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Post by dhood90 on Dec 22, 2013 21:40:09 GMT -5
Figured every book/literature sub-forum required this, ja?
Currently reading Metternich: The First European by Desmond Stewart.
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Post by theboogieman on Dec 30, 2013 15:37:30 GMT -5
As far as non-fiction goes, currently I'm reading Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches.
As far as fiction goes, I just resumed reading The Help, and as far as comics go I'm almost halfway through The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller, and I should have finished that after another one or two sittings of reading it. So far, I like it. One thing which I like about it is how Gotham, in the book, feels to me like the Detroit depicted in Robocop, especially with the intermittent news reports of crime and crime-related things in the city, as they happen.
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Post by The Leo of Costa Rica on Dec 30, 2013 19:35:38 GMT -5
NOS4A2 (Joe Hill): It kind of dragged a bit in the middle, but it's pretty great as a whole.
American Gods (Neil Gaiman): A great concept, but the main character is terribly written. I kind of lost interest halfway through.
The Incal (Alejandro Jodorowsky and Moebius): This shit is insane. The story reads like it was written by a complete madman, but Moebius's artwork is fucking AMAZING.
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Post by wrucebayne on Dec 30, 2013 22:31:09 GMT -5
VALIS - Philip K. Dick. I plan on reading the other books that are supposed to be part of a very loose "trilogy" of sorts.
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Post by arcticdouche on Jan 2, 2014 3:47:04 GMT -5
I've just started reading the first book in the Dark Tower series. I was really digging the start with Roland alone in the desert but for whatever reason when he shows up in the town and shit starts getting supernatural my interest started to wane. Going to ignore it for Hyperion for the time being.
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Post by theboogieman on Jan 4, 2014 18:17:04 GMT -5
NOS4A2 (Joe Hill): It kind of dragged a bit in the middle, but it's pretty great as a whole. American Gods (Neil Gaiman): A great concept, but the main character is terribly written. I kind of lost interest halfway through. The Incal (Alejandro Jodorowsky and Moebius): This shit is insane. The story reads like it was written by a complete madman, but Moebius's artwork is fucking AMAZING. I just finished reading The Black Incal today. What were your thoughts on it? I agree about Moebius' artwork, and although I wouldn't go so far as to say the story seems like it was written by a madman, it did leave me with a tonne of questions. Also, it seems like Transmetropolitan was influenced by The Incal, in terms of the artwork, and the general eclectic, diverse and humorously ludicrous feel of the universe they created.
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Post by The Leo of Costa Rica on Jan 4, 2014 21:49:40 GMT -5
NOS4A2 (Joe Hill): It kind of dragged a bit in the middle, but it's pretty great as a whole. American Gods (Neil Gaiman): A great concept, but the main character is terribly written. I kind of lost interest halfway through. The Incal (Alejandro Jodorowsky and Moebius): This shit is insane. The story reads like it was written by a complete madman, but Moebius's artwork is fucking AMAZING. I just finished reading The Black Incal today. What were your thoughts on it? I agree about Moebius' artwork, and although I wouldn't go so far as to say the story seems like it was written by a madman, it did leave me with a tonne of questions. Also, it seems like Transmetropolitan was influenced by The Incal, in terms of the artwork, and the general eclectic, diverse and humorously ludicrous feel of the universe they created. Isn't The Black Incal the one that ends with the Meta Baron escaping the city to search for DiFool? If so, then it's a pretty good introduction to a story that gets WAY crazier later on. Don't get me wrong, I'm really liking it; but it's completely insane. And I think Transmetropolitan is an entirely different beast. The City is somewhat similar to the initial setting of The Incal, but the humor is a lot more cynical and (in my opinion) a little bit smarter. Thing is, art-wise, pretty much every artist cites Moebius as an influence these days; so it's easy to see his style come up in a ton of different things. ...The Fifth Element, on the other hand, is pretty much a bootleg adaptation of The Incal. So much so that Moebius and Jodorowsky tried to sue Luc Besson for ripping their story off.
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Post by George Knight on Jan 8, 2014 11:10:04 GMT -5
Found this really nice copy of Jurassic Park for cheap, so rereading that again for the first time in like 10 years.
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Post by Artie Fufkin on Jan 13, 2014 5:15:12 GMT -5
Got a few books on the go at the moment, A Game of Thrones - I've decided to see just how true to the books the Tv series' are, Also dipping in and out of H.P. Lovecrafts Necronomicon for a few scares at bedtime And still reading Get Off Your Knees Human Race by David Icke
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Post by mali321 on Jan 18, 2014 0:35:10 GMT -5
I've just started reading the first book in the Dark Tower series. I was really digging the start with Roland alone in the desert but for whatever reason when he shows up in the town and shit starts getting supernatural my interest started to wane. Going to ignore it for Hyperion for the time being. Out of all of his books, that is the one series I could never get into. Did not keep my interest, and was a very slow boring reading attempt. For me it would have to be toilet humor.... I could just rip out the pages and flush.
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Post by charlesdexterward on Dec 2, 2015 10:18:51 GMT -5
Currently reading....Songs Of A Dead Dreamer/Grimscribe by Thomas Ligotti. Penguin modern classic btw!!! Even if the introduction had me slightly upset, this is the earliest of TL's published ouvre. Somewhat more Lovecraftian than Teattro Grotesco is putting it mildly. I also recently acquired a load of Far Side, so it's nice revisiting them haha Cow Tools etc.
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