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Some nice books to read while chilling out :)
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traveller
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Posted : Sep 20, 2004 21:08
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Goblim
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Posted : Sep 21, 2004 00:04
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The Hobbit &
The Lord of the Rings
by J. R. R. Tolkien
Really good 
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traveller
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The Hobbit, I recall was okay, although it was years ago that I read the book. LOTR however was in my opinion so, so boring that I read the first 200 pages or so and just gave up..
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DiMiTry
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Posted : Sep 21, 2004 02:47
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Stone Junction by Jim Dodge. Just read it, damnit!
also...
TAZ: Temporary Autonomous Zone (Ontological Anarchy and Poetic Terrorism) by Hakim Bey
as for the classics -
The Illuminatus Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson is good long read.
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azz
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tohm ohm
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luke rheinhart: the diceman
cervantes: don quixote
jack kerouac: on the road, dharma bums
ken kesey: one flew over the cuckoo's nest (the best book ever written)
philip pullman: his dark materials trilogy (fantasy as it should be...) |
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Outolintu
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Posted : Sep 21, 2004 19:08
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at the moment i'm reading
musashis's "a book of five rings"
and e.t.a. hoffmann's "der goldne topf"
the first is about the way of the sword
(of the samurai) that is controlled by
the 5 elements (earth, water, fire, wind
and nothingness). the goal is to understand
these elements and to use the information
in everyday life (but for the samurai especially on the battel field)
the second is a fantastic fairytale with
alchemy, witches etc... all the good stuff
 written in the romantic era by a german
writer/judge/musician.
oh yes, and for mind boggling chillin' :
raymond smullyan:
lady or the tiger? and other logic puzzles
very funny and sometimes veeery frustrating.
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Carneiro
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Now we have a topic here that it could be endless...
Recent one that I read and enjoyed for chilling reasons (since this is the topic) was
TROPIC OF CANCER by Henry Miller
Btw I've just started to read
PHILOSOPHY IN THE BOUDOIR by Marquis de Sade(or in the Bedroom, it depends on the translation).
This's really brilliant for those who want to chill and are in a naughty mood  |
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Justin Chaos
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Posted : Sep 23, 2004 17:16
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Why don´t you try with this one:Herman Hesse-"Siddharta"
And tell me something
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Outolintu
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Posted : Sep 24, 2004 11:40
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On 2004-09-23 17:16, Justin Chaos wrote:
Why don´t you try with this one:Herman Hesse-"Siddharta"
And tell me something
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this book is in my top5! a masterpiece  |
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The Journey Man Project
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Posted : Sep 24, 2004 12:19
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I'd reccomend the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodking and of course the Dune seris by Frank Herbert (inspired Astrals' "Dancing/Ambient Galaxy" tracks among others... |
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NOVA (Ultimae Records)
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"The Stranger" by Albert Camus
"Emil" by Astrid Lindgren (the best from my chilhood)
Anything from Arthur Rimbaud
Anything from Emile Cioran
Anything from Umberto Eco
The Bhagavad-Gita
"Journey to the End of the Night" by Celine
The Divine Comedy (in Italian, of course) by Dante Alighieri
"The Narrow Road to the Deep North" by Basho
and the list goes on... 
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dawn21682
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"when nietsche wept" Erwin Yalum
"Choke" - Chuck Palahniuk (author of fight club)
"Confessions of an opium eater" by Thomas De Quincy |
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psy-vibe
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Posted : Sep 24, 2004 17:25
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my favs..
all books by Carlos Castaneda !!
"The Tao of Physics" by Fritjof Capra
"1984" by George Orwell
"2001: A Space Odyssey" by Arthur Clarke
"The Tibetan Book of the Dead" by Padma Sambhava
very good also are "The Last Temptation Of Christ" , "Report To Greco" and "The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel" all by Nikos Kazantzakis....Kazantzakis was a modern greek philosopher..maybe hard to find his books outside greece but sure worth it...
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rodram
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Posted : Sep 24, 2004 21:37
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Check out the SETH books by Jane Roberts.
And yes the Castaneda books and definitely all Herman Hesse books ( depending on your age)
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