Archived: Required Reading for Humanity: Third Edition - Page 2

Rykoshet · 05-26-2009, 09:10 AM

List FAILS for not having Le Petit Prince

this-too-will-pass · 06-11-2009, 12:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by porkkills

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. i'm guessing that it's here somewhere and i'm just not seeing it, but i can't let it pass. amazing book.

agreed, do you know anything about the sequel?

Godel, Escher, Bach and I Am a Strange Loop by Hofstadter

"In the end, we self-perceiving, self-inventing, locked-in mirages are little miracles of self-reference." -Hofstadter

big ass titty hoes · 07-09-2009, 04:53 AM

I've never read any of those books and im smarter than all you fggots

Vizier · 07-09-2009, 05:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Richard Stallman

I've never read any of those books and im smarter than all you fggots

Fail.

Cool list btw, Euda

harry_hardcore_hoedown · 07-09-2009, 07:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard Stallman

I've never read any of those books and im smarter than all you fggots

http://www.zoklet.net/bbs/showthread.php?t=44409

http://www.zoklet.net/bbs/showthread.php?t=44316

Yep, you're a smart motherfucker.

slickt0mmy · 07-09-2009, 08:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by harry_hardcore_hoedown

http://www.zoklet.net/bbs/showthread.php?t=44409

http://www.zoklet.net/bbs/showthread.php?t=44316

Yep, you're a smart motherfucker.

right on.

Phlegm! · 07-16-2009, 03:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by richard stallman

i've never read any of those books and im smarter than all you fggots

get out of my house!!!

5150 · 07-21-2009, 03:46 AM

latest list from me

are you experienced by William Sutcliffe

The THOUGHT GANG
by Tibor Fischer

Voyage to the End of the Room: A Novel
by Tibor Fischer

The Collector Collector:
by Tibor Fischer

The Western Limit of the World:
by David Masiel

2182 kHz by David Masiel

Out Stealing Horses:
by Per Petterson

Rum Diaries by Hunter S. Thompson

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

Catfish and Mandala

The Sacred Willow

The Girl in the Picture

marching powder

Vietnam in the Absence of War

Laos

Mai Pen Rai

Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson

Solaris
by Stanislaw Lem

The Demolished Man
by Alfred Bester-

Ringworld
by Larry Niven

Necroscope: The Lost Years
by Brian Lumley

Fishing Up North: Stories of Luck and Loss in Alaskan Waters
by Bradford Matsen

Perdido Street Station

by
China Miéville

Watership Down by Richard Adams.

Dog Soldiers
by Robert Stone

Highliners: The Classic Novel about the Commercial Fishermen of Alaska by William McCloskey

LIGHTNING ON THE SUN
by ROBERT BINGHAM

Alaska Blues: A Season of Fishing the Inside Passage

The Elementary Particles
by Michel Houellebecq

The Dark Fields
by Alan Glynn

Snow Crash-Neal Stephenson

Lost on Planet China: One Man's Attempt to Understand the World's Most Mystifying Nation by J. Maarten Troost

American Gods
by Neil Gaiman

Off the Rails in Phnom Penh

The Scribe by David Young.

is The Lotus Kingdom by Alastair Shearer

Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller

Michowel
Sacred Vine of Spirits: Ayahuasca edited by Ralph Metzner
Cant Find My Way Home: America In the Great Stoned Age
You Must Set Forth At Dawn
by Wole Soyinka
Ketamine: Dreams and Realities
Blackfoot physics: a journey into the native american universe by f. david peat
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
Breaking Open the Head.
Margaret Atwood - Oryx and Crake
Wizard of the Upper Amazon: The Story of Manuel Cordova-Rios
Back From the Void by Zoe 7.

A Star called Henry by Roddy Doyle.

God's Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre Richard Grant

American Nomads: Travels with Lost Conquistadors, Mountain Men, Cowboys, Indians, Hoboes, Truckers, and Bullriders

Ghost Riders: Travels with American Nomads

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller

Four Letters of Love by Niall Williams
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac

Desolation Angels by Jack Kerouac
Big Sur by Jack Kerouac

Off the Road: My Years with Cassady, Kerouac, and Ginsberg - Carolyn Cassady
The Plays of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov (Paul Schmidt trans.)

