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Fathom Zero
Dec 6th, 2010, 05:08 PM
Ever read Roadside Picnic, Zhukov?

Shadowdancer21b
Dec 6th, 2010, 08:10 PM
Just finished "Nigh Omnipotent" by A. Lee Martinez. It was okay. Kind of a mediocre book really. He's done much better than this. 2/5.

Zhukov
Dec 7th, 2010, 08:47 AM
Ever read Roadside Picnic, Zhukov?

No, but I will if you recommend it.

Fathom Zero
Dec 7th, 2010, 09:43 AM
It was what the film Stalker and those STALKER games were based on.

I always loved the idea of Pripyat as an artificial, alien place, so I dug into it. I've not read it in a while, so I can't remember how dense it was. I remember enjoying it a bit, though. I think there's a PDF on Google Books of the entire thing.

Shadowdancer21b
Dec 8th, 2010, 12:56 PM
Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub, sequel to the Talisman. Good read, but King gets rambly.

Fathom Zero
Dec 8th, 2010, 07:37 PM
I hated Black House. :\

10,000 Volt Ghost
Dec 9th, 2010, 10:30 AM
The little match girl by Hans Anderson :(

Shadowdancer21b
Dec 10th, 2010, 10:52 PM
I'm reading Stranger in a Strange Land again. One of my favorite books. Also, I really didn't like the end of Black House. It was just...a dumb ending.

monster_movie_night
Dec 10th, 2010, 11:33 PM
just started reading a manga called bio meat:nectar

King Hadas
Dec 19th, 2010, 08:44 AM
Dune! Where have you been all my life.

Has anyone here got an opinion on Brian Herbert's continuation of the series? I'm on Children of Dune and I can see his books waiting in the distance, making me nervous. What are they like?

Shadowdancer21b
Dec 23rd, 2010, 01:57 AM
CTHULHU the Mythos and Kindred Horrors written by Robert Howard. These stories are pretty cool, considering that they are Cthulhu stories written by the creator of Conan.

Zhukov
Jan 1st, 2011, 03:28 AM
Dune! Where have you been all my life.

Has anyone here got an opinion on Brian Herbert's continuation of the series? I'm on Children of Dune and I can see his books waiting in the distance, making me nervous. What are they like?

Can't help you but I've been meaning to get into the Dune series. Haven't found the first one around, so I've put it off.

I just finished Starship Troopers, which was good, and amazing when you consider when it was written. I read it entirely while lying on grass in the sun.

10,000 Volt Ghost
Jan 1st, 2011, 01:59 PM
Dune! Where have you been all my life.

Has anyone here got an opinion on Brian Herbert's continuation of the series? I'm on Children of Dune and I can see his books waiting in the distance, making me nervous. What are they like?

My friend has read through them and said the continuation ones are pretty good too. Worth reading at least.

wizbenny
Jan 3rd, 2011, 11:19 PM
Currently reading the latest "Wheel of Time."

I didn't say this about the last one because I had no way of knowing how much Robert Jordan had written before he passed... but now I must say that the editors did choose a fairly good replacement. He has the tone, voice and pacing of Robert Jordan down.

Unfortunately... he has the PACING of Robert Jordan down...

Seriously... could they beat the same dead horses over and over and over again in this series? And I swear that it seems halfway through the series they got bored with the lead character and just gave up on him. It's the only series I've ever seen where the protagonist starts becoming a MINOR character! He's a set piece.

At least with the George Martin "Songs of Ice and Fire" series it was ALWAYS an ensemble narrative.

Zhukov
Jan 6th, 2011, 10:30 AM
Think my brother is reading that.

Das Krapital just arrived in the mail. It's a skid-marxist leviathan.

captain516
Jan 11th, 2011, 02:13 AM
A Confederacy Of Dunces
It's weird to imagine socially awkward manchildren before the internet, but apparently they existed:eek

10,000 Volt Ghost
Jan 11th, 2011, 09:05 AM
Hell's Angels by Thompson.

Fathom Zero
Jan 12th, 2011, 02:04 AM
Finished Ham on Rye. Bukowski is more depressing than I'd originally thought.

kahljorn
Jan 17th, 2011, 03:37 AM
what is roadside picnic about? does the movie follow it pretty closely?

cause ive watched the STALKER movie and im not sure what to think about what happened :lol but i usually end up falling asleep when i watch it

Zhukov
Jan 17th, 2011, 08:43 AM
It seems every second thing out of Russia is a post apocalyptic nightmare. There must be three different STALKER settings at least.

