Guest Flyboy Report post Posted May 18, 2003 I'm reading the epic poem Evangeline for school. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest godthedog Report post Posted May 18, 2003 i've got 3 books going at the moment: being and time, heidegger (we got about halfway through in an existentialism class, & i wanted to finish it)--ulysses, joyce (which i haven't picked up in a few years)--faust, goethe (to see what the hype's all about). this is the first time since i started college that i have time to read for pleasure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest J*ingus Report post Posted May 18, 2003 Ulysses utterly and completely lost me, and I'm speaking as a guy who reads House of Leaves for entertainment. I think Joyce simply invented his own completely new language, which was only vaguely related to English. I recently re-read those cheapass novels that they made off the Doom video game... damn those were shitty. Continuity mistakes galore, veering wildly from the plots of the games, ignoring or killing off all the more interesting characters, and a bizarre preoccupation with the Mormon church. Just strange and lame all around. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest godthedog Report post Posted May 18, 2003 Ulysses utterly and completely lost me, and I'm speaking as a guy who reads House of Leaves for entertainment. I think Joyce simply invented his own completely new language, which was only vaguely related to English. bah. all you need is the will to keep going. the 'circe' chapter and the 'ithaca' chapter alone are worth aaaaaaaaaaaall the effort, and then some. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vyce Report post Posted May 19, 2003 I'm speaking as a guy who reads House of Leaves for entertainment. I adore that book. And his sister is really hot too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thuganomics 0 Report post Posted May 19, 2003 I recently re-read those cheapass novels that they made off the Doom video game... damn those were shitty. Continuity mistakes galore, veering wildly from the plots of the games, ignoring or killing off all the more interesting characters, and a bizarre preoccupation with the Mormon church. Just strange and lame all around. The first two Doom books weren't that bad... the second two really blew though. The Mormon fascination probably is related to the fact that the writers are Mormon, and are just pushing Mormon survivalist propaganda. Those crazy Mormons! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
B. Brian Brunzell 0 Report post Posted May 19, 2003 Vyce, the book is about as vile and filthy as it gets. Carpophegia(sp?)and pedophile priests(well, that's not hard to imagine now, is it?) are just the tip of the iceberg in that book. You'll feel dirty after reading it. As of now, I'm reading a book by James Michener about the Kent State massacre. It's interesting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rendclaw 0 Report post Posted May 29, 2003 anything by Michener is a good read IMO, I was shoicked when I first read Shogun to see how different it was from the mini-series, which I thought was epic. I'm re-reading the Rogue/Wraith Squadron books for like the 5th time, I'm running a Star Wars campaign and I need to get a feel for the setting, but as soon as payday rolls around I am going to go to Waldenbooks and grab a bunch of DS9 novels... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ray Report post Posted May 30, 2003 (edited) I'm actually reading the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx right now. Edited August 19, 2003 by Ray Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest areacode212 Report post Posted May 30, 2003 I'm in the middle of Dune right now. It bored me as a kid, but I'm finding it hard to put down now (I turned off Smackdown last night to continue reading it---not that it was such a hard decision). Which movie adaptation is the better one? The Lynch film or the Sci-Fi Channel one? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Grand Slam Report post Posted May 30, 2003 Depends on what you are looking for. The Lynch version is visually spectacular, but the changes in the story are painful. On the upside, Kyle McLaughlin makes a pretty good Paul Atredies and Patrick Stewart at Gurney Halleck is a joy. The Sci-Fi mini-series sticks pretty closely to the book, adding a little here and there to make it flow better for the visual medium. However the visuals, while impressive for the small screen, look like they were created on a shoestring budget for the small screen. The acting is mediocre across the board, with the exception of William Hurt as Duke Leto. He is everything I imagined Leto to be, calm and collected but underneath is a very passionate man. I haven't watched Children of Dune yet, but I hope it continues the quality. