the dice man

Göbb Hayte · 27th May 2005, 12:35 AM

this book could potentially change your life, if you're mental. it's the partly factual story of a bored new york psychiatrist who decides to start living his life by the roll of a dice, leaving every decision he makes up to chance. the idea is that if you really want to know who you are, you have to destroy every preconception you have about yourself, and what you have left, the parts you can't destroy, is who you really are. i tried it for a bit, but i was rather half arsed about it, i had a cool set of dice, one black with white spots, one white with black, which i lost down the back of someone's couch at a party. loaded magazine, which way back when could actually be pretty intelligent sometimes, did a feature on it where one of their journalists did it for real, which lasted for several issues, and got a bit out of hand. luke rheinhart, the author, claims that to this day there are large and succesfull companies which are run on dice theory, but you never know what to believe with the old fucker, the dice might've told him to say it. apparently at the gates' album "slaughter of the soul" was inspired by it.

Keerin · 27th May 2005, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Göbb Hayte

at the gates' album "slaughter of the soul" was inspired by it.

na, just one song. i have this book but i've not got around to reading it yet

trickyvicki · 27th May 2005, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by kurgen

i have this book but i've not got around to reading it yet

ditto. It's in my pile of 'to read' books for over my summer holidays!

Rich · 27th May 2005, 11:05 AM

Great book. For the kids film, check out 'Rat Race'!

thomasjmaccoll · 27th May 2005, 02:14 PM

yeah, my brother's reading this book and he loves it, i'm going to read it after him*

*i'm going to add it to my massive list of books to read

Keerin · 27th May 2005, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by trickyvicki

ditto. It's in my pile of 'to read' books for over my summer holidays!

its in my to read pile after god knows how many. i'll count later.

EVilL · 27th May 2005, 08:55 PM

Read "The Dice Man" years ago.. Had a friend who tried living like dice man for a week, but couldnt go thru with shaggin another man so the experiment was cut short.. Theres loads of Dice Man books.. (Son of Dice Man etc) Try here.. http://www.lukerhinehart.net/books4.html

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Göbb Hayte Banned Join Date: May 2005 Location: dundee Posts: 145	the dice man this book could potentially change your life, if you're mental. it's the partly factual story of a bored new york psychiatrist who decides to start living his life by the roll of a dice, leaving every decision he makes up to chance. the idea is that if you really want to know who you are, you have to destroy every preconception you have about yourself, and what you have left, the parts you can't destroy, is who you really are. i tried it for a bit, but i was rather half arsed about it, i had a cool set of dice, one black with white spots, one white with black, which i lost down the back of someone's couch at a party. loaded magazine, which way back when could actually be pretty intelligent sometimes, did a feature on it where one of their journalists did it for real, which lasted for several issues, and got a bit out of hand. luke rheinhart, the author, claims that to this day there are large and succesfull companies which are run on dice theory, but you never know what to believe with the old fucker, the dice might've told him to say it. apparently at the gates' album "slaughter of the soul" was inspired by it.

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27th May 2005, 11:05 AM	#4 (permalink)
Rich Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 3,559 Band: Action Man Bowtie	Great book. For the kids film, check out 'Rat Race'!

27th May 2005, 02:14 PM	#5 (permalink)
thomasjmaccoll Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: 47 millbank, cupar, fife Posts: 1,109	yeah, my brother's reading this book and he loves it, i'm going to read it after him* *i'm going to add it to my massive list of books to read

27th May 2005, 08:55 PM	#7 (permalink)
EVilL Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Fortress of Solitude, Whitfield, Dundee. Posts: 20 Band: Limber	Read "The Dice Man" years ago.. Had a friend who tried living like dice man for a week, but couldnt go thru with shaggin another man so the experiment was cut short.. Theres loads of Dice Man books.. (Son of Dice Man etc) Try here.. http://www.lukerhinehart.net/books4.html