Author Topic: What are you reading? (Read 483103 times)

The D · « **Reply #600 on:** Aug 06, 2011, 04:16:17 PM »

By the time they get the book series done, all the characters in the TV show will have grown old. It won't be like Harry Potter, where the cast ages appropriately, it will be where they have to get an entirely new cast.

IDE · « **Reply #601 on:** Aug 06, 2011, 08:22:51 PM »

That fuck better write faster then!

joe · « **Reply #602 on:** Aug 07, 2011, 01:16:04 AM »

That's if it isn't cancelled first.

It could happen.

IDE · « **Reply #603 on:** Aug 07, 2011, 03:45:01 AM »

How could it happen?

Unless the books turn to shit.

If they do don't tell me.

Fiero · « **Reply #604 on:** Aug 07, 2011, 08:36:26 PM »

They confirmed a second season two days after the first episode.

Rama · « **Reply #605 on:** Oct 18, 2011, 02:31:06 AM »

Dracula, in honor of Halloween. Course I'll finish it before the 31st...so I requested a hold on The Shining at the local Library.

B E C K · « **Reply #606 on:** Oct 18, 2011, 02:45:53 AM »

I'm reading the Twelve Kingdoms series book #3 although since Tokyo Pop went boom, none of the remaining stories after will be translated except on teh Internets. (TP only got to book #4.) Even more maddening is that the author stopped writing them. I think she said she would resume them but who knows when. I want to know what happened to the King of Tai, durnit.

IDE · « **Reply #607 on:** Oct 18, 2011, 03:02:42 AM »

That was a good anime too.

I'm reading the Bhagavad Gita for the 3rd time.

Soon I will transcend this world of action and reach the ultimate incarnation of godhead.

blanktoe · « **Reply #608 on:** Oct 18, 2011, 04:18:14 AM »

I need some new comics to read. Recommend something. Anything other than the new DCU shit or new Ultimate Spider-man please.

joe · « **Reply #609 on:** Oct 18, 2011, 07:43:15 AM »

Who are you asking? And what do you mean by "new"? How can we tell if a comic is any good if it's only been around for a few months?

Do you read Locke and Key? That's the best thing I've come across in a long time, but it's not new by any means.

Fiero · « **Reply #610 on:** Oct 18, 2011, 10:05:33 AM »

Quote from: blanktoe on Oct 18, 2011, 04:18:14 AM

I need some new comics to read. Recommend something. Anything other than the new DCU shit or new Ultimate Spider-man please.

I've been enjoying the DCU stuff, personally.

blanktoe · « **Reply #611 on:** Oct 18, 2011, 11:19:34 AM »

Quote from: joerammstein on Oct 18, 2011, 07:43:15 AM

Who are you asking?

Anyone who answers.

Quote from: joerammstein on Oct 18, 2011, 07:43:15 AM

And what do you mean by "new"?

Anything I you think I haven't read yet.

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How can we tell if a comic is any good if it's only been around for a few months?
I've been enjoying the DCU stuff, personally.

I wasn't calling those books shit. I just meant something other than those books. I'm already reading Ultimate Spider-Man, Action Comics, Animal Man, Storm Watch and Justice League.

joe · « **Reply #612 on:** Oct 18, 2011, 02:04:35 PM »

Haha. See, I read your post as, "Man, all the comics fucking suck these days! I want something good! Wah! Wah! Wah!"

But such was not the case.

So do you read Locke and Key or not?

Locke and Key!

Locke and Key!

Locke and Key!

Fiero · « **Reply #613 on:** Oct 18, 2011, 02:43:11 PM »

Fucking A Animal is so awesome. I'm cutting back on my comics sadly, so I'm down to mostly GL stuff. Hoping to pick up some of the big books in trades.

joe · « **Reply #614 on:** Oct 18, 2011, 02:57:24 PM »

Hahaha! Cutting back? This is them's internets, where every day is FCBD.

blanktoe · « **Reply #615 on:** Oct 18, 2011, 05:22:55 PM »

Quote from: joerammstein on Oct 18, 2011, 02:04:35 PM

Haha. See, I read your post as, "Man, all the comics fucking suck these days! I want something good! Wah! Wah! Wah!"

But such was not the case.

So do you read Locke and Key or not?

Locke and Key!

Locke and Key!

Locke and Key!

No, but I've heard of it. Not sure if it's for me. Wah! Wah! Wah! A friend of mine just sent me torrents of all of the Milestone books, The last Blacksad book, Shaolin Cowboy and The Sixth Gun. I'll probably chell out Locke and Key after I read those. FCBD indeed!

Quote from: Fiero on Oct 18, 2011, 02:43:11 PM

Fucking A Animal is so awesome.

