Jordi Rubio Rubio من عند No.2 Tezalpati, Assam 784182، الهند
By the end of chapter two: So, far, it sucks. That's the most adult comment I can currently muster to describe this obnoxious excuse for a math textbook. --------- Finished: By the conclusion of the book, I'm afraid my remarks have not really strayed far from my prefatory analysis.
Wow! I was not excepting that. I thought this book was about zombies but it is about end of days kind of stuff. The author states that this is not a christian book but it actually is a christian book. I absolutly loved the book. Russia launches nukes. America launches in return. Everyone is about to die except for a few lucky people that are with the president. They are launched into space on escape pods. When they return to Earth things are definitly not what they expected. This is a super fast paced book that is non-stop from begining to end.
The Stoned Apocalypse is erotic author Marco Vassi's autobiographical account of the year and a half he spent searching through the sixties counter culture for a way of life and a state of mind that offered him more bliss and freedom than the world he came from. The book begins when he is asked the question, "Are you searching?" by a woman he works with who subsequently leads him to join a small Gurdjieff cult. But Vassi has little aptitude for the "enlightenment-through-psychological-abuse" so popular in many spiritual movements and quickly jumps ship. From there, he dabbles in Scientology and Communism before dropping out completely and moving to California, where he continues his explorations into the soul and spirit of humanity while taking copious amounts of drugs and having sex with many, many people. It took me a little while to get into this book. It's written in a straight narrative style, with little in the way of the "show, don't tell" scenes and dialogue that are required of today's writers. But once the story got going, it became fascinating to me on a number of levels. Vassi's descriptions of his spiritual explorations were of particular interest to me as his front-line experience with various early cults show that little has changed in the last 40 years. Vassi's clear-eyed descriptions of his experiences as both student and teacher have useful insights to offer anyone interested in this topic. His discussion of his stint as a teacher of relaxation classes at Berkeley's experimental university is particularly fascinating in this regard; no sooner has he signed up to teach than Vassi found himself the object of all manner of mystical projections as people interpret his stoned behavior as somehow enlightened. His honest discussion of how he worked to both guide these people while also taking advantage of them offers a sage look at elements of the guru dynamic. The book also served as an intriguing window into a world that was mostly over before I was even aware of its existence. Vassi's depictions of the drugs he took while bouncing between hippie crash pads is colorful to say the least. In the midst of expanding his mind, he also expanded his sexuality, moving through various stages of denial and experimentation before finally accepting his own bisexuality. This is not a book for those easily offended by graphic sex or certain combinations of letters. But for those interested in a colorful and gritty report written from the front-lines of the experimental sixties, this book has a lot to offer.
I liked this, after I got some instruction in a college class for it. I'd like to read more of his stuff. This was some of my first introduction to more experimental postmodern literature. "Night Swim Journey" was an interesting story told from the point of view of a...well, maybe you just want to figure it out for yourself ;)
Baru selsai baca tadi malem (he..he..maaf ya mas wahyu,,abis lewat PDF ga enak bacanya) sambil nunggu kereta ke Yogya,,en,,J'aime bcp!! Ringan,lucu,deket sama kehidupan sehari-hari (jadi berasa beneran,,;p) trus juga jadi mupeng lanjutin sekolah,,, (ayo semangat!!)*loh kok?ini review atau apa ya? pokoknya suka banget deh, jadi penasaran nebak2 siapa jadi siapa,,,he..he.. pokokna mah wajib baca lah...
Interesting plot, but the writing did not carry the plot along.