VIHC Book Swap!

[ZACH ATTACK]

I assume that most of you are literate, and a few of you probably even enjoy reading. Wouldn't it be awesome if you could just like, post the titles of some books you wanted to read and then if somebody had them they could lend them to you and you could lend your books to other people and so on and so forth and then we could all become expertley well read and partake in the highest of literary circles? So uh yeah, post the titles of books that you want to read, or that you have and don't mind lending and lets do a big ol'e book swap!

Right now I'd like to read:
The Big Sleep-Raymond Chandler
High Fidelity-Nick Hornby (I've already read it about a dozen times but could stand to read it again)
The Glass Menagerie-Tennessee Williams
The Three Penny Opera/Mother Courage And Her Children-Bertold Brecht

There's more, but they've slipped my mind. I'm more than happy to lend out (almost, save for a few exceptions) any of my books, and I don't really expect to get them back. I just can't be bothered to type them all out right now.

[dalamar501]

Books I own that i wouldn't mind lending. I have some other books somewhere. Tyler has a ton of books to not sure what he thinks about lending

Adam and The Train by by Heinrich Böll (2 novels in one.)

Fifth Business by Robertson Davies
Rebel Angels by Robertson Davies
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

Dune by Frank Herbert

The Castle by Franz Kafka
Fear and Trembling by Søren Kierkegaard

Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
Animal Farm by George Orwell
1984 by George Orwell

Anthem by Ayn Rand
We the Living by Ayn Rand
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

Four Major Plays by Ibsen
Peer Gynt by Ibsen

Non-fiction
The Anti-Matter Anthology: A 1990s Post-Punk & Hardcore Reader by Norman Brannon and Aaron Burgess
Straightedge Youth: Complexity and Contradictions of a Subculture by Robert T. Wood (University of Lethbridge prof)
Straight Edge: Hardcore Punk, Clean-Living Youth, and Social Change by Ross Haenfler
All Ages: Reflections on Straight Edge by Ray Cappo and Beth Lahickey

[dalamar501]

i don't have high fidelity but i do have another Nick Hornby book
"Slam"

[grind/bro]

This is a good idea. In for later.

[Hollow]

This is an excellent idea. PFL, after I go through my large collection of leather bound books.

[fiveohfour]

Books I own that i wouldn't mind lending. I have some other books somewhere. Tyler has a ton of books to not sure what he thinks about lending

Adam and The Train by by Heinrich Böll (2 novels in one.)

Fifth Business by Robertson Davies
Rebel Angels by Robertson Davies
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

Dune by Frank Herbert

The Castle by Franz Kafka
Fear and Trembling by Søren Kierkegaard

Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
Animal Farm by George Orwell
1984 by George Orwell

Anthem by Ayn Rand
We the Living by Ayn Rand
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

Four Major Plays by Ibsen
Peer Gynt by Ibsen

Non-fiction
The Anti-Matter Anthology: A 1990s Post-Punk & Hardcore Reader by Norman Brannon and Aaron Burgess
Straightedge Youth: Complexity and Contradictions of a Subculture by Robert T. Wood (University of Lethbridge prof)
Straight Edge: Hardcore Punk, Clean-Living Youth, and Social Change by Ross Haenfler
All Ages: Reflections on Straight Edge by Ray Cappo and Beth Lahickey

It'd be rad if you'd lend me all the non-fiction books you mentioned.

[Fish]

Brilliant idea, I'll have to look through my books.

[dalamar501]

It'd be rad if you'd lend me all the non-fiction books you mentioned.

Would be down. Those ones i have more attachment to so will be one at a time obviously.

[fiveohfour]

It'd be rad if you'd lend me all the non-fiction books you mentioned.

Would be down. Those ones i have more attachment to so will be one at a time obviously.

fair enough, what book shall you lend me first?

[dalamar501]

It'd be rad if you'd lend me all the non-fiction books you mentioned.

Would be down. Those ones i have more attachment to so will be one at a time obviously.

fair enough, what book shall you lend me first?

Which one interests you most?

All Ages = interviews
Anti-Matter = interviews..
Straight Edge Youth = very textbooky sociology book
Straight Edge = sociology book that is good.

[fiveohfour]

It'd be rad if you'd lend me all the non-fiction books you mentioned.

Would be down. Those ones i have more attachment to so will be one at a time obviously.

fair enough, what book shall you lend me first?

Which one interests you most?

All Ages = interviews
Anti-Matter = interviews..
Straight Edge Youth = very textbooky sociology book
Straight Edge = sociology book that is good.

Hm...I'm going to go with Straight edge.

[dalamar501]

It'd be rad if you'd lend me all the non-fiction books you mentioned.

Would be down. Those ones i have more attachment to so will be one at a time obviously.

fair enough, what book shall you lend me first?

Which one interests you most?

All Ages = interviews
Anti-Matter = interviews..
Straight Edge Youth = very textbooky sociology book
Straight Edge = sociology book that is good.

Hm...I'm going to go with Straight edge.

If you are coming to the house show on saturday you can pick it up then.. (since it will be at my house) if not we can plan a time to meet up

[trappedinside]

i need something cool to read, been getting back into it lately. troy, i'll probably raid something from you on saturday.

[fiveohfour]

I am indeed going to the house show. Stoked to see Damages. And now, I'm stoked to get this book haha.

