Potential reading list

[Queefer Sutherland]

 

[Torque’sHeadBump]

I know a lot of the brothermen have read it already because I’ve seen discussions on it here before but A Confederacy of Dunces will always be one of my favorites.

Was thinking of picking it up. Never read it!

 

[Not bad]

Naked Lunch.

 

[Former Prez Gerald Ford]

Was thinking of picking it up. Never read it!

It’s not quite like anything I’ve ever read before. It was a love letter of sorts to the city the author was raised in (New Orleans) and the many characters and narrative threads are weaved together seamlessly throughout the book in a way that is similar to The Wire. I’m not describing it well but it’s a true masterpiece

 

[Former Prez Gerald Ford]

Naked Lunch.

Was always more a fan of Junky.. Naked Lunch was just a scrambled jumble of vignette style snapshots, couldnt really make sense of any of it. Burroughs is undoubtedly a talented author though, better than Kerouac and the other Beat authors in a lot of ways. Ginsberg is an overhyped kike and a pedophile. If you haven’t read Junky definitely check that one out

 

[Former Prez Gerald Ford]

Also Last Exit To Brooklyn (Hubert Selby Jr). Extremely graphic and unsettling novel.. boundary pushing stuff, especially for it’s time. Some of the violence described in it was bad enough to make me have to put it down, not for the faint-hearted but a damn good read

 

[bantadant]

If you like semi-mindless stuff then Agatha Christie's Poirot books aren't that bad. They're fairly short too, which helps.

"Boy's Life" by Robert Mccammon is a good coming of age type story, and Swan's Song is good if you liked Stephen King's "The Stand"

 

[Easily_Remembered]

I don't read much fiction anymore, but I think that you might enjoy the works of Robert E Howard.

Howard is of course best known for his Conan stories, but I found that I liked his stories of Kull, Solomon Kane and Bran Mak Morn just as much if not more than his Conan works.

Kull is an Atlantean refugee who makes himself King, and due to his being an outsider is constantly on guard against a kingdom that hates him, shape shifting reptilians, and the skull faced wizard Thulsa Doom. His only real ally is his right hand man, Brule the Spear Slayer.

Solomon Kane is a Puritan who suffered under the Spanish Inquisition, and sees himself as God's Right Hand as he travels across Europe and Africa fighting vampire queens, zombies, pirates and others.

Bran Mak Morn is the king of the Picts, and the story "Worms of the Earth" might be Howard's best story.

I realize that a lot of this sounds silly - and indeed, it is. But they're short stories, so you can read the bulk of them in a sitting. Their juvenile nature is offset by Howard's dynamic and detailed prose, which elevates it. And best of all, it's unreadable to today's fragile faggots, due to it's uber violence, sexism and low key racism. It really helps establish a setting and a time before history (except for Kane's), and I can't recommend it enough .

 

[Torque’sHeadBump]

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I don't read much fiction anymore, but I think that you might enjoy the works of Robert E Howard.

Howard is of course best known for his Conan stories, but I found that I liked his stories of Kull, Solomon Kane and Bran Mak Morn just as much if not more than his Conan works.

Kull is an Atlantean refugee who makes himself King, and due to his being an outsider is constantly on guard against a kingdom that hates him, shape shifting reptilians, and the skull faced wizard Thulsa Doom. His only real ally is his right hand man, Brule the Spear Slayer.

Solomon Kane is a Puritan who suffered under the Spanish Inquisition, and sees himself as God's Right Hand as he travels across Europe and Africa fighting vampire queens, zombies, pirates and others.

Bran Mak Morn is the king of the Picts, and the story "Worms of the Earth" might be Howard's best story.

I realize that a lot of this sounds silly - and indeed, it is. But they're short stories, so you can read the bulk of them in a sitting. Their juvenile nature is offset by Howard's dynamic and detailed prose, which elevates it. And best of all, it's unreadable to today's fragile faggots, due to its uber violence, sexism and low key racism. It really helps establish a setting and a time before history (except for Kane's), and I can't recommend it enough .

Thanks brothaman. Going to the book market tomorrow and will have a look for the stuff on this list.

I find that I am on my god damn phone too much, Twitter stalking, etc., and I feel like it’s finally catching up to me. I don’t like that I am always thinking about picking up my phone and pig hunting. I should channel that shit into other things (and I do, I am probably in the best physical shape I have been in since I was in high school), but it has to change.

I notice that not many people seem to read anymore and that alone makes it more appealing to me.

 

[Say “Cookie”]

God Bless ‘Based’ Terry Clifford!

 

[Say “Cookie”]

Sweet. Sorry about that man. I’ve never really read many westerns so it’s all fawkin’ terra incognita to me

If you’re looking for westerns I recommend Louis L’Amour. He had a way of describing things in his stories to the point that you felt as if you were there without it becoming annoying. Zane Grey basically created the genre as we know it. He is worth reading too.

 

[Stent]

Be the first person in history to have actually read 1984.

 

[Rutherford_b_Blaze]

“Ask the Dust” by John Fante.

One of the cornerstones of 20th century subversive fiction that paved the way for Bukowski since he essentially copies Fante’s style to the letter.

I’m also a big fan of Joan Didion’s “Play It As It Lays”. Don’t let the broad author fool you, her writing has surprising teeth to it.

Joan Didion was one of the few great female writers. Play It As It Lays is fantastic as is her non fiction. I didn't realize she died a few years back until just now.

 

[guest]

James Ellroy's Underworld USA trilogy - American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand and Blood's A Rover. Historical crime fiction. The books span the late 50s to early 70s and have real life figures rubbing shoulders with Ellroy's fictional characters. Everyone's a scumbag and the language is worthy of this place. More importantly, the plots are great and labyrinthine and Ellroy's prose is unique.

 

[Rutherford_b_Blaze]

James Ellroy's Underworld USA trilogy - American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand and Blood's A Rover. Historical crime fiction. The books span the late 50s to early 70s and have real life figures rubbing shoulders with Ellroy's fictional characters. Everyone's a scumbag and the language is worthy of this place. More importantly, the plots are great and labyrinthine and Ellroy's prose is unique.

I'm reading American Tabloid right now. It rules.

 

[guest]

Going to get a book tomorrow and would like to find a copy of Blood Meridian, Lewis and Clark’s Journals, or another work from McCarthy.

The objective is to find something that I’d not normally read. I am a big fan of Hemingway and classics like Melville, but I need to find something new and get my thinkin’ meats working again.

I’d be happy if any of the brothamen have tips on their favorite reads. I’d like something western if possible and some cool violent shit.

[BOC][/BOC]

McCarthy is awesome. Our current day Philip Roth. No Country is the popular choice. The Road is another (never seen the movie though). Blood Meridian was a hard one to get through but very good.

The Contender by Robert Lipsyte is a great book. Probably my favorite but then again I’m a huge faggot so there’s that.

 

[Prince Bvstin]

WWAW starting a legitimate book club in LitCrit and transitioning from Patposting to being a generic online book club?

 

[Rutherford_b_Blaze]

Brothamen be reading.

 

[BonnieMcFarlaneMe2]

I like Aldous Huxley’s books a lot. Sister Carrie (not by him) is one of my favorite books.

 

[Torque’sHeadBump]

Blood Meridian was a hard one to get through but very good.

Everyone seems to say this about it. Any reasons in particular? I imagine it’s kind of like how people say Moby Dick is a hard one to get through too, but that nigga spent chapters outlining the species of whales