If you can recommend one book, and one book only

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:03 pm

What would it be? Forget about the target audience, and all that noise. Just put one recommendation in this thread.

TIA.

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:14 pm

Any book where the pages are cut out in the middle so you can hide your weed.

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:44 pm

Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets (of Baltimore), By David Simon.

Great fucking shit.

battery chucka' one · Post by **battery chucka' one** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:12 am

Brave New World-Aldous Huxley

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 7:04 am

Loop's Progress by Chuck Rosenthal

Neely8 · Post by **Neely8** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 1:39 pm

Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser

I will never look at the food I eat in the same way ever again. That is an eye opening and life changing book.....

Jay in Phoenix · Post by **Jay in Phoenix** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:46 pm

Pretty much everything by Christopher Moore. But since you asked for just one, this was the one I last read.

A DIRTY JOB

It's an engaging, touching and funny as hell look at death. Chris Moore is a completly unique author, and my favorite.

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 6:18 pm

first thing that popped in my head, prolly a little too Roman history geek, academic but Sir Ronald Syme's The Roman Revolution. A scholarly, fairly macho history of the fall of the Republic. A classic. it's a haul but really allsome....if you've got some Tacitus and Polybius under your belt.

battery chucka' one · Post by **battery chucka' one** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 7:49 pm

Neely8 wrote:Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser

I will never look at the food I eat in the same way ever again. That is an eye opening and life changing book.....

I have that one. Read it partly and then put it down in favor of another. Perhaps I should re-explore.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 5:19 pm

Screw_Michigan wrote:Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets (of Baltimore), By David Simon.

Great fucking shit.

Was the late great "Homicide: Life on the Street" TV show based on that book?

Best cop show ever produced IMO.

battery chucka' one · Post by **battery chucka' one** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 9:20 pm

Mikey wrote:
Screw_Michigan wrote:Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets (of Baltimore), By David Simon.

Great fucking shit.
Was the late great "Homicide: Life on the Street" TV show based on that book?

Best cop show ever produced IMO.

You don't read much, do you?

Books. They're not just what the 7th grade english teacher was mean and made you read between your favorite tv shows. Just sayin'.

jiminphilly · Post by **jiminphilly** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 12:18 am

battery chucka' one wrote: They're not just what the 7th grade english teacher was mean and made you read between your favorite tv shows.

With a sentence like that, I'm wondering if you made it past the 7th grade yourself.

battery chucka' one · Post by **battery chucka' one** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 3:26 am

jiminphilly wrote:
battery chucka' one wrote: They're not just what the 7th grade english teacher was mean and made you read between your favorite tv shows.

With a sentence like that, I'm wondering if you made it past the 7th grade yourself.

They (books) are not just what (that which) the 7th grade english teacher (who, in your eyes) was (being) mean and made (forced) you (to) read between your favorite tv shows.

Fixed that so it is a sentence that you can understand, taking into account your obvious lack of knowledge with regards to phonics, Jimbo.

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 3:32 am

Mikey wrote:
Screw_Michigan wrote:Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets (of Baltimore), By David Simon.

Great fucking shit.
Was the late great "Homicide: Life on the Street" TV show based on that book?

Best cop show ever produced IMO.

Absolutely was. I love Homicide TV as much as I do the Wire. WGN still shows Homicide from 2-3p EST, so if you have DVR, you should check it out. I was too young to get it when Homicide was on NBC (I remember my parents used to watch it religiously), but I started getting into the Wire during its run and when I found out Simon was responsible for Homicide TV, I started watching it. Addicting shit. Simon does a great job portraying Baltimore: a beautiful city with a lot of heart but some very deep and dark problems.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 6:49 pm

battery chucka' one wrote:
jiminphilly wrote:
battery chucka' one wrote: They're not just what the 7th grade english teacher was mean and made you read between your favorite tv shows.

With a sentence like that, I'm wondering if you made it past the 7th grade yourself.
They (books) are not just what (that which) the 7th grade english teacher (who, in your eyes) was (being) mean and made (forced) you (to) read between your favorite tv shows.

It's marginally better, but it's still not English.

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Mon Nov 24, 2008 10:52 pm

mvscal wrote: Wasn't BCAsshat pretending to be a "screenwriter" at some point?

Dear God...I nearly forgot that...

Why did you have to go and tear off that old scab?

battery chucka' one · Mon Nov 24, 2008 11:23 pm

Goober McTuber wrote:
It's marginally better, but it's still not English.

You really should do the world a favor and never breed.

Adelpiero · Post by **Adelpiero** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 1:49 am

two fat to fish

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 1:57 am

^^^ Hey dumbfuck, you need to spend a little time with this book:

I seriously hope for the sake of your real estate appraisal business you have someone smarter than yourself type out your written correspondence.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 3:11 pm

battery chucka' one wrote:
Goober McTuber wrote:
It's marginally better, but it's still not English.
You really should do the world a favor and never breed.

So how is the screenwriting career coming along?

