Howl

Panda Licker · Post by **Panda Licker** » 29 Jun 2004 16:45

By Allen Ginsberg

Anybody else ever read this? I sat down on my deck today and read it straight through. All I can say is wow

bigdirtyfoot · Post by **bigdirtyfoot** » 29 Jun 2004 16:46

What's it about? This could turn into a good book thread...

Anyone ever read Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card? My favorite book ever.... also check out "Miles"... Miles Davis' Autobiography. VERY good.

Panda Licker · Post by **Panda Licker** » 29 Jun 2004 16:48

bigdirtyfoot wrote:What's it about? This could turn into a good book thread...

This one is a collection of Ginsbergs poems. One of the great works to come out of the whole "beat" movement

Also way up there :

Naked Lunch - William burroughs
On the Road- Jack Kerouac
Dharma Bums- Jack Keroua

On the road and Dharma bums are actual novels, not poems. And naked lunch.. Well Naked Lunch is naked luch. Only way to get it is to read it

bigdirtyfoot · Post by **bigdirtyfoot** » 29 Jun 2004 16:50

Hmm sounds interesting. I think I'll stop by the Library tomorrow and see if it's there.

marc · Post by **marc** » 29 Jun 2004 17:04

I hate books.

ShredStylez · Post by **ShredStylez** » 29 Jun 2004 17:08

SpaceMonkey · Post by **SpaceMonkey** » 29 Jun 2004 18:50

I read Enders Game, very good.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » 29 Jun 2004 19:15

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was awesome

Sphere (Michael Crichton) was probably the fastest book ive read

Secret Life of Salvador Dali, Im only in the very beginning of the book, but it is amazing to see into the mind of a lunatic/genius

Whatsfootbag? · Post by **Whatsfootbag?** » 29 Jun 2004 19:35

all of mike chricton books i LOVE...prey was one of the best damn books i have ever read...God it was good.congo was awsome too..then all the HP books ive ready.loved The Giver, On the Beach(SUPER DAMN DEPRESSING!),umm Romeo and Juliet and some more shakespere stuff..Dante's Inferno was great

sampotter · Post by **sampotter** » 29 Jun 2004 21:42

I've read Howl, and yeah, my sentiments were also along the lines of 'wow'. Very good stuff.

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 29 Jun 2004 23:30

The only Allen Ginsberg I've come across is the song "Hadda been playing on the jukebox" - by Rage Against The Machine - which is a poem (or based on a poem) by Ginsberg. Very cool!

It's interesting that when there's a topic about a particular book and author/poet people comment on any book they've ever read....

bigdirtyfoot · Post by **bigdirtyfoot** » 30 Jun 2004 15:34

Well I'm going to the library now to see if they've got it (Howl)... thanks for the suggestion Panda Licker!

Panda Licker · Post by **Panda Licker** » 30 Jun 2004 15:40

bigdirtyfoot wrote:Well I'm going to the library now to see if they've got it (Howl)... thanks for the suggestion Panda Licker!

It's a real short book

I recomend picking up Naked Lunch too

bigdirtyfoot · Post by **bigdirtyfoot** » 30 Jun 2004 16:46

They didn't have either of those so I got:

Death and Fame: Last Poems (1993-1997) by him...

and 3 Jazz-Related books.