"What are you reading?" thread.
- Thread starter HoboNinja
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The Boys volume 3. "They wanted one of the Bushes, but their latest gifted son chopped his head off with a chain-saw." Lord I love Ennis.
fade
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I just read The Dark Knight Strikes Again.
I wish I hadn't. This was just terrible. It's like they took out all the good parts of Dark Knight returns, and replaced them with amplified versions of the parts of DKR that were bad. They took Carrie Kelley, a reasonably sane, strong female character with brains and made her into a literal sex kitten on wheels, seemingly dumbing her down in the process. They stripped Batman of his strong morality in favor of some nihilistic anti-establishment mumbo jumbo. Overall, it's not recommended.
I wish I hadn't. This was just terrible. It's like they took out all the good parts of Dark Knight returns, and replaced them with amplified versions of the parts of DKR that were bad. They took Carrie Kelley, a reasonably sane, strong female character with brains and made her into a literal sex kitten on wheels, seemingly dumbing her down in the process. They stripped Batman of his strong morality in favor of some nihilistic anti-establishment mumbo jumbo. Overall, it's not recommended.
I still need to buy the second omnibus of this series.
GasBandit
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I read these books out loud to the little woman. We have a Ciaphas Cain drinking game.
Drink every time:
Ciaphas fakes something/tells a lie "with the ease of a lifetime's dissembling."
Jurgen's odor makes an appearance "shortly followed by Jurgen himself."
Jurgen is described as "unprepossessing."
Jurgen's driving habits are euphemized.
A large drop is described as "vertiginous."
Ciaphas bluntly foreshadows - "Of course I had no idea how wrong I was at the time/how badly this was going to turn out."
Ciaphas' palms begin to itch.
Ciaphas makes the sign of the aquila.
Ciaphas remarks on how thankful he is for the two augmentic fingers he has.
Ciaphas insinuates Jenit Sulla looks like a horse.
Amberley laments on Ciaphas' narrative habits and inserts a passage from another text to provide background.
We had to switch to water.
Need to get more Ciaphas Cain. Have no desire to feed the Games Workshop/Black Library hyper-inflated eatbeast. What do?
I just want to point out, he's not exaggerating here. She's literally in a skin-tight cheetah print catsuit on rollerskates.
GasBandit
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Well, the omnibus volumes are usually pretty good deals (and I love that other people are picking up my eatbeast thing), though there's always the more unsavory options. Sometimes though the omnibus editions also include extra stories. I think they're worth it.
I have the first two omnis... just didn't want to wait for number 3...
And I still find "eatbeast" to be amongst the finest of linguistic artisanries
And I still find "eatbeast" to be amongst the finest of linguistic artisanries
The Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb. Haven't had much time to read it, but so far it is interesting.
Interesting... What is the main contention? I might have to pick that up; it's a topic that interests me.
I'm just waiting on the last book of that series to come out in paperback next year. Pretty good read, and a good job of characterization of the individuals involved.
I read her Farseer Trilogy about 5 or 6 years ago. I thought those were good books, too.
Decided I'm going to finish Stephen King's Four Past Midnight even though I hadn't planned to read "Secret Window, Secret Garden" because (a) I've seen the movie and also know the differences between the novella and the movie, and (b) I kind of didn't want to touch the collection again after the tasteless and anti-climactic "The Library Policeman" (and I couldn't tell you which of those is more offensive to me as a reader). But what the hell, I bought it and I don't feel like dragging a non-Kindle book along with me right now.
So far, it's good, and it's neat to be able to piece together stuff already knowing the outcome of the mystery. I think it's been long enough since the movie (which I haven't seen since it was in theaters) that I don't have it all fresh, so it's not boring.
So far, it's good, and it's neat to be able to piece together stuff already knowing the outcome of the mystery. I think it's been long enough since the movie (which I haven't seen since it was in theaters) that I don't have it all fresh, so it's not boring.
I've been blasting through Invincible to get caught up.
So, I left off around issue 80, 2 years ago. I was completely enthralled by the events all the way until 99-102 which brings us up to date. What the fuck Kirkman? They were rushed messes of comics. Does he give a fuck about Invincible anymore?
So, I left off around issue 80, 2 years ago. I was completely enthralled by the events all the way until 99-102 which brings us up to date. What the fuck Kirkman? They were rushed messes of comics. Does he give a fuck about Invincible anymore?
I wouldn't be surprised. The Walking Dead has turned into a franchise and he's busy managing that right now. However, it's only a matter of time until Invincible gets a cartoon or movie deal.
Zombo: Can I Eat You, Please? by Al Ewing and Henry Flint. The first collection of a 2000 AD series about a Half Zombie-Half Human creature created by the government (trust your government) to battle the Deathworlds, sentient planets who seek to wipe out human life. Utterly bizarre, over the top gore, and a great sense of self-awareness.
Dave
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Uhmmm, what? I can see in the reply quote that you apparently linked to some Amazon items, but I can't see them.
Whitelist this page on your Adblock and they'll show up.
Whelp, now that summer's here, I finished reading the first book in The Hunger Games. Loved it. Can't wait to watch the movie. I also look forward to reading the other two books. Shouldn't take too long as it only took two days to get through the first one.
Then, it's time to get caught up on The Dresden Files.
Then, it's time to get caught up on The Dresden Files.
I'd say book three is where shit hits the proverbial fan.
figmentPez
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I love the Uplift novels. Both trilogies are great, though Startide Rising is a favorite of mine, if for no other reason than it's the first I read from David Brin.
