Now that you mention it, I once read the whole Bible as well (maybe skipped a psalm or 2 but nothing else) and I suppose it could make the top 5 if i think of what books impressed me the most.
The Book: On the Taboo of Knowing Who You Are, Alan Watts “every individual is a unique manifestation of the Whole, as every branch is a particular outreaching of the tree.” ― Alan W. Watts, Operating Manual For Spaceship Earth, R. Buckminster Fuller “I live on Earth at present, and I don’t know what I am. I know that I am not a category. I am not a thing — a noun. I seem to be a verb, an evolutionary process – an integral function of the universe.” ― R. Buckminster Fuller Neuromancer, Wiliam Gibson “Dixie?” “Yeah.” “You ever try to crack an AI?” “Sure. I flatlined. First time. I was larkin’, jacked up real high, out by Rio heavy commerce sector. Big biz, multinationals, Government of Brazil lit up like a Christmas tree.” ― William Gibson
THE UNQUIET GRAVE, By Palinurus (aka Cyril Connolly) It's a key book. He often refers to other books and thus the reader has a bibliography to track down. I re-read it every few years. and while I'm here - in Ireland we don't say TIE-rone (for Tyrone) - We say (County) Tirone (it's the 'rone' part that we emphasise. Puleeze tell that to the basketball players in the projects and those who name them. I aso hear Americans say 'DONNY-gill (for Donegal), when the accepted pronunciation is DUNNY-GALL Kilroy: He's been wanting to say that for Lo, these many years.
Usually the last thing I read. I'm very impressionable. I was recently astounded by a biography of the French Surrealist poet and playwright Antonin Artaud. Poor chap spent years in a psychiatric hospital and had dozens of electro-shock therapy episodes. Was also a heavy heroin user. His vision was violent and confrontational, finding fullest expression in his "Theatre of Cruelty". Nutter.
Stranger in a strange land . LOTR . The Hobbit . Huck Finn . The water Babies . Swiss Family Robinson . The onion eaters . The ginger man . The Nightland . on the road. These are just a few that really impressed me
Huckleberry Finn That book is hilarious. I remember my ex-girlfriend thinking I was a weirdo for finding it so amusing. Not saying I was amused by slavery...Mark Twain is just really funny.
You should get an endurance medal or something :book: When I tried to read it all, I got about as far as Judges and skipped ahead to the NT. Probably it would have to be in the top 5 just because it's been so influential in western culture for so long. Too long some would say..............
That what I was thinking too! I've never heard anyone reading the whole bible :alien: Could it be that he is lying...?
This is what I find weird I heard it several times. Often people only read like one page a day so it takes years but they do it.
I read the Whole new testament when I was eight Because my mum bought it for my birthday and I thought it must be important never understood a word of it ( what the fucks a Begat ?? ) I still have it (the book ) it says To Malcolm on your eighth Birthday Love Mum and Dad XXX
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I begat you I don't think the bible was ever meant to make sense, it says in there the angels were to confuse our culture and language as punishment and all a sudden people are begatting other people. Rings of truth!