[ZACH ATTACK]

Books I own that i wouldn't mind lending. I have some other books somewhere. Tyler has a ton of books to not sure what he thinks about lending

Adam and The Train by by Heinrich Böll (2 novels in one.)

Fifth Business by Robertson Davies
Rebel Angels by Robertson Davies
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

Dune by Frank Herbert

The Castle by Franz Kafka
Fear and Trembling by Søren Kierkegaard

Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
Animal Farm by George Orwell
1984 by George Orwell

Anthem by Ayn Rand
We the Living by Ayn Rand
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

Four Major Plays by Ibsen
Peer Gynt by Ibsen

Non-fiction
The Anti-Matter Anthology: A 1990s Post-Punk & Hardcore Reader by Norman Brannon and Aaron Burgess
Straightedge Youth: Complexity and Contradictions of a Subculture by Robert T. Wood (University of Lethbridge prof)
Straight Edge: Hardcore Punk, Clean-Living Youth, and Social Change by Ross Haenfler
All Ages: Reflections on Straight Edge by Ray Cappo and Beth Lahickey

Can I borrow the Virgin Suicides?

[Hollow]

I'm kind of swimming in books to read right now, but I have a few I'm more than willing to lend out. Some of these I'll really really want back, but I'll mark those.

Mephisto-Klaus Mann; one of the great like-books. Written by Klaus Mann (son of Thomas Mann) during his self-appointed exile in France, post Nazi takeover. A scathing critique of the middle-class artistic elite who either did nothing while the National Socialist party took over or jumped in full bore, it's main character Hendrik Hofgen is based entirely off of Mann's former friend and colleague Gustaf Grundgrens, who took over the State Theater thanks in large part to his ingratiating himself with Hermen Goerring. Did I mention that both Mann and Grundgrens were gay? Yeah, this book is self-righteous, pissed off, and catty as fuck. The second best German critique of the middle class after Gunter Grass' The Tin Drum.

Junky-William S. Burroughs; my personal favorite of his. Abandons the pretentious bullshit of Naked Lunch and just tells a quasi-autobiographical account of a struggling heroin addict in the '50's. I read this on the Greyhound when I moved up here, and tore through it in about seven hours. No real history behind this one, just damn good writing.

Lords of Chaos-Michael Moynihan and Didrik Soderlind; you all know what this one's about. It's as trashy and awesome as it seems. If you ever wanted to read a history of Black Metal that somehow confuses you more than you may have already been, this is the one to go for.

The Girl with the Botticelli Face-W.D. Valgardson; this is an interesting one. Valgardson is a well known Maritime writer who moved to Victoria ages ago. This book is centered here, and like all great Maritime writers, this is dark dark dark. Definitely one of my favorite Canadian writers, and a damn good one at that. I'll definitely want this one back.

Utopia-Thomas Moore; this book is the basis for every major left wing political movement of the past two hundred years. When you sift through the obtuse language and religious overtones, you'll see the basic ingredients for Communism, Anarchy, and Socialism. Considering this was written in 1516, that's pretty damn impressive. Moore was a man about two hundred years ahead of his time, who taught his daughters to read and write and sent them to schools when most were being used as bargaining chips to gain their fathers more power. He decried poverty, worked towards fashioning a more bottom-up society (despite a close friendship with Henry VII, he was definitely opposed to the absolute power of kings) and was eventually executed due to his unwillingness to abandon his beliefs (a devout Catholic, he refused to sign the petition that created the Anglican Church, and so Henry had him railroaded on charges of treason). The dude ruled. I will also demand this one back.

Hedda Gabler and Other Plays-Henrik Ibsen; this is my favorite playwright. He wrote The Dolls House, a watershed play of the 19th century that shocked and appalled people (the wife leaves her husband at the end, because he was a prick. THE GALL). He wrote dark, cynical works that exposed the underlying social lies the upper middle class told themselves and others. A vicious jackass on the page, he was actually a quiet Dutch man who was as unlikely a social critic as you'd expect; despite his seeming hatred of the bourgeoisie, he was solid member of that class. Go fig.

The Dharma Bums-Jack Kerouac; this book started the hippie movement. It is exceptionally well written. Those two facts are completely in opposition to each other. I've never hated myself for enjoying a book as much as I did with this one. Still not as good as On the Road.

Youth in Revolt-CD Payne; This just got made into a movie starring Michael Cera. Despite that, it's a pretty awesome read, and like most fiction I'll recommend, reaaaaaally dark. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say the book is better than the movie.

Spook Country-William Gibson; Gibson invented Cyberpunk. Gibson writes really awesome, somewhat scary technofantasies about places and futures that are eerily similar to ours. The man sees way ahead of himself and it shows. This book was written in 2007, and reminds me somewhat of Burn After Reading, if that movie wasn't a comedy. Really enjoyed this book.


Okay, that's it, lemme know if you want any of these.

[krisribs]

I'd be all over this shit were I living in Vic

SO JEALOUS

[Fish]

Hey Willa, could I borrow Junky? I've wanted to read it for a while...

[graveyardstomp]

i have a copy of killing yourself to live by chuck klosterman that i'd like to lend to someone permanently, if you know what i mean

[Hollow]

Hey Willa, could I borrow Junky? I've wanted to read it for a while...

Yup! i can bring it on the 19th if you want, or I can get it to ya earlier. Just lemme know!