Books that will fuck with your mind?

Whats your favorite mind trip book?

 

Anything by Franz Kafka is a total mind trip. Check out his short story "The Metamorphosis" about a travelling salesman who wakes up and realizes he's a giant cockroach. Also there's a lesser-known author, Dino Buzzati, who was a master of the "irreal". Most of his stuff is only in Italian, but if you can find it, check out his short story "The Falling Girl" about a girl who falls off a skyscraper and has conversations with people on the way down (& a romantic encounter or 2). Guaranteed to mess with your mind.

 

I'm gonna have to go with the obvious answer here-Naked Lunch
Also any of Burroughs' cut-up novels.

 

The Bible

 

janet and john

 

"Green Eggs and Ham", that shite mess with your mind. the real answer is "American Gods"

 

1984, and brave new world

 

Invisable Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk

 

The one I can't remember the tile or author of, but I'd KILL to be able to get my hands on. The tile was all numbers. like: 2015, 2051,2501,2510.

 

Without a doubt, Johnny Got his Gun. All around an incredible book.

 

October Country by Ray Bradburry

 

Haha...Dayyummn. I'm reading it right this very minute. This section that I'm on right now, a.j.'s annual party, is so fucked up. I love it. It goes slow, but I'm glad I'm not rushing through it because, sadly, a lot of it makes sense to me.

 

someone just told me about that book today! its the one with the dude that looses his arms and legs and the ability to talk and hear!sounds like a buzz kill, but its next on my list after i finish Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
if you havent read one of his books your really missing out. this guy is a fucking genious and will blow your friggin mind.

 

Matt: was it fiction and about a guy from the present who gets transfered to an utopian future? If so, I read it too. I can't remember the numbers either (can't remember numbers to save my life).

 

check out jean-paul sartre "no exit and three other plays" a good quick read

 

Girlfriend in a coma.

 

religious philosophers (i could go on forever with favorite mind trip books, so i'll just leave it at that)

 

A Clockwork Orange

 

Definitly, Donnie Darko.


Most amazing book/script. Brilliant.

 

well, ILLUMINATUS! is always a mind-blowing read
(/robert anton wilson & robert shea)