Fathom Zero
Jan 17th, 2011, 09:32 AM
Russia's not really a happy place. :\

kahljorn
Jan 17th, 2011, 03:55 PM
so nothing about roadside picnic/ stalker the movie? :(

i just sorta figured it was really about how pathetic that guys life was but I'm not sure :lol

King Hadas
Jan 19th, 2011, 06:55 PM
Finished the last Frank Herbert Dune novel which, hilariously, is the only book in the series to end in a cliffhanger. I then tried one of his son's continuations of the series Hunters of Dune. I've been worried about these continuations chiefly because the appeal of Dune isn't really the cast or the world they in habit but how Frank tells the story. I worried another writer might miss this and I was right to worry. Also Brian and his friend Kevin are terrible writers. No offense to 10,000 Volt Ghost's friend but this shit is garbage.

Esuohlim
Jan 20th, 2011, 01:58 AM
I'm finally reading Ender's Game, and I'm about a third of the way through. I like it so far, but it's not the amazing piece of literature I expected, at least not yet of course. The whole "smug little supergenius who is better than everyone at everything" thing is a bit annoying, especially since I have a few buddies who actually believe that they're Ender in real life.

executioneer
Jan 20th, 2011, 04:14 AM
just finished game-players of titan (p.k. dick)

not recommended for paranoids

kahljorn
Jan 20th, 2011, 01:22 PM
Don't forget Orson scott card's writings are about how much he hates homosexuals

Fathom Zero
Jan 20th, 2011, 11:55 PM
so nothing about roadside picnic/ stalker the movie? :(

i just sorta figured it was really about how pathetic that guys life was but I'm not sure :lol

It's alright. :\

kahljorn
Jan 21st, 2011, 05:04 PM
i didn't realize there was actually a book called game-players of titan. i thought you were being clever with the sirens of titan

executioneer
Jan 21st, 2011, 07:34 PM
nope it's about mankind getting 99% wiped out in a war (against aliens? although they said it was the chinese who used the weapon that killed most of humanity so idk) and there's this game that the rich dudes play where they bet cities and uh marriage is tied into it somehow

Fathom Zero
Jan 22nd, 2011, 05:01 AM
good synopsis and stuff

executioneer
Jan 22nd, 2011, 05:21 AM
it's hard to synopsize a philip dick book without giving away spoilers :( ALSO I MIGHT HAVE TO REREAD IT AND I AM CURRENTLY SLIGHTLY TERRIFIED OF IT SO I'D RATHER NOT

Fathom Zero
Jan 22nd, 2011, 05:48 AM
eh true true

kahljorn
Jan 22nd, 2011, 05:18 PM
sounds like the sirens of titan but with rich dudes :O

executioneer
Jan 22nd, 2011, 06:12 PM
does sirens of titan have a sequence where the main character takes a bunch of meth and starts hallucinating horrifying shit

Zhukov
Jan 22nd, 2011, 08:13 PM
What a good book you have chosen to read.

kahljorn
Jan 22nd, 2011, 11:09 PM
no i dont think it has that :lol I'll have to read it again to be sure though. I know there were a few scenes with hallucinations maybe and a mind control drug :O

Fathom Zero
Jan 23rd, 2011, 12:19 AM
Sounds unique.

kahljorn
Jan 23rd, 2011, 03:12 AM
dang i just remembered sirens of titan is by vonneguht and not pkdick :O

still the stories are strangely similar :O

Immortal Goat
Jan 25th, 2011, 12:55 AM
Currently, I am reading "House of Leaves", but it's a very complex read. It takes a lot of patience to get through it, and much like the house the book describes, while you may make progress in the book, it feels like you haven't moved forward at all.

In short, I love it.

kahljorn
Jan 25th, 2011, 01:59 AM
THE BOOK OF DIFFERING FONTS

Zhukov
Jan 27th, 2011, 03:52 AM
Babel 17. It's another sci fi "masterpiece", it's by Sam R Delaney and it's quite good - if a little hard to concentrate on sometimes. Probably from the 50s or 60s or something like that, so it's better in that regard I guess.

Fathom Zero
Jan 31st, 2011, 02:04 PM
http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/8057/photohqz.jpg

Reading comics sucks because you always finish them the same day you get them. :(

Shrubfest
Feb 2nd, 2011, 07:29 PM
The entire plot line and multiple endings of the first Silent Hill game. Tired now.

Fathom Zero
Feb 26th, 2011, 03:37 PM
I got a copy of the Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles, but I've yet to read it. I'm kinda excited - people I trust have said it's good.

Big McLargehuge
Feb 26th, 2011, 06:43 PM
Room by Emma Donaghue

It is from the perspective of a five year old child who is imprisoned in a room that he has never left, with his mother. In his mind only things in the room are "real" other things are "tv" and happen in "outer space". I am taking a break now because I don't want to be sad at the moment.

Babs
Mar 2nd, 2011, 10:32 PM
I really want to give Room a try, always seamed like a good reed. Just curious, how did they end up in Room, or is that part of the whole story's central plot?

Big McLargehuge
Mar 10th, 2011, 04:46 PM
I have shelved it because i can tell it is going to be one of those books that fucks with you for days after finishing it. So i don't know yet.

