mycotopia book club [merged]

perrch01 · 03-07-05, 19:46

I've been meaning to pick up one of his books. Right now I'm reading Tourist Trap by Carl Hiaasen and I've heard that RWW is a lot like him but better

bipolar · 03-07-05, 19:47

Just finished 2 books by Dean Koontz, Life Expectancy and Frankenstein Book One. Both excellent reads by an author who has always captured my imagination with his eye for detail and great caracters.

perrch01 · 03-07-05, 20:50

I didn't know that Frankenstein was out yet, have to go pick that up. Did you read Odd Thomas?

bipolar · 03-07-05, 21:45

I've read every thing Koontz has wrote to date. Frankenstein is in paperback at Wally World.

perrch01 · 03-07-05, 22:03

Heading there after dinner, thanks!

bipolar · 03-07-05, 22:19

NP Bro!

destroy_erase_improve · 03-07-05, 23:26

DANTE
inferno
purg.
paridise

MILTON
paradise lost

good stuff right there

Sweetness · 03-08-05, 09:22

I've read all of Carl Hiaasen's books but I'm more fond of RWW's writing style. Besides, Hiaasen is a Gator.

I'll definitely ck out the rest of RWW's work. I'm hooked.

vrooota · 03-08-05, 10:18

I'm just starting one called Omnivore by Piers Anthony. The say you can't judge a book by its cover but it was a sci-fi with shrooms on the cover so I think thats about as close as I'm likely to get to reading exactly what I want

shedthemonkey · 03-08-05, 12:33

Omnivore is myco fun! I have read a bunch of Peirs Anthony (he is central Florida author most famous for his Xanth fantacy novels.) Giant ambulatory mushrooms that wanna eat you is awesome! If you ever see Firefly by same author and you like a good sexy horror novel, I recommend.

taoistshredder · 03-08-05, 12:38

Milton's Paradise Lost is hardcore - I find it amuzing how little the bible talks about Hell and how most description of the Christian idea of Hell is from Milton or Dante, and if you read them, they're really doing it for the opposite purpose. One can make a Hell of Heaven or a Heaven of Hell; Milton dropped the hot shit on people and most of them never got it. I'm also a big fan of Orwell, 1984 or Animal Farm, it's hard to pick a favorite. It really is. Damn... If I'm thinking philisophically, Animal Farm; when I'm thinking critically, 1984. I think. Has anyone here read Choke by Chuck Palaniuk?

EDIT: Yo how about Milton's Paradise Found? I heard it was way not as fun and much shorter - I figured as much as the heaven books in Paradise Lost were boring as shit...

03-09-05, 12:00

Finished "Symbiotic Planet" by Lynn Margulis. Damn good read about the Gaia hypothesis and symbiosis driven evolution.

vrooota · 03-09-05, 12:38

wow that Omnivore book should be our theme book. Theres a genie/drug in it named myco, and more crazy shit than you'd beleive. Very short though

I don't like finishing books this good in 2 days-highly recomended

Son of O'or · 03-10-05, 18:48

Sweet,

Speaking of books....

If you get a chance read "Zig Zag Zen" by Alex Grey. Great book, realy blew my mind...

Sweetness · 03-11-05, 13:22

Have it written down. Going to the Library either tonight or tomorrow so hopefully they'll have it.

vrooota · 03-11-05, 14:04

I didn't know Grey wrote books too, I thought he just did those awesome paintings.
Unless its a diff Alex Grey. Cool

dukex · 03-12-05, 07:03

Love, Poverty, And War by Christopher Hitchens

Peace...

I_am_me · 03-14-05, 12:44

Anyone read any Gabriel Garcia Marquez?

I really enjoyed 100 Years of Solitude, strange book, great story.

Also Love in the time of cholera was great.

drumdidly · 03-21-05, 11:27

There are only 4 books which I stand by, and although they dont really fit into the topic of what you all are reading, they're well worth the time

The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain

Fongo · 03-25-05, 11:32

A mycotopia book club. Would you be interested?

Lots of interesting books out there and lots of potentially interesting discussion material.

myceliod · 03-25-05, 11:35

ohh yeah!

Hippie3 · 03-25-05, 12:11

perhaps,
what would this club
do ?

llama · 03-25-05, 12:23

Absolutely, great idea.

shedthemonkey · 03-25-05, 13:01

I'm always willing to discuss books.

In fact I just ordered a couple of books from Amazon including Jonathan Ott's Pharmacopeon, one called Tripping, about various experiences with enthonogens, and one on how sacramental use of hallucinogens will shape religion in the future.

Fongo · 03-25-05, 16:40

my vision would be of a book club where anyone who wants can suggest a book for everyone to read.

A quick vote could take place, and the winning book would be the next book to be read.

