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[donald]

Johnathan Livingston Seagull
I have been working on this one for months, it's kind of a hard read but I am about half way through.
I wish this book had Cliffsnotes or something.

[mancopter]

REAL ULTIMATE POWER- Robert Hamburger-for the fuck of it.

I wanna read that so bad.

[raubhimself]

The Will to Power - Friedrich Nietzsche
Beyond Good and Evil - Friedrich Nietzsche
The Geneology of Morals/Ecce Homo - Friedrich Nietzsche
Portable Nietzsche - Walter Kaufman
Fundamentals, Design, and Implementation: Database Processing - David M. Kroenke
The Developing Person Through the Lifespan - Kathleen Berger
Statistics - McClave/Sincich

fun.

[Black Betty]

Kinky Friedman "The Great Psychedelic Armadillo Picnic"
It's a great quick read for those of you who will be joining us for SXSW.

From Publishers Weekly
A good travelogue conveys a sense of place while pointing the reader towards interesting activities, destinations, places to eat and the like. A great travelogue does all this, but it also stands alone as an enjoyable read, regardless of the reader’s travel plans. This quirky tour of Austin, Tex., delivers the whole enchilada. Friedman (Armadillos & Old Lace, etc.), novelist and founder of the band Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys, is not what most people would think of as a typical Texan. When he suggests what car to buy to fit in (either a pickup or a Cadillac will do), he proclaims, "I myself drive a Yom Kippur Clipper. That’s a Jewish Cadillac—stops on a dime and picks it up." But this attitude gives Friedman the perfect perspective from which to narrate a journey through his city. His suggestions of things to do all come from personal experience and are usually accompanied by a colorful anecdote or observation. In a chapter on places to eat, Friedman gives this tip on dining at the Magnolia Café: "Feel free to light up a cigarette if you smoke, because Magnolia is one of the few restaurants you can smoke in without some asshole trying to make a citizen’s arrest." Friedman’s plain-speaking is part of the book’s charm. What other travel guide would proudly list a mass murderer—Charles Whitman, who shot 45 people from the Texas Tower in 1966—in a section on famous citizens? As Friedman points out, "We like to think that everything’s bigger in Texas. This, of course, includes mass murder sprees." Whether or not a trip to Austin is in your future, this slim book paints a vivid picture of a city that’s as appealingly offbeat as Friedman himself.
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[glitterbot]

The Mammoth Book of New Terror, edited by Stephen Jones
I just finished Midnight Mass by F.Paul Wilson


I like-a the horrah

[mothrock]

Hop on Pop



very postmodern

more like pre-future.

[jaimeemfer]

I'm currently reading 'The Restaurant at the End of the Universe' (Douglas Adams) for the 2nd time out of excitement for the movie next month

I'm reading that series now too! I'm almost done with "Restaurant" and will start "Life, the Universe and Everything" soon. I would have been done by now but I paused for Dan Brown. All 4 of 'em. Then I paused for Chrisopher Moore's "Lamb". I'm now back to the Hitchhiker.

Whatever, I paused "Atlas Shrugged" during John's Speech for the Hitchhiker. What can I say, I like to skip around.

[Tortheviking]

dude.... sick.. lovecraft is awesome!

right now im reading the babysitter's club. seriously its awesome.

[weener]

Mary-Kate and Ashely books are awesome. I wanna be their boyfriend.

[unluckycharm]

Spanking Watson - Kinky Friedman

[corey dieckman]

Native Son - Richard Wright
Cathedral - Raymond Carver

both are very good.