Give some recommendations of books.....preferably not surf related but if its a good book give it props.
blood meridian the road the great santini the glass castle the world is flat breakfast of champions guns germs and steel they fought for each other
Skydog. It's Duane Allman's book and the last one I read. It's fun to read tales of sd@r'n'r. Also Keith Richards book called Life. They're pretty easy reads too.
I read The Road about a year after my first son was born and it freaked me out! If you want some good humorous reads try anything by Cristopher Moore or David Sedaris. Robertson Davies is one of my all time favorite authors.
anything by carl hiaasen is a good bet & an entertaining read. same goes for christopher moore. i'm about to start "blue mind: the surprising science that shows how being near, in, on, or under water can make you happier, healthier, more connected, & better at what you do" by wallace j. nichols. overly wordy title, but interesting concept. always looking for sciencey stuff that validates me spending more time in the ocean. big fan of sci-fi literature, too. clark, asimov, heinlein, card, adams...always a safe bet. allan weisbecker's first book, "cosmic banditos" is a fun, easy read as well. you can sorta see the cliff that he went off coming, though. it's pretty ****ing weird at times. "catch-22" by joseph heller is an all-time favorite. one of those books that has been through everything w/ me...lived in a cardboard box during my nomadic period along w/ "stranger in a strange land", "the songlines", "tourist season", & "the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy" & several others.
There are some pretty well read "swellies" on here. Makes me feel better about the planet... Or according to Archy... what little is left of it!
favorites: light in august - faulkner...the unvanquished a good one too...absalom, absalom was amazing (did it twice) but probably the hardest read i've ever had (which is why i had to do it twice) and i took a semester of grad lit theory with much denser text. the time shifts in a,a we're just astounding and the show walking dead is reminiscent of that book (stream of consciousness writing) which is why i think i love that show so much...anyway... huckleberry finn - twain walden - thoreau grapes of wrath - steinbeck frederick douglass - narrative native son - wright a farewell to arms -hemingway going on 1/2 through east of eden (steinbeck) for a third round...excellent flick with J.Dean too (from what i remember) dead eye **** & cat's cradle - vonnegut were excellent too
+1 ^ (Zamperini just recently passed away, in his 90's, what an incredible human being.) As well: 'The Art of Racing in the Rain' Stein 'The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber' Hemingway (short story) 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance' Pirsig 'Devil in the Grove' King 'Aesops Fables' 'Griftopia' Taibbi
dood; don't worry about the planet. its going to make it. you could fret, however, about humans. cause they are kinda odd.
If you like guns germs and steel you will like the great big book of horrible things. Everyone should read it. Explains a lot if you know nothing still learn if you know a lot. Matt white wrote a good book
The Outer Most House - Henry Beston if you're in2nature. its about an experience of one man living alone in a cabin on Cape Cod for one year. On Walden Pond - Thoreau Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm - Stephen Buhner fascinating read. very scientific philosophical and wordy but if your into nature its a smashing portrayal of how everything in nature is symbiotic and has intelligence way beyond what we were taught in school. for instance the vocabulary of the humpback whale and range of sound in its speech is 10 times greater than human speech and vocabulary. Audubon field guides yeah i'm I big nature guy. also a fan of Vonnegut. anything by Ray Bradbury Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess just as good if not better than the film