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest starvenger Report post Posted May 30, 2003 I'm just finishing up my backlog, and starting on the Attoack of the Clones novelization by Salvatore. There was quite a bit of lightsaber action in the book, so that definitely plays to one of Salvatore's strengths (describing swordplay). Given that Terry Brooks wrote the Ep 1 novelization, I suppose we should expect Robert Jordan to write the last one? I finished reading "Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic II: Refugee". I don't think that it was a bad book but half of the storyline (Han and Leia's team at Bakura) really didn't deal a whole lot with the Yuhzaan Vong. And while this is a nice change of pace, it would be better if this wasn't one of the 2 main plotlines. The other plot involved Luke's team trying to find the moving planet Zenoma Sekot (don't ask) in the Unknown Regions/Chiss (Thrawn's people) territory. Like the Bakura storyline, this follows up on a previous novel (Rogue Planet), but at least has better ties to the overall nJo storyline. The third plotline with Nom Anor was really buried in this one, and was a lot more interesting than the Bakura plot. Because he's a devious guy, we're not entirely sure what he'll do once he gains enough power to potentially overthrow the current Vong social structure. Anyways, this book seems like filler to make a duology a trilogy, and I think they would have been better served to have done that and created another book dealing with what's going on at home. Rating: 6.5/10, recommendation to borrow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest CaseyJones Report post Posted June 3, 2003 Mike Nelson's Death Rat by Michael J Nelson. It's not what it sounds like it is from the title. Plus it's really good an really funny. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest notJames Report post Posted June 3, 2003 Just finished Lemony Snicket, the Unauthorized Biography, a very strange... well, I can't put it into words. Just read the review(s). Just started Girlfriend in a Coma by Douglas Coupland. You may remember him from those seminal novels Generation X and Microserfs. I got it mostly because I like his writing and because the title is a Smiths song. I'm also itching to get Matt Ruff's Set This House in Order : A Romance of Souls as soon as it comes out on paperback... actually, when I have the money for it. (Having no disposable income makes baby Jesus cry.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rendclaw 0 Report post Posted June 19, 2003 I just finished up the entire set of the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novel relaunch... and damn was it good.... now I'm stuck waiting for Unity, which isn;t out until either october or november... ::sighs:: Right now, I'm re-reading The Last Command, waiting for my copy of The Starfollowers of Coramonde to appear in my mailbox. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rendclaw 0 Report post Posted June 19, 2003 Double Post. I just cannot get into the nJo stuff at all, I was interested in the first couple of books, but they killed Chewie!! *sobs* I am finding the same thing out with the Republic books... I thought that The Approaching Storm by Alan Dean Foster was going to be excellent, but I was bored to tears by it. It started off promising enough but ye gods, enough with the psychoanalysis of Anakin.... io expected much better from ADF, as Splinter of the Mind's Eye was one of my favorite Star Wars novels. But now that I think about it, I find myself very apathetic about the whole Old Republic setting in general. I remember the discussion we had about it a while back, and I find it just too dry for my tastes..... I'm just hoping Episode III is the blowoff that I am hoping that it is.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest SweetNSexyDiva Report post Posted June 19, 2003 I'm reading "Chosen Prey" by John Sandford. I have read it before... but I need to get some new books. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Muzz Report post Posted June 19, 2003 'Popcorn' by Ben Elton. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Anorak Report post Posted June 19, 2003 I recently finished reading 'Rumble Tumble' by Joe R Lansdale, which was fast moving, violent and funny. I've started on Alex Furguson's autobiography 'Managing My Life' which has been briliant so far, especially considering I never had much time for him before. So far its been one of the best sporting books i've ever read. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crimson Platypus 0 Report post Posted June 19, 2003 Just finished reading The Great and Secret Show by Clive Barker. Excellent book, and I just started the second one, called Everville. For the Stephen King fan, you really should pick up the Gunslinger series. His best work IMO, and I am also a big King fan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vyce Report post Posted June 20, 2003 Just finished reading The Great and Secret Show by Clive Barker. Excellent book, and I just started the second one, called Everville. For the Stephen King fan, you really should pick up the Gunslinger series. His best work IMO, and I am also a big King fan. I just finished Barker's "The Damnation Game" again. Excellent novel. It's almost 20 years old but STILL doesn't lose a step. I highly recommend it to all of you - it's how horror should be done, and why I wish Barker was as prolific as King. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Youth N Asia Report post Posted June 20, 2003 I don't suggest starting the Dark Tower series till it's done and over with. I've reread the series twice cause he takes forever to put the books out and I'm not starting over again till they're all done, which is suppose to be with book 7 at the end of 2004 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Will Scarlet Report post Posted June 20, 2003 Lately, I have been reading The Man with the Red Tattoo by Raymond Benson. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
