Season666 OP t1_j5e3zkc wrote on January 22, 2023 at 9:21 AM

Reply to comment by lanadelrage in Going back to prison, need awesome recommendations!!!! by Season666

I just realized this would come up, should have stated.

Delivery charges, MDMA and alprazolam (Xanax).

Same shit I went for before, dealing droogs.

Keep in mind, they won't let any books through they deem inappropriate. However, that's usually only if the cover of the book has something dumb on it. The only book they kept back last time was an LSD book because on the cover it said something along the lines of "LSD mafia"

lanadelrage t1_j5e4xe8 wrote on January 22, 2023 at 9:35 AM

That sucks man. Hope you’re not in too long and you’re able to get a job/get your life back when you’re out.

Ok, here’s my recs:

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Otessa Moshfegh. It’s about a girl who wants to use pills to spend an entire year sleeping so that her cells will replace themselves and she’ll be a different person when she wakes up. It’s hilarious and moving and I’ve never related to anyone more.

Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts. A man escapes prison in Australia and flees to Mumbai, where he becomes part of the cities criminal eco system. It’s a true story, except for the made up bits.

Junky by William S. Burroughs. If you like this one, it’s a great introduction to the beat authors!

Are Prisons Obsolete? By Angela Y Davis. Short non fic on the utter bullshit that is the prison industrial complex.

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley- dystopian future where people constantly pop pills handed out by the government to change their mood.

How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan. Non fiction. It’s about what we can learn about humanity from the study of psychedelics.

The Dying Earth Series by Jack Vance. This one has nothing to do with drugs or anything, it’s just a completely awesome series of fantasy books that make you feel like you’re in another world. I always re read it if I want to get away from my current surroundings. It’s the adventures of this dickhead scam artist wizard fucking around in a world where the sun has died so everyone knows the world could go dark at any moment. No one has anything to live for so everyone is just going wild.

hour_of_the_rat t1_j5e5nzg wrote on January 22, 2023 at 9:45 AM

>Shantaram

I'd stay clear of this. Every page has about twenty metaphors / analogies. It is 90% fiction, per recent interview because of the new, now cancelled, miniseries.

It is long though, about 900 pages. There are worse things to read. I read it almost 20 years ago, and wanted to read it again now that I am back in India, and quit at page 70.