Summer of Reading

[theburdentheory]

So this summer i've taken on the task of reading some books that i have not read before. Right now i am reading 1984. I hear that you can relate some of the stuff to today's political realm such as the USA PATRIOT ACT. I've already read Feirenheit 451 and Dude Where's My country. I want to read Catch 22, Lord of the Flies (already read but wanna

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[guilty_innocenc]

I think you can sign up with moveon.org to get as many folks out to see Fereinheit 911 on opening night/opening weekend (I deleted the email and don´t have the exact link as I´ll still be out of the country that weekend, but it should be easy to find).
Also if you liked Animal Farm, Ferienheit 451, and Joseph Heller I would reccomend trying Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut. I think Vonnegut might be an acquired taste for some, but he as as addicting as coffee once you start.
Hope everything is going well for you! <3

[mollybloom10875]

"1984" is the shit and it's so creepy how you can relate Big Brother to our government and it's escapades. Good luck, dude!

[anonymous]

Yo Bam - its HAWG. If you'd like something of an opposing view to the Michael Moore crowd, give "While America Sleeps" a try. It is most certainly not a pro-Bush book; it was written about a year before he took office. But it does give some interesting insight into the post Gulf War era and the war on terror; it then parallels it to the post-WWI world (specifically, England and its crumbling empire.) If nothing else, I found it to be a pretty interesting read. Otherwise, give "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them" by Al Franken a try. As opposed to most political writers, Franken is A) entertaining, and B) backs up his points. The only failing I saw is that although he does support his claims with evidence from the "real world" (something the current regime needs to join), he fails to provide a workable solution. Its kinda just a rant. At any rate, call me up sometime dood; I ain't seen you in a while. LATA