What are you reading? What was the last book you enjoyed?
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kingkrazy
Prospect
When I was in high school and reading some of Kings books this was the one I was afraid to read. Not for fear of clowns or anything like that, but just the length of it. I've never been the fastest reader so I knew this would tie me up for a LONG time. I then fell out of Kings books and moved to Koontz, mainly because I liked the way that he got into the story from the get go.
Now, I have gravitated back towards King. I appreciate him now for the reasons I stayed away from him when I was younger. So I picked this book up about six weeks ago and finished it this morning, which I read longer then expected today so I was late for work. I just couldn't put it down knowing the end was near. This book is phenomenal!!! Epic to say the least. His character developemnet was spot on. Even a few times while reading I wondered why he brought things up and then it would come flying into the story much later. The way he told it blew me away. This was definitely one of those books that when I finished it I was happy for a well told chilling tale but a little sad in the fact that It was indeed over.
kingkrazy
Prospect
I am looking for a good horror magazine to subscribe to and I stumbled upon this. It's been around for about 25 years. I picked this particular edition because they have a reprint of the first story Stephen King ever sold, The Glass Floor. . The story was OK but there was better in the magazine. IMO the best story in the magazine was Electric Mist Confidential by Weston Ochse. A couple of the stories bordered on the fantasy genre which I'm not a big fan of. There are some book and movie reviews as well as an article on the current happenings of Stephen King (Not sure if that's a regular feature) that is still somewhat reklevant as this edition was published in Feb. of this year. I am going to get the most recent issue and decide then if I should subscribe to it.
RoyalSubject
Prospect
Really enjoyed this. Very accessible for the lay person, though some prior knowledge of cosmology helps in understanding the more difficult concepts.
Can't believe it took me so long to get around to this one. Absolutely loved it.
Has anyone seen the movie? Worth a watch?
ChilledAgua
Now on the 1st tee...
The main story revolves around the 9/19/80 Titan II incident in a silo outside of Damascus, Arkansas, but is interwoven with those recounting the history of nuclear weapons, the attempt to regulate them worldwide, the founding and emergence of SAC, the interservice infighting over who gets what and Cold War military strategies of the East and West.
The prose is a concise, newswriting style as in his earlier book "Fast Food Nation", and also touches on, as in the earlier work, numerous ancillary subjects.
The main philosophical thrust is that we've been extremely lucky so far and that, sooner or later, something bad will happen due to human error, a breakdown in the system implemented for oversight and deployment of these devices or technical problems dealing with the very unforgiving nature of the atom.
It's a sobering read, but a good one.
adgy-san
PJ Harvey is God
On a recent business trip, I read:
Heart-Shaped Box - Pretty enjoyable, with some really great creepy bits, but it gets a little... too much by the ending. In fact, I thought the whole climax was going a little bit overboard, and the post-climax went on for too long and was a little too tidy, but I still enjoyed the book quite a bit.
Blood Meridian - A lot of people seem to think this is Cormac McCarthy's best novel, but I had a bitch of a time getting through it. There's a distinct lack of normal grammatical tools, like punctuation or quotation marks that, combined with the language of post-Civil War America made this a tough one. A lot of time is spent with a troop trudging through the landscape of the US and Mexico and I was constantly running into either words I was not familiar with.
Whenever the scene was a dialogue between two people, I loved it. It flowed and it was great. When it was just the narrator describing their journey, though, I frequently found my attention wandering. It's a good book overall, but I'm glad to be done with it.
House Of Leaves - Finished reading this for the second time last night and I still love the ****ing **** out of it.
Heart-Shaped Box - Pretty enjoyable, with some really great creepy bits, but it gets a little... too much by the ending. In fact, I thought the whole climax was going a little bit overboard, and the post-climax went on for too long and was a little too tidy, but I still enjoyed the book quite a bit.
Blood Meridian - A lot of people seem to think this is Cormac McCarthy's best novel, but I had a bitch of a time getting through it. There's a distinct lack of normal grammatical tools, like punctuation or quotation marks that, combined with the language of post-Civil War America made this a tough one. A lot of time is spent with a troop trudging through the landscape of the US and Mexico and I was constantly running into either words I was not familiar with.
Whenever the scene was a dialogue between two people, I loved it. It flowed and it was great. When it was just the narrator describing their journey, though, I frequently found my attention wandering. It's a good book overall, but I'm glad to be done with it.
House Of Leaves - Finished reading this for the second time last night and I still love the ****ing **** out of it.
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motalare
Lurker
Well done history of the Thunderbird division from North Africa through the end of WW2.
Flint Whitlock
Punch Rockgroin
Dirk Beefflank
Rip Drywall
Etc...
MST3K - Space Mutiny - The many names of David Ryder - YouTube
Punch Rockgroin
Dirk Beefflank
Rip Drywall
Etc...
MST3K - Space Mutiny - The many names of David Ryder - YouTube
jerseydevil
I'llPutPenniesOnYourEyes
Just started reading House of Leaves. Trippy...challenging...and utterly hypnotic so far.
Finished this.
Look. It's pretty light. A fairly promising threat turns out to be pretty inept, and easily defeated. No real consequence to anyone...but I didn't care. It almost felt like King liked his characters too much to do anything nasty to em(getting soft in his retirement). Comfy as an old pair of slippers. If you care...he does tie in the Shining to the overall story, but it's a lot of conveniences and leaps of faith. As a longtime King fan, I enjoyed it but it's not essential stuff.
Finished this.
