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username24

username24

I'm lost
April 2007

NOV 17, 2007 03:18 AM

Does anyone have any suggestions about books i can read along the lines of rejection of life/society?
kinda along the lines of fight club???

SoulRiver

SoulRiver

Columbus, OH
January 2005

NOV 17, 2007 08:16 AM

Try "The Outsiders" by Colin Wilson

PointBlank

PointBlank

New York, NY
November 2004

NOV 17, 2007 08:18 AM

. . .or the Outsiders by SE Hinton.

Cigarette

Cigarette

Cleveland, OH
April 2004

NOV 17, 2007 09:44 AM

On the Road by Kerouac? The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe? Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut?

Those might not exactly be what yr looking for, though.

MrCrisp

MrCrisp

I'm lost
August 2004

NOV 17, 2007 10:28 AM

username24

username24

I'm lost
April 2007

NOV 17, 2007 09:24 PM

Is the outsiders the book drew barrymoore is talking about in donnie darko? thanks for the suggestions people.

crisp. thanx for the link lots of info on there!

Cassiel

Cassiel

Aurora, CO
September 2004

NOV 17, 2007 09:40 PM

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

Cigarette

Cigarette

Cleveland, OH
April 2004

NOV 17, 2007 11:19 PM

hellacious_pop said:
Is the outsiders the book drew barrymoore is talking about in donnie darko? thanks for the suggestions people.

crisp. thanx for the link lots of info on there!



She talks about two books. The one yr probably thinking about is the short story The Destructors by Graham Greene. She also talks about Watership Down.

Rafi

Rafi

Santa Monica, CA
January 2003

NOV 17, 2007 11:20 PM

Notes from Underground, by Dostoevsky; Ghost World, the graphic novel by Daniel Clowes; The Immoralist, by Andre Gide; The Stranger, by Camus; The Catcher in the Rye, by Salinger.

Cassiel said:
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis



Iiiick. . .

wink

Tinyhobo

Tinyhobo

Boulder City, NV
December 2006

NOV 17, 2007 11:22 PM

Cassiel said:
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis



That book. actually anything by Ellis. stirred me.

Cassiel

Cassiel

Aurora, CO
September 2004

NOV 18, 2007 05:07 PM

also, Atrocity Exhibition by J.G. Ballard

Shal

Shal

Los Angeles, CA
October 2002

NOV 18, 2007 06:44 PM

Hell's Angels by Hunter S. Thompson
Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins
1984 by George Orwell
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Blindness by Jose Saramago

username24

username24

I'm lost
April 2007

NOV 18, 2007 09:48 PM

im reading catcher in the rye at the moment, i have just recently discovered the joy of reading, i have read trainspotting and 1984 and most of chuck phalnuick's (spelling) books, but i want to make sure that i dont get soured by a shit book so i am making sure that i get good recomendations.

thanx people i will prob get hells angel's next as i have had that recomended that to me b4 then mabe the outsiders.

aleksa

aleksa

Tacoma, WA
April 2006

NOV 18, 2007 09:50 PM

I second Trainspotting.

Shal

Shal

Los Angeles, CA
October 2002

NOV 18, 2007 10:05 PM

hellacious_pop said:
im reading catcher in the rye at the moment, i have just recently discovered the joy of reading, i have read trainspotting and 1984 and most of chuck phalnuick's (spelling) books, but i want to make sure that i dont get soured by a shit book so i am making sure that i get good recomendations.

thanx people i will prob get hells angel's next as i have had that recomended that to me b4 then mabe the outsiders.



If you enjoyed those books, then I really recommend Tom Robbins... Still Life with Woodpecker would probably be right up your alley, although it's a bit... sillier than the rest. wink

erleichda

erleichda

Germany
May 2003

NOV 19, 2007 01:28 AM

Bartleby the Scrivener by Melville for total rejection of life.

Also, I second Shalome's recommendation of Robbins.

PointBlank

PointBlank

New York, NY
November 2004

NOV 19, 2007 06:35 AM

Seriously, a lot of novels fall into the "man against society" theme/plot structure, it's one of the oldest in literature. Even Don Quixote could be considered a part (and the start) of that tradition.


Some others that I like a lot:
Hunger--Knut Hamsun
Crime & Punishment--Dostoevsky
The Horse's Mouth--Joyce Cary
These aren't really like Fight Club, but they're a good deal deeper and better.

NoPantsDave

NoPantsDave

Cincinnati, OH
OLD SKOOL

NOV 19, 2007 08:08 AM

hellacious_pop said:
im reading catcher in the rye at the moment, i have just recently discovered the joy of reading, i have read trainspotting and 1984 and most of chuck phalnuick's (spelling) books, but i want to make sure that i dont get soured by a shit book so i am making sure that i get good recomendations.

thanx people i will prob get hells angel's next as i have had that recomended that to me b4 then mabe the outsiders.



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