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monkeywright
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Hgih fvie!

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Stop taking the piss out of Dyslexia, its not fair I cant have sugar.

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Guys I know Im a shity speller. Im trying. sorry Im not doing good enough for yea. The only reasion Im here is to know what books i should look for and to try and interact with people who read and write as well. I know I have a long road to go before Im good at any of it but I am working at it.

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Clown Girl's a lot lighter than Kiss Me Judas. It's like you're asking us if you should eat an apple or an heroin-laced orange.
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Awww, we's just kiddin' with you. The recommendations link at the top of the site always has good stuff.

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yea I check it out. I also like going to the book club form. I know that every one is messing around. Just it gets to me some times. I uasily try not to let it bug me and often times ill poke fun at my self but iv heared it all my life. So it gets old from time to time.

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monkeywright wrote:
Clown Girl's a lot lighter than Kiss Me Judas. It's like you're asking us if you should eat an apple or an heroin-laced orange.
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Try enabling spellcheck. Just might teach you to spell better. And point out mistakes.

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How do i do that?

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monkeywright wrote:
Clown Girl's a lot lighter than Kiss Me Judas. It's like you're asking us if you should eat an apple or an heroin-laced orange.
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Did no one answer that?

Here.

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For me it would be 'The Diceman' by Luke Rhinehart.

Coming close it would be....

Colour of Magic - Terry Pratchett
Diary + Fight Club - Chuck

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dermaphoria
or maybe, lean on pete

favorite chuck book (braces himself) lullaby

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Mein Name sei Gantenbein - Max Frisch
Rant - Palahniuk
Die Elixiere des Teufels - E.T.A. Hoffmann
Der Ekel- Jean-Paul Sartre
Brave New World - Huxley
Survivor - Palahniuk
Stiller - Max Frisch
On the road - Kerouac
Demian - Hermann Hesse
1984 - Orwell
Haunted - Palahniuk
Naked Lunch - Burroughs

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EdwardLoxdale wrote:
For me it would be 'The Diceman' by Luke Rhinehart.

Coming close it would be....

Colour of Magic - Terry Pratchett
Diary + Fight Club - Chuck

Diary?????

Colour of Magic?????

Diceman??????

How many books have you ever read? 4?

You have the worst tatste in books. And you are English, youre fucked allsides.

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Barca Boy wrote:
EdwardLoxdale wrote:
For me it would be 'The Diceman' by Luke Rhinehart.

Coming close it would be....

Colour of Magic - Terry Pratchett
Diary + Fight Club - Chuck

Diary?????

Colour of Magic?????

Diceman??????

How many books have you ever read? 4?

You have the worst tatste in books. And you are English, youre fucked allsides.

I laughed a lot at this.

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My favourite book of all time is um Ask the Dust by John Fante, he was a genious.

that was a beautifully written book, dude was an insane talent.

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A Clockwork Orange

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Light in August - Faulkner
Infinite Jest - David F. Wallace
All the King's Men - Robert P. Warren
The Last Temptation of Christ - Nikos Kazantzakis
[Edit: Forgot Catch-22]

By Chuck? Rant.

And if I have a least favorite, it's probably House of Leaves by Danielewski.

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Gentle_Zack618 wrote:

The Last Temptation of Christ - Nikos Kazantzakis

So good.

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When I was reading it, I kept thinking: "Wow, this guy writes this story better than any of the Gospels do."

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Sabotage Cafe - Joshua Furst

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one favorite is simple not possible, but I see folks are spilling over so I will too, dammit-

American Psycho, genius genius genius
Requiem for a Dream, gave me sick nightmares, but powerful important ones
Fear & Loathing, because HST rips with the greatest, the richness & momentum makes a strong case for writing under the influence (as much as I hate to admit)
Fight Club, Choke- what is there to say, I'm here in The Cult after all
Catcher in the Rye, matches Fear & Loathing in language & voice, but all Holden...

Bell Jar, how the f**ck is this the first WOMAN on the list?
(I would add Brass, Helen Walsh, soo badass. one of the sexiest books ever read)

And yea, to up the female badasses ante:
Annie Piele's Repeat it Today with Tears- another creepy brave & powerful
Sherry & Narcotics, Nina-Marie Gardner, just finished. hard core, disturbing & freaking divine)

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Hello, you loved Bell Jar! You're my friend.

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My favorite book is anything by Bukowski!

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Troll!

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House of Leaves by MZD
Survivor by Chucky P, (but now I just finished Rant so I'm on the fence with that being my new favorite.)
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen was the first book I really sunk my teeth into as a child, and read multiple times. It's YA but it stuck with me and I feel like I could read that now and still get enjoyment from it.

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My favorite novel I have read is Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk. I liked Tender Branson as the main character as well as the plot revolving around the aftermath of the cult. Another favorite novel of mine is Less Than Zero written by Bret Easton Ellis. The story followed Clay and his friends in L.A. and I enjoy how Easton Ellis incorporates these characters in future novels.

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tales of genji style

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Sartre's NAUSEA

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Eats, Shoots and Leaves.

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Atomos wrote:
dermaphoria
or maybe, lean on pete

favorite chuck book (braces himself) lullaby

Just bought dermaphoria. I also just read the Cortortionist's Handbook. Did you read that?

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Both very good and very different. Start with TCH. It's more like Chuck. Dermaphoria has a lot more dreamlike prose that reminded me of Steve Erickson sometimes.

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