Author Topic: What are you reading? (Read 482922 times)

Rama · « **Reply #480 on:** Jan 18, 2011, 01:15:29 AM »

Quote from: B E C K on Jan 17, 2011, 11:44:38 PM

Quote from: Fiero on Jan 17, 2011, 03:57:45 PM
Remember with your own writing, at some point, you just have to say it's finished and never correct it again.

Yeah, I really fuck myself over at that stage which is probably why all of my stories are swiss cheese with not enough parts for anyone else to understand the entire plot.

I got nothing but plot. I have all these outlines that lay out the whole stories from start to finish, but they have no meat on their bones so to speak.

Fiero · « **Reply #481 on:** Jan 18, 2011, 01:52:08 AM »

Shit that reminds me I have a blog.

blanktoe · « **Reply #482 on:** Jan 20, 2011, 10:19:56 AM »

Fiero you're a DC guy right? Has Grant Morrison said anything about doing a sequel to All-Star Superman?

Fiero · « **Reply #483 on:** Jan 20, 2011, 05:24:46 PM »

No idea. Superman sort of bores me most of the time, though for some reason I enjoy some of his 'family.'

If I was going to read ONE Superman book, should that be the one?

Rodent of Unusual Size · « **Reply #484 on:** Jan 20, 2011, 09:40:23 PM »

Sequel to All-Star Superman? Yeah, it's called "DC 1,00,000".

And everyone should read All-Star Superman at least once.

joe · « **Reply #485 on:** Jan 20, 2011, 11:09:46 PM »

I was cheesed when it ended, but it's one of those things where if it had kept going, Morrison eventually would have become bored and the book would have suffered, or writing duties would have been passed along to someone unworthy.

So it's good that it ended.

And then there was also "All-Star" Batman...

Pffft.

B E C K · « **Reply #486 on:** Jan 20, 2011, 11:38:50 PM »

They're gonna adapt All-Star Supes for animation, right? So I figure I may as well watch it first and then see if I'm interested enough to read it.

joe · « **Reply #487 on:** Jan 20, 2011, 11:45:57 PM »

Speaking of Frank Miller, does anyone else ever feel like Dark Knight Returns was simply a matter of right place, right time? Don't get me wrong, Miller is responsible for completely reinvigorating the Batman character, but to me the rest of his stuff always seems kinda one trick pony.

Even Dark Knight Strikes Again was just more of the same been there done that.

I really don't see why he agreed to do All-Star Batman in the first place. He's gone on record as saying the idea of Robin is ridiculous, and he obviously has nothing new to say about Batman, so... what's the point? They could have had someone else write and we might have actually gotten a decent run out of it.

Quote from: B E C K on Jan 20, 2011, 11:38:50 PM

They're gonna adapt All-Star Supes for animation, right? So I figure I may as well watch it first and then see if I'm interested enough to read it.

I think it's out next month.

joe · « **Reply #488 on:** Jan 21, 2011, 12:10:18 AM »

This is probably the wrong thread for all that. Oh well.

I gots my Kindle, and the first book I read on it was The Hunger Games. Someone's probably heard of it, I think it's relatively popular. Anyway, it supposed to be for teenage girls, but I don't care, I heard they're making it into a movie so I wanted to see what the hubbub was about.

It was pretty great. I'll probably read some other shizz before moving on to the second and third books, but it was interesting. One thing really fucking bothered me about it, though. It happened right at the end, for no apparent reason and with no explanation, and it's just a serious WTF moment. I'm sure it'll be explained eventually, but it almost ruined the story for me.

I'll probably read that Tattooed Dragon Girl or whatever it's called next.

B E C K · « **Reply #489 on:** Jan 21, 2011, 12:12:17 AM »

No, this is the right thread.

Also I jinxed myself in this thread because the boss would like us to curb our reading for now until our place raises our quality score. So, yeah, I've been writing instead. And sneaking in some Tetris. Which is just as well because I need to go to Half Price Books and pick up some new shit to read anyway.

joe · « **Reply #490 on:** Jan 21, 2011, 12:22:35 AM »

Haha. At first I was all, "How can your fucking boss tell you how to spend your free time?" but then I immediately realized you meant you'd been reading at work.

Rodent of Unusual Size · « **Reply #491 on:** Jan 21, 2011, 02:42:23 AM »

Quote from: joerammstein on Jan 20, 2011, 11:09:46 PM

I was cheesed when it ended, but it's one of those things where if it had kept going, Morrison eventually would have become bored and the book would have suffered, or writing duties would have been passed along to someone unworthy.

So it's good that it ended.

You say that like you didn't know that the whole book was made with the understanding that it would end at 12 issues. It wasn't ever supposed to continue.

Quote from: joerammstein on Jan 20, 2011, 11:09:46 PM

And then there was also "All-Star" Batman...

