Read any good books lately? Any books period? 2

[TheHangingBrain]

American Gods is an awesome read, but I liked Anansi Boys even better. Either will entertain the hell out of you.

I just recently bought Anansi Boys and enjoyed it quite a bit as well, but I don't know if I think it's better than American Gods. Honestly, I haven't reread American Gods since it came out so I should go back and do that and maybe I'll change my mind.

[phit_demon]

I just recently bought Anansi Boys and enjoyed it quite a bit as well, but I don't know if I think it's better than American Gods. Honestly, I haven't reread American Gods since it came out so I should go back and do that and maybe I'll change my mind.

I just found Anansi Boys to be a lot funnier, with a more focused story. I really liked American Gods too though.

[TheHangingBrain]

I just found Anansi Boys to be a lot funnier, with a more focused story. I really liked American Gods too though.

I was thinking that Anansi Boys was quite a bit more upbeat than American Gods when I posted, and was wondering if that had affected your choice.

[Sharp-O]

Re-reading My Boring Ass Life every time I'm in the bathroom. Nothing helps you go better than every entry in that book reading "Got up and took a shit..." :p

[phit_demon]

I was thinking that Anansi Boys was quite a bit more upbeat than American Gods when I posted, and was wondering if that had affected your choice.

I likes me some dark subject matter, but I just found Anansi Boys to be a less flabby tome.

[neon vomit]

I read My Booky Wook. Russell Brand's life is fucked up. That they didn't just put him in an asylum forever is a miracle.

[phit_demon]

I read My Booky Wook. Russell Brand's life is fucked up. That they didn't just put him in an asylum forever a miracle.

Surprisingly good writer, him.

[TheHangingBrain]

I read My Booky Wook. Russell Brand's life is fucked up. That they didn't just put him in an asylum forever is a miracle.

I really want to like him but man... his hair pisses me off. I try not to be closed minded and normally being "alternative" is fine with me, but that hair... just run a fucking comb through it for god sake. :mad:

[neon vomit]

I really want to like him but man... his hair pisses me off. I try not to be closed minded and normally being "alternative" is fine with me, but that hair... just run a fucking comb through it for god sake. :mad:

I bet a comb goes through that hair at least 100 times an hour.

[TheHangingBrain]

I bet a comb goes through that hair at least 100 times an hour.

I'm talking about that bit in the back, it's too much. :eek:

[Jeremy Beadle]

I can understand, I had the exact same knee-jerk reaction and remained indifferent to him for a while.

Then I watched one of his stand-ups and it was absolutely bursting with self-deprecating humour. Hilarious and introspective on his part. The bit he did about the voice in your head that pops up at inappropriate times to remind you of all the embarrassing things you've said/done was excellent.

Seems like a good guy, who happens to have an irksome hairdo.

[Antonio_Bay]

Just this minute arrived.

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[Jeremy Beadle]

Hellraiser innit? Barker was too much for me. For some reason I can watch Miike Takashi and all kinds of rough films just fine, but even a slightly manky book will have me running for cover. It's more visceral when you're reading it for some reason.

http://www.sfsite.com/gif/0010/lol2.gif

I spent the duration of this book trying to work out if the hype (Gaiman for one, loved the shit out of it) from all concerned- was worth it. Then on the very last page, with the very last sentence, he knocks it out of the park. Now I can't wait to read another.

Never been one to judge a book by its cover (durr) but this cover is fantacular.

[McMarcoP]

Me, I'm rereading old stuff. Now on the Lucky Starr series by Isaac Asimov (or rather, Paul French as he signed those books at the time).
Just managed to hunt down an old copy of "The Ghost Shop" by Gerard Scriven. Bestest book evah.

[Antonio_Bay]

Hellraiser innit? Barker was too much for me. For some reason I can watch Miike Takashi and all kinds of rough films just fine, but even a slightly manky book will have me running for cover. It's more visceral when you're reading it for some reason.


So far I'm really liking it! I need to look up when the sequel is being published.

[Firestone2489]

I finally broke down and got a new library card, I, I think the term is, checked out Gunslinger by Stephen King. I hope its good. I keep wanting to say I am renting the book.

[NomenNescio]

I know its good.

Fix't.

[By-tor]

I finally broke down and got a new library card, I, I think the term is, checked out Gunslinger by Stephen King. I hope its good. I keep wanting to say I am renting the book.I'm gonna give you the best advice you've ever gotten: get through it, and make got-damn sure you get completely thru Drawing Of the Three. Then, sir, you will be one of "us". ;)

[McMarcoP]

I'm gonna give you the best advice you've ever gotten: get through it, and make got-damn sure you get completely thru Drawing Of the Three. Then, sir, you will be one of "us".

Totally seconded!

[Antonio_Bay]

I hope it's a fun read but the hype around here is too much.

Re-fix'd.

:p









(Seriously, hope you enjoy the read!)

[phit_demon]

Re-fix'd.

:p

Pfft, did you even finish it, let alone read Drawing of The Three?

[Antonio_Bay]

I read the first. I *may* read the second book one day.

[TomHarrington]

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/8969/kampfychair.png

Hitler's stunning Berücksichtigung der Abmessungen, Spezifikationen und Einzelheiten seiner Lieblings-Stuhl sitzen!

[TheHangingBrain]

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/8969/kampfychair.png

Hitler's stunning Berücksichtigung der Abmessungen, Spezifikationen und Einzelheiten seiner Lieblings-Stuhl sitzen!

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"Majestät! Sie wird vom härteren Material gebildet! Hauptsächlicher Reißzahn! Reichweite… der BEQUEME STUHL!"

[TomHarrington]

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Und nun zu etwas völlig anderem ...

[TheHangingBrain]

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"Ein wink' s so gut wie ein Kopfnicken zu einem blinden Hieb."

[Scottbob75]

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Just picked it up today. There are alot of projects for me to do during the winter

[Jeremy Beadle]

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What's German for - "Call me big nose again, and I'll take you to fucking cleaners."

I read the first. I *may* read the second book one day.

Miaow! I like it Antonious.

Just to let you know though, The Drawing of the Three was the one that swayed me. I wasn't overwhelmed by the first book either.

[donkey]

has anyone read this book yet?

http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Troopers-Joe-Schreiber/dp/0345509625/ref=cm_lmf_tit_10_rsrsrs0

[JasterIsFett]

has anyone read this book yet?

http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Troopers-Joe-Schreiber/dp/0345509625/ref=cm_lmf_tit_10_rsrsrs0

I don't know if I trust this one. I like that they are branching out and doing separate stories, but as a star wars book, the connection to the existing canon seems tenuous at best. I haven't read any of Schreiber's stuff so I have no idea if it'll be good or not.

I'll probably read it once my order goes through and the library gets it.

[Antonio_Bay]

Star Wars Zombies! The synopsis to that sounds great.

[ZBarclay]

I read the first. I *may* read the second book one day.

You make me feel sad. :(

[Antonio_Bay]

You make me feel sad. :(

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[By-tor]

Just to let you know though, The Drawing of the Three was the one that swayed me. I wasn't overwhelmed by the first book either.This is Odin's honest truth.

[Firestone2489]

Well I am enjoying it. Its a bit slow in some spots but when it picks up it fucking hauls ass.

[By-tor]

Well I am enjoying it. Its a bit slow in some spots but when it picks up it fucking hauls ass.That's a Funaki, right there.

[Firestone2489]

I'm 86 pages in and I checked it out Wednesday. I am proud of myself. Now don't think less of me because of this but I read the final Harry Potter Novel in 16 hours.

