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Jitterbug Perfume 181 reviews
Tom Robbins
Bantam, 1990
An amazing story that actually comes together at the end!
+ Life Changing
+ Best Book. Ever.
+ Huge fun. Has strong opinions on religion which I like, others may not.
+ wonderful
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The Catcher in the Rye 2785 reviews
J.D. Salinger
Little, Brown and Company, 1991
review
+ If You Really Want to Hear About It...
+ Disillusion
+ Make a little time for a classic
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The Portable Nietzsche (Viking Portable Library)41 reviews
Friedrich Nietzsche
Penguin Books, 1977
A Correction of False Vulgarization of Neitzsche
+ Nietzsche makes it fun
+ good deal,
+ Portable and easy to read Nietzsche
+ An excellent selection from an excellent phisopher
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The Great Big Book of Tomorrow: A Treasury of Cartoons41 reviews
Tom Tomorrow
St. Martin's Griffin, 2003
READING TOM TOMORROW WILL LOWER YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE
+ Tendentious but darn funny
+ A great history of Tomorrow-land
+ Hard-Hitting Political Commentary
+ don't trust dummies
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You Got to Burn to Shine: New and Selected Writings (High Risk Books)2 reviews
John Giorno
Serpent's Tail, 1993
A powerful look at the truth of life.
+ poetry from the trenches
I found this book to be powerful and truthful. The context and the langauge were delicate machines portaying the life of the author. It should not be read by anyone with a closed mind.
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Main Lines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs Reader 13 reviews
Lester Bangs
Anchor, 2003
Supercharged rock writing
The rock writer Joh Morthland has compiled a companion volume to Psychotic Reactions And Carburettor Dung, the first collection of the writings of Lester Bangs, rock `n roll's most influential critic and the one who defined the genre. The book is divided into the following sections: DRUG PUNK, ...
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Mindfield: New and Selected Poems 4 reviews
Gregory Corso
Thunder's Mouth Press, 1998
An American original
+ Thoughts on Corso
+ It Wins You Over
+ A Prankster's dream
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Finnegans Wake: Centennial Edition197 reviews
James Joyce
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1982
Mean Girls
Haven't read FINNEGANS WAKE in many years, probably not since grad school, but here it is again, everybody talking about it for some reason--it's resumed its place in the zeitgeist, the way Frank O'Hara's "Meditations in an Emergency," featured on the season opener of MAD MEN, is now rising up ...
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The Godfather (Signet)364 reviews
Mario Puzo
Signet, 1983
If you liked the movie, you'll love the book
+ You liked the movie...you love this!
+ Good to Read It Again
Did the movie leave you begging for more? Well, there are the sequels, but this story is the strongest one, and the book gives you all the extras that would never fit into one film. Get the book and many of the side stories that were only touched on in the film will suddenly spread out before you ...
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The Road to Los Angeles28 reviews
John Fante
Harper Perennial, 2002
The Road to Los Angeles
+ Not for everybody. JUST US CRAZY FOLK!
Without a doubt, John Fante is the greatest American writer - ever. He can switch from first to third person so smoothly it isn't noticed, and the same for present and past tense as well as point of view. Amazing. Yet, he is like a masterful chef who only prepares one masterful dish; that being, ...
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How to Talk Dirty and Influence People26 reviews
Lenny Bruce
Fireside, 1992
you don't even have to know who he is
+ Just as hip now
+ One of the Greatest Influences of My Life
+ Lenny Bruce is Not Afraid
+ "I am influenced by every second of my waking hour."
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Collected Poems 1947-198018 reviews
Allen Ginsberg
Harper Perennial, 1988
Ginsy's Big Red Book
+ A vast and great compendium of Ginsberg's writing
+ this is actualy a review of the book, not ginsberg
+ An Electric Wave In An Ocean Of Complacency.
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The Essential Calvin and Hobbes46 reviews
Bill Watterson
Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1988
Essential! What else can I say?
+ Calvin is a hero to all imaginative children, whether they grew up or not
+ "What Did I Just Tell You?" "Beats Me. Weren't You Listening Either?"
+ Well,well,well is it gret or what?
+ Graphic SF Reader
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Anarchism: From Theory to Practice10 reviews
Daniel Guerin, Noam Chomsky, ...
Monthly Review Press, 1970
Best slim volume intro out there
+ The Best Summary of Anarchist Though I've Encountered
+ An excellent overview for the already initiated.
+ Instructive, stimulating, inspiring
+ Anarchism at it's best
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A Right to Be Hostile: The Boondocks Treasury83 reviews
Aaron McGruder, Michael Moore
Three Rivers Press, 2003
Humorlessness, A Horrible Scourge
+ If you have an open mind, read these comics
+ Awsomely awsomenessness
+ Offensive humor at its best
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Pomes All Sizes8 reviews
Jack Kerouac
City Lights Publishers, 2001
Greatest book of pomery of all time
+ If
+ If you love modern poetry you'll love this
+ Brillant Poetry of Jack's POMES on the road
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American Tabloid: A Novel119 reviews
James Ellroy
Vintage, 2001
They'll be talking about this book 500 years from now
+ Fact and Real Fiction!
+ HISTORY WITH BODILY FLUIDS - AND STYLE!
+ A secret history of the Kennedy assassination
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Rosey the Baby Killer and Other Stories9 reviews
Bill Shields
2.13.61 Publications, 1998
ROSEY is proof that, in the right hands, words have power.
+ Brutal Truth Uncensored
+ Rosey the Baby Killer and Other Stories
+ A rosey-cheeked baby killer - Bill Shields
+ A rosey-cheeked baby killer - Bill Shields
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A Scanner Darkly132 reviews
Philip K. Dick
Vintage, 1991
a necessary book
+ One of PKD's best
+ A Scanner Darkly
+ What does a scanner see?
+ A brilliant version
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream417 reviews
Hunter S. Thompson
Vintage, 1998
A classic
+ Great book, unfortunatell i've seen the movie
+ Great Book
+ A book about the savage journey to the heart of the American Dream!
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