|
Post by 2coldMack is even more baffled on Jul 24, 2019 22:14:41 GMT -5
I just finished reading Blood Meridian. Maybe I'm missing the dark genius here, but I didn't get it.
|
|
Nr1Humanoid
Hank Scorpio
Is the #3 humanoid at best.
Posts: 5,482
|
Post by Nr1Humanoid on Aug 5, 2019 17:19:59 GMT -5
I spent the last week reading what I could of short stories that have been adapted for movies and TV.
Eight O'clock in Morning by Ray Nelson (They Live).
Farewell to the Master by Harry Bates (The Day the Earth Stood Still).
The Fly by George Langelaan.
Nightmare at 20.000 Feet by Richard Matheson (Twilight Zone).
Super Toys Last All Summer Long by Brian Aldiss (A.I. Artificial Intelligence).
We Can Remember It For You Wholesale by Philips K. Dick (Total Recall).
It is amazing what good movies they can get out of such small stories. That being said I would love to see them filmed as is.
Fascinating to see how technologically advanced these stories are yet characters still use things like letters and typewriters.
|
|
Rave
El Dandy
Perpetually Bored
Posts: 8,106
|
Post by Rave on Aug 5, 2019 17:50:49 GMT -5
Artemis by Andy Weir. A very fun novel about life on a moon colony. Andy Weir wrote The Martian so he gets nicely detailed oh the tech of the city and much like The Martian, it makes it feel very real. A very straightforward plot, but very entertaining. I've had this kicking around for the longest time untouched. Guess I need to crack it open. I've been slooooowly tunnelling through the complete works of H.P. Lovecraft. It's fascinating.
|
|
|
Post by Silver Sabre on Aug 5, 2019 18:58:26 GMT -5
Live and Let Die
|
|
|
Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Aug 5, 2019 19:01:50 GMT -5
Recently polished off two books about Chernobyl - Serhii Plokhy's "Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy", which is a solid deep dive into not only the disaster and clean up, but the history of the Soviet nuclear industry and long term political effects, and Adam Higginbotham's "Midnight in Chernobyl", which concentrates more on the disaster itself and some of the key people involved. Decent reads, though the first tends to drag quite a bit, and perpetuates some long-debunked urban myths.
|
|
|
Post by Limity (BLM) on Aug 5, 2019 20:16:14 GMT -5
Artemis by Andy Weir. A very fun novel about life on a moon colony. Andy Weir wrote The Martian so he gets nicely detailed oh the tech of the city and much like The Martian, it makes it feel very real. A very straightforward plot, but very entertaining. I've had this kicking around for the longest time untouched. Guess I need to crack it open. I've been slooooowly tunnelling through the complete works of H.P. Lovecraft. It's fascinating. I love Lovecraft, but it can be so difficult reading him and his fifteen words where five will do.
|
|
|
Post by Milkman Norm on Aug 5, 2019 20:40:29 GMT -5
The Love You Make by Peter Brown & Steven Gaines. It's a biography of the Beatles and it's fascinating.
|
|
Nr1Humanoid
Hank Scorpio
Is the #3 humanoid at best.
Posts: 5,482
|
Post by Nr1Humanoid on Nov 17, 2019 10:13:13 GMT -5
Wrapped up two novels this weekend. For library reading I finished Codec by Tom Egeland and for home reading Catmagic by Whitley Strieber.
Not too long back I devoured the latest Grisham thriller and polished off the latest by Stephen King as well.
|
|
Muskrat
Wade Wilson
Posts: 25,564
Member is Online
|
Post by Muskrat on Nov 17, 2019 10:38:18 GMT -5
Game Change by Ken Dryden. It’s about the life of NHL player Steve Montador, and how head injuries have created a need to change hockey.
|
|
|
Post by brown bricks on Nov 17, 2019 10:59:01 GMT -5
Just finished Full Throttle by Joe Hill a few days ago and now I'm about halfway through Burning Down the Haus by Tim Mohr.
|
|
|
Post by Milkman Norm on Nov 17, 2019 11:09:59 GMT -5
American Gods
|
|
Sam Punk
Hank Scorpio
Own Nothing, Be Happy
Posts: 6,304
|
Post by Sam Punk on Nov 25, 2019 22:00:11 GMT -5
The Richest Man in Babylon
|
|
Cranjis McBasketball
Crow T. Robot
Knew what the hell that thing was supposed to be
Peace Love and Nothing But
Posts: 41,919
|
Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Nov 25, 2019 22:07:29 GMT -5
The last?
Probably “This is not Fame” by Doug Stanhope. A must if you’re a fan, if not, steer far, far away.