10,000 Volt Ghost
Mar 17th, 2011, 03:13 PM
The entire plot line and multiple endings of the first Silent Hill game. Tired now.

I ended up reading through the entire series before completing any of them.

Krythor
Mar 17th, 2011, 05:47 PM
I got a copy of the Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles, but I've yet to read it. I'm kinda excited - people I trust have said it's good.

I love that book, one of my favourites.

Guitar Woman
May 17th, 2011, 01:13 PM
Homestuck.

I'm not really sure how to describe it; it's kind of a webcomic/choose your own adventure/animation/illustrated story hybrid, and it feels like something that could have only come from the internet. It's kinda fantastic, if a bit slow at the beginning.

Neat music, too.
http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002722
http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/sburban-jungle
http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/umbral-ultimatum

Fathom Zero
May 17th, 2011, 01:47 PM
:O GODDAMN YOU FOR LIKING HOMESTUCK, TOO.

Also, I'm reading Tropic of Capricorn and Ulysses. Because I needed more reasons to be misanthropic, apparently.

mburbank
May 17th, 2011, 06:52 PM
Just finishd 'Counter Clock World', Phillip K. Dick. Not my favorite of his works, but that's still pretty good.

Zhukov
May 18th, 2011, 01:26 PM
That reminds me of the Red Dwarf (novel) scene where the world, sorry, a world, is going in reverse. This probably came first.

King Hadas
Jun 1st, 2011, 05:57 PM
In Odd We Trust, a manga-style comic written by Dean Koontz. This may surprise you but it's not very good.

As supplementary reading I've got The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningrad.

creeposaurus
Jun 20th, 2011, 10:00 PM
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a23/creeposaurus/IMG_20110620_205726.jpg

Pentegarn
Jun 21st, 2011, 06:27 AM
I for one would never ride the Aliens Omnibus, for one thing I abhor public transportation.

The Leader
Jun 21st, 2011, 12:02 PM
:rimshot

Pentegarn
Jun 21st, 2011, 05:04 PM
I'm here all week
Try the veal
Two drink minimum
Tip your waitstaff

Esuohlim
Jun 21st, 2011, 11:20 PM
I'm getting into Stephen King again. I just finished Hearts in Atlantis, which I really enjoyed. I started the first Dark Tower book, the Gunslinger, and got bored after a few pages and gave up for the day. :( But I'll try again when I'm more in the mood. I never did finish the Stand, but it was starting to get stupid anyway.

kahljorn
Jun 22nd, 2011, 03:21 AM
did i mention I'm reading "The idiot" by dostoevsky in t his thread?

anyway stupid people always see it and give me a dumbfounded look. Its kind of hilarious.

Zhukov
Jun 23rd, 2011, 12:16 PM
I'm about 3/4 way thought it. But I've been reading that and War and Peace for the past few years. Russian authors always interest me and drag me in, then take too long to get to the end, and my patience wanes.

One of my favourite fiction authors is Iain M Banks, but I have never gotten around to reading his most famous novel, The Wasp factory. UNTIL NOW THAT IS.

It's really gripping and I'm only a few chapters in.

Zomboid
Jun 23rd, 2011, 08:39 PM
I just read the four released books in the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series, and just finished "1984" today. Nooooow I'm going to read "Fahrenheit 451." I'm pretty much catching up on stuff that I've missed out on.

Esuohlim
Jun 23rd, 2011, 08:59 PM
I just read the four released books in the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series

I read the first two a long time ago, haven't gotten around to the third one yet. Those books are fucking great

Zomboid
Jun 23rd, 2011, 10:17 PM
The third was by far my favorite. It's where shit really reaches the boiling point. It's a lot better than the first two, and then the fourth is kinda meh, but the fifth one looks pretty good, based on the sample chapters that I've read.

GIANTS RIDING MAMMOTHS. That's my spoiler for the third book.

captain516
Jun 23rd, 2011, 10:58 PM
I just read the four released books in the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series, and just finished "1984" today. Nooooow I'm going to read "Fahrenheit 451." I'm pretty much catching up on stuff that I've missed out on.

If you were an American child you could've gotten it over with much quicker.

Zomboid
Jun 23rd, 2011, 11:04 PM
I don't get why they'd assign stuff like that for American children. Seems like it'd just fly over a lot of heads and put them off of reading. I had to read a bunch of other staples in high school, but those ones weren't there, for whatever reason. The stuff I had to read in university varied wildly from class to class, but there was a lot of Canadian stuff. Margaret Atwood can lick my taint.

captain516
Jun 24th, 2011, 01:33 AM
True, I hated Faranheit when I first read it. Now Bradbury is one of my favorite authors.

