hey everyone, Im going book shopping tomorow and I was wondering if any of you might wanna give me some suggestions...I dont really like novels and Im into the spiritual, scientific , psi-fi sorta stuff..
(although spiritual and scientific are two different extremes....)
thanx in advance
(examples of the kind of books I have: The Book Of Secrets by Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh..u get the idea right?..)

I strongly suggest:
God, Guns, and Rock and Roll by Ted Nugent
-and-
Half Asleep In Frog Pajamas by Tom Robbins

I really liked the Coldfire Trilogy by C. S. Friedman. 1.Dark Sun Risng 2.When True Night Falls 3.Crown of Shadows

It's kinda fantasy-ish, with a sci fi twist.

Neuromancer by William Gibson

1984 by George Orwell

The War of Don Emannuels Nether Parts by Louis De Bernieres

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Stranger in a Strange land by Robert Heinlen

Dreaming Metal by Melissa Scot

Rule of The Bone by Russel Banks

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlen

The Bolded ones are neccesity, the rest are pretty damn good. Should tide you over fer now....

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Incredibly funny book, Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. Probably qualifies as humorous fantasy.. but it is VERY VERY funny..

I would put serious books, but I believe in light relief sometimes, and everyone else put serious books, so on that note, if you feel like relating to the rest of womanhood and laughing more, I also suggest

Bridget Jones' Diary
and Bridget Jones, The edge of reason
Both by Helen Fielding..

the foundation series, the ender series, zen and the art of motorcycle maintainance, and war as I knew it by George S Paton.

Hermetic Philosophy- THE KYBALION

THE URANTIA BOOK {do a search on urantia}

Oscar Wilde

William Saroyan- My name is Saroyan

A nice blank journal w/ a very cool cover!

if you want scientific and spiritual i suggest the night's dawn trilogy by peter f. hamilton. the books are called the reality dysfunction, the neutronium alchemist, the naked god.

it's a trilogy of books set in the future where a satan(called god's brother) worshipper unleashes possesion on the galaxy in hopes to bring night's dawn.
(warning:explicit violence and sex)

each book is about 1000 pages long.

The Mind Parasites
-By Michael Collins

Bet it's exactly what you are looking for.

another good book that is full of scientific knowledge with a lot of spiritual implications:

"a brief history of time" stephen hawking

Add The Illuminatus Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson to your "must read" lists.

I haven't heard of The War of Don Emannuels Nether Parts. The rest of your suggestions are excellent.

I'm reading William Gibson's Idoru right now.

The Art of War (Sun Tzu)

On War (Carl von Clausewitz)

Principles of War (Carl von Clausewitz)


i find it very interesting reading. expecially the use of spies in the art of war.

i think we are going to have another atf standoff with bar room hero

*doh!*

yeah, that and the crying lot 49..

De Bernieres has done some of the best fantastic reality writing that I've ever read, and most of it's gut splitting in addition. He manages to mix in a fair amount of theology without pulpit pounding in the least, I'd highly reccommend reading anything by him...

atf??

just because i scored an "expert" medal with a .22 caliber rifle, that doesn't nessicarily mean that im gonna go postal...

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FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS i dunno who wrote this

...my favorite book:

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A BROWN BUFFALO, by OSCAR ZETA ACOSTA. The perfect drug + philosophy book. Trust me, it's a page to page read.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was written by Hunter S. Thompson, and it rocks.

thought 1984 (George Orwell) was poorly written as a fiction story. It revealed a political genius, and I suggest you read it once. But, the first third was annoying. Throughout the story the sense of hopelessness gave little reason to finish without a morbid curiosity. The IngSoc words annoyed THE HELL out of me.

What have i read recently.. hmm... Well, Robert Jordan is good, but i haven't touched that in a while. Zelazny is good. Gibson is good although Neuromancer was a bit annoying to follow. You never knew if he was talking about something specific or just another term for a common thing/place. Makes you think. But overall, i liked it, esp. the end.

why the fuck am i writing this?
I don't really care if you read these or not...

The Complete Kama Sutra: The First Unabridged Modern Translation of the Classic Indian Text -by Alain Danielou

Hmmm...
Dune by Frank Herbert, or anything else by Franks Herbert he gets into spiritual undertones a lot.

Ray Bradbury (more sci fi but he's good)

Robert Jordan and Roger Zelazny are both good but they both have written long interconnected series's so you need to have time.

Read the Lord of the Rings if you haven't already. Period end of sentence. There's no good reason not to read J.R.R. Tolkiens work. He founded the modern fantasy genre. If you haven't read him I highly recommend it. You'll find that virtually every fantasy writer everywhere steals from him in some way.

Hmmm... I'll get back to you on this I love to read and this is too good a question not to answer. I'm trying to find the time to read "the Tale of the Incomparable Prince" a 14th century Buddhist tale on how to lead a moral and good life. (Not that I'll follow the message but I love to read.)

*beats goatboy to death with eldritchs cock*

dune is a great book

i thought 1984 was great too, it was meant to make you feel hopeless, and i also find a lot of similarities in the world we live in today.

Dune was awesome and so were *most* of the books in the series that followed. I recommend:

Snow Crash --Neal Stephenson

Startide Rising
Uplift War
Earth --David Brin

Heart of the Comet --Brin and Gregory Benford

The Foundation Trilogy --Issac Aasimov

The books by David Brin are excellent Sci-Fi, but if you are not into Sci-Fi I am not sure they would be the best recommendation.

And anything by Douglas Adams...

right now i'm reading "cryptonomicon" by neal stephenson, not bad.

haven't read any of the other dunes

what about arthur c. clarkes "childhood's end" the imagery in the beginning of the book was used in "independence day"