[By-tor]

I'm 86 pages in and I checked it out Wednesday. I am proud of myself. Now don't think less of me because of this but I read the final Harry Potter Novel in 16 hours.Dude, once you're into "Three" and along your way, it'll be WAY worse than that. Good luck with sleep. ;)

[ZBarclay]

http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2009/3/30/128829259063156472.jpg

You're not cuting your way out of this one Bay!

You're cuddly wyles don't work on me. I'm no Adeline. :p

[phit_demon]

Am I the only person who thought The Gunslinger was kick-ass in its own right? Everyone talks about it like it's the one you have to suffer through before you get to the good stuff. :confused:

[TheHangingBrain]

Am I the only person who thought The Gunsliger was kick-ass in its own right? Everyone talks about it like it's the one you have to suffer through before you get to the good stuff. :confused:

I agree with you. I find as the novels go on they get to be more and more abstract, and frankly, kind of ridiculous. I have expressed my opinion of The Dark Tower series as Stephen's dumping ground for stray story bits. He has to a certain extent said the same thing but in a less frank manner. In my opinion the first book is the only one that doesn't seem to be strung together with cello tape and twine, it is a very well written and put together story. After that, not so much. Now I'm not saying I don't like the series, I'm just saying that as the novels go on they seem to be thrown together instead of being crafted with intent.

The Gunslinger is definitely my favorite of the series and I would have been content to have the story end there.

[By-tor]

I find as the novels go on they get to be more and more abstract, and frankly, kind of ridiculous. I have expressed my opinion of The Dark Tower series as Stephen's dumping ground for stray story bits.
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You, sir, come from a long line of un-threaded stock.

[TheHangingBrain]

http://www.yellow-llama.com/wp-content/uploads/fail3.jpg
You, sir, come from a long line of un-threaded stock.

Hey, like I said, I enjoy the series but it's by far not my favorite King material.
And I am quite literally a bastard, so there may be some weight to that un-threaded stock implication. :rolleyes:

[By-tor]

Hey, like I said, I enjoy the series but it's by far not my favorite King material.
And I am quite literally a bastard, so there may be some weight to that un-threaded stock implication. :rolleyes:
Sorry, brother. I knew that might get me in some shit. :o Have you read this...
http://www.illiterarty.com/files/www.illiterarty.com/img/361/Blaze.gif
It's my third time thru. Damn, damn good read.

[TheHangingBrain]

Sorry, brother. I knew that might get me in some shit. :o Have you read this...
http://www.illiterarty.com/files/www.illiterarty.com/img/361/Blaze.gif
It's my third time thru. Damn, damn good read.

Don't sweat it man I took no offense. Like Dan, I wear my bastard title with pride. Bastard by birth, and by creed. ;)

The last Bachman book that I read was The Regulators which I thought was pretty cool. I need to read Desperation though, screwed up and read the wrong one first. :rolleyes:

[By-tor]

Don't sweat it man I took no offense. Like Dan, I wear my bastard title with pride. Bastard by birth, and by creed. ;)

The last Bachman book that I read was The Regulators which I thought was pretty cool. I need to read Desperation though, screwed up and read the wrong one first. :rolleyes:
Did you happen to see the "made for TV" Desperation?

Can toi, Tak!!!

[TheHangingBrain]

Did you happen to see the "made for TV" Desperation?

Can toi, Tak!!!

I rarely watch "made for TV" adaptations of anything. I always prefer to read the book first. I also go by the unwritten rule that King doesn't translate well onto film. Too much stuff going on his books that would be impossible to adapt from page to screen.

[Erasmus Cunk]

Am I the only person who thought The Gunsliger was kick-ass in its own right? Everyone talks about it like it's the one you have to suffer through before you get to the good stuff. :confused:

No, I enjoyed it. But I think it is very different to the rest of the series. It has a certain feel to it which the rest of the books don't have, something like a mixture of the King Arthur stories and a Sergio Leone western. I haven't read it for a while, but the images that come to mind when I think about it are of heat and claustrophobia (despite the wide open expanse of the desert).

If there was a film of it, it would have desaturated, almost monochrome, colours and lots of closeups of Roland squinting into the distance as sweat drips down the side of his face. There would be one uninterrupted 11-and-a-half minute shot of Roland on the horizon slowly walking from the right of the screen to the left, with the only sounds being his walking and breathing, and the only other movement on screen being a half-dead shrub in the foreground rustling slightly in the breeze.

The rest of the books don't have this feel to them at all. I can imagine some people might read The Gunslinger and think "well, that was interesting, but I don't really fancy a seven part series about deserts and isolation." Which it isn't, of course.

It's not a very good representation of the rest of the series, is what I'm trying to say.

[ZBarclay]

Am I the only person who thought The Gunsliger was kick-ass in its own right? Everyone talks about it like it's the one you have to suffer through before you get to the good stuff. :confused:

Strongly seconded. Strong. Ly.

He has to a certain extent said the same thing but in a less frank manner. In my opinion the first book is the only one that doesn't seem to be strung together with cello tape and twine, it is a very well written and put together story. After that, not so much. Now I'm not saying I don't like the series, I'm just saying that as the novels go on they seem to be thrown together instead of being crafted with intent.


What?! The entire beauty of what he has done is that he wound so many of his works together in a way that contributes to the over all story. Many of his other works are given deeper meaning by their relation to the Tower.
And I'm pretty sure that King has never spoken of the Tower series as any type of "dumping ground." The man loves the story ridiculously.

[JasterIsFett]

Am I the only person who thought The Gunsliger was kick-ass in its own right? Everyone talks about it like it's the one you have to suffer through before you get to the good stuff. :confused:

The Gunslinger was actually the first book of Stephen King's that I've read. I still like it more than anything else he's written.

What?! The entire beauty of what he has done is that he wound so many of his works together in a way that contributes to the over all story. Many of his other works are given deeper meaning by their relation to the Tower.
And I'm pretty sure that King has never spoken of the Tower series as any type of "dumping ground." The man loves the story ridiculously.

It was kinda odd reading the series after finishing the Dark Tower and seeing how they tied into it. I just re-read the series about 3 months back and I still find some new reference that I had forgotten about or didn't see the other times I read it.

[Antonio_Bay]

You're cuddly wyles don't work on me.

Dang. Worth a try though, right?

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/funny-pictures-cat-makes-a-winky-face.jpg


The last Bachman book that I read was The Regulators

I've been eyeing this up as my next read. I like the Bachman books more.

[TheHangingBrain]

And I'm pretty sure that King has never spoken of the Tower series as any type of "dumping ground."

I didn't mean that in a derogatory manner, I just chose a shitty way to explain it. I've actually been looking on the internet to see if I could find any interviews to back up the gist of what I was trying to say, but I've had no luck. I can vaguely remember reading an interview in a magazine back in the 90's where he stated that the series was a home for pieces of stories and various other ideas. I may be crazy but I'm pretty sure I remember this. Anywho, I stress the fact that I like the story so far (which it's been years since I've read it and I only got 3 books in), and in retrospect I should probably start over and finish the series so that I can give a more complete and educated opinion on the work as a whole.

I've been eyeing this up as my next read. I like the Bachman books more.

Read Desperation first, I was a bit lost in the beginning of The Regulators and didn't get some of the references.
Desperation is definitely on my to read list just so I can get the complete package.

[Antonio_Bay]

Read Desperation first, I was a bit lost in the beginning of The Regulators and didn't get some of the references.

That's kinda neat. Both use the same characters, but in mirror universes. Can't find anything about reading one before the other though.