Pentegarn
Jun 24th, 2011, 07:50 AM
When I went to school the only Bradbury I was required to read was The Illustrated Man and instead of 1984 we read Animal Farm

Zhukov
Jun 24th, 2011, 10:20 AM
We read 'Royal Hunt for the Sun', 'Remembering Babylon' and 'The Giver'. I think I enjoyed them all.

Zomboid
Jun 24th, 2011, 10:44 AM
I think Fahrenheit 451 would be easier to grasp than 1984. There are some kinda fucked up concepts in there that I just can't see a typical high school student being able to fully grasp. The bare outline of "the MAN" seems to be what most take away from it.

The best book I "had" to read in school was the Chrysalids. Still a favorite.

Fathom Zero
Jun 24th, 2011, 02:09 PM
'The Giver'.

ugh

King Hadas
Jun 24th, 2011, 06:48 PM
Animal Farm is the only book besides Shakespeare I remember being assigned to read. We read that instead of 1984, probably because 1984 is so fucked up and hopeless.

Fathom Zero
Jun 24th, 2011, 06:58 PM
I remember finding Brave New World profoundly more disturbing than 1984. (Prolly for these reasons, even as a kid.) (http://www.recombinantrecords.net/docs/2009-05-Amusing-Ourselves-to-Death.html) I was required to read both Animal Farm and 1984, though. No room for Huxley, I suppose. Too much sex, maybe.

That and the Red Badge of Courage. I never read what was required of me after that and bullshitted through everything else, especially Beowulf.

10,000 Volt Ghost
Jun 25th, 2011, 12:04 AM
I remember reading red badge of courage. It was decent. Beowulf was the shit by the way.

Zhukov
Jun 25th, 2011, 02:11 AM
ugh

It's not that great, no, but I liked it when I was 13, and I am pretty sure it sparked my interest in a lot of interesting things.

kahljorn
Jul 2nd, 2011, 07:34 AM
I'm about 3/4 way thought it. But I've been reading that and War and Peace for the past few years. Russian authors always interest me and drag me in, then take too long to get to the end,Dostoevsky novels usually have shitty ant-climatic endings

i read about 100 pages of war and peace but its kinda boring except when they tie that dude to the bear. thats funny.

but yea i really like russian writers too

Zhukov
Jul 2nd, 2011, 12:49 PM
War and Peace does have a little bit of interesting in it, but it is just swamped with so much boring that it makes it a real chore to wade through.

I'm moving house at the moment and I left the book that I am reading --The Wasp Factory - at the wrong abode, so I went on wikipedia and read up on it. Like an idiot I spoiled it for myself and ruined the ending.


I like dystopian futures, and I think I might write a short story about one.

King Hadas
Jul 3rd, 2011, 03:26 AM
I only read the first chapter of War & Peace. A lot of it was in french with no translation, don't know if this was artistic or if the translators expected me to know french but I couldn't find the energy to go on. Never had that problem with Doestoyevsy, I burn through Dostoyevsky's stuff without ever breaking pace. I've only read his three most famous works though (Crime and Punishment, The Idiot and The Brothers Karamazov), not sure about his other books like The Gambler or Demons.

@Zhukov - I had the same problem with The Wasp Factory, the ending was spoiled for me before I even started reading it. It's still pretty good even if you know how it ends.

Zhukov
Jul 3rd, 2011, 09:43 AM
I really enjoyed Crime and Punishment despite me thinking that it suffers from the same boring ending syndrome as other Russian literary classics. I've got The Idiot floating around here somewhere so I will get to that soonish.

My copy of War and Peace also has quite a lot of untranslated French in it. He doesn't make it easy.

Fathom Zero
Jul 4th, 2011, 02:08 AM
Reading shouldn't be like solving a puzzle box. >:

Sam
Jul 4th, 2011, 02:11 AM
UNLESS YOU ARE READING HELLRAISER.

Fathom Zero
Jul 4th, 2011, 02:16 AM
blive carker

King Hadas
Jul 10th, 2011, 03:00 PM
I've started Slapstick by Vonnegut.

This is the closest I will ever come to writing an autobiography.
lol

Fathom Zero
Jul 10th, 2011, 09:49 PM
Gawd, I love Slapstick.

Esuohlim
Jul 11th, 2011, 12:12 AM
Slapstick is the worst novel Vonnegut wrote

I still agree with PAST ESUOHLIM. That's the one with the retarded twins who can mindmeld by fucking each other, right?

Fathom Zero
Jul 11th, 2011, 12:14 AM
WHAT IS WRONG ABOUT THAT.

Esuohlim
Jul 11th, 2011, 12:47 AM
So you loved Slapstick but hated Deadeye Dick?

King Hadas
Jul 11th, 2011, 10:47 AM
Finished Slapstick. I liked it, I can't disagree with Milhouse though when he says it's the worst Vonnegut novel ever since I haven't read everything by Vonnegut and Slapstick definitely isn't better than any of the Vonnegut novels I have read.

