Masked Man of Mystery 0 Report post Posted April 11, 2005 I had been working through an audiobook of I Am Charlotte Simmons for a while but its the library's and there's a bunch of people behind me and I just didn't have time to work through 22 discs so I brought it back after getting through the first 5. Good stuff, but I hope things tie together better as it goes. I'm currently listening to Jennifer Government since I've been doing Nationstates for a while. It's good, but again, too many characters playing loose where I am in the book. I also just got Jose Canseco's book through the library and I'm hoping to make progess on that tomorrow. He was one of my first fav players as I was getting into baseball back in '95(for reasons I cannot figure out anymore, he wasn't that good by that point) but I'm interested to see what is so very controversial in it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheFranchise 0 Report post Posted April 11, 2005 God, please someone post "this thread". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest netslob Report post Posted April 14, 2005 "Promethea Book 1" by Alan Moore. fantastic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Masked Man of Mystery 0 Report post Posted April 14, 2005 Jennifer Government is pretty good, not the best book I've ever read, but not bad at all. Wouldn't recomend it for anyone who's for market deregulation, but hey, can't please everyone. Joe Canseco's book was insufferable, I could barely get into it before I said "screw this." I brought that back and now I'm working through Eric Idle's new book. It's pretty good so far. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jingus 0 Report post Posted April 14, 2005 "Promethea Book 1" by Alan Moore. fantastic. I thought it was kinda middling. Like, disappointing for having come from Alan Moore, but would've been really damn good if it'd been done by Joe Schmoe. But then again, it's been a long time since Watchmen, has Moore produced any "new classics" recently, in anyone's opinion? And furthermore, did Promethea have a Book 2? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dace59 0 Report post Posted April 14, 2005 Wheel of Time - Book 7: A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan. I'm gonna finish the series just to see what sort of fucked up ending it has. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vyce 0 Report post Posted April 14, 2005 "The Lone Samurai: The Life of Miyamoto Musashi" by William Scott Wilson. Â I'm considering starting "Sahara" by Clive Cussler, cause I enjoyed the movie. Never read Cussler before, are the Dirk Pitt novels any good? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nighthawk 0 Report post Posted April 14, 2005 "Promethea Book 1" by Alan Moore. fantastic. I thought it was kinda middling. Like, disappointing for having come from Alan Moore, but would've been really damn good if it'd been done by Joe Schmoe. But then again, it's been a long time since Watchmen, has Moore produced any "new classics" recently, in anyone's opinion? And furthermore, did Promethea have a Book 2? Four, I think. I haven't read them. Alan Moore is pretty cool. I like everything I read from him. But new classics, as in classics classics? Nah, not really. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jingus 0 Report post Posted April 15, 2005 Yeah, weird coincedence, I was in the bookstore yesterday and saw Prometha Book 4. But I didn't read it, seeing as how I haven't yet read 2 or 3 yet. Â Moore's work in the 90's and beyond has been good, but just not up to the level of stuff like Watchmen, Miracle Man, The Killing Joke, or his Swamp Thing run. From Hell is probably his best work that I've read, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was pretty good, Top 10 wasn't bad but wasn't anything special, and Promethea just didn't do anything for me. Â Now that I think about it, same general thing goes for Neil Gaiman. A lot of his later stuff has been damn good, but none of it measures up to Sandman. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1234-5678 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2005 Guns N Roses: The Most Dangerous Band In The World by Mick Wall Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vyce 0 Report post Posted April 24, 2005 Episode II: Attack of the Clones novelization by R.A. Salvatore  I found the movie to be quite mediocre, but I'm reading the book as I figure it might be better, or at least more comprehensive.  It's all really just a prelude, though, because I picked up Revenge of the Sith from the library the other day and I hope to have that one finished in time to see the movie. Again, I'm figuring the book will be pretty decent. That's sort of my strategy, here - saturate myself with decent (i.e. non Lucas-written) Star Wars work so that when I go and see the movie, I'll be disappointed (cause it's inevitable), but maybe I won't be as disappointed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jingus 0 Report post Posted April 24, 2005 I flipped through Dusty Rhodes's book, and if you never read a word of it you're not really missing anything. Some of the road stories are funny, but the editing and structure are nonexistant as Dusty randomly jumps back and forth through the decades, and some of the storytelling seems questionable in terms of accuracy, plus it gets really fucking old about the forty millionth time that Dusty claims that he's the greatest wrestler ever and a great shoot athlete and Dustin is the second-greatest wrestler ever and his daughter is gonna be a movie star or OH GOD SHUT UP VIRGIL. