SmellyPants Posted November 11, 2003 Report Share Posted November 11, 2003 Here are a few books (That arn't band bios) all hippie like creatures might like to read.Please add to the list for my own (and others) reading pleasure. 1.Dharma Bums, Jack Kerouac 2.On the road again, Jack Kerouac 3.Junky, William S Burrows 4.Fear and loathing in Las Vegas,Hunter S Thompson 5.The Rum Diarys, Hunter S Thompson 6.The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way Of Knowledge, Carlos Castaneda 7.The Tao of Pooh, Benjamin Hoff 8.Brave New World, Aldous Huxley 9.Cosmopolitan Greetings, Allen Ginsberg 10.Tropic of Cancer, Henry Miller 11.Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert M.Pirsig Just a few of my favorites. Good reading Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmellyPants Posted November 11, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2003 those are some great feeds on books lots i havent read and some ive never heard of. One thing I would like to clear though, I should not have said should read thats a little forcefull. I guess I meant might read. By the way MoMack, yes I do own a book store. A very small town book store but I enjoy it.All the books I can eat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoMack Posted November 12, 2003 Report Share Posted November 12, 2003 My ma owned a bookstore when I was young. Erosion books and Graphics. Art and books. Crazy place. My first introduction to the "scene". She had a good dead etc. section, and all the local hippies hung out there reading books. No bestsellers section in her store... guess thats why it didn't last to long. That and hippies tend to hang out and read instead of buying. But it was a magical place, and allowed me to meet folks that brought me to Dead shows when I was way way to young to be there. Thank Jerry for that! So where is your store? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorgnor Posted November 12, 2003 Report Share Posted November 12, 2003 Every hippie should read The Writing On The Wall by The Powers That Be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted November 12, 2003 Report Share Posted November 12, 2003 In a semi-SF-ish vein: Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany is a seriously heavy read. Its editor, Frederik Pohl, introduced it at a book company gathering by saying, "I'm not sure this is a good book, but I am sure it's a great book."Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon is an even heavier read. A full examination of this book would be longer than the book itself. You could base whole literature courses on it.Illuminatus! by Robert Shea and Robert Anson Wilson is not as heavy, and tons of fun. If you like conspiracy theories, alternate realities, and stories about really good hash, this is the book for you. Aloha, Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rary8 Posted November 12, 2003 Report Share Posted November 12, 2003 The Alchemist, by Pohl And you'll want to buy a copy to give away. Trust me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Posted November 12, 2003 Report Share Posted November 12, 2003 Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse is my bible. Have read it a zillion times and can never get enough of it. Everytime I read it, it explains something different to me, takes on new meaning and makes me find new meaning in things around me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted November 12, 2003 Report Share Posted November 12, 2003 Originally posted by SmellyPants: 2.On the road again, Jack Kerouac Possibly the least interesting, most over-rated book ever. *Yawn* Originally posted by CyberHippie: All Tom Robbins books, in particular I'd say: Another Roadside Attraction Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates Now, that I can agree with!! I would also recommend "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" by Milan Kundera and "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. And "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted November 12, 2003 Report Share Posted November 12, 2003 Lets see... All Tom Robbins books, in particular I'd say: Another Roadside Attraction Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates Other non-Robbins books: The Electric Kool-aid Acid Test, Tom Wolfe (this is a must read for all dead fans) The Stranger, Albert Camus The Siddhartha, Hermann Hesse Hmmm... that's all I can think of right now. Great thread though, I'm always looking for more of these types of books to read! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bONES Posted November 12, 2003 Report Share Posted November 12, 2003 earthfreak recommended Zen & TAOMM to me just the other day i'm still thick into The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test, by Tom Wolfe it is cool reading about Mountain Girl and others I had the pleasure of meeting through DSO my speed reading technique should have me on to Zen by late April I figure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bONES Posted November 12, 2003 Report Share Posted November 12, 2003 oh yeah I once read a book called "What the Trees Said" Unfortunately, I can't remember who wrote it I borrowed it off Leah, Smelly it was set in New England, on a hippie commune. The brothers and sisters on the farm would all dose together, and the dude who wrote the book would go out into the forest and talk to the trees Van Morrison lived on a sister commune close by and would come over for these trip parties. I think it was written in 68/69 i remember loving it at the time (1990) and would really dig finding a copy...find it for your bookstore smelly!