[By-tor]

. Anywho, I stress the fact that I like the story so far (which it's been years since I've read it and I only got 3 books in)...3 books in? Jebus fuckin' christopher. You fuckers that haven't finished the fuckin' road, FUCK OFF!!! I'm so damn tired of people talking shit about this journey that NEVER fuckin' took it. Just FUCK!!!!:rolleyes:

[TheHangingBrain]

I'm so damn tired of people talking shit about this journey that NEVER fuckin' took it. Just FUCK!!!!:rolleyes:

Three books in (I may have even read Wizard and Glass but it's been a long time and I can't remember) is a bit more than never having read it man, just saying. Even if I do finish it, fully enjoy it and it changes my life forever, it won't change the fact that books two and three felt very piecemeal to me. The Gunslinger is one of my favorite books of his (along with Eyes of the Dragon and Misery), so it's not like I'm taking a total shit on something that means nothing to me here.

[By-tor]

Three books in (I may have even read Wizard and Glass but it's been a long time and I can't remember) is a bit more than never having read it man, just saying. Even if I do finish it, fully enjoy it and it changes my life forever, it won't change the fact that books two and three felt very piecemeal to me. The Gunslinger is one of my favorite books of his (along with Eyes of the Dragon and Misery), so it's not like I'm taking a total shit on something that means nothing to me here.
That's fine and dandy, bud. But, for quite a few of us, around here, if anyone has some sort of dig at this series, and haven't finished it. Well....I will refrain from saying piss off.

[By-tor]

I've had a few beers. Excuse my pissiness.

[Antonio_Bay]

You fuckers that haven't finished the fuckin' road, FUCK OFF!!! I'm so damn tired of people talking shit about this journey that NEVER fuckin' took it. Just FUCK!!!!:rolleyes:

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I think reading three books of the series is quite an effort in trying to get into it. I don't think HB has said anything outta line.

Where's happy drunk By-tor!?! :)

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[TheHangingBrain]

I've had a few beers. Excuse my pissiness.

It's all good man. I appreciate and respect your passion and just want to stress that I'm not trying to come in and fuck with something you care about. We all have the things in our lives that have a deeper meaning than anyone other than ourselves can understand. You have my solemn promise that I will go back and finish the series before I stress anymore of my opinions on it, I think that's fair and a proper gentleman's agreement. :cool:

[By-tor]

It's all good man. I appreciate and respect your passion and just want to stress that I'm not trying to come in and fuck with something you care about. We all have the things in our lives that have a deeper meaning than anyone other than ourselves can understand. You have my solemn promise that I will go back and finish the series before I stress anymore of my opinions on it, I think that's fair and a proper gentleman's agreement. :cool:For the love of Odin, brother. You got your opinion, and that's freakin' awesome. I'm sorry, I'm being dicky about this, but I started reading the series when it came out. Yeah, back before almost ALL of you folks were born. It has been something that has carried me along for 30 some-odd years. Tell ya what, just read Calla. Just read Calla. Okay, I'm done. Just read Calla. ;)

[By-tor]

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Check here. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYDfpsU9cyY&feature=PlayList&p=9BC44D0BA0C1B32D&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=59)

[Sweet_Adeline]

I used to read so much, now it takes me forever to pick up a book. :(

[TheHangingBrain]

I used to read so much, now it takes me forever to pick up a book. :(

http://entertheoctopus.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/readingrainbow_lavar.jpg

Lavar wills you to read with his hawtness. :D

[Sweet_Adeline]

You're cuddly wyles don't work on me. I'm no Adeline. :p



His cuddly wiles have no effect on me! He just like to think so. ;)

[Antonio_Bay]

His cuddly wiles have no effect on me! He just like to think so. ;)

That's not what you told me earlier. :eek: :p

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Just finished The Hellbound Heart. Short & sweet. I watched Hellraiser last week and the subtle changes between book and film were refreshing. I think both are just as good as each other.

[Firestone2489]

I just finished The Gunslinger. It was a good read. Its a bit tedious at times but it makes up for it when the action and such starts happening. I will be going to the library tomorrow to get The Drawing of the Three.

[Jeremy Beadle]

Y'know I think that the Dark Tower books are provoking this much heated discussion in the first place is great. Anything that does that can never be a washout.

Anyone who loves the books HAS to read the standalone short story 'The Little Sisters of Eluria' in Everything's Eventual. It's got the same style as the first book; nice and dark and western.

[ZBarclay]

Anyone who loves the books HAS to read the standalone short story 'The Little Sisters of Eluria' in Everything's Eventual. It's got the same style as the first book; nice and dark and western.

I'm ZBarclay and I approve this message.

[Erasmus Cunk]

Anyone who loves the books HAS to read the standalone short story 'The Little Sisters of Eluria' in Everything's Eventual. It's got the same style as the first book; nice and dark and western.


Thirded.

[By-tor]

Fourtheded.

[McMarcoP]

Fifthed (?)

[NomenNescio]

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a209/Aleister_Crow/Microserfs.jpg

Douglas Coupland's cynical (yet somehow optimistic) views on the pathetic wonders of humanity give me comfort somehow.

[phit_demon]

Tell ya what, just read Calla. Just read Calla. Okay, I'm done. Just read Calla. ;)

I think Calla is my favourite of the series.

[BallsMonkey]

My new book finally got here..

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[By-tor]

Re-reading...
http://www.illiterarty.com/files/www.illiterarty.com/img/361/Blaze.gif
..again. I really like this book. Would LOVE to see it made into a movie.

[Jeremy Beadle]

Sixthed.

Can I vote for myself? :D

[McMarcoP]

Re-reading Blaze.
..again. I really like this book. Would LOVE to see it made into a movie.

Agreed with the movie, but... I found it not much more than OK. Even for a Bachman book... Mah.

[Scottbob75]

http://insanityoverrated.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/stuffwhitepeoplelike.jpg
Great coffee table book, but no listing for podcasting...

[Antonio_Bay]

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning, and The End.

Yep I read the first book, skipped 11 books and read the final installment. I was curious to see what happened to the Baudelaire orphans. I'd read the books became quite repetitive further in the series, and that the final book angered a few fans by not answering many of the series questions. The final book doesn't mention many of the previous books, and when it did, it always recapped.

Two fun reads.

[Antonio_Bay]

Next up:

http://static.bookdepository.co.uk/assets/images/book/medium/9780/0917/9780091795733.jpg

[phit_demon]

Next up:

http://static.bookdepository.co.uk/assets/images/book/medium/9780/0917/9780091795733.jpg

"I want to go to there."

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[McMarcoP]

Thoroughly enjoying:
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[Antonio_Bay]

"I want to go to there."

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h3/phitdemon/liz-lemon-photo.jpg

Its been a cracking read so far. Mr Falk is a very likable guy.

[phit_demon]

I'm reading Dubliners by James Joyce. It's so damn good, and it depressed me to find out that he was 3 years younger than I am now when he wrote it. Talented git!

[Antonio_Bay]

...and it depressed me to find out that he was 3 years younger than I am now when he wrote it. Talented git!

Yeah, but you're just saving all your creative juices for a mega classic, right?!

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About to start:

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n12/n61771.jpg

I'm so far really enjoying my current phase of buying books instead of DVDs.

[phit_demon]

Yeah, but you're just saving all your creative juices for a mega classic, right?!
That's the idea/hope anyway. :rolleyes:

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Nice. I'd love to check out the Fletch books.

[Antonio_Bay]

Nice. I'd love to check out the Fletch books.

