What are you reading? (June 09)
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BlueTsunami said:
Yeah, I enjoyed it, but honestly found it a bit too trippy for my tastes. See: I didn't fully understand it and had to do some extra reading after I was finished to understand some of the finer plot points. Heck, a lot of it still doesn't make sense.
Same with Ubik, but I still enjoyed both a great deal overall. Reading them was like watching a Satoshi Kon anime.
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i just finished reading blink by malcolm gladwell. although i enjoyed it, i cant say that i liked it more than tipping point, which i think was just written and organized a little bit better. i cant wait to read outliers once it comes out on paperback. up next for me is the road by cormac mccarthy.
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I said wow
About to start this:
Mishima Yukio - Patriotism (三島由紀夫 - 憂国
The cool thing is that I will be reading a side-by-side translation of the novel, using the English as reference for whatever I don't understand. I will likewise have an opportunity make direct comparisons between the style of the work between the two languages. Afterward, I will be watching the film that Mishima did toward the end of his life.
I'm really excited!
Mishima = <333
Mishima Yukio - Patriotism (三島由紀夫 - 憂国
The cool thing is that I will be reading a side-by-side translation of the novel, using the English as reference for whatever I don't understand. I will likewise have an opportunity make direct comparisons between the style of the work between the two languages. Afterward, I will be watching the film that Mishima did toward the end of his life.
I'm really excited!
Mishima = <333
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Alucard said:Yeah, I enjoyed it, but honestly found it a bit too trippy for my tastes. See: I didn't fully understand it and had to do some extra reading after I was finished to understand some of the finer plot points. Heck, a lot of it still doesn't make sense.
The disjointed feeling of it is why I dug it but I can see how it can be a turnoff (like Ubik too, definitely). I'll probably read his other entries later on (been wanting to read Valis).
On another note, I came back from the library with some Greek Mythology
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First book that gave me nightmares.
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It is the best graphic novel/comic I have ever read.
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I have to read it for my summer class and surprisingly, to me, I am enjoying it.
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FnordChan said:
I've had my copy gathering dust since 1996, when I bought it, got a couple of hundred pages in, and then was distracted with the minor detail of trying to graduate from college. I figure this is as good a time as ever to try to jump back in and will be starting it up shortly.
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I´m about 300 pages in and it´s really picking up steam. those first 300 were a slog though. everything starts to link up a bit now though and once they start talking a bit more about ´the entertainment´it gets very interesting.
amazingly complex book though. wordy! but I´m starting to really love it.
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dLMN8R said:Just started:
Incredible series.
Sheeeeeiiiiiiiitttt
I just finished Wizards and Glass just yesterday
Put me in with the Dark Tower crew. Juuuust about to finish the first book (started it yesterday). It's.. okay. I suppose i'll read the next one. I don't know anybody else who has read all of these..can someone give some overall impressions of the series? is it good? great? worth my time?
I'm reading "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West" by Gregory Macguire. It's like a prequal to the Wizard of Oz. This is my 3rd or fourth time trying to read the whole thing. Usually, I stop at the same point, but this time, I've vowed to finish it so that I can read the sequal, "Son of a Witch". Soon, I'll start rereading "Howl's Moving Castle" (from the point where I had to leave off when I borrowed it from a friend; had to stop because of all the school work).
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coldvein said:
Its definitely something that grows on you. After having read Wizard and Glass, I'm that more attached to Roland. King handles the characters wonderfully.
Every single book in The Dark Tower series is like nothing else that came before it in the series. Every book has its own method of storytelling, completely different type of plot, and even a different style of writing, dialog, and dialects.
Remember - this is a series that King started in the 1970s and didn't finish until 2004. You're in for a treat, and if you've only read the first book or two, you honestly have no freaking clue about the craziness that's in store.
I just started the last book as I mentioned earlier, and Wizard and Glass is probably my favorite. But that's quite the accomplishment because Wolves of the Calla and Song of Susannah are incredible accomplishments in their own ways.
Remember - this is a series that King started in the 1970s and didn't finish until 2004. You're in for a treat, and if you've only read the first book or two, you honestly have no freaking clue about the craziness that's in store.
I just started the last book as I mentioned earlier, and Wizard and Glass is probably my favorite. But that's quite the accomplishment because Wolves of the Calla and Song of Susannah are incredible accomplishments in their own ways.
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I'm currently reading and enjoying Judas Unchained by Peter F. Hamilton, the sequel to Pandora's Star. So far I'm really enjoying Judas Unchained. Its kind of a slow start, but I read a reader review that said while the book is slow to pick up, once it does it never lets go. Which is what I like in a book. After Judas Unchained I'll be reading Spin by Robert Charles Wilson, the Hyperion cantos by Dan Simmons, the Dune books by Frank Herbert, and then A Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin. Also I'll be reading some horror books too.
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I've read reviews stating how they HATE Wizard and Glass, can't see how that's possible. I guess being pulled into a 700pg long origins story would turn people off but it really builds up Roland and who he is.
Though, I found the
. I wish Roland still had Cuthbert and Alain by his side.
Though, I found the
Wizard of Oz scenario kind of corny
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I guess I'll have to read The Dark Tower series at some point.
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nyong said:
From what I've heard the first book isn't anything special. It doesn't pick up until the second book. I think even Stephen King has said that.
read the graphic novels after you're done, the first one IS Wiz & Glass, and the second one is all new...they continue the trio's adventures after the events of wizard & glass.BlueTsunami said:
dLMN8R,
i hated the whole susannah/mia duality...intesting to build a few chapters, but a whole book? fuck that shit.
I'll finish IN THE NIGHT ROOM by Straub tonight. It's easily the weirdest of his last four or five novels. He's been playing with metanarrative in all of them, including claiming that MYSTERY was written by Tim Underhill (a character) and himself, but this one just opens all the windows and gets busy with it. I found myself four layers of metanarrative deep last night, feeling terrible for the character, of a character, of a character, of Straub's.
Not to mention that the book contains a sex scene between a writer and one of his own characters. I'll have to wait until Fall for more Strauby-goodness.
Next on the block, I'll be reading YES MAN, in an attempt to counterbalance my legendary negativity.
At the same time I'm reading a bunch of non-fiction regarding demonology, pickpockets, the Crimean War, and magical systems for the novel I'm about to start writing.
Not to mention that the book contains a sex scene between a writer and one of his own characters. I'll have to wait until Fall for more Strauby-goodness.
Next on the block, I'll be reading YES MAN, in an attempt to counterbalance my legendary negativity.
At the same time I'm reading a bunch of non-fiction regarding demonology, pickpockets, the Crimean War, and magical systems for the novel I'm about to start writing.
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Falch said:
I love the first 3 culture books so much. Each are quite different.
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BlueTsunami said:
There are implications that
Eddie is a Cuthbert Twinner
As for the series. I loved it, all of it, the original Gunslinger and the Revised one, they peaked at book 4 but maintained that momentum all the way to the end of book 7 (and the ending was perfect). I wonder if he'll ever do the full series revision, he doesn't need to, but I'd appreciate the extra cohesion.
The comic series is great as well.
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