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Posted November 12, 2003 Report Share Posted November 12, 2003 "The Food of the Gods" by Terrence McKenna "Kingdom of Fear" by H.S.T. "Celestine Prophecy", "The Tenth Insight", "The Secret of Shambhala" and "The Celestine Vision" by James Redfield also, a book called "Pooh and the Philosophers", I can't remember who wrote it, and I'll throw "The Te of Piglet" on there as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted November 12, 2003 Report Share Posted November 12, 2003 I really enjoyed Zen and the art... That one I found to be a bit of a tough dry read, it took me over a year and a half to get through it. In the end I was glad I read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoMack Posted November 12, 2003 Report Share Posted November 12, 2003 You own a bookstore Smelly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted November 12, 2003 Report Share Posted November 12, 2003 Another good one (also SF) is A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick. Dick's stories often deal with questions of what's real vs. what's imagined, and he often writes his characters such that you get the feeling they're not quite right. Dick can write a story from the first person, with said first person having a nervous breakdown (or psychotic episode) and take you along for the ride. In this book, the main character is an undercover narcotics cop. The problem is that, in this (future) society, the police department is so corrupt that if even his superiors were to know the identity he's assumed, he'd be dead for sure. Thus, when he reports to superiors, he does it in a "scramble suit" which makes his identity unknowable (think TV test-pattern). Of course, there's a problem: he's reporting on the illegal activities of the group he's infiltrated; the group's members (including the identity he's assumed) are known, so he has to report on himself. If he didn't, there'd be one group member that wasn't reported on, which would be a sure signal as to who's the cop. The other problem is that the drug used & sold by this group (which his assumed identity takes in mass quantities) splits your personality two-for-one... Aloha, Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau Posted November 12, 2003 Report Share Posted November 12, 2003 The Clouded Leopard - Wade Davis The Expirence Of Nothingness - Micheal Novak The Universe is a green dragon -( I ferget,my ex has the book) How to grow magic mushrooms Hydroponic maintence and up keep From seed to Montreal Growers guide Yoga for dummies Hash for me, hash for you Pottable herbs and veggies Deadbase Livin with the Dead How to roll joints Dancing Here today,guano tomorrow Kool aid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH Posted November 12, 2003 Report Share Posted November 12, 2003 Two that have been mentioned already: "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" by Milan Kundera "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez In particular the Marquez book was fascinating as long as you can withstand the excessive historical context of the story. And isn't "The Alchemist" by Paulo Cielho? I've had that around but can't get too far into it without getting kind of bored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewRider Posted November 12, 2003 Report Share Posted November 12, 2003 I liked that book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoMack Posted November 12, 2003 Report Share Posted November 12, 2003 quote:Originally posted by NewRider: I liked that book me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shainhouse Posted November 12, 2003 Report Share Posted November 12, 2003 me three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutegeek Posted November 13, 2003 Report Share Posted November 13, 2003 margaret atwood's new books are both great. one is a kids book called rude ramsey and the roaring radishes but for a really good read try oryx and crake. it's post apocalyptic sci-fi satire. i't extremely poignant and relevant to many of the issues the "heady types" stand for. if anyone wants to take me to chapters one day i'll share my employee discount with you and we can damn the man for putting most of the independant bookstores out of business! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guigsy Posted November 13, 2003 Report Share Posted November 13, 2003 On The Road Again? tell me that's a typo...Kerouac didn't do a sequel to On The Road, did he? and why hasn't anyone mentioned Alice In Wonderland yet? im just about to start Naked Lunch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted November 13, 2003 Report Share Posted November 13, 2003 Originally posted by Sheikyerbouti: On The Road Again? tell me that's a typo...Kerouac didn't do a sequel to On The Road, did he? Ha-ha, no you're right - that's a typo for sure. Must be "Grateful-Dead-on-yer-mind syndrome". It's a killer. As for the book itself, I agree that it would have been inspirational given the era that it was written in, and it certainly has been influential. I just didn't like it very much. I found Dean Moriarty to be exactly the kind of person I wouldn't have wanted to spend time with. Seems like he had ADHD. Of course, my unfavourable opinion of him only reinforces the fact that it's a well-written book (poorly-written books do not inspire emotions regarding the characters), but I just didn't find the overall story to be very interesting. I'm glad that I read it, though... Originally posted by cutegeek: margaret atwood's new books are both great... I haven't read her latest stuff, but I am a big Atwood fan. I recommend "The Edible Woman" for those who are looking for a place to start. Another Canadian author worth reading is Timothy Findley. "Not Wanted On the Voyage" is a masterpiece, and "Headhunter" (in which the protagonist accidentally releases Kurtz from the pages of "Heart of Darkness" to wreak havoc on Toronto) is a real trip, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutegeek Posted November 13, 2003 Report Share Posted November 13, 2003 i agree about the edible woman, it helped make me go vegan. does anyone know if margaret atwood's a vegetarian? she alludes to it a lot in her books but maybe i'm just trying to relate to the books too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmellyPants Posted November 13, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2003 Originally posted by hamilton: Originally posted by SmellyPants: [qb]2.On the road again, Jack Kerouac Possibly the least interesting, most over-rated book ever. *Yawn* Even though i agree the book is(now) over rated, I can't see how you think it is boring.When you look at the period it was writen, it was an insperation to many who were looking for an alternative life style.This is a book that I personally enjoyed because it was recomended by my hippie like father.I think your point is good though. Peoples taste (praise ja)are as different as snow flakes in a blizzard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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