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Si82 0 Report post Posted April 28, 2005 "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams. Â I got the books for Christmas and haven't read them yet so I figured I would get through the first book before I see the film on Monday. So far it's very strange and very good. I'm really looking forward to the film and the rest of the books now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jingus 0 Report post Posted April 28, 2005 Finally got my hands on a copy of Terry Funk's autobiography, and hot damn is it even better than I hoped. Seriously perhaps the best wrestling book since Have A Nice Day. Funk goes into very great detail talking about all sorts of things that most guys just never mention. The only problem with it is the length, a mere 250 pages, but unlike all the other books this one is nothing but small-print words on every page, not gigantic page-eating fonts or tons of pictures, so it feels a lot longer. Well worth the time of any wrestling fan to give it a look. And oh yeah, he does respond to Flair's comments on Bret and Foley. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth N Asia 0 Report post Posted April 28, 2005 I flipped through Dusty Rhodes's book, and if you never read a word of it you're not really missing anything. Some of the road stories are funny, but the editing and structure are nonexistant as Dusty randomly jumps back and forth through the decades, and some of the storytelling seems questionable in terms of accuracy, plus it gets really fucking old about the forty millionth time that Dusty claims that he's the greatest wrestler ever and a great shoot athlete and Dustin is the second-greatest wrestler ever and his daughter is gonna be a movie star or OH GOD SHUT UP VIRGIL. Yeah, in his shoot interview he puts himself right next to Hogan and Ali for most well known sports figures. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1234-5678 0 Report post Posted May 8, 2005 "Ham On Rye" by Charles Bukowski Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Si82 0 Report post Posted May 8, 2005 Finshed "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" last week and have just started reading the follow up "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hank Kingsley 0 Report post Posted May 8, 2005 Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, the first of four books on my summer reading list for AP Lit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tekcop 0 Report post Posted May 9, 2005 Just finished "Why I am Not a Christian" by Bertrand Russell and "1984" by George Orwell. Halfway through "Superheroes and Philosophy" and will probably start "Why I am a Christian" tommorrow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gary Floyd 0 Report post Posted May 9, 2005 "The Walking Dead: Miles Behind Us" and "The Walking Dead: Days Gone By". God, I wish someone informed me of this comic book earlier, it's fucking awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C Dubya 04 0 Report post Posted May 10, 2005 I've been working my way through "The Eden Express" by Mark Vonnegut. It's a personal account of schizophrenia. Interesting read. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ArkhamGlobe 0 Report post Posted May 11, 2005 "Zazie dans le métro" by Raymond Queneau, which thus far (five chapters) is really funny. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Garth 0 Report post Posted May 24, 2005 Heir To The Empire - Timothy Zahn  Really enjoying it thus far, am up to about chapter 15. Have gone on a bit of a Star Wars binge as of late. Have had this on my book shelf for years, first time i've given it a read though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest netslob Report post Posted May 25, 2005 just finished Dean Koontz' 'Frankenstein'. very good, finished it in 3 days, which is almost unheard of for me. just started Clive Barker's 'Damnation Game'. good so far. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vyce 0 Report post Posted May 25, 2005 just finished Dean Koontz' 'Frankenstein'. very good, finished it in 3 days, which is almost unheard of for me. just started Clive Barker's 'Damnation Game'. good so far. "Damnation Game" is perhaps my favorite of Barker's works (and I've enjoyed just about all of them), and quite frankly (though I'm likely in a minority here), I view it to be one of the best horror novels of the past 30 years. Barker was on FIRE with his horror fiction in the 80s. He since drifted more towards dark fantasy, with varying results, but his 80s work (the Books of Blood, Weaveworld, etc.) was fantastic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Garth 0 Report post Posted June 1, 2005 Finished "Heir to the Empire" the other day, good read. When I've got a bit of time and money I'll definatly be picking up the two follow ons to it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crimson Platypus 0 Report post Posted June 1, 2005 Just started reading "Moneyball". Interesting so far, I had no idea Billy Beane was so highly regarded coming out of H.S. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest JMA Report post Posted June 2, 2005 Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Boys Be Volume Three by Itabashi Masahiro It's Been a Good Life by Isaac Asimov Full Metal Panic! by Shouji Gatou The Geneology of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ravenbomb 0 Report post Posted June 2, 2005 Illusions by Richard Bach Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gary Floyd 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2005 "WrestleCrap" by R.D. Reynolds. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