Perhaps 1 book/month would be reasonable, as I know some of us have busy lives.

A thread could be kept running for each book.

03-25-05, 17:24

Good idea, I like it!

LaughingDog · 03-25-05, 19:19

I read alot so, I'd be up for that!

destroy_erase_improve · 03-25-05, 21:32

sounds like a great idea
reading is fun

python · 03-26-05, 00:15

i would consider it but i mainly only read texts with hands on education, science texts, etc......i usually read to learn almost strictly and rarely for enjoyment....i dont really care for fiction or sci-fi etc so a book club for me would be somewhat redundant........however, maybe it would make me want to engage in books that i normally wouldnt read.......

so, im for it.....

Beastmaster · 03-26-05, 03:45

Perhaps this might work better if we limited our choices to genres related to the interests already exhibited here at Mycotopia?

Also, I've noticed that the administrators/moderators all seem to be pretty taxed with everything they are already commited to doing to keep this site up and running.

So maybe rather than a separate forum for only books, maybe if someone had a book they wanted to discuss, just create a new discussion thread, and dedicate it to discussion of said book. Also, the appropriate subject area could be used, books like Ragnar Benson's Action Encyclopedia of Practical Knowledge and Proven Techniques could be discussed in Resist and Rebel, and something like The Psychedelic Experience, by Leary, Alpert, and Metzner would belong in the General Discussion or perhaps Lifestyles.

The KISS principle should definately apply here. But if we can develope this idea without requiring modification to the existing infrastructure, or extra (gasp) work on the parts of admin, then This mycophobe thinks its a feasable idea.

What say You With Special Priviledges, or The Almighty HIM THAT IS IN CHARGE? I summon you powerful beings to answer our requests! And advise us on the outcome of our chosen actions!

Hippie3 · 03-26-05, 08:43

Quote:

administrators/moderators all seem to be pretty taxed with everything they are already commited to doing to keep this site up and running.

can't speak for the others
but i'm busier
than a two-peckered billy-goat.

Hippie3 · 03-26-05, 08:44

Quote:

if someone had a book they wanted to discuss, just create a new discussion thread, and dedicate it to discussion of said book

do both,
vote a book,
then post a thread,
lifestyle's forum i would think.

Fongo · 03-26-05, 13:11

ya I wasn't thinking new forum or anything.
Nothing to give the mods more work.

I don't think we need to put a restriction on genre, because the decision will be by a vote. people can suggest what they want to read, and if others don't like it they will shoot it down.

Sounds like there are a reasonable # of people interested, so I will kick this off and start a thread in Lifestyles (which, by the way, always makes me think of condoms lol). Come suggest a book and we'll take a vote in a couple days.

Omni

I_am_me · 03-26-05, 13:17

Could even do articles or short stories or something short like that as well. Somethings for people who can dedicate to reading a whole book a month or whatever.....

Could be fun.

Fongo · 03-26-05, 13:23

true. good idea. we could alternate between books and shorter material

03-26-05, 18:14

Great idea. I'm in.

Fongo · 03-28-05, 20:25

Welcome to the Mycotopian Book Club: Official thread #1 (read 5)

Here is the plan:

Those of us who would like to participate in this bookclub will presently vote on a book to read.

The winning book will be acquired by members and read over a set period of time.

We will then procede to tear the book apart, analyze it, disect it, digest it, discuss it, and give our frank opinions of whether or not the book's author is fit to walk the Earth.

Please post/repost your suggestions for the bookclub's 1st book to be read. When all suggestions are in, we will vote on the first book.

My two suggestions for the first book are:
Welcome to the Monkey House, by Kurt Vonnegut
Breaking Open the Head, by Daniel Pinchbeck

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03-07-05, 19:46	#1 (permalink)
perrch01 Mycotopiate Join Date: Sep 1971 Posts: 1,332	I've been meaning to pick up one of his books. Right now I'm reading Tourist Trap by Carl Hiaasen and I've heard that RWW is a lot like him but better __________________ Boogie On

03-07-05, 19:47	#2 (permalink)
bipolar Mycotopiate Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 284	Just finished 2 books by Dean Koontz, Life Expectancy and Frankenstein Book One. Both excellent reads by an author who has always captured my imagination with his eye for detail and great caracters. __________________ On opening his eyes he found himself with the professor and the guide, Looking around he saw an ocean stretching as far as the eye could see, And a forest of mushrooms...........

03-07-05, 20:50	#3 (permalink)
perrch01 Mycotopiate Join Date: Sep 1971 Posts: 1,332	I didn't know that Frankenstein was out yet, have to go pick that up. Did you read Odd Thomas? __________________ Boogie On

03-07-05, 21:45	#4 (permalink)
bipolar Mycotopiate Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 284	I've read every thing Koontz has wrote to date. Frankenstein is in paperback at Wally World. __________________ On opening his eyes he found himself with the professor and the guide, Looking around he saw an ocean stretching as far as the eye could see, And a forest of mushrooms...........