I've only read the first few pages to gage the writing style. I've giggled twice already. Looks like it'll be a fun read.

[By-tor]

That's the idea/hope anyway. :rolleyes:
Collaboration? :)

[phit_demon]

I've only read the first few pages to gage the writing style. I've giggled twice already. Looks like it'll be a fun read.
"God I admire you."

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h3/phitdemon/fletch_movie_image_chevy_chase__1_.jpg

Collaboration? :)

With Joyce? The would involve some Weekend At Bernie's style hijinks.

[Antonio_Bay]

"God I admire you."

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h3/phitdemon/fletch_movie_image_chevy_chase__1_.jpg



http://www.dayofthedawn.com/fletch.jpg

'As far as you know.'

[neon vomit]

I read Woody Allen's The Insanity Defense. It's a collection of Woody's prose. I loved it. I particularly enjoyed Mr. Big. Mr. Big is a noir story about a women who requests a private detective to "find God". Spring Bulletin and The Gossage-Varbedian Papers were highlights too.

[meatwod]

I just read Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian this book is fantastic, this is the first Cormac McCarthy book i have ever read and i was glued to it.

[phit_demon]

I just read Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian this book is fantastic, this is the first Cormac McCarthy book i have ever read and i was glued to it.

Cormac McCarthy is teh sex.

[meatwod]

Cormac McCarthy is teh sex.

Does he have many others? or any you would recommend?

[phit_demon]

Does he have many others? or any you would recommend?

The Road, No Country For Old Men, Child of God, Suttree. He has others too, I just can't think of them right now.

[meatwod]

The Road, No Country For Old Men, Child of God, Suttree. He has others too, I just can't think of them right now.

Isn't The Road now a movie staring Viggo Mortensen?

[phit_demon]

Isn't The Road now a movie staring Viggo Mortensen?

Soon to be, yeah. It doesn't look that good though. The book is incredible.

[Firestone2489]

I just finished The Drawing of the Three. Fan-fucking-tastic. I will pick up the next book tomorrow...

[meatwod]

I just finished The Drawing of the Three. Fan-fucking-tastic. I will pick up the next book tomorrow...

Part of the dark tower series? i have all of these but yet to read them, think i should start?

[McMarcoP]

Part of the dark tower series? i have all of these but yet to read them, think i should start?

If I may... yes, I do. Maybe "The Gunslinger" is a bit weak sometimes, but then the series takes off. Big time.

And, I'm reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.
http://www.ballywick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/book-thief.jpg

[phit_demon]

I just finished The Drawing of the Three. Fan-fucking-tastic. I will pick up the next book tomorrow...

Dod-a-chock?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3282/3016802528_0c51b58b63.jpg?v=0

[By-tor]

Dud-a-chum?
http://www.scificincinnati.com/images/drawing_1_lobstrosities.jpg

[Antonio_Bay]

Pik-a-chu?

http://www.dayofthedawn.com/pikachu.jpg

[Firestone2489]

No, Sir...the next logical response is "Did-a-chick?" Those lobstrosities would be so fucking creepy to come across in real life.

[ZBarclay]

No, Sir...the next logical response is "Did-a-chick?" Those lobstrosities would be so fucking creepy to come across in real life.

I think it's actually Dud-a-chuck...unless you were being clever...in which case...it actually kind of was :)

[Cuclean]

And, I'm reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.
http://www.ballywick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/book-thief.jpg

That's a good book. I even bought an extra copy as a gift for my mother.

[Firestone2489]

I think it's actually Dud-a-chuck...unless you were being clever...in which case...it actually kind of was :)

There is dud-a-chum. But there are many variations.

[ZBarclay]

There is dud-a-chum. But there are many variations.

Ah. I was hoping you were making a joke...because Did-a-chick is funny.

[Firestone2489]

Yeah, I wish I was that clever.

[J_Kat]

Soon to be, yeah. It doesn't look that good though. The book is incredible.

I've just recently had the book recommended to me and was advised to definitely read it before the film. Generally I'm a believer that film first book second has less chance of an upset than the other way round (I can't imagine watching a film and then not finding more depth to enjoy in its literary version) but in this case think I'll make an exception.

Anyone want to loan me a copy? :D

Made an exception without realising too, by just having finished reading Danny Wallace's Yes Man, it was enjoyable and I'm guessing dramatically different from the Jim Carrey film - its biggest charm was the quintessentially British humour and insecurity of a 20 somethings male, can't imagine that translated well overseas... but hey I haven't seen the film.

[phit_demon]

I've just recently had the book recommended to me and was advised to definitely read it before the film. Generally I'm a believer that film first book second has less chance of an upset than the other way round (I can't imagine watching a film and then not finding more depth to enjoy in its literary version) but in this case think I'll make an exception.

I prefer to read the book first, then compare it to the film. The book almost always wins.

[J_Kat]

I prefer to read the book first, then compare it to the film. The book almost always wins.

The book does almost always win and make the film look like tripe. Film first means you can often enjoy the film more and then appreciate the better quality and depth of the book later. But its a small thing.


I'm trying to actually think of a film that surpasses its literary inspiration... I've got nothing.

[McMarcoP]

I'm trying to actually think of a film that surpasses its literary inspiration... I've got nothing.

Shining by Stanley Kubrick.
Kubrick demolished Stephen King's idea and made a masterwork out of a nice novel.

The Godfather.

...and this is it as far as I can think.

[TheHangingBrain]

Shining by Stanley Kubrick.
Kubrick demolished Stephen King's idea and made a masterwork out of a nice novel.

The Godfather.

...and this is it as far as I can think.

Dude, I don't know how anyone feels about your opinion on The Shining (I disagree), but The Godfather is such an awesome book. The movie is quite good as well but Brando ruined Don Corleone for me. He hammed it up and made him almost comical and in the novel he's such an awesome and powerful character. So I disagree with that as well, but these are just my opinions.

[neon vomit]

Dude, I don't know how anyone feels about your opinion on The Shining (I disagree), but The Godfather is such an awesome book. The movie is quite good as well but Brando ruined Don Corleone for me. He hammed it up and made him almost comical and in the novel he's such an awesome and powerful character. So I disagree with that as well, but these are just my opinions.

It was probably Coppola and Brando that changed the character. Coppola didn't like the book at all. He had a great interview on Howard Stern's show three months ago. He didn't hold back and was completely honest.

[NomenNescio]

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a209/Aleister_Crow/9780865479883.jpg

The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History by John Ortved

Interesting read so far.

[Alexsad]

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a209/Aleister_Crow/9780865479883.jpg

The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History by John Ortved

Interesting read so far.

Nice.

I was planning on picking that up.

[By-tor]

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n34/n170059.jpg
Corey is a helluva character. Another great read.

[J_Kat]

The movie is quite good as well but Brando ruined Don Corleone for me. He hammed it up and made him almost comical and in the novel he's such an awesome and powerful character.

Damn that makes me wanna read the Godfather now :) Can imagine a character like Corleone could have so much more depth in a novel.
Haven't read The Shining either but don't particularly rate King and the film's quality so its in with a shout.



But hell I'd controversially say LOTR's (the Fellowship at least), never liked reading Tolkien :p Just an opinion (that doesn't make me a literary retard like my buddy asserts) mind so please don't flame me :o

[maggywelly]

LOTR' is one of those books that I feel really bad about not reading along with War and Peace and 1984.

As a NZer it was hard to take the LOTR movies seriously when I'd grown up with half of the actors on soap operas! (Don't tell any other NZer's I giggled, I think I'll lose my citizenship)

[Antonio_Bay]

The Amityville Horror should hopefully arrive next week (postal strikes here).

