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Black Rock Ranger Reading List
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DhalgrenDhalgren by Samuel R. Delany
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $5.06
Where can I get one of those scorpion projectors?
The City, Not Long AfterThe City, Not Long After by Pat Murphy
Buy used from: $3.25
Art as warfare.
Sas Desert Survival (SAS Survival)Sas Desert Survival (SAS Survival) by Barry Davies
Buy used from: $9.99
If all else fails, use the pages as an improvised shelter
Robert Young Pelton's The World's Most Dangerous Places: 5th Edition (Robert Young  Pelton the World's Most Dangerous Places)Robert Young Pelton's The World's Most Dangerous Places: 5th Edition (Robert Young Pelton the World's Most Dangerous Places) by Robert Young Pelton
Buy new: $15.61 / Used from: $6.11
Keep telling yourself, it could be worse.
Zen Flesh, Zen Bones (Shambhala Pocket Classics)Zen Flesh, Zen Bones (Shambhala Pocket Classics) by Paul Reps
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A good introduction to Zen.
Leaving Las VegasLeaving Las Vegas by John O'Brien
Buy new: $8.80 / Used from: $0.08
Or, how to drink yourself to death, slowly.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American DreamFear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson
Buy new: $11.16 / Used from: $6.31
Yet another classic. Gonzo journalism at its finest.
Survivor: A NovelSurvivor: A Novel by Chuck Palahniuk
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Plane crash in the outback.
We, the Navigators: The Ancient Art of Landfinding in the Pacific (Revised)We, the Navigators: The Ancient Art of Landfinding in the Pacific (Revised) by David Lewis
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How the Polynesians navigated by the stars.
South: The Last Antarctic Expedition of Shackleton and the EnduranceSouth: The Last Antarctic Expedition of Shackleton and the Endurance by Sir Ernest Shackleton
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A week in the desert? How about a year on the ice?
AntarcticaAntarctica by Kim Stanley Robinson
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Ecoterrorism in Antarctica
Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden BraidGodel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter
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Recursion: see recursion.
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid TestThe Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe
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Dealing with merry pranksters.
1984 (Signet Classics)1984 (Signet Classics) by George Orwell
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Dealing with authority figures.
Jaguars Ripped My FleshJaguars Ripped My Flesh by Tim Cahill
Buy new: $11.90 / Used from: $0.01
Or others by Cahill
Road FeverRoad Fever by Tim Cahill
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.01
Tierra Del Fuego to Prudoe Bay, AK in 28 days
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival HandbookThe Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook by Joshua Piven
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.01
Good porta-potty reading
The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the ShipThe Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship by Charles Bukowski
Or most anything by Bukowski
The Millennial Project: Colonizing the Galaxy in Eight Easy StepsThe Millennial Project: Colonizing the Galaxy in Eight Easy Steps by Marshall T. Savage
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Step 0: build it at Burning Man
Screw the Roses, Send Me the Thorns: The Romance and Sexual Sorcery of SadomasochismScrew the Roses, Send Me the Thorns: The Romance and Sexual Sorcery of Sadomasochism by Philip Miller
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $12.48
For friends of TOA.
ShipwrecksShipwrecks by Akira Yoshimura
Buy new: $11.05 / Used from: $0.01
Ranger this: a Japanese villiage that lures sailors to their deaths
Into a Desert Place: A 3000 Mile Walk Around the Coast of Baja CaliforniaInto a Desert Place: A 3000 Mile Walk Around the Coast of Baja California by Graham Mackintosh
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $4.12
Walking around Baja
Drinking, Smoking and Screwing: Great Writers on Good TimesDrinking, Smoking and Screwing: Great Writers on Good Times by Bob Shacochis
Buy new: $11.16 / Used from: $0.01
Just to get in the spirit of it.
Mutant Message Down UnderMutant Message Down Under by Marlo Morgan
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Even tho it's fiction masquerading as fact
The BeachThe Beach by Alex Garland
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.06
Better than the movie, because DiCaprio's not in it.
Touring California and Nevada Hot Springs, 2nd (Touring Guides)Touring California and Nevada Hot Springs, 2nd (Touring Guides) by Matt C. Bischoff
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And of course you've got to stop somewhere to and from BRC to rinse off.