03-07-05, 22:03	#5 (permalink)
perrch01 Mycotopiate Join Date: Sep 1971 Posts: 1,332	Heading there after dinner, thanks! __________________ Boogie On

03-07-05, 22:19	#6 (permalink)
bipolar Mycotopiate Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 284	NP Bro! __________________ On opening his eyes he found himself with the professor and the guide, Looking around he saw an ocean stretching as far as the eye could see, And a forest of mushrooms...........

03-07-05, 23:26	#7 (permalink)
destroy_erase_improve Mycotopiate Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,173	DANTE inferno purg. paridise MILTON paradise lost good stuff right there __________________ Destroy Erase Improve

03-08-05, 09:22	#8 (permalink)
Sweetness Mycotopiate Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 337	I've read all of Carl Hiaasen's books but I'm more fond of RWW's writing style. Besides, Hiaasen is a Gator. I'll definitely ck out the rest of RWW's work. I'm hooked.

03-08-05, 10:18	#9 (permalink)
vrooota Mycotopiate Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 622	I'm just starting one called Omnivore by Piers Anthony. The say you can't judge a book by its cover but it was a sci-fi with shrooms on the cover so I think thats about as close as I'm likely to get to reading exactly what I want __________________ I am what you see

03-08-05, 12:33	#10 (permalink)
shedthemonkey Mycotopiate Join Date: Sep 1972 Posts: 1,417	Omnivore is myco fun! I have read a bunch of Peirs Anthony (he is central Florida author most famous for his Xanth fantacy novels.) Giant ambulatory mushrooms that wanna eat you is awesome! If you ever see Firefly by same author and you like a good sexy horror novel, I recommend. __________________ A Buddhist walks up to a Hot Dog Stand and says "Make me one with everything."

03-08-05, 12:38	#11 (permalink)
taoistshredder Former Member Join Date: May 1972 Posts: 553	Milton's Paradise Lost is hardcore - I find it amuzing how little the bible talks about Hell and how most description of the Christian idea of Hell is from Milton or Dante, and if you read them, they're really doing it for the opposite purpose. One can make a Hell of Heaven or a Heaven of Hell; Milton dropped the hot shit on people and most of them never got it. I'm also a big fan of Orwell, 1984 or Animal Farm, it's hard to pick a favorite. It really is. Damn... If I'm thinking philisophically, Animal Farm; when I'm thinking critically, 1984. I think. Has anyone here read Choke by Chuck Palaniuk? EDIT: Yo how about Milton's Paradise Found? I heard it was way not as fun and much shorter - I figured as much as the heaven books in Paradise Lost were boring as shit...

03-09-05, 12:00	#12 (permalink)
~dial8 Guest Posts: n/a	Finished "Symbiotic Planet" by Lynn Margulis. Damn good read about the Gaia hypothesis and symbiosis driven evolution.

03-09-05, 12:38	#13 (permalink)
vrooota Mycotopiate Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 622	wow that Omnivore book should be our theme book. Theres a genie/drug in it named myco, and more crazy shit than you'd beleive. Very short though I don't like finishing books this good in 2 days-highly recomended __________________ I am what you see

03-25-05, 12:11	#22 (permalink)
Hippie3 Admin Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 36,133	perhaps, what would this club do ? __________________ GROW SUPPLIES: www.Mycrotopia.com ------------Simply The Best------------ Namaste Temet Nosce

03-10-05, 18:48	#14 (permalink)
Son of O'or Mycophiliac Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 70	Sweet, Speaking of books.... If you get a chance read "Zig Zag Zen" by Alex Grey. Great book, realy blew my mind...

03-11-05, 13:22	#15 (permalink)
Sweetness Mycotopiate Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 337	Have it written down. Going to the Library either tonight or tomorrow so hopefully they'll have it.

03-11-05, 14:04	#16 (permalink)
vrooota Mycotopiate Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 622	I didn't know Grey wrote books too, I thought he just did those awesome paintings. Unless its a diff Alex Grey. Cool __________________ I am what you see

03-12-05, 07:03	#17 (permalink)
dukex Mycotopiate Join Date: May 1972 Posts: 587	Love, Poverty, And War by Christopher Hitchens Peace... __________________ "It's time to kick ass and chew bubble gum and I'm all out of gum."

03-14-05, 12:44	#18 (permalink)
I_am_me Masked Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,365	Anyone read any Gabriel Garcia Marquez? I really enjoyed 100 Years of Solitude, strange book, great story. Also Love in the time of cholera was great. __________________ Kindness is a cure.