I'm keen to read the 'true' events. I wanna be spooked.

[ZBarclay]

The Amityville Horror should hopefully arrive next week (postal strikes here).

I'm keen to read the 'true' events. I wanna be spooked.
"True" is right. The Lutzes eventually admitted that their entire story was a hoax, thus discrediting one of the most notorious stories of a malevolent haunting in American history.

[Antonio_Bay]

The Lutzes eventually admitted that their entire story was a hoax, thus discrediting one of the most notorious stories of a malevolent haunting in American history.

Ooo, I'd read others had admitted varying differences to what actually occurred, but I'm sure George Lutz always maintained most of the events were true.

[McMarcoP]

Dude, I don't know how anyone feels about your opinion on The Shining (I disagree), but The Godfather is such an awesome book. The movie is quite good as well but Brando ruined Don Corleone for me. He hammed it up and made him almost comical and in the novel he's such an awesome and powerful character. So I disagree with that as well, but these are just my opinions.

Hmph.
Mind, I love King's novel. But Kubrick (SK and SK, hmm, aliens are tricking us) gave it a completely different twist. Admittedly, the character played by Shirley "Ugly Screaming B**ch" Duvall would have made the Dalai Lama go on a killer spree...
I rest my case about The Godfather - I've read it too long ago to remember anything more than thinking "The movie is better".

[ZBarclay]

Ooo, I'd read others had admitted varying differences to what actually occurred, but I'm sure George Lutz always maintained most of the events were true.

I thought George and Kathy both recanted their stories?

[Antonio_Bay]

I thought George and Kathy both recanted their stories?

Hmm, now I'm beginning to doubt myself! I was sure he died, insistent it was all genuine.

Google time!

[phit_demon]

As a NZer it was hard to take the LOTR movies seriously when I'd grown up with half of the actors on soap operas!

Like good ol' Lionel Skeggins? :D

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h3/phitdemon/Picture1-28.png

[Jeremy Beadle]

I've got one; the film of The Dead Zone beats the book. It even improves on King's ending.
















unlike The Mist roflcopterairwolf

*dies*

http://content.ytmnd.com/content/6/f/1/6f165b8db8a7df4bc291c5ec4fcc2be5.jpg

[McMarcoP]

I've got one; the film of The Dead Zone beats the book. It even improves on King's ending.

Think so?
Don't know, it's one of those movies that... I am aware it is good but I just got bored halfway through. Every time.

[ori-STUDFARM]

I've just finished listening to the Death Troopers Star Wars horror novel. I've recently been trying to work through some of the EU novels and finding that most are actually crap. I had just begun the New Jedi Order series and was finding this series not too bad...but Death Troopers knocks spots off all the others.

Still not great literature though. I would say that it is enjoyable for general horror fans, but NOT great. Star Wars fans should love it and if you like both Star Wars and Horror, prepare to shoot your load!

[TheHangingBrain]

I've just finished listening to the Death Troopers Star Wars horror novel. I've recently been trying to work through some of the EU novels and finding that most are actually crap. I had just begun the New Jedi Order series and was finding this series not too bad...but Death Troopers knocks spots off all the others.

Still not great literature though. I would say that it is enjoyable for general horror fans, but NOT great. Star Wars fans should love it and if you like both Star Wars and Horror, prepare to shoot your load!

This post alone should net you some kind of Ultimate Nerd Award. ;)


BTW, welcome to the boards, fellow noobian. :D

[ori-STUDFARM]

This post alone should net you some kind of Ultimate Nerd Award. ;)


BTW, welcome to the boards, fellow noobian. :D

Fellow noobian? With over 1500 posts? When do you become a non-noobian!!??

[TheHangingBrain]

Fellow noobian? With over 1500 posts? When do you become a non-noobian!!??

Well, I still feel that I'm a bit new. I've only been here about 6 months. I just post a lot because I have no life and this is they only other place I communicate on besides facebook and twitter. :o

[ori-STUDFARM]

Well, I still feel that I'm a bit new. I've only been here about 6 months. I just post a lot because I have no life and this is they only other place I communicate on besides facebook and twitter. :o

Are you me? That is a familiar story.....apart from the Facebook bit. Hate that ....

[Antonio_Bay]

Finished Fletch Won, and Peter Falk's Just One More Thing. Both fun, easy reads.

Just started Fletch's Moxie and The Amityville Horror.

[Aaron]

Fellow noobian? With over 1500 posts? When do you become a non-noobian!!??

Round about 2 years

[Antonio_Bay]

Round about 2 years

After that, you can choose whether to join 6th form.

Aww, it's like school around here!

[phit_demon]

Fellow noobian? With over 1500 posts? When do you become a non-noobian!!??

Round about 2 years

After you become Clear.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b80/kent77/GoldenDawn.jpg

[TheHangingBrain]

After you become Clear.


Speaking of Mr. Hubbard, does anyone here fancy his books? I highly recommend Fear, Final Blackout and of course Battlefield Earth. The man was quite good at various fiction even though he was a nutter.

[TomHarrington]

After you become Clear.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b80/kent77/GoldenDawn.jpg

Mankind can free himself once and for all from chronic constipation. -I. Pee Freely
http://itodyaso.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/volcano.jpg
D I U R E T I C S

[TheHangingBrain]

Mankind can free himself once and for all from chronic constipation. -I. Pee Freely
http://itodyaso.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/volcano.jpg
D I U R E T I C S

Actually, from personal (and traumatic) experience I can assure you that diuretics actually promote constipation. :o

[TomHarrington]

Actually, from personal (and traumatic) experience I can assure you that diuretics actually promote constipation. :o
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/1230/alanish.jpg
Wait, so...okay, that is ironic...right?

[Firestone2489]

Finished The Waste Lands Tuesday night, and last night I picked up Wizard and Glass.I really enjoyed The Waste Lands and am really looking forward to Wizard and Glass.

[Erasmus Cunk]

Finished The Waste Lands Tuesday night, and last night I picked up Wizard and Glass.I really enjoyed The Waste Lands and am really looking forward to Wizard and Glass.

Good shit, bro. I hope you like flashbacks. loooong-ass flashbacks.

[Firestone2489]

I read in one of the forewords or somewhere here that Wizard and Glass is a lot of back story.

[By-tor]

Finished The Waste Lands Tuesday night, and last night I picked up Wizard and Glass.I really enjoyed The Waste Lands and am really looking forward to Wizard and Glass.
http://blogs.thecutekid.com/thecutekid-contest-reviews/files/2009/08/Thumbsup.jpg
You're taking a GREAT journey that many here have taken. I commend you, sir. :cool:

[phit_demon]

I read in one of the forewords or somewhere here that Wizard and Glass is a lot of back story.

That doesn't make it any less awesome. It's a really good read.

[By-tor]

I can't wait for next week...
http://aidanmoher.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/under-the-dome-by-stephen-king.jpg

[Mallory]

I'm currently reading "A Game of Thrones". It's pretty awesome so far.

[Sweet_Adeline]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TwAbZhMGVEw/SozIxWpy44I/AAAAAAAAIYI/SIsxD0uJczQ/s400/gabby.jpg

And a book about hockey legends.

Now I'm starting this, finally!
http://www.eeriebooks.com/horror/book-club/pride-prejudice-zombies.jpg

[McMarcoP]

http://aidanmoher.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/under-the-dome-by-stephen-king.jpg

I'm excited too, but at the same time... The Simpsons - The Movie, anybody?

[Firestone2489]

That doesn't make it any less awesome. It's a really good read.