...the GREATEST Batman story of the past 10 years! This thing was a friggin' hoot all the way.

Quote from: B E C K on Jan 20, 2011, 11:38:50 PM

They're gonna adapt All-Star Supes for animation, right? So I figure I may as well watch it first and then see if I'm interested enough to read it.

There was so much stuff in that book, this animated version can't possibly distill the totality of its greatness and be worthwhile. I'd love to be disproven, however.

Quote from: joerammstein on Jan 20, 2011, 11:45:57 PM

Speaking of Frank Miller, does anyone else ever feel like Dark Knight Returns was simply a matter of right place, right time? Don't get me wrong, Miller is responsible for completely reinvigorating the Batman character, but to me the rest of his stuff always seems kinda one trick pony.

That's like saying Casablanca was a mishmash of stopgap efforts driven by deadlines that happened to be well received due to the fact that it came out precisely when the real Casablanca was figuring heavily in world affairs. My point being, not everything starts out as a magnum opus; it just happens. And timing is a big part of that.

Quote from: joerammstein on Jan 20, 2011, 11:45:57 PM

Even Dark Knight Strikes Again was just more of the same been there done that.

But...it was shit.

Quote from: joerammstein on Jan 20, 2011, 11:45:57 PM

I really don't see why he agreed to do All-Star Batman in the first place. He's gone on record as saying the idea of Robin is ridiculous, and he obviously has nothing new to say about Batman, so... what's the point? They could have had someone else write and we might have actually gotten a decent run out of it.

I'd imagine it's for the same reason that Garth Ennis wrote Hitman and is currently writing The Boys...because he had a statement concerning something he thought of as stupid. I don't see why there's so much hate reserved for ASBAR (heh, ass bar) given the sheer quantity and shaky quality of Batman material out there. It was, as I said earlier, a hoot.

joe · « **Reply #492 on:** Jan 21, 2011, 03:16:21 PM »

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You say that like you didn't know that the whole book was made with the understanding that it would end at 12 issues. It wasn't ever supposed to continue.

I did not know this. Typically, I have no idea what goes on behind the scenes when it comes to comics. I don't follow previews, reviews, interviews, any of that stuff. The only thing I'm interested in is the comics themselves, and I don't want to know anything about them before actually reading them myself. And ASS wasn't marketed as a limited run, none of the covers had "#_ of 12" on them, so I just assumed it was originally conceived as an ongoing.

And I still say ASBAR was pointless crap. Just because, as you said, most Batman books these days are worthless doesn't excuse that.

You mentioned The Boys, which I'll admit is probably the best thing running these days.

Rodent of Unusual Size · « **Reply #493 on:** Jan 22, 2011, 10:54:22 PM »

I picked it up for the first 25 issues or so, but it was just soooo slow developing. Plus, it was one of those things I decided that I didn't want to go to hell for supporting

B E C K · « **Reply #494 on:** Feb 22, 2011, 12:40:37 AM »

Reading "The Kouga Ninja Scrolls".

blanktoe · « **Reply #495 on:** Feb 22, 2011, 05:23:50 AM »

Quote from: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 20, 2011, 09:40:23 PM

Sequel to All-Star Superman? Yeah, it's called "DC 1,00,000".

And everyone should read All-Star Superman at least once.

I was able to get most of the DC 1,000,000 books. I've only glanced through the books but Superman Man of Tomorrow seems like the only one that shows what happened after All=Star Superman.

Quote from: B E C K on Jan 20, 2011, 11:38:50 PM

They're gonna adapt All-Star Supes for animation, right? So I figure I may as well watch it first and then see if I'm interested enough to read it.

They cut a lot of good stuff from the books out of the movie and the ending is little different but it's still a fucking awesome movie!

Rodent of Unusual Size · « **Reply #496 on:** Feb 22, 2011, 12:49:58 PM »

Quote from: blanktoe on Feb 22, 2011, 05:23:50 AM

I was able to get most of the DC 1,000,000 books. I've only glanced through the books but Superman Man of Tomorrow seems like the only one that shows what happened after All=Star Superman.

Well, the whole story is about the return of the original Superman from the heart of the sun after living there for something like 15,000 years. AS Superman is about how he got there in the first place.

BTW, if you never read Hitman #1,000,000, you're missing something.

B E C K · « **Reply #497 on:** Feb 25, 2011, 12:18:45 AM »

I finished reading MW. http://www.vertical-inc.com/books/mw.html I wish more manga was made nice and big like this book was. Just all 26-something chapters in one tidy package.

Fiero · « **Reply #498 on:** Feb 25, 2011, 12:03:30 PM »

Quote from: B E C K on Feb 25, 2011, 12:18:45 AM

I finished reading MW. http://www.vertical-inc.com/books/mw.html I wish more manga was made nice and big like this book was. Just all 26-something chapters in one tidy package.

