I'm listening to The wastelands in my car and I'm listening to The Gunslinger on my computer. (I just finished listening to The Drawing of the Three...good times fo sho)
I'm listening to The wastelands in my car and I'm listening to The Gunslinger on my computer. (I just finished listening to The Drawing of the Three...good times fo sho)
Lalalalaaaa, lalalalaaa
Lalalalaaaa, lalalalaaa
sugarpop <3
I just saw a book written by Tabitha King and someone else (I think the guy died and she took over the unfinished manuscript or something like that) called The Candle Burning. It looked spooky and creepy but in a maybe good way. Anyone read it and can tell me about it? I don't like REALLY scary stuff (I have read IT for that reason) but a little creepy and some gore doesn't usually bother me.
: O you guys need to read more!
"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."
If I read too much Zone gets jealous.Originally Posted by JohnBlaze
what
why
because you dont put out?
"You can lead a whore to culture but you can't make her think." - Duma Key
zoneseek@thedarktower.com
You got all upset when I was reading The Wheel of Time.
telynn, you really should put out.
i read somewhere putting out gives you a better complexion, and hair, and umm, it burns calories. lots of good reasons to put out.
"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 read an advertisment for this book the other day. How is it?Tolkien's Children of Hurin
I was into the old Hardy Boys books once upon a time. I probably read all the original ones. Did anyone else read The Three Investigators series? Something along the same vein. I used to have a bunch of those books. I don't know what happened to them. I think I left them in the basement and my Mom threw 'em away. heheshit, one school year (4th grade) I read the ENTIRE Hardy Boys series.
I was also into the Choose Your Own Adventure series. I think I read all of the ones from the original run. There was another series along the same lines that I really enjoyed as a youngster called Fighting Fantasy. Did anyone else here read that? I used to have a bunch of those as well. I even remember my favorite two of the bunch, Deathtrap Dungeon and House of Hell. Those books were a lot of fun.I loved the Choose Your Own adventure books. I think they are directly responsible for me becoming a Dungeons and Dragons nerd. I had an awesome one when I was in 8th grade or so that you actually used dice and such with, but I read it so much that it fell apart.
As far as what I'm currently reading, I'm doing another re-read of the DT series. It's been long enough since my last and I want a refresher. The comics had me wanting to start a re-read, now I'm actually doing it.
been about 4 months since my last rereard, i reckon I'll start one soon myself.
Feverish, have you received that book from Amazon yet?
"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."
Yes sir, although I didn't have time to start it yesterday. Hopefully my obligations for this weekend are minimal so that I can start pounding my way through this book.
Having finished my epic re-read of the Harry Potter books, I've moved on to The Great Snape Debate.
i started that on the Borders website, but of course, didn't finish it. It seems very good.
Let us know, Blake.
and FP, i hope you enjoy it thoroughly.
"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."
definately. Chris, have you read Fragile Things his new collection of short stories? Theres a "what happened next" type of tale about Shadow in there - totally worth buying the book for that alone!
I'm struggling through a Tad William's book my sister lent me...not really my cup of tea, I'm afraid I find 90% of fantasy to be LotR rip offs, but its not too bad as these things go. I'm just killing book time until Deathly Hallows comes out
Yep. I just finished it recently. I bought it a while back, but had to get through some other stuff before I finished it, plus college was taking up all of my time. It was a wonderful book all around. I really enjoyed it. The Sherlock Holmes story was probably my favorite of the book, if you don't count the Shadow Novella. All of them were grand, though. I try to read anything Gaiman written. I still haven't been able to pick up any of his run on the Eternals comic, though.
I'm struggling through a Tad William's book my sister lent me...not really my cup of tea, I'm afraid I find 90% of fantasy to be LotR rip offs, but its not too bad as these things go. I'm just killing book time until Deathly Hallows comes out
There's one hole in every revolution, large or small. And it's one word long.. people. No matter how big the idea they all stand under, people are small and weak and cheap and frightened. It's people that kill every revolution.
Lightning
Dean Koontz
"eh..."
[QUOTE=OchrisO;7248][QUOTE=Darkthoughts;7238]Yep, i totally dug that too - he shines at that style of writing! The Tori Amos inspired stuff was a little bizarre, but I agree, a good book all round.
I was really into the Lucifer spin off comics a while back - have you read those?