Adelpiero · Post by **Adelpiero** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 7:53 pm

Goober McTuber wrote:
battery chucka' one wrote:
Goober McTuber wrote:
It's marginally better, but it's still not English.
You really should do the world a favor and never breed.
So how is the screenwriting career coming along?

c'mon goobs, he finally got out of his parents basement and on his own, ok, he was over 30 at the time, but hey, it's a start

battery chucka' one · Tue Nov 25, 2008 11:26 pm

Goober McTuber wrote:
battery chucka' one wrote:
Goober McTuber wrote:
It's marginally better, but it's still not English.
You really should do the world a favor and never breed.
So how is the screenwriting career coming along?

Going great. Currently have two scripts at Selective Entertainment in Glendale, California. Am waiting for word back on them. Haven't been doing much marketing this month as I've been focusing on my work output. However, should focus on that after I've finished with my current work load of editing one script and writing on another. Thanks for asking.

SunCoastSooner · Post by **SunCoastSooner** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 2:09 pm

Born in Blood, John J. Robinson.

The only book linking Freemasonry to the Knights Templar that wasn't written by a complete whack job. Very interesting shit; especially concerning the Peasants Revolt in England.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 7:51 pm

battery chucka' one wrote:
Goober McTuber wrote:So how is the screenwriting career coming along?
Going great. Currently have two scripts at Selective Entertainment in Glendale, California. Am waiting for word back on them. Haven't been doing much marketing this month as I've been focusing on my work output. However, should focus on that after I've finished with my current work load of editing one script and writing on another. Thanks for asking.

I never would have guessed there’s a market for TV shows/movies written in chuckanese. Fascinating.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 10:01 pm

Haven't read all of it yet...

I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell by Tucker Max.

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 3:25 pm

'IV', Chuck Klosterman

His chapter by chapter take on all matters pop culture. Very, very good.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 5:31 pm

Ken wrote:'IV', Chuck Klosterman

His chapter by chapter take on all matters pop culture. Very, very good.

Does it have a chapter on big black motherfuckers stealing wimpy white men’s bitches?

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 3:53 am

Ahhhhh, one more... 'True North'- Jim Harrison.
Many of his books are set in Michigan, which this one is (the UP). Takes you through the life of a young boy to adulthood whilst in a terribly dysfunctional family.

Frankly, I haven't read one bad Jim Harrison book. One of my favorite authors.

L45B · Post by **L45B** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 12:39 am

Jay in Phoenix wrote:Chris Moore is a completly unique author, and my favorite.

No joke, I was in Vegas for a bachelor party this summer and got chat-chitting with a Russian stripper who seemed very knowledgeable for a woman in her profession. She mentioned this same author and said his stuff was really good. I'll have to give it a poke.

Jay in Phoenix · Post by **Jay in Phoenix** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 5:01 pm

L45B wrote:No joke, I was in Vegas for a bachelor party this summer and got chat-chitting with a Russian stripper who seemed very knowledgeable for a woman in her profession. She mentioned this same author and said his stuff was really good. I'll have to give it a poke.

That is actually something Moore would find funny.

The guy just has a unique spin on things. Most of the books he writes are based on his own personal experiences, from a research standpoint. His work on both "Fluke" and "Lamb" were meticulous in their detail from a scientific and historical perspective. He also has a way of weaving characters in and out from book to book, creating a sort of universe that's connected and seperate at the same time.

His stuff is laugh out loud worthy. It is also intelligent and thoughtful.

He has a new book coming out in Feb. and I cannot wait. If you want to try something different from anything else out there, give his work a shot.

Or a poke.

L45B · Post by **L45B** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 8:19 pm

Yeah, I believe it was Lamb that she was talking about. I'm pretty sure Moore went to Ohio State back in the day. That alone deserves some props. :wink:

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Sat Dec 27, 2008 4:24 pm

Neely8 wrote:Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser

I will never look at the food I eat in the same way ever again. That is an eye opening and life changing book.....

Reading this right now. It's a lot of work that went into essentially saying "fast food is bad," but should be interesting nonetheless.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 5:10 pm

I found the section about Colorado to be very interesting.

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 7:01 pm

on the road, confederacy of dunces, or stendahl's red and the black.

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 7:04 pm

and Klosterman is fun as a culture critic but his influences are Hunter Thompson and Lester Bangs as turn of phrase/culture critic. start there.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 8:13 pm

KC, did you ever read The Neon Bible? Pretty powerful stuff.

Smackie Chan · Post by **Smackie Chan** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 9:16 pm

socal · Post by **socal** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 11:42 pm

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond.

socal · Post by **socal** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 11:44 pm

Mikey wrote:"Homicide: Life on the Street"...Best cop show ever produced IMO.

Concur.

RumpleForeskin · Post by **RumpleForeskin** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 10:05 pm

This may be cheesy but I could not put down Breaking Vegas by Ben Mezrich. I read it from cover-to-cover in one day. It was THAT fucking good.