How to Read by V. Vale
V. Vale of RE/Search Publications and Search & Destroy shows you how to read… and what to read.
Contains over 100 book recommendations! Includes How to Write, a bonus one-page zine!
—All reading is preparation for writing —Choose books that inspire the imagination
— You only get 6,000 books!
—The most fun way to interact with a book is to “argue” with it!
V. Vale of RE/Search Publications and Search & Destroy shows you how to read… and what to read.
Contains over 100 book recommendations! Includes How to Write, a bonus one-page zine!
—All reading is preparation for writing —Choose books that inspire the imagination
— You only get 6,000 books!
—The most fun way to interact with a book is to “argue” with it!
V. Vale of RE/Search Publications and Search & Destroy shows you how to read… and what to read.
Contains over 100 book recommendations! Includes How to Write, a bonus one-page zine!
—All reading is preparation for writing —Choose books that inspire the imagination
— You only get 6,000 books!
—The most fun way to interact with a book is to “argue” with it!
As a free gift, we’ll include a copy of How to Write — a one-page zine by V. Vale containing his succinct advice on being a writer!
Table of Contents:
Introduction — 4
How to Read — 8
V. Vale’s Must-Read Books — 12
History of Shit — 22
Everyone Hates Corporate Anything — 23
Post-9/11 Escapism — 25
Corruption in the Highest Places — 28
Who Needs Humans, Anyway? — 29
The Evil Empire — 33
A Bit Soft in the Head — 39
The Death of a Bee — 42
You Only Get 6,000 Books — 45
History of Ideas — 49
Friends are a Parallel Existence — 51