Finished my LotR re-read this morning.
Will probably make a start on McCarthy's The Road this evening.
I think you'll enjoy it Brian!
P.S- It's funny that FINALLY i've read a book before you and can actually recommend it to you instead of the other way around like it usually is.
I am Daenerys Stormborn and I will take what is mine. With fire and blood.
I have read a bit of the Lucifer stuff, but not near enough.
I liked the Tori stuff, but I'm a big Tori Amos fan anyway. I love how the two of them are constantly working each other into their stuff.
[QUOTE=Darkthoughts;7254][QUOTE=OchrisO;7248]Yep, i totally dug that too - he shines at that style of writing! The Tori Amos inspired stuff was a little bizarre, but I agree, a good book all round.
I was really into the Lucifer spin off comics a while back - have you read those?
There's one hole in every revolution, large or small. And it's one word long.. people. No matter how big the idea they all stand under, people are small and weak and cheap and frightened. It's people that kill every revolution.
I've got Little Earthquakes, which is a great album - perhaps I'd appreciate the Tori stories more if I knew the album that they relate to.
Did you notice the Neil gaiman references on Little Earthquakes?
"If you need me, me and Neil'll be hangin' out with the dream king / Neil said hi, by the way" ("Tear In Your Hand," 1992)
She makes a lot of other references to him as well.
"Seems I keep getting this story twisted, so where's Neil when you need him?" ("Space Dog," 1994)
"Will you find me if Neil makes me a tree?" ("Horses," 1996) — Gaiman based the character of the talking tree in Stardust on Amos at her request after Neil stayed with her while beginning work on the novel
"Where are the Velvets?" ("Hotel," 1998) — the Velvets being vampire-like characters from Gaiman's novel Neverwhere
"Get me Neil on the line... / have him read Snow, Glass, Apples" ("Carbon," 2002)
The lyric "Where's Neil When You Need Him?" is also the title of a 2006 tribute album to Neil. Tori and sixteen other artists wrote songs about their favorite Gaiman stories or characters; Neil wrote the liner notes and Dave McKean did the artwork.
And, he makes references to her as well. Delerium is Sandman wa smodeled after her personality, adn even looks like her in Brief Lives. The talking tree in StarDust is also her, which is where the "Will you find me if Neil makes me a tree?" comes from.
The short stories in Fragile Things are from her albums Strange Little Girls and Scarlet's Walk. The 12 'Strange Little Girls very short stories are of course for the Strange Little Girls album and "Pages from a Journal Found in a Shoebox Left in a Greyhound Bus Somewhere Between Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Louisville, Kentucky" was for Scarlet's Walk
Geez, I seriously know too much about Neil Gaiman.
There's one hole in every revolution, large or small. And it's one word long.. people. No matter how big the idea they all stand under, people are small and weak and cheap and frightened. It's people that kill every revolution.
Nice one Erin.I think you'll enjoy it Brian!
P.S- It's funny that FINALLY i've read a book before you and can actually recommend it to you instead of the other way around like it usually is.
Well, I'm well into The Road now (nearly half way - its a short book).
Have to say it's amazingly good.
It's maybe the bleakest book I've ever read -
but yes, so far it's damn good.
MOW, how many times have you read LOTR exactly?
Which book? From the sounds of it, I'm assuming you're reading the Dragonbone Chair/Stone of Farewell/To Green Angel Tower series.I'm struggling through a Tad William's book my sister lent me...not really my cup of tea, I'm afraid I find 90% of fantasy to be LotR rip offs, but its not too bad as these things go. I'm just killing book time until Deathly Hallows comes out
I agree, many fantasy books are LotR ripoffs, the worst being Dennis L. McKiernan's Iron Tower trilogy. They even go through a Dwarven mine and face a huge monster. It's insane. At least he flat-out says that the series was "inspired" by LotR... I like his characters, though, so I read it anyway.
But, when a man basically defines a genre, it's going to be hard to find other books in that genre that don't echo the original at least a bit. Generally I like Tad Williams. Have you read his Otherland series or War of the Flowers? I liked Tailchaser's Song a lot when I was younger, too.
you're solid gold // i'll see you in hell
Exactly? - I dunno - lost count at times over the years.MOW, how many times have you read LOTR exactly?
Roughly? - I'd make it something over 25 times. (I love that Book)
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