Under the Volcano, Malcom Lowry
The Sheltering Sky, Paul Bowles
Siddhartha, Hermann Hesse
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Leaving Las Vegas, John O'Brien

The Razor's Edge, Somerset Maughham
Cosmos, Carl Sagan
A Moveable Feast, Ernest Hemingway

Desolation Angels by Jack Kerouac
Scratching the Beat Surface by Michael McClure

Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
The Informers by Bret Easton-Ellis

Little, Big by John Crowley

Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany

All We Need of Hell by Harry Crews

Last Resort by Scott Sommer

Desolation Angels by Jack Kerouac
Strange Wine by Harlan Ellison

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac
Apocalypse by D.H. Lawrence
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Road to Los Angeles by John Fante
Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski
Sense of Beauty by George Santayana

Zany and great
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

The First Third by Neal Cassady
Oh the man behind the curtain....how interesting
Kerouac: A Biography by Ann Charters

Off the Road by Carolyn Cassady

SMUT (aka Trashy Romances) by certain authors

Cages by Dave McKean
The safety of illusions, the golden cage of lost hopes. McKean is the Stanley Kubrick of his medium.
Dr.Sax by Jack Kerouac

Beneath the Wheel by Hermann Hesse

Woodcutters by Thomas Bernhard
) The Nature of Time by G.J. Whitrow

El Aleph by Jorge Louis Borges
"I can´t see Borges anywhere!" (Donald Cammell)
Dreams and Dead Ends by Jack Shadoian
The American Gangster/Crime genre from Shadoian´s POV: Poetic, essential, passionate.

Panegyric by Guy Debord
The society of the spectacle couldn't make it here!
Hammond Guthrie:
The I-Ching (original translation)
The Tibetan Book of the Dead (original translation)
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Scripture of the Golden Eternity by Jack Kerouac
Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth by Buckminster Fuller
The Rosy Crucifixion = Sexus, Plexus and Nexus by Henry Miller
Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey

The Wasteland by T.S. Eliot
The Elements of Style by Richard Strunk
Jean-Marie S.:

Vanity of Duluoz by Jack Kerouac

Basketball Diaries by Jim Carroll

Ninety-two in the Shade by Thomas Mc Guane
Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
Less than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis
Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis

The Arabian Nightmare by Robert Irwin
Film As A Subversive Art by Amos Vogel
Franz Kafka by Max Brod
The Air Conditioned Nighmare by Henry Miller
Demian by Herman Hesse
Do What Thou Wilt: A Life of Aleister Crowley by Lawrence Sutin

Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse

Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse

A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingwaay

Sixty-Seven Poems for Downtrodden Saints
The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck
The Subterraneans by Jack Kerouac

Cities of the Red Night by William S. Burroughs
It Catches My Heart In Its Hands by Charles Bukowski

The Outsider by Albert Camus

From Here to Eternity by James Jones

DMT the spirit molecule - Strassman

in search of the pink headed duck

pacos story

the deerslayer

Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman

metamorphasis

the turner diaries

in trouble again

lunar park

swan song

Tristessa by Jack Kerouac

Rule of the Bone

Angry White Pyjamas: A Scrawny Oxford Poet Takes Lessons From The Tokyo Riot Police

Marabou Stork Nightmares

Junky by William S. Burroughs

Factotum by Charles Bukowski
& yes, by the sweat of your brow....
Down & Out in Paris and London by George Orwell

Really the Blues by Mezz Mezzrow
take a rapid ride on the jazz train to.....

Be a writer...The Gamble for a Lifetime...
-10. (Let's Break The Rules) (Books by some new ones....)
Rope Burns by F.X. Toole...Get this book.
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America by Barbara Ehrenreich...Get this book.
Doghouse Flowers by Steve Earle

A Scanner Darkly by Phillip K Dick.

The Psychedelic Prayers by Tim Leary.

Burning Chrome by William Gibson.

Bobok by Dostoevsky.

Coin Locker Babies by Ryu Murakami.

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
Tropic Of Cancer by Henry Miller

Tropic Of Capricorn by Henry Miller
The Thief's Journal by Jean Genet

Journey To The End Of The Night by Celine
Death On The Installment Plan by Celine
Desolation Angels by Jack Kerouac
Last Exit To Brooklyn by Hubert Selby Jr.

Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
Journey to the End of the Night by Celine

The Razor's Edge by Somerset Maugham

The Drunken Tourist
by Hadrian Santana

THE TECHNO PAGAN OCTOPUS MESSIAH''By Ian Winn

The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac

Big Sur by Jack Kerouac
Maggie Cassady by Jack Kerouac
Demian by Hermann Hesse

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

Working on the Edge: Surviving In the World's Most Dangerous Profession: King Crab Fishing on Alaska's HighSeas by Spike Walker

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus
The Beach by Alex Garland

TLV · 07-29-2009, 06:21 AM

no "Steal this book?"

Flex Rigid · 08-15-2009, 11:57 PM

Everything on there was written by white people.

Phlegm! · 08-20-2009, 02:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flex Rigid

Everything on there was written by white people.

And that's a problem because...

RosettaStoned · 08-24-2009, 05:47 AM

Hey guys, hopefully tonight I'll have some time to update the list in the op, and make sure to include everyone else's stuff, and include some of my own as well.

Flex Rigid · 08-24-2009, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Andre 3000

And that's a problem because...

I don't see how humanity would benefit from reading things written from a solely western point of view, with a few exceptions that appear patronizing more than anything.

RosettaStoned · 08-24-2009, 07:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flex Rigid

I don't see how humanity would benefit from reading things written from a solely western point of view, with a few exceptions that appear patronizing more than anything.

Well then let us add some more stuff from different races of people. I'm not opposed to it at all, any suggestions I make are simply based on what I know.

Oh, Twelve Years A Slave would be good.

EDIT: Starting the process of appending and organizing the list.

RosettaStoned · 08-24-2009, 08:20 AM

Well as I'm about to pass out, I'm going to have to finish this sometime tomorrow after I've had some cups of coffee in me.

grunter · 08-25-2009, 08:19 AM

next edition of this thread should have authors names included.

RosettaStoned · 08-25-2009, 10:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grunter

next edition of this thread should have authors names included.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU--------

*Trudges back to list in progress*.

**Euda** · 08-27-2009, 05:42 AM

There's no reason for you to edit my post. That's the list I brought over from totse. If you wish to continue it in your own fashion, please create a new edition.

RosettaStoned · 08-27-2009, 05:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Euda

There's no reason for you to edit my post. That's the list I brought over from totse. If you wish to continue it in your own fashion, please create a new edition.

Yea good point. I'll just do that. And all I was going to do was organize it into sections along with other suggestions from people and things I wanted to add, but I'll just make a V4.

i poop in your cereal · 09-08-2009, 05:07 PM

The Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl Who Played with Fire
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest

I haven't personally read them in english but if they're anywhere near the quality of the scandinavian versions then that's good enough.

Best. Books. Ever.

Archetype · 09-22-2009, 05:41 AM

Henry Gray's Anatomy - Henry Gray
Engineering Mathematics - KA Stroud
Advanced Engineering Mathematics - KA Stroud
University Physics with Modern Physics - Hugh D. Young, Roger A. Freedman, Lewis Ford
Psychology - Richard Gross
The Handbook of Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology - Alan Carr
Applied Cryptography - Bruce Schneier
The C Programming Language - Kernighan and Ritchie
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - William H. Elliott, Daphne C. Elliott
Chemistry in Context - Graham Hill, John Holman
Existential Counselling and Psychotherapy in Practice - Emmy van Deurzen
Unix in a Nutshell - Arnold Robbins
Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos - J.M.T. Thompson, H.B. Stewart
Lie Algebras and Applications - Francesco Iachello
Elements of Acoustical Engineering - Harry F. Olson
Essential Topology - Martin D. Crossley
Fourier Analysis - T. W. Körner
The latest BNF or equivalent book.
Drug Calculations for Nurses - Robert Lapham, Heather Agar
Chaos - James Gleick
Being and Nothingness - Jean Paul Sartre
Hilliers Fundamentals of Motor Vehicle Technology - V.A.W Hillier
Plumbing: Heating and Gas Installations - Roy Treloar
Advanced Electrical Installation Work - Trevor Linsley

To name but a few.

whocares123 · 09-23-2009, 10:51 PM

do you mean to tell me you have actually read gray's anatomy, front to back? read it. studied it. learned it. not just put it on some pretentious shelf, to be referred to occasionally when curiosity strikes?

uh huh.

