View Poll Results: Please vote for the book you would like to read in July.

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  • On the Road

    8 27.59%
  • American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar

    3 10.34%
  • Watchmen

    7 24.14%
  • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

    4 13.79%
  • The Glass-Bead Game

    3 10.34%
  • Scum

    1 3.45%
  • Junky

    0 0%
  • Low Life

    0 0%
  • Brighton Rock

    1 3.45%
  • Read or Die Vol.1

    2 6.90%
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Thread: July / Counter-Culture Literature Reading Poll

  1. #31
    Pièce de Résistance Scheherazade's Avatar
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    Read or Die Vol. 1
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    Not sure it it really fits but
    Pattern Recognition by William Gibson.
    Read it for my RL book club and was the only person who really got it because a lot of it is forum related. I swear there were archetypal members of the litnet in that book.
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    Nominations so far:

    1. On the Road by Jack Kerouac

    2. American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar by Harvey Pekar

    3. Watchmen by Alan Moore and David Gibbons

    4. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thomason

    5. The Glass-Bead Game by Herman Hesse

    6. Scum by Isaac Bashevis Singer

    7. Junky by William Burroughs[/QUOTE]

    8. Low Life by Luc Sante

    9. Brighton Rock by Graham Greene

    10. Read or Die Vol. 1

    Quote Originally Posted by Nightshade View Post
    Not sure it it really fits but
    Pattern Recognition by William Gibson.
    Read it for my RL book club and was the only person who really got it because a lot of it is forum related. I swear there were archetypal members of the litnet in that book.
    Sorry, Night but we have already got the 10 nominations. If anyone withdraws theirs, I will add yours.
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    Thats grand, I must have misscounted
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scheherazade View Post
    Read or Die Vol. 1
    Just been thinking aree you talking the magna? or the novel?
    Because I can't seem to find an obvious english copy of the novel and the magna willonly take 20 minutes read at the most!
    Edit see people sobbing about their non exsistnace http://www.animeonline.net/f25/read-die-novels-5401/
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    Whichever is available.



    I was very tempted to nominate Peanuts but will save it for Christmas probably.
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    Please, not On the Road!

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    Oooh at least 2 comics/graphic books on that list
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    Please, not On the Road!

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    I voted for that one-I haven't read it yet! I think it's unamerican not to have read "On the Road"!
    "The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its' own reason for existing." ~ Albert Einstein
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    But what about those of us who are not Americans (and have already read the book)?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scheherazade View Post
    Please, not On the Road!

    Quote Originally Posted by Scheherazade View Post
    Please, not On the Road!

    Oh god! not again! I 100% agree Scher.
    "Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
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    Read it again, with a side of fear and loathing? (just kidding!)
    "The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its' own reason for existing." ~ Albert Einstein
    "Remember, no matter where you go, there you are." Buckaroo Bonzai
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    What's so bad about On the Road? I've never read it..

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    I'd love Watchmen or The Glass-Bead Game to make it...

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