The worst thing I've read by Vonnegut was God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian. That's not really a novel though.

Fathom Zero
Jul 11th, 2011, 11:07 AM
So you loved Slapstick but hated Deadeye Dick?

DID I SAY THAT, MILHOUSE? DID I?

Esuohlim
Jul 11th, 2011, 12:55 PM
I read through Deadeye Dick in one sitting this morning. IT IS NOT ABOUT DICKS. Recommended

derecommended

..

Fathom Zero
Jul 11th, 2011, 08:35 PM
coz you said it wasn't about dicks

i was going for the gag, milhouse, you should know that

or I was being contrary that day

executioneer
Jul 11th, 2011, 09:56 PM
going for the gag, eh

Fathom Zero
Jul 12th, 2011, 12:41 AM
yeah, coz there's no way I'd like didcks in real life

yeah

Esuohlim
Jul 12th, 2011, 01:33 AM
How about Breakfast of Champions, that one actually is about dicks

executioneer
Jul 12th, 2011, 01:43 AM
is it about gagging on them though

k0k0
Jul 17th, 2011, 09:04 PM
I just finished The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie. It is an excellent story set in the First Law universe that he's created. If you like fantasy novels and haven't read any of Joe Abercrombie's work, I would highly recommend it, starting with the First Law Trilogy. All of his books do suffer a little bit switching character perspectives, but they hold some of the most brutally awesome fight scenes I've ever read. I've gone through all 5 of his books and they just keep getting better.

captain516
Aug 1st, 2011, 10:40 PM
I fished The Iron Dream by Norman Spinrad. In it, Hitler moves to America and becomes a beloved sci-fi writer. Kinda lame actually, but I'm a sucker for alternate reality stories.

executioneer
Aug 2nd, 2011, 05:30 PM
found a paperback copy of Dune for $1, fuck yeah

Nick
Aug 3rd, 2011, 03:07 PM
I just read through Volume 8 and 9 of the Dark horse's ongoing Conan series. I can't get enough of it. Volume 14 of The Walking Dead was pretty great as well. I hate how they always leave you hanging at the end of each Volume, though.

King Hadas
Aug 4th, 2011, 12:08 PM
found a paperback copy of Dune for $1, fuck yeah
I found a paperback copy of Dune at St Vincent's once that was only a nickel. :dunce

executioneer
Aug 4th, 2011, 01:01 PM
well it was one of those "donate your books then sell them and give the money to charity" things so i don't even feel that it was a cost at all

Nick
Aug 4th, 2011, 01:03 PM
How much would a used dvd of Dune run? Three pennies?

bigtimecow
Aug 5th, 2011, 09:30 AM
essential man-thing vol. 2

i finished vol 1 in like a weekend, but i've been slacking with vol 2. i fucking love this

Nick
Aug 5th, 2011, 11:50 AM
How does Man-Thing compare to Swamp-Thing?

bigtimecow
Aug 5th, 2011, 01:50 PM
i haven't read swamp thing yet either, but i do have the first swamp thing (alan moore)

it seems like swamp thing has a more cohesive story. man-thing has a few arcs, but most issues are contained stories that might involve some familiar characters but don't really connect

Nick
Aug 5th, 2011, 05:36 PM
People seem to love Alan Moore's ruin on Swamp Thing, but I've never seen more than that old movie. What are the differences between Man-Thing and Swamp-Thing besides companies and rthat whole "hands brning evil" thing?

captain516
Aug 7th, 2011, 03:14 PM
I'm gonna start reading Discworld, because even though I hate fantasy.
Wish me luck, guise

k0k0
Aug 7th, 2011, 03:58 PM
That's not a reason to start reading Discworld. And although I love the games, I could only get through about 3 books of Discworld. It was kind of awful compared to a lot of the stuff I read. I know there's a point in the books where you can skip to and it'll be good, but I couldn't read until I got to that point.

Esuohlim
Aug 7th, 2011, 05:12 PM
There's something about Discworld that causes sudden ADD onset and prevents me from paying attention while reading. I keep trying though! I got through Mort without any problems, start with that one.

Zhukov
Aug 8th, 2011, 09:50 AM
Christ. I can't understand why someone hasn't already read all the Discworld books before the age of 15.

k0k0
Aug 8th, 2011, 11:57 AM
Because when I was 15, I was too busy smoking a ton of pot, going to shows, and trying to get girls to have sex with me. I had no time for any books other than what they made me read in school.