03-21-05, 11:27	#19 (permalink)
drumdidly Mycophage Join Date: Dec 1972 Posts: 137	There are only 4 books which I stand by, and although they dont really fit into the topic of what you all are reading, they're well worth the time The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald Moby Dick by Herman Melville The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain

03-25-05, 11:32	#20 (permalink)
Fongo Mycophiliac Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 80	mycotopia book club [merged] A mycotopia book club. Would you be interested? Lots of interesting books out there and lots of potentially interesting discussion material. __________________ The drums and the rain will come together howling.

03-25-05, 11:35	#21 (permalink)
myceliod Mycotopiate Join Date: Feb 1973 Posts: 289	ohh yeah!

03-25-05, 12:23	#23 (permalink)
llama Mycotopiate Join Date: Feb 1973 Posts: 202	Absolutely, great idea.

03-25-05, 13:01	#24 (permalink)
shedthemonkey Mycotopiate Join Date: Sep 1972 Posts: 1,417	I'm always willing to discuss books. In fact I just ordered a couple of books from Amazon including Jonathan Ott's Pharmacopeon, one called Tripping, about various experiences with enthonogens, and one on how sacramental use of hallucinogens will shape religion in the future. __________________ A Buddhist walks up to a Hot Dog Stand and says "Make me one with everything."

03-25-05, 16:40	#25 (permalink)
Fongo Mycophiliac Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 80	my vision would be of a book club where anyone who wants can suggest a book for everyone to read. A quick vote could take place, and the winning book would be the next book to be read. Perhaps 1 book/month would be reasonable, as I know some of us have busy lives. A thread could be kept running for each book. __________________ The drums and the rain will come together howling.

03-25-05, 17:24	#26 (permalink)
~dial8 Guest Posts: n/a	Good idea, I like it!

03-25-05, 19:19	#27 (permalink)
LaughingDog Mycophage Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 127	I read alot so, I'd be up for that!

03-25-05, 21:32	#28 (permalink)
destroy_erase_improve Mycotopiate Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,173	sounds like a great idea reading is fun __________________ Destroy Erase Improve

03-26-05, 00:15	#29 (permalink)
python Virtuoso Join Date: Apr 1973 Posts: 2,652	i would consider it but i mainly only read texts with hands on education, science texts, etc......i usually read to learn almost strictly and rarely for enjoyment....i dont really care for fiction or sci-fi etc so a book club for me would be somewhat redundant........however, maybe it would make me want to engage in books that i normally wouldnt read....... so, im for it.....

03-26-05, 03:45	#30 (permalink)
Beastmaster Critter Keeper Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,064	Perhaps this might work better if we limited our choices to genres related to the interests already exhibited here at Mycotopia? Also, I've noticed that the administrators/moderators all seem to be pretty taxed with everything they are already commited to doing to keep this site up and running. So maybe rather than a separate forum for only books, maybe if someone had a book they wanted to discuss, just create a new discussion thread, and dedicate it to discussion of said book. Also, the appropriate subject area could be used, books like Ragnar Benson's Action Encyclopedia of Practical Knowledge and Proven Techniques could be discussed in Resist and Rebel, and something like The Psychedelic Experience, by Leary, Alpert, and Metzner would belong in the General Discussion or perhaps Lifestyles. The KISS principle should definately apply here. But if we can develope this idea without requiring modification to the existing infrastructure, or extra (gasp) work on the parts of admin, then This mycophobe thinks its a feasable idea. What say You With Special Priviledges, or The Almighty HIM THAT IS IN CHARGE? I summon you powerful beings to answer our requests! And advise us on the outcome of our chosen actions! __________________ 'Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes genius and courage to move in the opposite direction.' AE

03-26-05, 13:11	#33 (permalink)
Fongo Mycophiliac Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 80	ya I wasn't thinking new forum or anything. Nothing to give the mods more work. I don't think we need to put a restriction on genre, because the decision will be by a vote. people can suggest what they want to read, and if others don't like it they will shoot it down. Sounds like there are a reasonable # of people interested, so I will kick this off and start a thread in Lifestyles (which, by the way, always makes me think of condoms lol). Come suggest a book and we'll take a vote in a couple days. Omni __________________ The drums and the rain will come together howling.

03-26-05, 13:17	#34 (permalink)
I_am_me Masked Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,365	Could even do articles or short stories or something short like that as well. Somethings for people who can dedicate to reading a whole book a month or whatever..... Could be fun. __________________ Kindness is a cure.

03-26-05, 13:23	#35 (permalink)
Fongo Mycophiliac Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 80	true. good idea. we could alternate between books and shorter material __________________ The drums and the rain will come together howling.

03-26-05, 18:14	#36 (permalink)
~ntrabbit Guest Posts: n/a	Great idea. I'm in.