[quote]pgtips wrote:
Another excelent book I’ve read is “I am Legend” by Richard Matheson. The Film Really does not do it justice. In fact all it does is borrow its name.
It pretty much turned my view of what a monster is on its head. [/quote]
True. They did a great job of editing out the main point of the book.
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Was still an OK film (I only really liked the dog) but yea, completely missed the point[/quote]
On its own merits, it was a decent movie. The dog was the best part because the dog was the most faithful to the book, but it was the third attempt at filming it.
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Those films look pretty good with their old school charm
[quote]gregron wrote:
I read this book series about some vampires and werewolves… there was a love triangle with this human girl but I cant remember what it was called.
The one vampire dude had to bite his half vampire/half human baby out of his human wifes stomach because he was eating her from the inside and was trapped inside kevlar placenta… pretty siiiiiick![/quote]
Haha my bullshit detector is going crazy right now.
It is Twilight?
Nah I’ve never read any of them. I have a massive Prejudice against the books for no apparent reason. [/quote]
LOL yeah I was talking about twilight, more as a joke than anything though. I’m not scared to admit that I actually read the books. I read a lot and read them on a deployment overseas when I had a ton of down time.
[quote]Gmoore17 wrote:
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran Foer[/quote]
I was told to read Everything is Illuminated. I didn’t think it was that good, mostly weird, but thought his writing style was pretty interesting/ unique. I read Extremely Loud next and was blown away by how great it was.
My tops are:
The Power of One - Bryce Courtenay
Let the Great World Spin - Colum McCann
Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts
Catch 22
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay - Michael Chabon
Have just started reading the Wheel of Time Series (on book 2) and think they are awesome so far.
[quote]Gmoore17 wrote:
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran Foer[/quote]
I was told to read Everything is Illuminated. I didn’t think it was that good, mostly weird, but thought his writing style was pretty interesting/ unique. I read Extremely Loud next and was blown away by how great it was.
My tops are:
The Power of One - Bryce Courtenay
Let the Great World Spin - Colum McCann
Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts
Catch 22
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay - Michael Chabon
Have just started reading the Wheel of Time Series (on book 2) and think they are awesome so far.[/quote]
The wheel of time series is good. Massive but good. I need to start from the start again. such a long wait between books I forgot the story and lost interest. The first book is undoubtably the best from what I remember. I always love the first book in a series.
[quote]gregron wrote:
I read this book series about some vampires and werewolves… there was a love triangle with this human girl but I cant remember what it was called.
The one vampire dude had to bite his half vampire/half human baby out of his human wifes stomach because he was eating her from the inside and was trapped inside kevlar placenta… pretty siiiiiick![/quote]
Haha my bullshit detector is going crazy right now.
It is Twilight?
Nah I’ve never read any of them. I have a massive Prejudice against the books for no apparent reason. [/quote]
LOL yeah I was talking about twilight, more as a joke than anything though. I’m not scared to admit that I actually read the books. I read a lot and read them on a deployment overseas when I had a ton of down time.
I read lots of books though, I dont discriminate. [/quote]
Nothing wrong with a bit of Vampire lovin’
Talking of Vampires, check out Brian Lumley’s “Necroscope” series. Now that is a proper Vampire shindig mixed with action and a pretty cool / wierd story. Completely messed up, and does Vampires exactly as I would imagine them. You’ll find his stuff in the horror section.
[quote]xXSeraphimXx wrote:
My favorite book and the one I have read more than any other is “The Great Gatsby”. I have read it too many times to count.[/quote]
sorry, but that book FUCKING SUCKS!, again, i apologize.
[quote]Derek542 wrote:
Lord of the Rings: read 7-8 times
The Stand: read 7-8 times
Swan Song: read 2-3 times
Gunslinger series: read only once but shit took 20 years from first to last
I’m reading Aushwitz right now (fucking depressing I know)
I just read the first two books in the White Flag of the Dead series … pretty entertaining zombie literature
Before that I read all published books in the Song of Ice and Fire series (Game of Thrones)
Before that I think it was Economic Facts and Fallacies (Thomas Sewell) - This book was a really good read. Makes you think thrice about the bullshit statistics and how they’re conveyed to the public.