I like when they put it all together like that as well.

B E C K · « **Reply #499 on:** Feb 25, 2011, 09:55:41 PM »

Yeah, any other publisher would've divided that into three or four books. Boo.

IDE · « **Reply #500 on:** Apr 07, 2011, 03:26:47 AM »

Just finished Martin the Warrior and am about half way into Salamandastron of the redwall series.

Rama · « **Reply #501 on:** Apr 07, 2011, 12:34:05 PM »

Still reading Sherlock Holmes, but am nearing the end and I already have the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy of 5" set up as my next read.

joe · « **Reply #502 on:** Apr 07, 2011, 03:37:16 PM »

Someone gave me this massive Sherlock tome back when I was a kid. I'm pretty sure I read all the novels, but I don't think I've been through all the short stories. That thing is a pain to read though, God damn.

Right now I'm reading Wise Man's Fear, and it's great. I never want to put it down, and most of the stuff I've been reading lately just hasn't been like that at all.

Anyone else read George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series? A Dance With Dragons is finally coming out July 12th! Choo-woo!

Fiero · « **Reply #503 on:** Apr 07, 2011, 03:49:22 PM »

I've read through several of Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern books last few months. I've always liked the premise and the books are pretty good. I wonder if her other work is good, as well. I'm also finally finishing China Mievelle's Kraken. I lent it to my GF when she was getting frustrated reading on her nook, now I have it back and I shall finish it with much haste, I have to beat her to the end, you see. (while she was borrowing it, she barely ready any of it).

B E C K · « **Reply #504 on:** Apr 11, 2011, 10:50:32 PM »

I'm about halfway through with "The Deer and the Cauldron", which is a Chinese martial arts (wuxia) novel. I wish more of Louis Cha's work was translated.

blanktoe · « **Reply #505 on:** Apr 13, 2011, 05:59:35 PM »

Just Started reading Preacher. I hate the artwork and the dialog is hard to read at time but I like it so far.

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Chinese martial arts (wuxia) novel

so you just get to read but people doing kung fu?

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Anyone else read George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series? A Dance With Dragons is finally coming out July 12th! Choo-woo!

I want to read those books but I want to see the show first.

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Just finished Martin the Warrior and am about half way into Salamandastron of the redwall series.

Disney really should turn Redwall into a movie series.Actually,I kinda surprised the Dreamworks hasn't done this already. I know there was an animated aeries on PBS a few years ago but the animation was garbage.

B E C K · « **Reply #506 on:** Apr 13, 2011, 11:18:42 PM »

Quote from: blanktoe on Apr 13, 2011, 05:59:35 PM

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Chinese martial arts (wuxia) novel
so you just get to read but people doing kung fu?

They do other things, too. The main character isn't even that good at kung-fu despite having two of the strongest masters in the story. He usually resorts to some dirty trick, a clever lie (mostly this), or some pure dumb luck.

Rama · « **Reply #507 on:** Apr 14, 2011, 10:43:59 AM »

Already done with 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". That book was really short. And I got the feeling he was moving towards wrapping it up and then thought "Oh wait...I could write a bunch more of these and make even more money. Let's do that!" I mean they are building the new earth and all that jazz and then they just stop doing all that and our Heroes just leave. Oh and Arthur and Trillian are now the last humans, but he doesn't even bother to spark any kind of romance between them. Those two have to fuck so the human race can live on, but they ain't even going to get to first base at this rate. Now I'm on to "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe."

Fiero · « **Reply #508 on:** Apr 14, 2011, 03:34:08 PM »

Quote from: Rama on Apr 14, 2011, 10:43:59 AM

Already done with 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". That book was really short. And I got the feeling he was moving towards wrapping it up and then thought "Oh wait...I could write a bunch more of these and make even more money. Let's do that!" I mean they are building the new earth and all that jazz and then they just stop doing all that and our Heroes just leave. Oh and Arthur and Trillian are now the last humans, but he doesn't even bother to spark any kind of romance between them. Those two have to fuck so the human race can live on, but they ain't even going to get to first base at this rate. Now I'm on to "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe."

Don't take these books seriously. They are only for fun, not for making sense.

Rama · « **Reply #509 on:** Apr 14, 2011, 03:55:34 PM »

Oh I know...I just don't like that. I see it as short coming in planning and plot. I mean you don't want those two hooking up right away, but you have to at least lay the ground work for it. Right now, I don't even like Arthur and he is our main guy.

And really they could be more funny too. It has it's moments, but there are a lot of places he could be making something funny happen, or he doesn't take a joke to it's full potential. I'm not going to stop reading or anything, but for a book that's been so hailed I was expecting more.