Know any good books?

[Polymirize]

Probably youre talking about The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. Here in Brasil we have not a good view about him, as he seems (and frequently shows himself like) a charlatan with makes money with self-help books disguised in spirituality. But his books did make a lot of success in another countries, as the people dont know him as we do (as he is brasilian).
Note Im talking only about the character of the author, so i will not flame his books before reading them.

I've read it, and I'd agree with you. But, I also hold the same opinion of Castaneda.

Bookwise, I'd recommend
100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Marquez
The Satanic Bible by Anton LaVey
Girls by Nic Kelman

and others...

[rebgirl420]

anything Anne Rice is good and so is The Stand by Stephan King!

[JOINTMASTER5]

NO DOUBT!:rastasmoke:

[xxxhazexxx]

anything by james herbert (the fog, the rats,fluke,the magic cottage)scary shit.:thumbsup:

[MinusRyan]

Miracles of Mind, by larry dossey

[Coelho]

I've read it, and I'd agree with you. But, I also hold the same opinion of Castaneda.

indeed... ive read a lot of bad things about Castaneda too, and thats why i didnt flame the books of Paulo Coelho. The writer himself may be bad, but his books may be good. In both cases.

[higher4hockey]

watership down.

'dry' and 'running with scissors' by augusten borroughs

[JOINTMASTER5]

TELL ME MORE OR ELSE :chainsaw:

[orangeman]

The Cannabible Series :thumbsup:
Amazon.com: The Cannabible: Books: Jason King

[Coelho]

Dude, The Matrix draws from Plato's metaphor of the cave.

It's kinda hard to explain, so wikipedia it.

i know this Plato's Cave. But he was not the only people to think about this... Don Juan, the indian sorcerer referred in the books, teaches that what we call reality is not real, but only a representation, and those who realizes it can use it for its own advantage, doing thing aparently impossible (what is called sorcery), exactly what happens after Neo knows he is in the Matrix, and not in the 'real' world.
There is a lot of another similarities too... but they are too many to list here.

PS. The orangeman's sugestion of the Cannabible is very good too! Buy them all!