so have IOriginally Posted by alinda
so have I
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is one of my favorite Heinlein books. Just be prepared for all the "propaganda" that he loves to salt in his work. The story itself is great!
John
nothing. i am reading nothing. it's hard to read when you are depressed.
but i am listening to "neverwhere" read by neil gaiman. ::sigh::
thanks for the book, maerlyn
Blaze is good Alex.
I'm reading Roadwork for the first time. Quite a powerful story.
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Let's just say... Rorschach is my new desktop wallpaper.
Excelleeeeeent..... [/Mr. Burns]It was a little odd getting into the swing of things since I've never read a comic before :gasp: but after the first chapter I found myself really enjoying it. I'll definitely be looking into some other graphic novels now.
Your next destination? The Sandman by Neil Gaiman!
SK requested a stop due to the high school shootings. There are many copies of The Bachman Books still out there and they include the entire story. If you manage to snag an original first edition paperback of Rage, it's worth a few dollars.
Good story. Classic writing style.
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Rage is awesome, IMHO.
And, I really enjoyed Blaze as well.
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
I guess I need to reread Cell. I was less than impressed the first time.
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
Oh, read The Stand! It's far more superior, IMHO.
And yeah, I can see where that is coming from.
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
Curse you double post!
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
-David Copperfield,
Charles Dickens.
-In cold blood,
Truman Capote
-Kafka on the shore,
Haruki Murakami
(I <3 Kafka on the shore jeje)
Look at me thus. Thy glance is mad and rare.
Thine eyes show deep and wild and inner strife.
How they are more than Horror fair!
-Alexander Search
Actually...... On my last Barnes & Noble trip (yesterday) I picked up the first volume and read the first two chapters. I've heard way too many good things about this one NOT to read it. (Yeah, I lurk in the Comic Tower sometimes...)Your next destination? The Sandman by Neil Gaiman!
I'm not supposed to be spending money right now though. My problem is I would much rather buy a book than borrow it or just read it in the store.
What if I have to reference it later? How can I do that if I don't have it with me?!?!?
(So if anybody has an extra copy lying around somewhere, I'm not too proud to beg: Please?)
No, you don't.
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
I love Rage. I read it at least every couple years, if not more often.
Today I started Camus' The Stranger.
Today I finished Camus' The Stranger.
how was it? one of the books I thoroughly loathe (Rage being another, though)
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What? The Stranger? I actually liked it quite alot. I tore through it in a couple hours. I haven't done that with a book in awhile now.
::nods gloomily::
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
no, when someone the bear likes is happy the bear is always happy too, whatever the reason
but the bear is always gloomy when he thinks of certain books
::broods::
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
it presents an attitude towards life which I find loathsome, and expresses the essense of a whole school of thought I dislike intensely. Then, I generally don't like book with "deep meaning", - you know, other than telling an entertaining story.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am generally only interested in the story even in those types of books. I can manage my own morality without them.
You have actually hit on the reason I hated the Narnia books - I felt like I was getting religion shoved down my throat every 10 seconds. GRRR.
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
yes. I haven't read them, but I see the point - when an author is trying to write something "philosophical", or "religious", or "socially responsible", or "with deep moral impact", it's usually disgusting. The skeleton - the "ideas" - stick out like so many sore thumbs, and it is almost always at the expense of the story (characters and language including). There are, of course, cases where the fabrics of story is itself made of philosophy or religion or social concern, as it is the case with J.L.Borges or G.K.Chesterton or J.Swift or some other chosen few, but it is 1) rare; 2) quite another kettle of fish; 3) in all listed cases the story and the writing is superb anyway, and it is all that is really needed.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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