Anyone else got things (books) that they are reading that are worth a mention?
__________________ Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
I would suggest some Steven King novels, as well as Mrs. Frisbee and the Rats of Nihm, a rather pleasing tale that surprisingly appears to older reads as well as younger ones.
Stephen King can suck my balls, and I read Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH when I was six.
You know this is The Book Club For Really Smart People Club, right?
__________________ Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
__________________ Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
Got into a lot of James Lee Burke at the moment, definitely worth a read (if you haven't already), if you like crime fiction, you're bound to like Burke. Also Mo Hayder novels are always a great read, I'd recommend Tokyo and Birdman.
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"All morons hate it when you call them a moron." - Holden Caulfield
Unbelievably annoying. Pretty much all he talked about was the problem of getting his book published and his ***** of a girlfriend. Don't read this. The book, not the sentence.
Started off interesting, turned into a huge pile of garbage.
The End.
Currently, I'm into Neil Gaiman in a big way. Neverwhere was great, so was Stardust (Excellent movie, too), and I'm currently reading American Gods.
Anyone else got any good books to recommend? If you like Dan Brown and his ilk, go f*ck yourself.
__________________ Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
The problem with American Gods, nice piece of work as it is, is that it is basically a re-tread of all his previous ideas re-done for a more mainstream American audience, so if you have followed his works closely before you'll get a lot of deja vu.
I assume you've tried Good Omens?
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"We've got maybe seconds before Darth Rosenberg grinds everybody into Jawa burgers and not one of you buds has the midi-chlorians to stop her!"
I'm only about 2cm into American Gods. I'm liking it so far, but I'm finding it more hard to get my head around than the other two I've read. Good Omens is next on my list, is it good? How about Anansi Boys?
I bought the first Sandman graphic novel, but it made me depressed, so I gave up on it. What's The Books of Magic like?
__________________ Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
Good Omens is really where I kicked off with Gaiman. Actually I came into it as a Pratchett fan and liked the touches like Death working the same way as in Discworld (this was back in the days of the earlier Discworld novels that I liked a lot more than the ones these days, grumpy old man as I am).
But as I got more and more into the novel it was becoming clear that the Pratchett-like bits (like the kids) were grating and what I was now learning were the Gaiman-like bits (the Crowley and Aziraphale stuff) was awesome. About this time my brother syarted feeding Sandman comics to me, and now I cannot even associate Good Omens with Pratchett any more, as I really only remember the Gaiman bits. Though Death was pretty good in it.
It's certainly Gaiman's most accessible work, and I guess Pratchett should take credit for that, as he's always been a very readable guy (I just don't like his stories any more).
Anansi Boys... I felt I should have liked it but it underwhelmed me.
I'd persist with Sandman if you can- get onto Seasons of Mists.
As for Books of Magic- make sure you go for the original four part story rather than the subsequent series spin off which is of... smaller value. BoM is Gaiman taking a leap into a crossover between the wider DC Vertigo line and Harry Potter, though it does pre-date Potter. He does Constantine well, thiough doesn't add anything to him.
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"We've got maybe seconds before Darth Rosenberg grinds everybody into Jawa burgers and not one of you buds has the midi-chlorians to stop her!"
I remember reading a Pratchett book years ago...something about a turtle in the sky, or something...Didn't really get into his brand of 'humor'. Seemed too forced.
Good Omens sounds like fun, but I'm not really into American Gods that much. I'm up to the bit where the Mad Sweeney dies, but I'm still not getting it. So far, I'd rate Neverwhere and Stardust way ahead of it. I may give Sandman another try, but I really was turned off by it last time.
Any other books you'd care to recommend?
__________________ Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
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Well, if you enjoy Constantine then The Books of Magic is one of the best performances of his. I suppose it is pretty interesting if you enjoy Vertigo.
A bit late here on my part, but Krunk'd, did you ever read The Road? Saw you mentioned it a while back, would be interested in your thoughts of it, as I absolutely loved it.
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I was gonna read it, but a friend told me it was a load of bunk so I didn't. You tellin' me I should give the little book a try? Yeah, I guess you are..
Why is it so good? (Without giving away plot details)
__________________ Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
I thought it was a very powerful and moving story. One of the only stories in any medium that portrays the end of the world as purely tragic. The portrait McCarthy paints of the world after it has been destroyed is extremely haunting and saddening, and the relationship between the father and son is very heartfelt.
Sounds interesting, but is it really depressing? I hate f*cking depressing, melancholic bullshit. It's not like that is it? (Sounds like it is...)
__________________ Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
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