Think it’s the 4th time I’ve read it.
|
|
|
Post by DSR on Nov 25, 2019 22:39:39 GMT -5
Deep Red by Alexia Kannas. It's a critical analysis of the Dario Argento giallo film of the same name. The book talks about the production history, the film's release in Italy and America (where it was basically butchered) and its resurrection on home video, recurring themes of trauma and mirrors, the importance of prog rock band Goblin's score, influences on the film's plot, and even Dario Argento's status as a "master of horror" being celebrated for his 70s/80s output while the man in the present day makes films that aren't heralded as classics by any stretch of the imagination. It's a decent read for film buffs, but it might be overanalytical for some.
|
|
Ultimo Gallos
Grimlock
Dreams SUCK!Nightmares live FOREVER!
Posts: 14,400
|
Post by Ultimo Gallos on Nov 25, 2019 22:59:10 GMT -5
Currently reading The Death of WCW 10th Anniversary edition. I read that not long after it came out. Felt like a cash grab book. Nothing much was added and wasn't worth getting since I have the first edition. The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum Yea this book isn't for everyone. But it is one of the few books in the past 20 years to get under my skin.Based on the Silvia Lykins case. Ketchum has a way of making some very violent and brutal things captivating. Header by Edward Lee WOW! It takes a lot to turn my stomach and this book did that a few times. Still shocked a film was made out of this book.
|
|
Cranjis McBasketball
Crow T. Robot
Knew what the hell that thing was supposed to be
Peace Love and Nothing But
Posts: 41,919
|
Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Nov 25, 2019 23:18:06 GMT -5
Currently reading The Death of WCW 10th Anniversary edition. I read that not long after it came out. Felt like a cash grab book. Nothing much was added and wasn't worth getting since I have the first edition. The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum Yea this book isn't for everyone. But it is one of the few books in the past 20 years to get under my skin.Based on the Silvia Lykins case. Ketchum has a way of making some very violent and brutal things captivating. Header by Edward Lee WOW! It takes a lot to turn my stomach and this book did that a few times. Still shocked a film was made out of this book. The biggest offense was “new” parts being added seemingly randomly. So things happen out of narrative order and often get repeated as they put in a small relevant tangent and pages and pages later it comes up again.
|
|
|
Post by Starshine on Nov 25, 2019 23:20:37 GMT -5
I'm nearing the end of 'Wyrd Sisters' by Pratchett, which I've enjoyed. I've been reading them in order and it's a nice change to have a Discworld book not deal with some cataclysmic reality breaking event.
The next thing I want to read is 'You Look Like a Thing and I Love You' by Janelle Shane. It's about A.I., how it works, and the many ways in which it can f*** up.
|
|
Ultimo Gallos
Grimlock
Dreams SUCK!Nightmares live FOREVER!
Posts: 14,400
|
Post by Ultimo Gallos on Nov 25, 2019 23:21:42 GMT -5
I read that not long after it came out. Felt like a cash grab book. Nothing much was added and wasn't worth getting since I have the first edition. The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum Yea this book isn't for everyone. But it is one of the few books in the past 20 years to get under my skin.Based on the Silvia Lykins case. Ketchum has a way of making some very violent and brutal things captivating. Header by Edward Lee WOW! It takes a lot to turn my stomach and this book did that a few times. Still shocked a film was made out of this book. The biggest offense was “new” parts being added seemingly randomly. So things happen out of narrative order and often get repeated as they put in a small relevant tangent and pages and pages later it comes up again. That and the TNA crap at the end. TNA isn't WCW. But RD for the past decade has,to me,felt like he does lots of stuff for money not cause he has a passion for wrestling. I might be wrong. Just the way it has felt to me.
|
|
Nr1Humanoid
Hank Scorpio
Is the #3 humanoid at best.
Posts: 5,482
|
Post by Nr1Humanoid on Dec 9, 2019 11:12:53 GMT -5
Just polished off the first book in the Keeper of the Lost Cities series.
Not too bad, I enjoyed it very much, though you definitively spend the first half spotting the thinly veiled Harry Potter references/ripoffs.
The main character is likeable enough, though she would have been better off being more like Hermione Granger than Harry Potter with budding breasts.
Recently finished the Last of the Mohicans as well and can certainly understand that it is considered a classic.
Started reading it in the old time English prose but eventually switched to the Norwegian translation for a more modern type of writing.
|
|
|
Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Dec 9, 2019 11:21:15 GMT -5
It has been far too long since I've actually read something, so I just started a book.
The Devil in the White City, about the world's fair in Chicago and HH Holmes. Novelistic style, but historical non-fiction.
It paints an incredibly vivid picture of Chicago in the 1890s.
|
|