Books Concerning Deep Thought

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Books Concerning Deep Thought; I don't mean the computer.
Topic Started: May 3 2009, 03:33 PM (138 Views)
Floating Bells	May 3 2009, 03:33 PM Post #1
Posts: 51 Group: Patient Member #60 Joined: Apr 28, 2009	These are books that I liked. My problem with books is that I tend to read them, and walk a way with a feeling of... brain deadness. I like to take something from everything I read, but with a lot of books I feel I am gaining nothing worth thinking about. The other problem is that books that DO contain substance tend to make my brain hurt (for instance: Euripedes is HORRIBLE). So. Would anyone happened to know of any books that are mentally stimulating (like 1984, or novels about philosophy, etc)?
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kittyramone	May 5 2009, 07:18 PM Post #2
Posts: 142 Group: Nuthouse book reviewer Member #27 Joined: Jul 4, 2008	I think you might enjoy the dice man by luke rhinehart and a clockwork orange by Anthony burgess. Both are entertaining while giving you much to think about.



Floating Bells	May 7 2009, 03:48 PM Post #3
Posts: 51 Group: Patient Member #60 Joined: Apr 28, 2009	I read the first page of A Clockwork Orange and then said "O.o... >.<... T.T" because I was having to translate every other word with a Russian - English dictionary. But that is the kind of book I am looking for... without the Russian. Because that actually made my eyes hurt. Edited by Floating Bells, May 7 2009, 03:49 PM.
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kittyramone	May 7 2009, 05:31 PM Post #4
Posts: 142 Group: Nuthouse book reviewer Member #27 Joined: Jul 4, 2008	Yeah the slang can be a bit much but the story is worth it if you can make it through to the end. If not then I suggest you give the wanting seed a try. It's by Anthony burgess as well and there is not a bit of Russian in sight.



whitetrash	May 12 2009, 07:30 AM Post #5
I'm Lost Posts: 527 Group: HeadShrink Member #1 Joined: Jun 25, 2008	Floating Bells May 7 2009, 03:48 PM I read the first page of A Clockwork Orange and then said "O.o... >.<... T.T" because I was having to translate every other word with a Russian - English dictionary. But that is the kind of book I am looking for... without the Russian. Because that actually made my eyes hurt. Yes this is a great book clock workorange is a hard read and even harder to write a papper on for english as i found out



nerak	Jun 13 2009, 06:57 PM Post #6
Posts: 601 Group: Nutty oderlie Member #24 Joined: Jul 2, 2008	One of my favorite "deep" books is Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. It's fairly short and not difficult to read at all.



kittyramone	Jun 25 2009, 06:28 PM Post #7
Posts: 142 Group: Nuthouse book reviewer Member #27 Joined: Jul 4, 2008	^^ I was actually thinking of picking that one up



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