Yeah, I need to go find the Morrison run.

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I'm cutting back on my comics sadly, so I'm down to mostly GL stuff. Hoping to pick up some of the big books in trades.

I like the idea of Green Lantern but never got into it.

Fiero · « **Reply #616 on:** Oct 18, 2011, 05:33:16 PM »

Quote from: joerammstein on Oct 18, 2011, 02:57:24 PM

Hahaha! Cutting back? This is them's internets, where every day is FCBD.

I totally understand what you're saying, but I really prefer to hold things in my hands. I've been able to transition to digital for novels, but I just can't seem to do it for comics.

joe · « **Reply #617 on:** Oct 18, 2011, 06:18:55 PM »

Shut up, Fiero! Nobody cares, you asshole!

No wait, that's not an appropriate response.

I actually pay for all my digital novels. I'd feel weird if I didn't.

My scruples are so arbitrary.

That's it, from now on I'm stealing everything.

Someone figure out how to digitize food, clothing, and shelter.

This whole one or two sentences every two lines thing is becoming trite.

Fiero · « **Reply #618 on:** Oct 19, 2011, 11:44:06 AM »

I also pay for my digital novels. Reading Clash of Kings now. Finally got back to Dany. I was waiting so long it was driving me crazy.

Rama · « **Reply #619 on:** Oct 19, 2011, 08:16:12 PM »

I don't like to have anything only digital. Be it movies, music, or books. I like the idea that my bookcase won't get a computer virus and erase all the books.

And I'm on to The Shining now.

Rama · « **Reply #620 on:** Nov 03, 2011, 05:10:20 PM »

Done with The Shining and am now reading Frankenstein.

Fiero · « **Reply #621 on:** Nov 03, 2011, 09:15:16 PM »

I'm on A Storm of Swords now. Every second with Dany makes me like her even more.

B E C K · « **Reply #622 on:** Nov 04, 2011, 12:30:11 AM »

Quote from: Rama on Nov 03, 2011, 05:10:20 PM

am now reading Frankenstein.

I couldn't get through that. Bleh.

joe · « **Reply #623 on:** Nov 04, 2011, 01:17:51 AM »

I tried reading The Picture of Dorian Gray a while back.

Couldn't do it. It was so fucking dry. I cannot impress upon you how dry it was. There was one chapter where he just lists off all these things and stuff, carpets and furniture and whatnot. I don't even know how it pertained to the story.

To hell with that book. Classic literature? Bah. Humbug.

I've never actually read any Dickens either, come to think of it. I wonder if I'd have the same reaction.

Fiero is spoiling upcoming seasons of A Game of Thrones for himself. Why would he do that? It's been years since I read those earlier ones, so I forget a lot of the finer details and am therefore only semi-spoiled.

Don'tchu be spoutin' no spoilers now, chile.

Rama · « **Reply #624 on:** Nov 04, 2011, 12:58:16 PM »

Quote from: B E C K on Nov 04, 2011, 12:30:11 AM

Quote from: Rama on Nov 03, 2011, 05:10:20 PM
am now reading Frankenstein.

I couldn't get through that. Bleh.

What got me is that we got 3 chapters detailing every little bit of the guys life...from why it will be ok to fuck his sister later on, to his whole education. But as for the actual creature....well we only spend 2 pages on his creation and then it escapes into the night. Uhhhhhhh what? That's as far as I've got so far, but come on...people are reading for the monster. You don't need to go into detail with all this other shit. It is something that could be told in passing. There is a reason the movie version starts with Frankenstein grave robbing, cause that is where the real story is.

IDE · « **Reply #625 on:** Nov 04, 2011, 06:44:43 PM »

Moby Dick has a recipe for clam chowder in it.

We need to toss out all the classics and replace them with novelizations of sharkboy and lava girl.

You people and your MTV attention spans.

I want to know about his education! I want to read about the habits of Narwhals! These things are important too!

B E C K · « **Reply #626 on:** Nov 04, 2011, 11:10:22 PM »

I haven't tried Moby Dick yet.

I'm sure I said so already but Treasure Island was pretty cool. So the classics aren't all balls.

Rama · « **Reply #627 on:** Nov 05, 2011, 01:42:55 AM »

I like Dracula...don't like that is all told from the point of view of people diaries and letters and such, but I like it as a whole.

Rama · « **Reply #628 on:** Nov 13, 2011, 02:07:17 AM »

Reading Treasure Island now.

B E C K · « **Reply #629 on:** Nov 13, 2011, 11:10:47 PM »

You what would've made that better? Dracula.

No, not really but I just wanted to bring shit full circle.