Zhukov
Aug 8th, 2011, 10:38 PM
Well some of us didn't have to try to get girls to have sex with us, because by reading Discworld novels they just flocked into our pants. :picklehat

Esuohlim
Aug 8th, 2011, 10:50 PM
I never heard of Discworld until only a couple years ago. My ~15-year-old obsession was the Hitchhiker's Guide :\

k0k0
Aug 8th, 2011, 10:59 PM
The discworld video games were what my 13 year old self played with my roommate. If we were stuck on a certain part for more than a week, we'd bicycle a mile to blockbuster and read the hint book for it. Then we'd bike back, solve the puzzle, then get stuck again for a week. It was an awesome point and click game, but a lot of the puzzles were tough because the world was too big and nothing guided you.

Pentegarn
Aug 17th, 2011, 10:24 PM
Just got The Omen Machine, about 100 pages in and it's pretty good so far if you liked the other Goodkind books

Guitar Woman
Aug 18th, 2011, 01:39 AM
Trainspotting.

It's sort of weird how you start to assimilate the phonetic scottish after a dozen pages or so.

10,000 Volt Ghost
Aug 25th, 2011, 10:35 AM
The Complete Far Side.

With Borders going out of business this was finally a good time to get it.

King Hadas
Aug 29th, 2011, 06:59 PM
I read A Dance with Dragons, I wonder if Martin is gonna be able to finish this series before he keels over. This book cost him six years and his already in his sixties. I hope this doesn't turn out to be another Dune.

I've actually been looking for another good Fantasy series, with no luck so far. I tried Thomas Convent's Unbelievable Adventure or whatever that series by Steven Donaldson is called. I've heard people rant and rave about it but I just think it's boring.

Nick
Sep 1st, 2011, 08:22 PM
HACK/SLASH

kahljorn
Sep 2nd, 2011, 10:22 PM
reading breakfast of champions by vonneguht

kind of reminds me of slapstick and i didnt really like slapstick ;/

its like he's trying really hard to not try hard

KandiJewl
Sep 8th, 2011, 10:06 PM
Im reading your post rite now ;D

kahljorn
Sep 10th, 2011, 03:07 AM
r u a girl

k0k0
Sep 10th, 2011, 06:50 AM
Kandi sounds pretty close to womti. My alarm is going off.

God damnit, this is like one of those horror movies when the cat keeps jumping out or it's just the wind.
Or maybe it's like 'The Thing'

kahljorn
Sep 10th, 2011, 07:02 PM
i hope its a hot girl

Pentegarn
Sep 11th, 2011, 07:24 AM
Sounds like you are hoping womti is a hot girl

executioneer
Sep 11th, 2011, 07:29 AM
would you guys stop talking about womti already

Pentegarn
Sep 11th, 2011, 07:34 AM
Blame khal, he's the one that hopes womti is a hot girl

daff3w
Sep 11th, 2011, 10:33 PM
uncle montagues tales of terror

executioneer
Sep 11th, 2011, 11:24 PM
did you join just to post that :/ why not tell us more about this book, mystery person

k0k0
Sep 12th, 2011, 02:08 AM
It sounds like a book of molestation told from the point of view of the molester. I'd rather not read it.

daff3w
Sep 12th, 2011, 10:37 AM
its a childrens book of horror stories as told by the kids uncle the stories are pretty good so fare the first story is about a kid who climbs a tree only to get killed by a monster i always found it hard to describe a book with multiple stories

Pentegarn
Sep 12th, 2011, 04:33 PM
I usually go with "It's a book with multiple stories" myself

daff3w
Sep 13th, 2011, 04:36 AM
ya my dumbass wasn't thinking sorry about that

kahljorn
Sep 14th, 2011, 04:36 PM
whats wrong with wishing that womti was a hot girl instead of womti ;/

i feel kind of bad for that monster doomed to live in trees waiting for children to climb it but they are all busy playing videogames

Pentegarn
Sep 14th, 2011, 06:15 PM
I can agree there are worse things to hope for

Guitar Woman
Sep 14th, 2011, 07:58 PM
V for Vendetta.

The coloring is fucking horrible. I'm about halfway through Part 3 and I'm ready to call the movie better, if only because I could actually see what the fuck was happening more than a fourth of the time.

Krythor
Oct 18th, 2011, 07:17 PM
I was about 200 pages into Meridian by Alice Walker but haven't read any more of it for the past two or three weeks. No particular reason why not, just not in the mood. I need to pick it back up again though, I really liked it. I didn't think Alice Walker would be my kind of thing but she's a bit experimental with the structure of the book and it's not all serious nagging about racism like I expected.

Rongi
Oct 21st, 2011, 08:35 PM
I'm ready to call the movie better,


hahaha you are so terrible how are you such a terrible person

I'm reading my Drugs and Behavior textbook. On a friday night!

The Leader
Oct 22nd, 2011, 02:16 PM
V for Vendetta.

The coloring is fucking horrible. I'm about halfway through Part 3 and I'm ready to call the movie better, if only because I could actually see what the fuck was happening more than a fourth of the time.
Maybe you are farsighted.

Revel
Nov 17th, 2011, 08:17 PM
Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. good books.