Archetype · 09-24-2009, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by whocares123

do you mean to tell me you have actually read gray's anatomy, front to back? read it. studied it. learned it. not just put it on some pretentious shelf, to be referred to occasionally when curiosity strikes?

uh huh.

Yes. Haven't you?

Nerd Fangs · 09-24-2009, 04:12 PM

Fast Food Nation.

whocares123 · 09-29-2009, 01:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Archetype

Yes. Haven't you?

sorry i can't picture this ever occurring under any circumstances.

i somehow doubt most people here have even read a quarter of the shit listed.

Archetype · 09-29-2009, 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by whocares123

sorry i can't picture this ever occurring under any circumstances.

i somehow doubt most people here have even read a quarter of the shit listed.

Haven't you developed a theory of mind yet?

What you don't find interesting, other people may find interesting.
I happen to be interested in science and engineering.

whocares123 · 09-30-2009, 01:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Archetype

Haven't you developed a theory of mind yet?

What you don't find interesting, other people may find interesting.
I happen to be interested in science and engineering.

i don't doubt that, but i do doubt you reading grey's anatomy as if it were an interesting novel.

Archetype · 10-01-2009, 12:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by whocares123

i don't doubt that, but i do doubt you reading grey's anatomy as if it were an interesting novel.

You underestimate me sir.

supperrfreek · 10-01-2009, 12:25 AM

Junky by William S. Burroughs
Vonnegut
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
I shouldn't require much reading for humanity though, too many differences.

RosettaStoned · 10-06-2009, 04:10 AM

Fuck, I really need to finish this list.......

Special. K · 10-21-2009, 03:39 AM

I see the Bible there, but let's expand the theology section a little:

- The Qu'ran
- In the Buddha's words - Bhikkhu Bodhi (chose an anthology because the 'Buddhist' bible actually fills up an entire cabinet)

AsylumSeaker · 10-21-2009, 03:42 AM

100 Years of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez

lolocaust · 10-23-2009, 06:46 AM

Euclid's motherfucking elements

Sydney-Floyd · 10-27-2009, 04:01 PM

Welcome to the Monkey House - Kurt Vonnegut

You'll look at some of the titles and think the short stories within are mundane and boring.
My word, they are not.
At lest half left me pausing, putting down the book for a moment, and just thinking aloud: "Wow..."

AsylumSeaker · 10-27-2009, 04:09 PM

Marshall McLuhan - Understanding Media, the Extensions of Man

Though his work goes over many heads, he had some amazing insights on just what modern society is all about.

Ina · 01-09-2010, 12:00 PM

Pedro Paramo
Wise Blood
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Hunger
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Loved One
The Conformist
The Big Sleep
The Palm Wine Drinkard

These were either for my Lit and the Writer class or my Novel into Film class, so a lot of them are less than typical of your average required reading.

ergoat · 01-09-2010, 12:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ina

Pedro Paramo
Wise Blood
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Hunger
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Loved One
The Conformist
The Big Sleep
The Palm Wine Drinkard

These were either for my Lit and the Writer class or my Novel into Film class, so a lot of them are less than typical of your average required reading.

Got authors for them there books?

Ina · 01-09-2010, 12:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wood

Got authors for them there books?

No I wrote them all.

Just kidding, here you go:

Pedro Paramo - Juan Rulfo
Wise Blood - Flannery O'Connor
The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera
Hunger - Knut Hamsun
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - Muriel Spark
The Loved One - Evelyn Waugh
The Conformist - Alberto Moravia
The Big Sleep - Raymond Chandler
The Palm Wine Drinkard - Amos Tutuola

a giant pterodactyl · 01-09-2010, 12:15 PM

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

FON · 04-20-2011, 06:32 AM

Saw a few books missing in the first post that I think belong there...

The Brothers Karamazov - Dostoyevsky
The Sheltering Sky - Paul Bowles
Naked Lunch - Burroughs
Master and Margarita - Bulgakov