"You sound to me as though you don't believe in free will," said Billy Pilgrim. "If I hadn't spent so much time studying Earthlings," said the Tralfamadorian, "I wouldn't have any idea what was meant by free will. I've visited 31 inhabited planets in the universe...Only on Earth is there any talk of free will." -- K. Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

Thursday, November 18, 2004

reading (like the festival, but more tropical, and with fewer rockstars)

For those of you who don't know, I'm leaving for India soon. I have a ticket for 6 months - from December through June. I plan to spend much of that time in a beach hut with a stack of books (clearly, this is when I'm not riding elephants, eating chickpeas and lentils, and playing with monkeys). This is where you all come in -- I want people to tell what their essential reading is. My limited backpack is going to be full of books, and I'm gonna read them all. So! Make me a list! I want to know!

4 Comments:

siobhan said...

don't you hate monkeys? that's the kind of thing i would expect from you.

have you read "persepolis"? you should.

2:39 PM

 
siobhan said...

don't you hate monkeys? that's the kind of thing i would expect from you.

have you read "persepolis"? you should.

2:39 PM

 
Anonymous said...

Books I'm sure you've probably read already but if you haven't should:
Brave New World by Huxley
Catch 22 by Heller
Cat's Cradle by Vonnegut
I Am Legend by Matheson
High Fidelity by Hornby

Newer books I've read in the last couple years that I really liked:
The Amazing Adventures Of Kavalier & Klay by Chabon
The Fortress Of Solitude by Lethem
Choke by Palahaniuk
Fargo Rock City by Klosterman
The Dirt by Motley Crue

Have fun reading! - Mario

1:29 PM

 
Anonymous said...

read some Nabokov. i especially like "Speak, Memory".
elise

8:07 AM

 

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