Hydraulic_Brains
Nov 22nd, 2011, 05:37 PM
Right now I'm reading The Once and Future King by T.H. White, he was really brilliant and this is one of his, if not his best, works.

monicat
Nov 24th, 2011, 08:25 AM
The Gospel According to Jesus Christ - Jose Saramago, for the sencond time. I'm stuck in my couch all day (http://www.fashionforhome.com/sofas) everytime I re-read it. Would recommend it to everyone

10,000 Volt Ghost
Nov 26th, 2011, 09:58 AM
Not that Game of Thrones book because I left it at home today by mistake >:

captain516
Nov 26th, 2011, 07:41 PM
Creative Spirituality-The way of the Artist.
lol college english

Brubeck Nightfly
Nov 27th, 2011, 08:25 PM
I'm reading All The President's Men. Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein are giving a lecture close to where I live in March and I want to brush up before I go to that.

Vyvyan Basterd
Dec 23rd, 2011, 01:41 PM
hitchhikers guide to the galaxy

JohnnyLurg
Dec 29th, 2011, 08:26 AM
hitchhikers guide to the galaxy

I thought it was hilarious when you ate that TV on The Young Ones.

Hollywood by Bukowski for me.

10,000 Volt Ghost
Mar 15th, 2012, 04:27 PM
I'm half way through game of thrones right now. Do the others ever come back?

Tadao
Mar 15th, 2012, 04:30 PM
yes

Esuohlim
Mar 15th, 2012, 04:38 PM
I started the following books over the last six months and never got past 50 pages or so.

Storm of Swords - GRRM
American Gods - Neil Gaiman
The Shining - Stephen Kunt >:
Trainspotting - Irvine Welsh
Sirens of Titan - Vonnegut
The Blade Itself - Joe Abercrombie

Just not into reading lately for some reason. It really sucks.

10,000 Volt Ghost
Mar 15th, 2012, 05:07 PM
Do they not come back in this book or not until the next prologue. which would be dumb.

Esuohlim
Mar 15th, 2012, 05:55 PM
The Others show up in Season 2 and they're lead by [spoolers]ben linus :eek

I haven't read past book 2 yet but I don't remember them since the book 1 prologue.

Zomboid
Mar 16th, 2012, 02:33 PM
Well, finish Storm of Swords.

Esuohlim
Mar 17th, 2012, 10:07 PM
I figured. It's been a while so I can't remember if I read it or just read about it.

10,000 Volt Ghost
Mar 21st, 2012, 01:00 AM
Thats the thing. Its annoying that they being them up in the prolog. then fornever more.

Gix
Mar 22nd, 2012, 08:48 PM
finished starship troopers..was ok
and now on a 007 novel called Carte Blanche...really need more books
also, after i read A Dance with Dragons, i just lost all appeal for series,not wanting to give it away but for me the last straw was the ending of the book..after that event i was no longer wanting to continue

kahljorn
Mar 31st, 2012, 01:49 AM
buy a kindle and get like every uncopyrighted book for free

10,000 Volt Ghost
Mar 31st, 2012, 10:45 AM
^
They probably have the Malice in the Palace novella.

kahljorn
Mar 31st, 2012, 08:25 PM
also you can pirate books for kindle too :O

10,000 Volt Ghost
Apr 3rd, 2012, 12:43 PM
http://www.amazon.com/Brod-Parody-Jack-Kerouacs-Road/dp/144052906X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1325876826&sr=8-1

I might have to get this for my brother.

Zomboid
Apr 7th, 2012, 12:07 PM
Thats the thing. Its annoying that they being them up in the prolog. then fornever more.

Well, if you think about it...the Night's Watch is going north of the wall as of the end of the first book. What's north of the wall? Stick with it. The Others are pretty much the biggest threat to all of Westeros, but the Night's Watch are the only people who seem to care/believe while everyone else is involved in other shit.

10,000 Volt Ghost
Apr 7th, 2012, 12:46 PM
I'm in the last 100 pages of game of thrones. Its getting better. I only have time to read during my 15 min breaks at work.

Fathom Zero
Apr 8th, 2012, 01:11 AM
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!

10,000 Volt Ghost
Jan 26th, 2013, 09:04 PM
A few hundred pages into a dance with dragons now.

Shitmouth from a feast of crows is my favorite character.

captain516
Feb 3rd, 2013, 07:45 PM
Bill Bryson-Notes from a Small Island

Phoenix Gamma
Apr 17th, 2013, 07:34 PM
I've been reading a lot of Marvel comics lately. They've got a heck of a lineup these days; Superior Spider-Man is actually really interesting; Doc Ock's funny in a way that you don't see very often. Also, the Hawkeye series is absolutely stupendous. The art, the layouts, the writing, it's all phenomenal. I absolutely adore it. Very smart. I'm also interested in their new X-Men book coming out soon.

