Quotations from Chairman LBJ - Jack Shepherd and Christopher S. Wren (?)
Inadvertendly, I have collected quite a bit of communist or socialist related books, including the inspiration for this one, the Quotations of Chairman Mao Tse-Tung english/chinese edition (OG from China). This one is strange to say the least, published in 1968 and obviously a satire of Chairman Mao, its filled with mostly humorous and out-of-context quotes from Lyndon B. Johnston; some threats, some analogies, some rough wisedom, its all there.
"I'm the only president you've got."
The Principia Discordia - Greg Hill (Malaclypse The Younger) and Kerry Thornley (Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst)
When I heard about this one I special ordered it immediately. Its the proverbial "bible" of the Erisian philosophy (or anti-philosophy) and is as humorous as it is interesting. The design of the book reminds me of 80s punk flyers. The particular edition I have is the purple cover from 1991.
"Heaven is down. Hell is up. This is proven by the fact that the planets and stars are orderly in their movements, while down on earth we come close to the primal chaos. There are four other proofs, but I forget them."
Doctor Rat - William Kotzwinkle
A book about scientific testing on animals from the animals perspective. I never heard of it or its author when I picked it up but the description on the back was enough for me. Yes there is a rat in the book, and he's a doctor, and he's insane. Its a commentary on man's relationship with nature, definite recommendation.
Is that a scream I hear?
Yes, it is, just down the row of cages. Shall we move along and take a few notes?
"Help, help!"
"Please, young fellow, there's no need to get so worked up about your little contribution to science. Have a bit of pressed biscuit before you die. Eat hearty and remember - death is freedom!"
"What are they doing to me, Doctor Rat?"
"Let me just check my notes ... yes, here we are. You'll be the tenth rat this week to have his brains sucked out by a pneumatic tube."
"Help, help!"
I comfort my fellow rats where I can. It requires psychological understanding, of course. And having been driven insane, I hold the necessary degree in psychology.
Maldoror - Comte de Lautreamont
One half of a series that was never completed (due to the authors untimely death) exposing the light and dark of human existence, this installment represented the darkness through the amoral and demented Maldoror which throughout the novel performs profain acts of evil. Written in the 1860s, it still has the intense power to repulse through the sheer weight of the main character encouraging you to do things like killing children and performing intercourse with a shark. His introduction was memorable as well, insulting you within the first page, challenging you to get through his entire book lest you be not have enough fortitude to grasp his work.
"Like those dogs, I feel the need for the infinite. I cannot, cannot satisfy this need. I am the son of a man and a woman, from what I have been told. This astonishes me . . . I believed I was something more. Besides, what does it matter to me where I come from? If I had any choice, I would rather have been born the male of a female shark, whose hunger welcomes tempests and of the tiger, whose cruelty is well-known."
The Abortion - Richard Brautigan
A book about a library which accepts and showcases any and all books submitted from anyone, and the librarian who impregnates a beautiful patron and takes her to Mexico for an abortion. Fun times from one of the lesser known contributors of the Beat Generation.
"My God, ma'am, you're so pretty I'd walk ten miles barefooted on a freezing morning to stand in your shit."
The New Music -
If you can understand something like this...
Then you might have a chance at understanding that book. It was written in the 70s about 40s avante-garde and electronic music. I haven't had a chance to get to it yet, but I have a feeling that its going to be a little hard to grasp all the concepts.
Not The Bible - Sean Kelly, Tony Hendra
A satire of the bible, pretty rare book, pokes fun at fundamentalist interpretations.
"Guns don't kill People, God kills People!"
The Message Given To Me By Extraterrestrials: They Took Me To Their Planet - Rael
A book from the Raelian movement that I found, founded by a french ex-racecar driver who believes that aliens came to earth to deliver what we now know as the philosophy of major religions to all the main prophets. Interesting to say the least from this cult.
"Today, to talk to you.... We have been watching you for a long time.... I have used telepathy to get you to come here because I have many things to tell you.... Listen to me. You will tell humans the truth about what they are, and what we are."
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