Biographies

Thor Kaufman · Post by **Thor Kaufman** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 11:10 pm

Salute, comrades

I decided to read some biographies for inspirational and entertainment purposes after reading an article about Arnold "Matrix" Schwarzenegger.

Any suggestions apart from "Mein Kampf" are welcome.

Franz Schubert · Post by **Franz Schubert** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 11:51 pm

Picture links to Amazon page.

Nicolai · Post by **Nicolai** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 1:08 am

The autobiographies of Carl Panzram and Bruce Campbell are definitely worth checking out.

POOPERSCOOPER · Post by **POOPERSCOOPER** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 3:00 am

Read about Marlon Brando, he is fairly interesting. I did an informative speech on him this week and I went on for 10 minutes when it was supposed to be 4-6

Like you could read through IMDB trivia on actors but most of the stuff they write they will change or contradict later. Of course you could always read a book about someone but they are usually about 500 pages and you can get all you need to know on the interweb right? I guess books would be more reliable though.

Cimmerian Nights · Post by **Cimmerian Nights** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 12:42 pm

I highly recommend American Ceasar, Manchester's bio of MacArthur.

A Bright Shining Lie about John Paul Vann in 'Nam.

And Crazy Horse and Custer from Ambrose has lots of scalp-lifting highjinks.

Thor Kaufman · Post by **Thor Kaufman** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 1:37 pm

Thanks for your suggestions so far

I'll go with the 'Nam book for a start and work my way through some of the others after that I guess. :norway '67:

Redeye · Post by **Redeye** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 7:21 pm

A Bright Shining Lie is So Fucking Long.

atoga · Post by **atoga** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 7:47 pm

william s. burroughs probably had the most interesting life, ever. so a biography of him might be worth reading, if it exists.

baby arm · Post by **baby arm** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:20 pm

There are several WSB biographies out there. I very much enjoyed David Henderson's bio of Jimi Hendrix when I was younger. And Oscar Zeta Acosta's "Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo".

Spazmo · Post by **Spazmo** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 3:31 am

The autobiographies of Richard P. Feynman are fascinating. Two volumes: Surely You're Joking and What Do You Care What Other People Think? Crammed full of awesome anecdotes about the awesomest man to ever do science.

Doggedmeat · Post by **Doggedmeat** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 4:34 am

If you are interested in Robert Oppenheimer, I suggest reading Brotherhood of the Bomb. It includes Lawrence and Teller among others. Over all an interesting read.

Redeye · Post by **Redeye** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 8:56 am

The password is "NRC".