Don't worry that hadn't even crossed my mind. I was just stoked to be learning more about Roland's life before The Gunslinger.

[neon vomit]

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo346/bodomsknight/9780007240272-crop-325x325.jpg?t=1257905454
Karl Pilkington is the world's biggest idiot. Having said that, he's definitely one of the funniest people in the world. Unintentionally most of the time. The book is mostly transcripts of the Ricky Gervais podcast. It's a nice reference for stupidity but I'd recommend just listening to the podcasts. They're amazing.

[Firestone2489]

I just really started reading Wizard and Glass, and I am only about 140 pages in and I am already really enjoying it.

[McMarcoP]

I just really started reading Wizard and Glass, and I am only about 140 pages in and I am already really enjoying it.

Brace yourself for the charyou tree.

[ry4n]

I'm excited too, but at the same time... The Simpsons - The Movie, anybody?

I'm on page 600 right now... it is good but a bit long as you might guess.

[McMarcoP]

I'm on page 600 right now... it is good but a bit long as you might guess.

Received it yesterday.
Long? As The Stand was long (therefore it should have been more or less twice the length) or just generically long?

[Antonio_Bay]

Finished The Amityville Horror last night. Truth or fiction, it's freaky in places. Found it difficult to put down.

[JasterIsFett]

I am on a quest, if you lot can help me, I would be very gracious.

I'm making a book list for the library at which I work and I am in need of good horror/suspense/supernatural books for teens (like 12/13-18 yrs old). Every book list online recommends books like Twilight and other such things that I do not wish to recommend to the children of my fair city.

So, any horror books that you remember reading when you were a younger lad (or in Shane/Shiffy's case...now) that you would recommend for a library or to anybody else?

Examples. - Bram Stoker's Dracula, Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, Blaze by Bachman.

[JK]

I had read most of everything King had written by the time I was 13... :cool:

[JasterIsFett]

I had read most of everything King had written by the time I was 13... :cool:

Alright then, I'm throwing whatever we have of his on the list.

I should add that graphic novels are acceptable too. I already have The Walking Dead and From Hell on there.

[Shäne]

I should add that graphic novels are acceptable too. I already have The Walking Dead and From Hell on there.

Oh, then Johnny the Homicidal Maniac is great so far. And The Zombie Survival Guide would be good.

[By-tor]

I had read most of everything King had written by the time I was 13... :cool:
Same here. But, I was 24, while you were 13. ;)

[JK]

Same here. But, I was 24, while you were 13. ;)

So what your saying is you had the reading habits of a 13 year old boy? :p

Or just that I was way ahead of my time? ;)

[McMarcoP]

horror/suspense/supernatural books for teens (like 12/13-18 yrs old).

At the time I really loved...
OK, rephrasing: at the time I started to really love "The Ghost Shop" by Gerard F. Scriven.
Not TOO easy to find, but.
http://www.eliver.it/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/the_ghost_shop.jpg
(ok, that's the only image I could find)

[By-tor]

So what your saying is you had the reading habits of a 13 year old boy? :p

Or just that I was way ahead of my time? ;)I'll go with Door Number...
http://wuzzadem.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/door_2.jpg
;)

[Jeremy Beadle]

I'm making a book list for the library at which I work and I am in need of good horror/suspense/supernatural books for teens (like 12/13-18 yrs old). Every book list online recommends books like Twilight and other such things that I do not wish to recommend to the children of my fair city.

Hell, I'm about to come across like a guardian-reading nimby. Ah shit, here goes-

I never thought I'd type this but King is too 'mature reading' for kids around the 12-15 bracket. Maybe even slightly older. I mean I read his stuff at that age yeah, but some pages were rat-a-tat swearing, and some fairly heavy sexual stuff thrown in too. You only need a few parents coming up to the library acting like Kyle's mom before they wonder who arranged the list...

There are other horror writers who aim for that age bracket like Christopher Pike (I think) or Point Horror's. Horror genre, but fairly tepid and um, acceptable.

[McMarcoP]

I never thought I'd type this but King is too 'mature reading' for kids around the 12-15 bracket. Maybe even slightly older.

A wee reflection: have times changed so much since when King was "allright" for a 14-year-old?
I mean, I did read "It" at that age, and never found it disturbing. Not even the scene you probably would think of as disturbing for a young reader (not mentioning it in case somebody hasn't read it, but I'm sure you know what I mean).
OK, it was 20 years ago [darn I'm getting old!], but... what is it? Nanny state? Overprotecting parents? The meteoric rise of political correctness? Fear that a parent, finding his/her kid jerking off at a not-really-graphic sex scene, will sue the library rather than slapping the kid (or pretending they haven't noticed like many parents would)?

[Jeremy Beadle]

I'm just playing devil's advocate. Throwing it out there.

Reading King never did me any harm, I think.

[Erasmus Cunk]

http://idlcru.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/6a00cdf3a1d2facb8f00cd973765a64cd5-500pi.jpg

It's due back at the library tomorrow, and I haven't read it yet. It's now midnight, and I plan to read it in one sitting. Let's see how that pans out...

Edit: ...well, I haven't finished it, but it's 3am and I'm knackered so I'm going to bed. It's good so far, though.

[Firestone2489]

I just finished Wizard and Glass. Took me long enough. I wish I had a good excuse but alas, I do not. Should I jump right into the next book or can I take some time to grab something different?

[By-tor]

I just finished Wizard and Glass. Took me long enough. I wish I had a good excuse but alas, I do not. Should I jump right into the next book or can I take some time to grab something different?Go directly to...

http://a7.vox.com/6a00c2251c536cf2190110166a0937860c-500pi
...do not pass Go, do not collect $200. You will LOVE it.;)

[Firestone2489]

Thats kind of what I wanted to hear. I don't like to not finish a series once I have started.

[By-tor]

Thats kind of what I wanted to hear. I don't like to not finish a series once I have started.Yeah, you're lucky. I had to wait 20+ years for King to get to the "end". Calla is probably my favorite. Enjoy!!! :cool:

[phit_demon]

I just finished Wizard and Glass. Took me long enough. I wish I had a good excuse but alas, I do not. Should I jump right into the next book or can I take some time to grab something different?

When I read them, I read something different between each book. Too much of the same author gets stale for me after a while.

[Antonio_Bay]

Just finished Fletch's Moxie. Much better ending than Fletch Won. I think I'm going to stick to this series. Although:

Too much of the same author gets stale for me after a while.

Same here, so I think I'm going to read The Long Walk before I start the next one.

[McMarcoP]

I think I'm going to read The Long Walk before I start the next one.

VERRRRRRRRRRRRY good choice!

[VogonPoet]

I just started the Discworld series. I am speechless.

[phit_demon]

I just started the Discworld series. I am speechless.

Have you started with The Colour of Magic, or have you dipped in somewhere in the middle?

[McMarcoP]

I just started the Discworld series. I am speechless.

Good, good.
Did you already meet the guy who TALKS LIKE THIS?

[phit_demon]

Did you already meet the guy who TALKS LIKE THIS?

Jeez, I hope he doesn't until he's a very old man.

[McMarcoP]

Jeez, I hope he doesn't until he's a very old man.

...as a character in the books.

[phit_demon]

...as a character in the books.

Are you suggesting that he's a Highlander?

[VogonPoet]

I started with Colour of Magic, yes. I hate leaving chapters unfinished so I'm only officially on page 1. But I remember rincewind had arrived at the inn.

[Erasmus Cunk]

The Discworld books started off very much as parodies of the styles of various other fantasy authors, particularly the Colour of Magic and the Light Fantastic.

