Book recommendation - Stone Junction

[sexy-girl]

wow what a book i dont know what to say about it exactly a wild ride of drugs outlaws and spiritual "magic" ... i dont know if anyone has ever heard of this book here or read it but i highly recommend giving it a try ... if you read it do not read the introduction it spoils the whole book read it at the end


people that might like this book i think dillinger would ... never ... perhaps silverluna ... who else i dont know but give it a try


here is an excerpt although not exactly relevant to the main story :

`I don't know. But I have a strong hunch that you'd make one helluva thief. Actually, what AMO calls a Raven, which goes way beyond stealing. "Agents of exchange and restitution" is what Volta calls them. Ravens are the only adepts that AMO allows to kill other human beings, and they can only use their imaginations as the weapon.'
You mean by imagining them dead? Or like shooting them from a hot-air balloon drifting by their window?'
`I mean by writing them a note saying "I'm going to kill you tonight."
And then the next day, one that reads "I was detained; it's tonight," and the next day, "Prepare yourself," and do it day after day for a couple of weeks and then catch him asleep one night and fire a bullet just above his head and when he screams awake say, "Oops, shit, I missed - oh well, there's always tomorrow." And then ten days later the guy runs his sports car into a concrete abutment.'

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[Dillinger]

Thank you sexy-girl. I haven't read this book but it looks very interesting. And I sure as hell have read Thomas Pynchon who, it appears, wrote the introduction. I'm adding it to my list of must read books!

 

[sexy-girl]

indeed he did write the introduction but please dont read it until you finish the book ... i hope you enjoy it dilly that first excerpt made me think of never in recommending the book ... this excerpt is the one that made me think of you ... none of them really give a complete idea of the story as i wouldnt want to spoil it but anyway this made me think of you ... i wont post the parts that made me think of silverluna because they are more important to the story and would spoil it

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The next day Daniel ignored WIld Bill. He did his meditations and his work, but with an air of bored efficiency and chilly indifference. That night Wild Bill surprised him again.
`Three holy men were traveling together. One was an Indian yoga, one a Sufi dervish, one a Zen monk. in the course of their journey, they came to a small river. There had been a bridge, but it had washed out in the winter flood. `Let me show you two how to cross a river,' the yogi said - and damned if he didn't walk across it, right on top of the water. `No, no, that's not the way,' the dervish said. `Let me show you guys.' He starts whirling in a circle, faster and faster until he's a blur of concentrated energy and all of a sudden - bam! - he leaps across to the other side. The Zen monk stood there shaking his head. `You fools,' he said, `this is how to cross the river.' And with that, he hiked up his robes and, feeling his way carefully, waded across'
Daniel waited.
`Now the night's question is this : What's the point of that story?'
Daniel said without hesitation `The river.'
Wild Bill looked startled. `Maybe,' he said. He considered a moment and then repeated, `Maybe.'

 

[Dillinger]

I'm more patient than that. I know how books can start off. In fact, one of my favorite books - Illuminatus! by Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea is the kind of book most people don't read because they can't get past the first couple of pages.

 

[sexy-girl]

i read this book in about 4 nights

when i read a book that i enjoy i usually have to make everyone suffer listening to me talk about it and telling people to read it ... so dont worry you aren't the only person im bugging about this book ... i've made most my family promise they would read it and my friends

 

[Dillinger]

I'm like that. If its a really good book I can't put it down. I don't sleep. I just read.