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Post by alx on Dec 2, 2010 7:16:46 GMT
Bones of the Moon by Jonathan Carroll
@worncoat: You might want to try Black Hills by Dan Simmons and the short story "Sleeping with Teeth Women" from Love Death
@vio: How is it?
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Post by Vaan-Knight on Dec 2, 2010 17:38:03 GMT
I'm going over all the Twilight saga and i't actually quite good!
Yeah fucking right...
I've reobsessed myself with all the victorian english classics, specially from A.C. Doyle, whose Sherlock Holmes has been my hero since I can remember.
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Post by mr. worncoat on Dec 3, 2010 11:39:33 GMT
@worncoat: You might want to try Black Hills by Dan Simmons and the short story "Sleeping with Teeth Women" from Love Death I'll write it down and search for it. Any chance for a quick summary on either of those? I've reobsessed myself with all the victorian english classics, specially from A.C. Doyle, whose Sherlock Holmes has been my hero since I can remember. I've got Holmes and the majority of Poe waiting on the side, part of a recent jump into literature. Orwell is fun to read, too, but the Victorian age always looks so tempting to dig into. Any other aurthors you would recommend for that kind of interest?
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Post by alx on Dec 3, 2010 15:02:38 GMT
Black Hills is a novel about the construction of Mount Rushmore (read that as desecration) told from a Lakota brave who was possessed by the spirit of Custer. While it is historically accurate, it lacks the excellence of his other works so try and get it from your local library
Love Death is a collection of his short stories and is most likely out of print. You might find it at your local used bookstore or online and is absolutely worth obtaining. SWTW is a most excellent story told in the format of a Lakota shaman on his death bed. One of the best short stories I've ever read, if you think Stephen King knows how to write then you owe it to yourself to hunt down this book and find out what you've been missing
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Post by Vaan-Knight on Dec 3, 2010 20:45:50 GMT
I've got Holmes and the majority of Poe waiting on the side, part of a recent jump into literature. Orwell is fun to read, too, but the Victorian age always looks so tempting to dig into. Any other aurthors you would recommend for that kind of interest? For sure, and the good thing about victorian novels is that they're amazingly popular and for such reason, cheap and extremely easy to get. For starters, Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island" and "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"; Herman Melville's "Moby Dick"; Bram Stoker's "Dracula", "The Lady of the Shroud" and the short Story "The Judge's House"; H.G. Wells, of course, with "The Time Machine", "War of the Worlds" and "The Invisible Man". Arguably you may include Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Grey" as well. Ah, and I almost forgot Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein". There are TONS of good books out there, but these are the ones I can personally recomend.
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Post by mr. worncoat on Dec 4, 2010 10:54:39 GMT
Black Hills is a novel about the construction of Mount Rushmore (read that as desecration) told from a Lakota brave who was possessed by the spirit of Custer. While it is historically accurate, it lacks the excellence of his other works so try and get it from your local library Love Death is a collection of his short stories and is most likely out of print. You might find it at your local used bookstore or online and is absolutely worth obtaining. SWTW is a most excellent story told in the format of a Lakota shaman on his death bed. One of the best short stories I've ever read, if you think Stephen King knows how to write then you owe it to yourself to hunt down this book and find out what you've been missing The library around here is a bit small, so I'm not sure how much good it'll do me outside of internet use. Still worth a try, I guess. I'll have to take your word for it and give it a go when there isn't a crapload of unread stuff that's already piled up over here. For sure, and the good thing about victorian novels is that they're amazingly popular and for such reason, cheap and extremely easy to get. For starters, Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island" and "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"; Herman Melville's "Moby Dick"; Bram Stoker's "Dracula", "The Lady of the Shroud" and the short Story "The Judge's House"; H.G. Wells, of course, with "The Time Machine", "War of the Worlds" and "The Invisible Man". Arguably you may include Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Grey" as well. Ah, and I almost forgot Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein". There are TONS of good books out there, but these are the ones I can personally recomend. Thank you both, titles saved and waiting. Funny thing is, I burnt through Jekyll and Hide a few books ago. For being smaller than I expected it to be, it was such an interesting take for something I'd only ever experienced through cinema and comics. The original surprised me for how much it threw into its short length, it really did.
