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Wednesday, May 16, 2007 

Category: Life
Send Us Money NowThis is probably long overdue.  Although Brainsturbator has attracted a lot of flattering attention from the publishing industry (as well as Scientologists) for flagrant violation of copyright law, I'm still a big fan of real damn books, the kind you can carry around with you and read in the backyard.  PDF files are great, but my laptop would give me testicular cancer if I tried using it like a book. 

The classic excuse for pirating mp3s is really true, at least in my case: when I download a book I really like, I will go out and buy it.  This was true for Kevin Kelly's masterpiece Out of Control, and just this past week, that was true for Ben Mack's outstanding marketing book, Think Two Products Ahead...  If the book is important enough to be re-read and referred back to regularly -- and damn few of them are -- then it's worth investing money into getting a hard copy.

So today I'm going to sit down and write up a list of the most important and valuable books I can think of.  Feel free to chip in with your own suggestions -- in fact, I'd really appreciate it if you did.  I realize that for some people, registering with our website in order to post comments is more hassle than you want to deal with.  I am sorry for that, but it's the best system to deal with spam, plus we run a forum that's overstuffed with new data and brainfood to reward you for the hassle.  Thanks again to everyone who reads Brainsturbator -- I'm grateful for your time and your patience.

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Alexander

 
<P>Off the top of my head:

Erik Davis, <EM>Techgnosis

</EM>Norman Klein, <EM>The Vatican to Vegas

</EM>Mark Dery, <EM>The Pyrotechnic Insanitarium

</EM>David Abram, <EM>The Spell of the Sensuous

</EM>Victoria Nelson, <EM>The Secret Life of Puppets</EM></P>
 
Posted by Alexander on Thursday, May 17, 2007 - 6:48 PM
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knotthejuggler

 
<P>definately UNCOMMON SENSE - GREG SAMS</P>FOUCAULT'S PENDULUM - UMBERTO ECO<P></P>EVERYTHING BY ROBERT ANTON WILSON<P></P>ANYTHING BY HAKIM BEY<P></P>JITTERBUG PERFUME - TOM ROBBINS<P></P>MOST IMPORTANTLY OF ALL: YOUR OWN PERSONAL WRITINGS...
 
Posted by knotthejuggler on Thursday, May 17, 2007 - 11:24 PM
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Doktor Krank

 
<P>A few titles worth considering:</P><P>Book of Lies - ed. by Richard Metzger. Disinformation anthology on occult and magick. An ultimate start-up to this arcane area of knowledge and exploration. </P><P>Underground - ed. by Preston Peet. Disinformation anthology on ancient civilizations and archeology - a big kick in the arse of scientific fundamentalism </P><P>The Return of Quetzalcoatl by Daniel Pinchbeck</P><P>Supernatural - Graham Hancock</P><P>Antero Ali - A Modern Shaman's Guide to Reality Selection</P>
 
Posted by Doktor Krank on Friday, May 18, 2007 - 10:45 PM
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Todd
Todd Franek

 
Conversations with god by Neale Donald Walsch. i know it sounds corny but trust is a must. or at least a shot.
 
Posted by Todd on Thursday, July 05, 2007 - 1:48 PM
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the Dissociated Press

 
1) Mahasatipatthana Suta
2) The Psychopaths Bible
3) Undoing Yourself
4) The Function of Orgasm
5) Games People Play
 
Posted by the Dissociated Press on Saturday, July 07, 2007 - 8:41 PM
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Randy

 
CROSSING THE BLVD. by Warren Lehrer and Judith Slogan.

This massive, colorful tome began as an art project for the Queens art museum and morphed into a mammoth compendium of interviews with immigrants to Queens, New York City. Each chapter involves a person or family's history of flight to New York; and many, if not most of them interweave stories of governmental repression and persecution with ethnic quirks, talents and culture.

http://www.amazon.com/Crossing-BLVD-Strangers-Neighbors-America/dp/0393324664/ref=sr_1_1/002-7025263-7638457?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1184202253&sr=8-1
 
Posted by Randy on Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 3:04 AM
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cj

 
I so very much agree!!! There is nothing like the real thing!!!! And a hardback will do quit well.
cj
 
Posted by cj on Saturday, August 04, 2007 - 10:31 PM
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jonny chimpo

 
a short list. not all are important- but reading for fun is fun too.
bury my heart at wounded knee
the jungle
lamb- the gospel according to biff, christ's childhood pal
siddartha
fight club
saki short storys
the god delusion
long way home; memoirs of a boy soldier
the tipping point
blink
1984
brave new world
any of the thousands of scientific articles isaac asimov wrote
ak-47
 
Posted by jonny chimpo on Sunday, August 26, 2007 - 7:49 PM
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Cookin' with Satan

 
Great list, Ronin

I'd throw in Survivor by Palahniuk and Dan Quinn's Ishmael.
 
Posted by Cookin' with Satan on Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 7:21 AM
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hemp_a_wear
hemp a. ware

 
For a good time without a $15 whore:

Good Omens - Neil Gaiman

Most of Tom Robbins like Another Roadside Attraction

For a firm political foundation:

V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
 
Posted by hemp_a_wear on Friday, August 31, 2007 - 4:34 AM
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BRYAN
Bryan Davis

 
MORE THAN HUMAN by Theodore Surgeon

MY DINNER WITH ANDRE by Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory

THE TEACHINGS OF DON JUAN, A SEPARATE REALITY and JOURNEY TO IXTLAN by CARLOS CASTANEDA
 
Posted by BRYAN on Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 9:57 PM
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pamelananda

 
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki,
& also i highly recommend tangling respectfully with the I Ching in order to change up the landscape.

 
Posted by pamelananda on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 8:02 PM
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Frayed Hope

 
I'll just add a second recommendation for Zen Mind: Beginner's Mind, Conversations with God and A Separate Reality.


Other than that, you should look into Killing the Buddha: A Heretic's Bible and Hymns to an Unknown God if you have the time and ever glance upon this.

 
Posted by Frayed Hope on Friday, October 24, 2008 - 4:20 PM
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