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Psychedelic Literature

Demi
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Posted : Jul 31, 2003 00:37
It would be extremely interesting to hear your tops on books You think worth reading. And please explain shortly why do You think they worth it. I will certainly write a couple reviews of what i have read.
So please lets start talking not only about partys to come or in the past, but try to be creative and usefull here in some more possible ways. Open up, show up what do you have interesting 2 share, otherwise ...
By psychedelic, i dont necessarily mean about psychedelic plants or acid, but all the smart literature you read, what may be pretty much classical.
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ciotera

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Posted : Jul 31, 2003 01:13
Franz Kafka - "Metamorphosis"
Jean Paul Sartre - "Nausea"
Alber Camus - "The Stranger"
Jorge Luis Borges - Short Stories, esp. "Alef"
Viktor Pelevin - "Generation P" or "Babylon" and "Chapaev" (esp. if you know how to read Russian)
Haruki Murakami - "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" and "The Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World" (actually everything else by him that you can get your hands on).
Kobo Abe - "The Box Man" and "The Woman in Dunes" and "Kangaroo Notebook" (this one is very trippy).

Sorry, it's pretty much impossible to describe these books. But I tried to think of "psychedelic" as you defined it.. i.e. mind-expanding. These are the books which have caused the biggest changes in the way I think.
Demi
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Posted : Jul 31, 2003 01:20
...yes, Pelevin is really good. I suppose, his books must have been translated in English. As far as i remember he has been writing somewhere in NY for a while. Intelligent guy.           www.vertigo-records.com
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le_lotus_604
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Posted : Jul 31, 2003 05:34
William Burroughs - hmm, Place of Dead Roads and Wild Boys also The Naked Lunch.

ok ok, Mr William is known to be a drug consumer
but his favorites themes and specially his
writting technic (cut-up if I remember) make him psy, words are like flashes heading directly to your brain



btw: if someone knows how to get the Naked Lunch movie on DVD, let me know
Leshiy


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Posted : Jul 31, 2003 14:29
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Viktor Pelevin - "Generation P" or "Babylon" and "Chapaev" (esp. if you know how to read Russian)
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most of his works ARE translated
Generation P is Human Beings
Chapayev i Pustota is Clay MachineGun
and so on. amazon.com has 'em all.
Highly recomend it. start with The Life of Insects as it is a much simpler book to read and easier to get into his style

as for the rest.
if you want fuction
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ( i think this is s a given
Aldous Huxly
Jack Karouvak - On the Road and Dharma Bums and whatever else you can come across.
Zen and The art of Motocycle Maintanence
(sorry forgot the author)
Whatever William Gibson (and Bruce Sterling especially Schizmatrix and Evolution Ocean) wrote in the begining of their carriers

Tome Wolffe - Kool Aid Acid test
Rick Strassman - DMT : the Spirit Molecule
Writing on Drugs (forgot the author too, but i got the book and home so i'll look it up) interesting read on drug influenced literature.
you'd be amazed how many classics were written under the influence.

there are a sh*tload of books on the history of acid culture

jeez the list goes on


ciotera

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Posted : Jul 31, 2003 17:06
</quote>most of his works ARE translated </quote>

Yeah, but the translations are crappy.

Zen and The Art of Motocycle Maintenance is by Pirsig. I found it rather unimaginative. It could have been a lot better had he not turned it into "Ancient Greek Philosophy For Dummies."
droozi
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Posted : Aug 1, 2003 21:04
Celestine Prophecy - Not really psy, but this book changed my life and the way I view human interactions.
ACID Dreams - Chronological history of the creation and use of LSD in the 60's - very informative.
Doors of Perception. - Huxley
Dharma Bums - kerouac
Anything by Puolo Cohelo - again not psy but very spiritual (for me the two are the same -psy & spiritual)
Food of the gods - Mckenna - he sold me.
Chariots of the gods - Daniken - he sold me too.
maygun604
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Posted : Aug 2, 2003 02:42
i can't believe no one has mentioned carlos casteneda...
Demi
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Posted : Aug 2, 2003 07:20
for sure Carlos is 1 of the best! so many lessons 2 learn....           www.vertigo-records.com
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Demi
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Posted : Aug 2, 2003 14:18
MY TOPS EVER IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER
1. Gustav Mayrink - "Angel of the Western Window" - one of the first real mystic books which took me to some other worlds. And some other books by the author.
2. Dostoyevskiy = lots of his works. Amazing describtion of the inner world. Great philosopher and psychologist.
3. Stanislav Groff - whatever he has published is worth of attention. A man, who greatly influenced me in the past couple years. Highly recommended for those int-ed in psychology, philosophy. A really enlightened person, who knows how to help ppl! A great book 2 learn what he is abt - "Cosmic Game" .
4. Terrence Mc Kenna - "The True Hallucinations". Great tripper Man!
5. Pelevin Viktor. already commented.
6. Krusanov Pavel - i assume his works will be studied at schools in future. Fantastic word skills, bright, individual, great time warps, myth/reality ... immensely interesting... get hooked for hours!
7. Carlos Kastaneda
8. Tolstoy L. N.
9. Bulgakov
10. Stanislav Lem
will give some more writers later on...           www.vertigo-records.com
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ciotera

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Posted : Aug 3, 2003 03:47
Demi,

Thanks for recommending Krusanov. I checked out some of his stories online. He does have an amazing way with words.

Say, how come you are so familiar with Russian literature?
grguy
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Posted : Aug 3, 2003 15:00
cliotera
if u like 2 read something nice send me an email and ill send u the "book"
tell me how u like it k
its a couple of short storys my frend wrote and his working on publeshing it
my e mail is grguy@walla.com
ciotera

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Posted : Aug 3, 2003 17:16
grguy,

I am always searching for something nice to read.

My email is ciotera@hotmail.com
Demi
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Posted : Aug 3, 2003 23:16
2 ciotera
originally i am from Krim (by the Black Sea peninsula)
happened 2 move here half a year ago           www.vertigo-records.com
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grguy
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Posted : Aug 4, 2003 01:18
demi
so if u read russian i cann send u the book 2 i'm sure ull like it
and if not give me your opinien k
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