HAY GUYS

knkwzrd · Local time: Apr 21, 2006, 08:50 PM

For a break from books about dragons and an overrated Canadian hipster trend, I recommend The Great Shark Hunt by Hunter S. Thompson. Without a doubt one of, if not THE most important journalist of the 20th century, Shark Hunt compiles about 600 pages of Thompson's scathing, hilarious social and political criticisms from around 20 years of work. Starting with sports coverage for a military paper, where he went a little too in depth for some people's liking, and travelling through his work for Rolling Stone and The New York Times, among others, this is a must read. Highlights include "The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent And Depraved", which can also be found in the special hardbound edition of Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, and "The Scum Also Rises". Get a hold of this man's work, now.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

knkwzrd · Local time: May 14, 2006, 10:58 AM

Originally Posted by Yamamanama

It manages to be absolutely hilarious, tragic, and profound, and it woudn't be half that if it had a different subject matter. Anyway, read it. My review can not do this book justice. So it goes.

The majority of Vonnegut's work pulls this off. I'd recommend just about anything he's written.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

knkwzrd · Local time: May 16, 2006, 03:10 PM

Re: Screwtape Letters

This book is infinitely better than the Narnia series, which I couldn't stand. As a non-christian, I can definitely say that this book is a genuinely inciteful piece of entertainment, and not bible-pushing as so many assume.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.