Personally, I prefer the later stuff, where Pratchett writes in his own voice, rather than doing piss-takes of Robert E Howard, or H P Lovecraft, or whoever. Although I know people who like the earlier books more.

Either way, you're in for a treat.

[McMarcoP]

Are you suggesting that he's a Highlander?

There used to be only one.

I started with Colour of Magic, yes. I hate leaving chapters unfinished so I'm only officially on page 1. But I remember Rincewind had arrived at the inn.

A chapterologist?
Pratchett started using chapters REALLY late. Like, on his 30th novel or something like that.

The Discworld books started off very much as parodies of the styles of various other fantasy authors, particularly the Colour of Magic and the Light Fantastic.
Personally, I prefer the later stuff, where Pratchett writes in his own voice, rather than doing piss-takes of Robert E Howard, or H P Lovecraft, or whoever. Although I know people who like the earlier books more.

I can not pick.
I mean, OK, my favourite is Mort, OK. And I do find the earlier novels funnier. But some of the later ones (Night Watch should be mandatory reading) are on a much higher level. Although when he starts playing serious he gets a bit boring to me. Talking about some of the most recent ones.

[Firestone2489]

I'm knee deep in Wolves of the Calla and I am enjoying every page. I will probably read 'Salem's Lot after I finish with the Tower.

[Antonio_Bay]

I will probably read 'Salem's Lot after I finish with the Tower.

Only King book I never finished.

[phit_demon]

I'm knee deep in Wolves of the Calla and I am enjoying every page. I will probably read 'Salem's Lot after I finish with the Tower.
Ah Calla, how I love thee.

[By-tor]

Ah Calla, how I love thee.
Ever see me dance The Commala? ;)

[Antonio_Bay]

The Commala? ;)

* Googles! *

Edit: I think I've found the only thing not on Youtube! By-tor, here's your chance. That vid would break records!

[phit_demon]

Ever see me dance The Commala? ;)

Only when I masturbate.

[By-tor]

Only when I masturbate.Works for me.

[phit_demon]

Works for me.

Me too. It always finishes me off.

[TomHarrington]

Only when I masturbate.

Works for me.

Me too. It always finishes me off.

http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/8373/giggle02.jpg

[Antonio_Bay]

Only when I masturbate.

Gaaaaargh!

http://www.dayofthedawn.com/jfh.jpg

[Alexsad]

I've been reading Uncle John's Bathroom Reader (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0).

[Firestone2489]

I've been reading Uncle John's Bathroom Reader (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0).

You dick....

[phit_demon]

I've been reading Uncle John's Bathroom Reader (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0).

How inventive, to take a jaded prank that was never funny to begin with and rinse it off for another use. Well done you.

[Shäne]

I've been reading Uncle John's Bathroom Reader (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0).
How inventive, to take a jaded prank that was never funny to begin with and rinse it off for another use. Well done you.

Yeah, at least use a SUPER ANNOYING (http://www.techsmartly.net/freePS3.html) one. ;)

[Alexsad]

I'm not even going to click on that.

[By-tor]

I'm not even going to click on that.That's what she said.

[NomenNescio]

I'm not even going to click on that.

I did.






















Fuck, I'm an idiot.

[Alexsad]

Fuck, I'm an idiot.

You can say that again :rolleyes:

(Both of our 420th posts were on this thread)

[Threadkiller]

I've been hitting the non-fiction lately. I just finished:

http://thwaits.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/41fpsm7oo2l-_sl500_aa240_.jpg

Now I'm working through:

http://rgr-static1.tangentlabs.co.uk/images/bau/97806848/9780684853949/0/0/plain/man-who-mistook-his-wife-for-a-hat-and-other-clinical-tales.jpg

Both are totally different subject matters that I previously had very little interest in. But I'm fascinated.

[Cuclean]

Yeah, at least use a SUPER ANNOYING (http://www.techsmartly.net/freePS3.html) one. ;)

Ah Jees, I can't catch it!!!!

[Rob101]

http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~goldkey/images/DUNGY_Book.jpg
Good book. Quite a bit of religion mixed in, but good book overall.

[By-tor]

http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~goldkey/images/DUNGY_Book.jpg
Good book. Quite a bit of religion mixed in, but good book overall.
I ain't much for organised religion, Odin rules, but the guy is really one bad dude. Much respect to him.

[McMarcoP]

I did.

Merde.
Me too.
In the office.

Fuck, I'm an idiot.

...same here.
http://media.ebaumsworld.com/picture/jimbo056/Doh.png

[VogonPoet]

sorry I am a bottle and a half in but I have to take a moment to rant.

This book, Colour of Magic, is so f--king genius! The perspective of magic vs science is just killer. And the disc shaped world is funny...but intimidatingly clever. Literarily, having only rincewind speak twoflower's language was a great call. "a language with no nouns and only one adjective, which is obscene" Holy shirt! I've never laughed so loud at a novel. So now I find out this guy has Alzheimer's. I don't think "god" likes people to love things.

[Antonio_Bay]

I'm 64 pages into The Long Walk. Real good read.

[Firestone2489]

I finished Wovles of the Calla yesterday. Damn good book.

[phit_demon]

I finished Wovles of the Calla yesterday. Damn good book.

*funaki*


I'm currently reading Richard Dawkins' new book:


http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h3/phitdemon/cover.jpg


I'm 150 pages in, and it's quite good.

[NomenNescio]

I'm currently reading Richard Dawkins' new book:

I'm 150 pages in, and it's quite good.

No one composes prose in science literature quite like Dawkins. I have The Greatest Show on my shelf but I still want to read The Ancestor's Tale before I start it.

But currently I'm reading...

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a209/Aleister_Crow/97815546820581.jpg

[enzeru]

Currently reading The Hobbit for the fourth time in my young life.
I love classic fantasy.

[phit_demon]

No one composes prose in science literature quite like Dawkins.

He does have a very appealing style. He is excellent at making sense of complex material.

[Mallory]

I just finished "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" by Michael Chabon. It was epic and amazing and I'm considering reading it again.

[NomenNescio]

I just finished "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" by Michael Chabon. It was epic and amazing and I'm considering reading it again.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a209/Aleister_Crow/funaki_l-1.jpg

Probably my favorite Chabon novel, although the lethargic "writer" in me feels a greater kinship with Wonder Boys.

[Fatty_bo_batty]

I read Sock by Penn Jillette earlier this month, and absolutely adored it, and i just finished Pygmy by Chuck Palahniuk this morning, it was awesome.

[By-tor]

I read Sock by Penn Jillette earlier this month, and absolutely adored it, and i just finished Pygmy by Chuck Palahniuk this morning, it was awesome.Hello!!! Now, go introduce yourself in the "Newbies" thread. Welcome aboard...
http://tenpoundslighter.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/muffin.jpg
Get down on your welcome muffin!!!! :)

[Mallory]

Probably my favorite Chabon novel, although the lethargic "writer" in me feels a greater kinship with Wonder Boys.

I'm hoping to pick up a couple more of his novels soon, I really like his style.

[neon vomit]

I finished The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Smart and hilarious. Would anyone recommend the sequels?

[JasterIsFett]

I finished The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Smart and hilarious. Would anyone recommend the sequels?

definitely. And if you like the later books, definitely check out Terry Pratchett's discworld.

[By-tor]

I finished Wovles of the Calla yesterday. Damn good book.
As I've said, one of my faves in the line. Keep following the Beam!!!:cool:

[Mallory]

definitely. And if you like the later books, definitely check out Terry Pratchett's discworld.