I read a lot of books from all across the spectrum. One of my favorite books was The Lost City of Z - It’s about Percy Fawcett’s disappearance into the (then) uncharted Amazon jungle along the Brazil/Bolivian border. Wicked fun, interesting, and awesome read. I’d recommend it to anyone who likes adventure, mystery, history. Wicked quick read. I think I devoured it in like two days or something.
Like I said in response to Derek’s post: The Dark Tower series is one of my all time favorites. I’ve read the first four books at least four times … the rest were pretty good, I’m actually thinking about going back and re-reading the entire series from beginning to end.
Also, While I’m talking about Stephen King - if you’re into fantasy/adventure novels, The Eyes of the Dragon was a fantastic read. Also, (not fantasy but still good) Hearts in Atlantis was pretty good I thought.
Hemingway’s hit or miss for me, I loved Islands in the Stream and For Whom the Bell Tolls, and I have his complete short stories collection which is pretty awesome. I’d recommend The Butterfly and the Tank. That’s one of my favorite short stories of Hemingway’s.
Kay ima go study for my stats exam now … stop bothering me
is to be hoped that whatever book i am reading at the time is the best
is not always so
for some reason “Tender is the Night” comes to mind
“The Chrysalids” was the best book i was ever assigned to read
reading three books at the moment and the best one is this cheesey trash novel from the early 60’s
i bought it a year ago in the vintage ‘gentlemans’ section of a local rummage
i ddin’t know what it was i was just grabbing acouple of those under-200-page paperbacks that used to be lying around when i was a kid in the days i jonesed for something to read and i’d already read the cereal box
its called “Love is a Dirty Word”
the blurbs on the back make it sound like it is a secretary orgy
but is about chick who works at minor New York publishing house, bemoans that the good books and the new authors don’t get published anymore (it’s 1963 or so)
she has sex in elevators with guys who have three ex-wives until the firm almost accidentally gets stuck with a new art director who they hire over phone and turns out to be just barely perceptibly Black (but not too black- half caribbean Creole mother from aristocratic French family)
his name is Sam Dickinson
she’s putting her neck out with her editor boss to get them to publish mysterious novel from unknown and unnamed author which is supposed to be so good though it needs to be completely rewritten
i really want to know what the deal is with this novel
is it really Sam’s novel? (he never wanted to be an artist/ it’s just a job to him but his mother was pretentious and forced him into it)
or Sam’s wife? (he’s already married to a white woman!)
after sleeping with him just one time she knows that all other men will ‘never fill her’ like Sam and will just ‘rattle around’ in her.
it’s his dignity and bearing
perfect enunciation and deep, gentle voice
and athletic, graceful physique
and his eyes
well, the lips are good too
her cat likes him
The Hobbit - Way better than The Lord of the Rings, I honestly don’t understand the hype, and yes I’ve read all three books. The Silmarillion is impossible to read.
I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell- completely hilarious, made me laugh out loud, the writer comes across as a total douche piece of shit that I would like to beat up in real life lol
[quote]Gmoore17 wrote:
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran Foer[/quote]
I was told to read Everything is Illuminated. I didn’t think it was that good, mostly weird, but thought his writing style was pretty interesting/ unique. I read Extremely Loud next and was blown away by how great it was.
My tops are:
The Power of One - Bryce Courtenay
Let the Great World Spin - Colum McCann
Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts
Catch 22
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay - Michael Chabon
Have just started reading the Wheel of Time Series (on book 2) and think they are awesome so far.[/quote]
I actually really, really liked Everything is Illuminated as well, it was probably my favourite novel at the time I read it. But then Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close did just blow it out of the water. I felt like every page there was something written that made me go wow.
Also, x2 to whoever said Slaughterhouse Five. And Harry Potter.
[quote]gregron wrote:
I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell- completely hilarious, made me laugh out loud, the writer comes across as a total douche piece of shit that I would like to beat up in real life lol
It actually made me LOL[/quote]
You can say that you love this book as long as you put that part about wanting to kill him in real life at the end.
That guy is like your typical rich boy, Duke University, sweater wearing piece of shit that you’d hate in real life… but his stories are ridiculous.