I wish DC's reboot was as good. "Batman" is pretty great, but all the other Batman books are average at best. Wonder Woman is the only other DC series I haven't dropped yet, though I want to catch up on The Flash; it's a really pretty looking series.

IDW's got some good shit these days too. Their Ghostbusters comic is pretty great, and their current run of the Ninja Turtles is really solid. If you ever liked either one of those franchises as a kid, their current run on both are worthy follow-ups.

Lastly, Bandette is just a really charming series. The first issue is free right now to celebrate its Eisner nomination. Pretty art and fun writing.

WhiteRoseBrian
Sep 12th, 2013, 12:23 PM
This morning I wrapped up the first volume of Lone Wolf and Cub. I'm still gathering my thoughts on it while typing up a post for my blog. I've also recently read American Born Chinese, which is great. Last month I've also read the first volume of Kamen Rider (there's not much substance but it's still a ride), the first volume of Alan Moore's Saga of the Swamp Things (very solid), and a volume of short stories by Will Eisner that I received as a freebie back in July (very much worth a look).

SuperYuriGagarin
Sep 13th, 2013, 12:35 AM
Xenozoic tales. an 80's-90's running post environmental apocalypse that vomits out life from all eras of earth's history, detailing the pulp style adventures of a Man who restores pre-apocalypse cars.

WhiteRoseBrian
Oct 2nd, 2013, 11:34 AM
Batman: Death of the Family. Over-the-top but moody.

Scott Pilgrim. An overrated mixed bag, to be honest.

Axe Cop. Just plain nuts!

10,000 Volt Ghost
Oct 6th, 2013, 12:59 PM
The newspaper.

That crazy bitch that tried to drive into the white house was a crazy bitch.

Kitsa
Jan 16th, 2014, 06:37 PM
I hate, hate, hate fantasy, and fuck anyone who has a problem with that, but for some reason I got really pissed off when people were taken aback by all the Red Wedding shit when it aired.

It was written what, fifteen years ago, something like that? Almost fifteen years ago, anyway. That's like being surprised at being hit by a train when the fucking tracks are right there.

So last week, even though I hate the genre and fuck you, I got the box set and mowed through them and at least I won't be one of those people who are like WAAAH, SO AND SO DIED even though I don't even watch the show.

Tadao
Jan 16th, 2014, 07:45 PM
I like Pratchett and Adams and will always have a heart for fantasy, so long as people die. Do you hate fantasy or people who take fantasy too far?

Kitsa
Jan 16th, 2014, 07:50 PM
I don't know, I just never developed a taste for it and then maybe I went to too many cons with too many insufferable twats, I don't know. My preference is nonfiction, by a landslide, with some literature thrown in.

Tadao
Jan 16th, 2014, 08:13 PM
Yeah, never mix your people with your words. :(

Kitsa
Jan 16th, 2014, 09:10 PM
Maybe I'm dumber than the average person, but I just don't feel like I have room in my brain for it. It's weird because I have no problem with creativity, but I just feel like my time would be better spent reading about the actual events (seems to be more or less the Wars of the Roses, with some extra combatants and some dragons and frostypeople thrown in). But, you know, if you like it and that's your thing, great. I do have way more respect for people who have actually taken the fucking time to read the books, versus people who just watch the show.

Tadao
Jan 16th, 2014, 09:14 PM
heh I could say the same about historical books. Where is the time jump and why don't I have problems with ants? So far game of thrones is more historical than fantasy. Thus the glorious 3 part south park.

Kitsa
Jan 16th, 2014, 09:36 PM
I do enjoy the historical parts (although the persistent spelling "Ser" drove me up a damn wall for some reason). I enjoyed Tyrion's POV chapters the most, I think, and Catelyn's the least. Some of the Wall stuff kind of lost me, and I got frustrated with the pages-upon-pages of this-guy's-suddenly-important, striding around castle keeps with endlessly complicated points of intrigue.

Daenarys' chapters seemed like an odd juxtaposition, like a random Turkish exile for a former Western European royal.

Kitsa
Jan 16th, 2014, 09:41 PM
But still, my key point here is not that the book is shit (it's not, really, at all, and to me it felt like it was written in the same style and approximate catchiness as the Clan of the Cave Bear series), but rather that people are fucking morons for being taken by surprise by any plot twist in the TV adaptation. As I said, the events covered by the current seasons of the show were PUBLISHED FIFTEEN YEARS AGO. You can get the whole damn set for $27 in a nice box of trade paperbacks.

postaholic
Jul 3rd, 2014, 02:12 AM
For those looking for a stronger dose of fantasy in their reading diet I recommend the Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson. It's deep high fantasy that boasts some of the best written action on the shelves today, however, the characters are a bit flat and the dialogue is hokey at times but if you can look past that it's worth a read.