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tisonlyi · 06-21-2009, 02:28 AM

All of the above, with a big thumbs up for Don Quixote - in Spanish if you possibly can.

(Minus Rand, naturally. Her reactionary politics, solipsistic philosophy and prose leave lots to be desired. Horrible reading + mind poison for NT's.)

As a suggestion from waaaaay out of the standard, you might think of two really epic series of books. The first are the books by Mika Waltari, Sinuhe The Egyptian, or just "The Egyptian" sometimes, is romp through the cultures in and around Egypt at and around the time of Akhenaton, who is The Daddy of Monotheism. The second suggestion would be

Henry Miller

. There's no describing the books, you'll love them or hate them, but they're a riot. Love love love. The tropics are a great place to start. Capricorn was better than Cancer for me, but you should read Cancer first.

Oh, and my enthusiasm for things Millerian made me forget the

Aztec

series of books... Which are another series of sprawling, truly epic books based around the key events in the history of Central and South Americas.

(the links are working randomly... Waltari works fine, but the others... meh.

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06-21-2009, 02:28 AM	#31 (permalink)
tisonlyi Nothing	All of the above, with a big thumbs up for Don Quixote - in Spanish if you possibly can. (Minus Rand, naturally. Her reactionary politics, solipsistic philosophy and prose leave lots to be desired. Horrible reading + mind poison for NT's.) As a suggestion from waaaaay out of the standard, you might think of two really epic series of books. The first are the books by Mika Waltari, Sinuhe The Egyptian, or just "The Egyptian" sometimes, is romp through the cultures in and around Egypt at and around the time of Akhenaton, who is The Daddy of Monotheism. The second suggestion would be Henry Miller Henry Miller . There's no describing the books, you'll love them or hate them, but they're a riot. Love love love. The tropics are a great place to start. Capricorn was better than Cancer for me, but you should read Cancer first. Oh, and my enthusiasm for things Millerian made me forget the Aztec Aztec series of books... Which are another series of sprawling, truly epic books based around the key events in the history of Central and South Americas. (the links are working randomly... Waltari works fine, but the others... meh. ) __________________ "I do not agree that the dog in a manger has the final right to the manger even though he may have lain there for a very long time. I do not admit that right. I do not admit for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher-grade race, a more worldly wise race to put it that way, has come in and taken their place." - Winston Churchill, 1937 --{ORLY?}-- Last edited by tisonlyi; 06-21-2009 at 02:44 AM..