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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:35 am
by djslate
Too many to mention. I am not remotely 'spiritual' and refuse to define my experience within these quasi-religious terms, (no offense meant to anyone here) so books have a different type of resonance for me.
Of particular influence on my life are:
Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis
Rat Tetralogy - Haruki Murakami (4 x books, look them up!)
EDIT
And also, The Rum Diary - Hunter Thompson
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 12:22 pm
by triky
The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde.
just saw up above, Heart of Darkness. definitely. also agree i wouldnt call it a spiritual influence either.
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 12:23 pm
by stanton
Oh, I forgot to mention The Invisibles by Grant Morrison
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 1:22 pm
by bellybelle
Oh and defo Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce. [/u]
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 1:25 pm
by kins83
Teddy Bear Farmer. Read it shitloads as a kid.
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 2:33 pm
by sqwol
I 100% absolutely highly recommend :
Freedom from the Known: By Jiddu Krishnamurti
It is not 'religious' in any way, nor is is 'spiritual', but simply helps people peel away layers of conditioned thought to reveal 'what is'
An eye opening book for me at least.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0060648 ... eader-link
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 1:11 pm
by thief
Wind up bird chronicle
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 1:14 pm
by Jubz
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 1:15 pm
by oddfellow
Jubscarz wrote:
x2
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 1:16 pm
by kidlogic
Mr Hyde wrote:Nothing spiritual or philosophical like most mentioned, but reading 'On the Road' when I was about 16 definitely made me think about travel and work in a different way.
this along with "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test"
Also, "The Tao of Pooh" when I was about 15, which got me into Taoism and subsequently learning about other religions.
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 1:26 pm
by bellybelle
kidlogic wrote:Mr Hyde wrote:Nothing spiritual or philosophical like most mentioned, but reading 'On the Road' when I was about 16 definitely made me think about travel and work in a different way.
this along with "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test"
Also, "The Tao of Pooh" when I was about 15, which got me into Taoism and subsequently learning about other religions.
oooh oooh ooooooh I loved "The Tao of Pooh" and the "Te of Piglet" because piglet was a very small animal and i love it when the protagonist is small.
awwww
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 1:52 pm
by nousd
The Diceman by Luke Rheinhardt wherein protagonist makes radical decisions by throwing dice...avec psychedelic ending...confirmed possibilities.
The brutal, unabashed honesty of Jerzy Kosinski's novels (The Painted Bird, Cockpit, Being There), without the gratuitous violence of his imitators, made me wanna get real.
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 1:52 pm
by diss04
'fear and loathing in las vegas' by hunter s. thompson - made me realise how boring my life actually was
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 1:57 pm
by kins83
SD5 wrote:The Diceman by Luke Rheinhardt wherein protagonist makes radical decisions by throwing dice...avec psychedelic ending...confirmed possibilities.
Fucking brilliant book. Have you read any of the follow-ups?
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 2:10 pm
by nesslei
thief wrote:Wind up bird chronicle
x2
+ underworld by don de lillo.
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 2:15 pm
by nousd
kins83 wrote:SD5 wrote:The Diceman by Luke Rheinhardt wherein protagonist makes radical decisions by throwing dice...avec psychedelic ending...confirmed possibilities.
Fucking brilliant book. Have you read any of the follow-ups?
He had more to say?
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 2:18 pm
by kins83
SD5 wrote:kins83 wrote:SD5 wrote:The Diceman by Luke Rheinhardt wherein protagonist makes radical decisions by throwing dice...avec psychedelic ending...confirmed possibilities.
Fucking brilliant book. Have you read any of the follow-ups?
He had more to say?
Yeah, there's a few, I think. I haven't read them, so I couldn't comment. One of them is called 'Son of the Dice Man'. No prizes for guessing the plot there!
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 3:03 pm
by BLZDub
'On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life' by Charles 'The true lord' Darwin.
'Y: The Descent of Men' by Steve Jones
'Gaia' by James Lovelock
'The Ancestors Tale' and 'The Devil's Chaplain' by Richard Dawkins
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 3:09 pm
by FSTZ1
great topic!
Viktor Frankl Man's Search For Meaning
Sun Tzu The Art of War
Robert Anton Wilson The Illuminatus Trilogy
Terrence McKenna The Archaic Revival
Michio Kaku Hyperspace
thats the short list