Look. It's pretty light. A fairly promising threat turns out to be pretty inept, and easily defeated. No real consequence to anyone...but I didn't care. It almost felt like King liked his characters too much to do anything nasty to em(getting soft in his retirement). Comfy as an old pair of slippers. If you care...he does tie in the Shining to the overall story, but it's a lot of conveniences and leaps of faith. As a longtime King fan, I enjoyed it but it's not essential stuff.
kingkrazy
Prospect
A pretty quick read. I would have to say that maybe I was expecting too much from this novella. I had been reading some really good reviews about Brian James Freeman so I figured why not. The story is told in a bit of It style, going after the evil once as a kid and again as an adult. The ending was a bit predicable in one aspect and anti-climactic in another. That being said i will probabbly get his other novella Blue November Storms for a later time.
adgy-san
PJ Harvey is God
Hey, JD, you seen this?
Bleeding Shadows: Joe R. Lansdale: 9781596065994: Amazon.com: Books
Just ordered one for myself.
Bleeding Shadows: Joe R. Lansdale: 9781596065994: Amazon.com: Books
Just ordered one for myself.
jerseydevil
I'llPutPenniesOnYourEyes
not till now...as soon as my pilfered bank account gets straightened out(thanks Target) I will be a-gettin!
orpheus
The Dolphin Cares!
Mat Johnson's Pym
An interesting take on Poe's Arthur Pym story! And lotsa African American satire.
Ramsey Campbell's Dark Companions
A short story horror anthology. My first time reading Campbell. I enjoyed it, but most of the stories seemed to end way too similar.
An interesting take on Poe's Arthur Pym story! And lotsa African American satire.
Ramsey Campbell's Dark Companions
A short story horror anthology. My first time reading Campbell. I enjoyed it, but most of the stories seemed to end way too similar.
Kings Provisional
Bar room hero
So I am still in a graphic novel, or for the layperson "comics", phase of reading...
Y-The Last Man, by Brian K. Vaughan w/Pia Guerra and Jose Marzan Jr. (Vaughan's current book is Saga, which is great, so if you like that check this out.)
So a plague hits and all the males on earth die except for Yorick Brown and his pet monkey Ampersand. The story deals with Yorick on a quest to find his girlfriend half a world away. You would think that being the last man earth would be pretty sweet: you get to bang all the chicks you want right? But it turns out it really sucks. Society is in shambles and you are a wanted man. Sure there are a lot of chicks who want you to bang em, but then there are radical groups of women who think the plague was cosmic justice and they vow to hunt you down and finish what nature started, there are foreign governments hunting you because they want to repopulate and you are the key and an assortment of other people who either want to do you harm or simply kidnap you.
It was one of the better reads I have had in a while. You can get the whole series in 10 trades so it won't set you back too much.
And there have been on again/off again talks of making this a movie, I for one hope it happens
Y-The Last Man, by Brian K. Vaughan w/Pia Guerra and Jose Marzan Jr. (Vaughan's current book is Saga, which is great, so if you like that check this out.)
So a plague hits and all the males on earth die except for Yorick Brown and his pet monkey Ampersand. The story deals with Yorick on a quest to find his girlfriend half a world away. You would think that being the last man earth would be pretty sweet: you get to bang all the chicks you want right? But it turns out it really sucks. Society is in shambles and you are a wanted man. Sure there are a lot of chicks who want you to bang em, but then there are radical groups of women who think the plague was cosmic justice and they vow to hunt you down and finish what nature started, there are foreign governments hunting you because they want to repopulate and you are the key and an assortment of other people who either want to do you harm or simply kidnap you.
It was one of the better reads I have had in a while. You can get the whole series in 10 trades so it won't set you back too much.
And there have been on again/off again talks of making this a movie, I for one hope it happens
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LetTigerIn
Lurker
Just finished this:
Amazon.com: Behind the Board:My Life with Rock and Roll Legends eBook: Scott Cahill, Galen Senogles, Wil Leacox: Kindle Store
This book is rife with typographical and grammatical errors. It also could have used some occasional editing for redundancy. However, technical gripes aside, this book really hit every sweet spot for me and was a fast, smooth, enjoyable read. Actually, that's an understatement. I really loved this and am so glad I saw it, but, like I said, it hit all the sweet spots for me.
It's a series of interviews, and it's short, but you will get something out of this book if you're entertained by road stories from traveling performers; are a fan of The Beatles, or Fleetwood Mac, or Pink Floyd; have ever looked up the studio musicians or other personnel on a favorite album; are interested in recording techniques; are curious about the music industry; or even if you just like a good yarn from a unique perspective.
Amazon.com: Behind the Board:My Life with Rock and Roll Legends eBook: Scott Cahill, Galen Senogles, Wil Leacox: Kindle Store
This book is rife with typographical and grammatical errors. It also could have used some occasional editing for redundancy. However, technical gripes aside, this book really hit every sweet spot for me and was a fast, smooth, enjoyable read. Actually, that's an understatement. I really loved this and am so glad I saw it, but, like I said, it hit all the sweet spots for me.
It's a series of interviews, and it's short, but you will get something out of this book if you're entertained by road stories from traveling performers; are a fan of The Beatles, or Fleetwood Mac, or Pink Floyd; have ever looked up the studio musicians or other personnel on a favorite album; are interested in recording techniques; are curious about the music industry; or even if you just like a good yarn from a unique perspective.
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LetTigerIn
Lurker
I saw the book on the board here somewhere when he posted something about it. That's totally why I bought it, but it's not why I loved it.
It really was right up my alley. I traveled for over 4 years as a performer. My dad was a musician. First favorite band was The Beatles. Fleetwood Mac and Pink Floyd? Absolutely, especially after seeing Roger Waters perform The Wall. I'm also a tech geek and a post-production guy. There are certainly many stories in the book that you won't hear anywhere else.
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LetTigerIn
Lurker
Yes! That was the thread. Couldn't find it again.
