have an extra copy of Riptide that I'm trying to find a good home.

simplesimon March 18 2009, 21:23:14 UTC

I remember this one. It was the impetus for picking up The Razor's Edge off audible. As for Riptide, I will gladly take that off your hands. I need to see what I can find audible-wise of Howard's stuff.

thatwhichisgene March 19 2009, 14:24:27 UTC

I'll give it to T to bring round to you tomorrow.

Ask T about REH on Audible. I think there's a paucity there.

meatnog March 18 2009, 20:18:21 UTC

If you're looking into classics, I agree with the Brave New World recommendation above.

I can also highly recommend Catch-22 and One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest as great movies who's books were even more fabulous if you haven't read them.

simplesimon March 18 2009, 21:23:56 UTC

I may be younger than most of the people I know, but I'm not a literary neophyte.

meatnog March 18 2009, 22:37:44 UTC

Not at all suggesting that you are. Most of the people I know have not read either book but instead have seen the movies.

simplesimon March 19 2009, 03:40:44 UTC

Sorry, I realize that came out harsher than I meant after the fact. Those are all really good suggestions and I should probably re-read Cuckoos Nest since I've only read it the once, and that shortly after watching the movie so a little distance from both might lead to a different reading.

snidegrrl March 19 2009, 04:54:48 UTC

You can see my goodreads page - anything marked 5 stars!

necrocannibal March 22 2009, 13:49:03 UTC

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