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Post by alx on Dec 8, 2010 5:17:30 GMT
A lot of those classic tales were quite short. Portrait of Dorian Grey can be read in an afternoon...
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Post by mr. worncoat on Dec 9, 2010 7:00:49 GMT
A lot of those classic tales were quite short. Portrait of Dorian Grey can be read in an afternoon... Speaking of which, the other day I managed through J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, and am currently reading American Dream by Jason DeParle, which is a book on the failure of Welfare. By the way, reading Peter Pan is something quite different from watching it on stage. Of all I learned from it, I'm now all the wiser in knowing that fairies are bipolar nymphos, Hook would kill a man for touching him, and that the Lost Boys actually did age and, upon aging, would be removed by Peter to fill the ranks of Hook's gang. Who they then killed. Interesting stuff.
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Post by Vaan-Knight on Dec 9, 2010 20:52:36 GMT
...I'm now all the wiser in knowing that fairies are bipolar nymphos... Oh dear... and I already had a thing for fairies, this surely arouses it, since Disney's Tinkerbell is by far the only sexy thing they've ever managed. Speaking of fairytales, know that it's absolutely worth your time to read the original tales by Hans Christian Andersen and others, generally there's a fair amount of gore in there, stained by Disney's candy floss-ness.
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Post by mr. worncoat on Dec 11, 2010 6:35:26 GMT
...I'm now all the wiser in knowing that fairies are bipolar nymphos... Oh dear... and I already had a thing for fairies, this surely arouses it, since Disney's Tinkerbell is by far the only sexy thing they've ever managed. Speaking of fairytales, know that it's absolutely worth your time to read the original tales by Hans Christian Andersen and others, generally there's a fair amount of gore in there, stained by Disney's candy floss-ness. That only reminds me, arousal mostly not included, that I need to get the Brothers Grimm collection eventually. I read through some of those original stories and egads. As of edit, currently on Bringing the Jobs Home by Todd G. Buchholz. From what I can tell, it's part apologist, part blame game. Should be fun.
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Post by dreggnog on Mar 6, 2011 23:15:11 GMT
Sundome Vol. 8, the final volume.
Very sweet and beautiful. Most of the humor is no longer here, and what remains is a great ending. While the previous volumes were episodic, this one is just one linear story, and it's best that way. The series seemed to stray far from its original path. Volumes 5 and 6 felt like filler, and the sweetness felt dumb considering that there had not been a real trial to test the couple, but now that I see what the author was heading for, I guess I'm fine with it. In some ways I miss the first four volumes, and in some ways this seems like the best one. Vol. 4 is the pinnicle of the old issues, and 8 the pinnacle of the new ones. Fave to least fave: 4, 8, 2, 1, 7, 3, 6, 5. This may be my favorite manga, though I also love Fruits Basket. It's difficult, they've dug their way into my hearts in vastly different ways
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Post by Toadkiller Dog on Mar 12, 2011 8:57:52 GMT
I have the first volume of Sundome, didn't care for it. But it's of course the only one I read, so that's not to say I wouldn't like the series as a whole.
My favorite manga regarding any form of romance, and even just my favorite period is MARS. Also quite fond of Berserk, The Drifting Classroom and Tomie. Uzumaki was great too.
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Post by dreggnog on Mar 12, 2011 13:49:14 GMT
^ You probably wouldn't like the series as a whole if you didn't like the first volume. The main thing that changes is the relationship between the coulple. Karumi Sahana becomes much nicer to the main character with time, and the art style becomes a bit less sketchy and random. If your main reason for not liking the manga is Sahana being a total b*tch, then you might like the later volumes. Otherwise, forget it.
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Post by Dwz on Mar 14, 2011 21:41:03 GMT
Reading some short stories of H.P. Lovecraft that a mate sent me. Sometimes it's hard to follow the guy but his take on the world is definitely unique ... I like it.
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Post by Toadkiller Dog on Mar 17, 2011 12:52:19 GMT
Lovecraft can be difficult to read at first, but his brand of horror far surpasses anything else written by mankind, in my opinion.
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