Ohh, I want to watch that movie. Didnt know there was a book though, I'll have to check it out.Yeah, I've been reading Watchmen again (on and off) before the movie hits theaters. Hell, I even put in for the night off from work on the 6th so I can go watch it. Damn right it's an amazing book.
“Until the day when God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words,—'Wait and hope' "
-The Count of Monte Cristo
I'm intentionally not reading the graphic novel until I see the movie. I want to watch the movie as a movie, not as a movie about a graphic novel.
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I love Mervyn Peake. The Gormenghast books are amazing.Originally Posted by Phoenix
Recently I have read The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, which I did not like, and Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood, which I did like. Right now I'm reading Light by M. John Harrison.
As far as comics/graphic novels go, I still need to finish reading the latter half of Transmetropolitan.
Aside from the Gormenghast books, I'd recommend The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe and Perdido Street Station and The Scar by China Miéville.
"The problem with escapism is that when you read or write a book, society is in the chair with you. You can't escape your history or your culture. So the idea that because fantasy books aren't about the real world, they therefore 'escape,' is ridiculous. Even the most surreal and bizarre fantasy can't help but reverberate around the reader's awareness of their own reality." -- China Miéville
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Devil's Cape by Rob Rogers. A fresh take on the superhero genre. It's pretty good so far.
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Jasker's Tale:
Little White Lies (One-Shot; Finished)
No Honor Among Thieves (Solo)
August Auctions w/ EgoFinitum (Finished)
Haunted Houses w/ EgoFinitum
See you, Space Cowboy...
I'm currently looking for a Vonnegut book that I haven't read.
Cold, jade eyes that liquify
eyes that are merciless,
staring in mute mockery
and in mockery of the muteness
I got nearly a dozen books for christmas, still working through them all - read the Ender's Shadow series, some Star Wars books, the Hobbit, and just now finished Fellowship. On to Two Towers!
Ender's Shadow maybe is the best sci-fi book I ever read. Ender's game maybe the second best. They're really really good. Rest of the series probably isn't worth it though, meh.read the Ender's Shadow series
Dune Series = best sci fi series ever. Better than Foundation, in my opinion. Yeah, I went there.
Currently re-reading Jasper Fforde's The Eyre Affair, due to the major role toast plays within it.
Are you kidding me? The rest of the series is amazing! Granted, I get a hardon from geopolitics, but still. It's some amazingly good stuff.
Meh. Not as good as Ender's Shadown and Ender's Game though. Once they grew up it was...not as good. Speaker for the Dead and Xenophobia were good though.
I mean, they were relatively not as good. Still Card, which means better than 99% of other authors o_o He's amazing!
Hah, that's amusing. See, I loved the rest of the Ender's Shadow series, but hated Speaker/Xeno. Couldn't stand them. The rest of the Shadow series is so full of political and strategic goodness, that I just can't help liking it.
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