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    Currently Reading

    I just started.... to read "Downsize This" by Michael Moore, after i recently finished "David Copperfield" by Charles Dickens and "The Tempest" by William Shakespeare.
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    Recently Purchased/Borrowed

    The last books i bought are: Walden; Or Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau Walking by Henry David Thoreau Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman **** Machine by Charles Bukowski
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    Getting to know each other... (It's feezzzzzing cold in here :( )

    Where are you from? (Country, state, city...) I'm from Vienna, Austria in Europe How old are you and what is your gender? I'm 20 years old and i'm male, but i guess my name already leads to this conclusion ;) What are your hobbies (Other than reading books)? Writing. I write really a...
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    Recommend one to the world!

    Gary Snyder and Herman Hesse As for poetry and essays, i would suggest: GARY SNYDER: He is such a terrible overlooked poet that i just HAD to recommend him. At least i have the feeling that he isn't recognized as much as some other poets! His essays are also wonderful and extremely relevant...
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    Kurt Vonnegut

    Hm, so far i have only read one book by him, "Slaughterhouse 5", and it's among my favorite books. But at the moment i still have a huge pile of books to read, but i'll definitely read more from Vonnegut sooner or later!
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    Book first?

    I don't really have such a rule. Sometimes i read the book first, sometimes i see the movie first. Usually it doesn't matter for the quality of the book or movie.
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    Who is your favourite author, and why?

    Since i can't limit it...... to just one author, i'll give you a list of my favorite authors: Gary Snyder Jack Kerouac Charles Bukowski Philip K. Dick Herman Hesse James Joyce Douglas Adams Joseph Conrad Kurt Vonnegut I guess that's it, but i also guess that i forgot to name a few...
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    the book you cannot drop after you start the fist page?

    "The Dharma Bums" by Jack Kerouac "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick "1984" by George Orwell "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac so far, anything i have read by Charles Bukowski "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams "Der Steppenwolf" by Herman Hesse...
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    5 Favourite Books

    just 5 are too diffiult ;) so i'll just post my favorite books in no particular order: "The Dharma Bums" - Jack Kerouac "Turtle Island" - Gary Snyder (well it's a collection of poems and essays) "Der Steppenwolf" - Herman Hesse "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" - Douglas Adams...
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