Discworld is awesome! As is Good Omens (by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman)

[ChuckMcButcalf]

Discworld is awesome! As is Good Omens (by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman)

Have you read Gaiman's American Gods? I've heard good things about it.

[Threadkiller]

Have you read Gaiman's American Gods? I've heard good things about it. I liked it a lot. But I have yet to be disappointed by Gaiman.

[phit_demon]

Have you read Gaiman's American Gods? I've heard good things about it.

I liked it a lot. But I have yet to be disappointed by Gaiman.

Seconded.

American Gods is great, but Anansi Boys is even better. Definitely my favourite Gaiman novel.

[TheHangingBrain]

I liked it a lot. But I have yet to be disappointed by Gaiman.

Seconded.

Turded. I love me some Neil. American Gods is an inspired book and it hits home for me in a lot of ways.

American Gods is great, but Anansi Boys is even better. Definitely my favourite Gaiman novel.

I like Anansi Boys as well, a bit of a different feel compared to most Gaiman and it was quite refreshing. Not my favorite though, I'm a sucker for the darker stuff.
:)

[phit_demon]

I like Anansi Boys as well, a bit of a different feel compared to most Gaiman and it was quite refreshing. Not my favorite though, I'm a sucker for the darker stuff.
:)
I got an abnormal amount of pleasure from Spider messing with poor Charlie's head. He is the ultimate victim, and he reminds me of Arthur Dent from Hitchhiker's Guide.

[TheHangingBrain]

I got an abnormal amount of pleasure from Spider messing with poor Charlie's head. He is the ultimate victim, and he reminds me of Arthur Dent from Hitchhiker's Guide.

Neil does a great job with the Dent type character, the protagonist in Neverwhere was very much of this same ilk. An everyman escalating to an unexpected hero of sorts.

[phit_demon]

Neil does a great job with the Dent type character, the protagonist in Neverwhere was very much of this same ilk. An everyman escalating to an unexpected hero of sorts.

Absolutely.

Poor old Richard definitely starts out as a bit of a wimp. Shadow...not so much. He's the most badassed protagonist of Gaiman's that I've read so far.

[TheHangingBrain]

He's the most badass protagonist of Gaiman's that I've read so far.

I agree with you 100%. I still can't help picturing Vin Diesel as Shadow when I read it for some reason though.

[phit_demon]

I agree with you 100%. I still can't help picturing Vin Diesel as Shadow when I read it for some reason though.

I can't remember who I pictured at the time, because I can only picture Sam Worthington now when I think of him. Strangely, when I was reading it, Wednesday always sounded like Dr. Venture to me.

[Mallory]

Have you read Gaiman's American Gods? I've heard good things about it.

I have it and started it a couple times but haven't finished it.

[wanderingquesadila]

I just finished William Gibson's Neuromancer. It took me an abnormally long time to read, but it was great. Started on Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon, which is a sort of rambling tale of code breaking and Nazi's, from what I can tell. Good so far!

[TheHangingBrain]

I just finished William Gibson's Neuromancer. It took me an abnormally long time to read, but it was great.

I had the same issue with it, I had to go back and reread it at times because i felt i missed something. It's one of those books where you don't realize how great it is until your finished and it all sinks in. Now you need to read Mona Lisa Overdrive and Count Zero, they're loosely connected "sequels".

[wanderingquesadila]

I had the same issue with it, I had to go back and reread it at times because i felt i missed something. It's one of those books where you don't realize how great it is until your finished and it all sinks in. Now you need to read Mona Lisa Overdrive and Count Zero, they're loosely connected "sequels".

Yeah, "reading" Neuromancer basically meant reading it twice, and I still feel like I could go through it again. I do have the other two in my possession, so I'll get around to reading them eventually.

[TheHangingBrain]

Yeah, "reading" Neuromancer basically meant reading it twice, and I still feel like I could go through it again. I do have the other two in my possession, so I'll get around to reading them eventually.

I highly recommend them. Just don't expect them to be any easier to read. His books have a way of making me feel pretty dumb, in an awesome sort of way.

I picked up the hard cover version of Spook Country for a steal. Still need to try and get into it. I read the first chapter or so and lost my desire to read. I'm currently buried in books and have no urge to read them... sigh. :(

[Jeremy Beadle]

I tried reading Neuromancer when I was 10 and aborted the whole thing pretty quickly. Now aged 26 and several dozen propa' sci fi's later, maybe I can give it a second go.

Is it, um, anything like Deus Ex?:D

[TheHangingBrain]

I tried reading Neuromancer when I was 10 and aborted the whole thing pretty quickly. Now aged 26 and several dozen propa' sci fi's later, maybe I can give it a second go.

Is it, um, anything like Deus Ex?:D

You must read it, absolutely must. It's a masterpiece of sci fi.

It's more like Shadowrun than Deus Ex, but yeah, very cyberpunk... sorry William. :o

I loved Deus Ex btw, I wish they would do a more modern version of it.

[McMarcoP]

I got an abnormal amount of pleasure from Spider messing with poor Charlie's head. He is the ultimate victim, and he reminds me of Arthur Dent from Hitchhiker's Guide.

THANK YOU!
Have been trying for over one year to understand who he reminded me of!
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[phit_demon]

THANK YOU!
Have been trying for over one year to understand who he reminded me of!
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I've often wondered who could play him if they ever made a movie. If he was maybe 10 years younger Lenny Henry would be perfect, with Chiwetel Ejiofor playing Spider. Danny Glover would be great for Anansi. It would tickle me greatly to see him play out the karaoke bar scene from the beginning of the book.

[McMarcoP]

I've often wondered who could play him if they ever made a movie. If he was maybe 10 years younger Lenny Henry would be perfect, with Chiwetel Ejiofor playing Spider. Danny Glover would be great for Anansi. It would tickle me greatly to see him play out the karaoke bar scene from the beginning of the book.

I like your picks.
After the H2G2 movie - that I didn't like - I see Martin Freeman as Arthur Dent (it WAS a good casting) and now he suddenly migrated into Charlie's face. But somehow I always pictured Charlie as a skinny type (or am I badly wrong?). A younger Lenny Henry would go, yep. To remain in "The Office", Mackenzie Crook could fit in the part if he gained some weight and managed to avoid looking mental. And now I am also thinking of that guy who played in Neverwhere... Gary Bakewell?
Hmm, don't know.

[TheHangingBrain]

I like your picks.
After the H2G2 movie - that I didn't like - I see Martin Freeman as Arthur Dent (it WAS a good casting) and now he suddenly migrated into Charlie's face.

I don't know if you picked it up or not from the novel, but Charlie is black.

[McMarcoP]

I don't know if you picked it up or not from the novel, but Charlie is black.

Yes, I DO know. But I keep imagining him white, don't ask why.

[McMarcoP]

...Mos Def?

[TheHangingBrain]

Yes, I DO know. But I keep imagining him white, don't ask why.

Just curious, It took me a while to figure it out myself. When it finally dawned on me I was like "Ohhhhhhhh k!" :o

...Mos Def?

Maybe. I'm thinking more along the lines of Alfonso Ribeiro. :D

[Mallory]

Just started the first book of The Dark Tower series by Stephen King. Currently baffled but according to everyone on Twitter it'll make sense eventually so I'll keep working at it.

[wanderingquesadila]

Just started the first book of The Dark Tower series by Stephen King. Currently baffled but according to everyone on Twitter it'll make sense eventually so I'll keep working at it.

It's true. It totally pays off. I might go through them again someday...