Wha'choo is be readin'? - Page 3

Professor Smarmiarty · 10-25-2009, 04:00 PM

Yeah but it's a real drop in quality even when compared with average recent books like Making Money.
The characters are bland and one dimensional, the whole book is filler about said characters who are boring, it lacks the cunning "invention" of modern things we see in books like Moving Pictures and Going Postal, the rules to the game are unearthed in the first 20 pages, off-screen and are not adapted from there. It's just not very good.

Buddha Fett · 10-25-2009, 07:34 PM

Since my local bookstore decided to start stocking it, I've begun reading through the Horus Heresy series. It's a pretty crazy read, especially since you know how it all turns out in the end.

DarkDrgon · 10-25-2009, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Geminex

Not reading much... when exams are done, probably gonna start re-reading all books by Raymond Feist.

until 5 minutes ago, I was re-reading them all, and just about to start the Conclave books. Then I decided to see if we had new Info on the new wheel of time books, and learned it comes out Tuesday.

I have 51 hours to read 11 huge books.... I think I can do it.

Steel Shadow · 10-25-2009, 09:23 PM

Unseen Acadmeicals wasn't bad, I enjoyed reading it a lot. But it never really.. got going the way most TP books do. The climax hit and vanished long before I realised it was getting close. The end did have some very funny parts, so I'll give it that, but an odd book all the same.

Still pretty damn good.

**Satan's Onion** · 10-26-2009, 03:23 AM

Ooh I remember something else I read lately: Dexter by Design, the latest book in the Dexter series. It's literary junk food, I know, but it's the tasty kind. This installment, however, wasn't quite so good as the first two--it was better than the third (may it never be mentioned again), but it still seemed to spend too much time making Dexter insecure and uncertain of himself, and not nearly enough time letting him be the magnificently confident, sociopathic bastard he is when he's at his best.

Julford Hajime · 10-26-2009, 03:32 AM

Been reading a bunch of random mangas lately. I'll just open up a site (I'm not linking 'cause it'd just get modded anyway), pick a series, and keep the window open till I finish it. Battle Royale, a one-shot called Island, and the first volume of Fist of the North Star were what I read in the last week, for example.

I also read the Star Wars Episode II book. Not horrid, but I've certainly read better.

And Stephen Colbert's "I Am America (And So Can You!)", which is always good for just popping open a random page and reading it.

Nique · 10-26-2009, 08:50 PM

HAHA ok guys 'And Another Thing's author just included in this book a reference to a fake book by the title of "It's just one boob after another" by Eccentricia Gallumbits. I think I'm ok with this book now, I mean, that's the kind of stuff he's leading with imagine what wonders await.

It's all thanks to the books at my local library!

Kerensky287 · 10-27-2009, 04:48 PM

I'm reading a fantastic story called Armageddon (introduced to me as The Salvation War, though that's apparently not the proper name for it). It was written on some forum so it hasn't really been edited, but it has an incredibly interesting concept and the story really pulls you along.

It's basically a story about what would happen if Heaven announced it had closed its gates to Humans and Hell decided it was time to invade. A portal opens up in the middle east, legions of demons come out... and they're all armed with bronze pitchforks. Turns out the monsters of myth that were immune to swords and bows are somewhat less hardy when it comes to Sidewinder missiles and high-caliber weaponry.

It isn't really a book, but holy hell (LOL PUN) it should be.

BloodyMage · 10-27-2009, 05:13 PM

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Magus · 10-28-2009, 12:39 AM

Recently read Fight Club, which probably meant more back in the '90s when people were interested in nihilism instead of cellphones like now, and Catch-22, which was hilarious. Currently reading an Edgar Allan Poe anthology but it seems like I've already read 90% of the stories at one time or another (high school education was not as cruddy as a I thought I guess).

Next up is a Flannery O' Connor anthology. It's the complete collection, you know. Not that that is hard to do...

10-25-2009, 07:34 PM	#22
Buddha Fett Pretty Sweet Hat. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Behind You Posts: 353	Since my local bookstore decided to start stocking it, I've begun reading through the Horus Heresy series. It's a pretty crazy read, especially since you know how it all turns out in the end. __________________ "I think perhaps the most important problem is that we are trying to understand the fundamental workings of the universe via a language devised for telling one another when the best fruit is." -Terry Pratchett

10-25-2009, 09:23 PM	#24
Steel Shadow Mild Psychosis Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Aroundabouts thereish. Posts: 1,246	Unseen Acadmeicals wasn't bad, I enjoyed reading it a lot. But it never really.. got going the way most TP books do. The climax hit and vanished long before I realised it was getting close. The end did have some very funny parts, so I'll give it that, but an odd book all the same. Still pretty damn good. __________________ Yeah, I'm understating. I do that sometimes.

10-26-2009, 03:23 AM	#25
Satan's Onion Swing You Sinners! Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: 4th Street Posts: 2,666	Ooh I remember something else I read lately: Dexter by Design, the latest book in the Dexter series. It's literary junk food, I know, but it's the tasty kind. This installment, however, wasn't quite so good as the first two--it was better than the third (may it never be mentioned again), but it still seemed to spend too much time making Dexter insecure and uncertain of himself, and not nearly enough time letting him be the magnificently confident, sociopathic bastard he is when he's at his best. __________________ Good evening, ladies. Please enter and be tained .

10-28-2009, 12:39 AM	#30
Magus Archer and Armstrong vs. the World Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 7,164	Recently read Fight Club, which probably meant more back in the '90s when people were interested in nihilism instead of cellphones like now, and Catch-22, which was hilarious. Currently reading an Edgar Allan Poe anthology but it seems like I've already read 90% of the stories at one time or another (high school education was not as cruddy as a I thought I guess). Next up is a Flannery O' Connor anthology. It's the complete collection, you know. Not that that is hard to do... __________________ The Valiant Review

10-25-2009, 04:00 PM	#21
Professor Smarmiarty Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: K-space Posts: 9,758	Yeah but it's a real drop in quality even when compared with average recent books like Making Money. The characters are bland and one dimensional, the whole book is filler about said characters who are boring, it lacks the cunning "invention" of modern things we see in books like Moving Pictures and Going Postal, the rules to the game are unearthed in the first 20 pages, off-screen and are not adapted from there. It's just not very good.

10-26-2009, 03:32 AM	#26
Julford Hajime Monty Mole Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 744	Been reading a bunch of random mangas lately. I'll just open up a site (I'm not linking 'cause it'd just get modded anyway), pick a series, and keep the window open till I finish it. Battle Royale, a one-shot called Island, and the first volume of Fist of the North Star were what I read in the last week, for example. I also read the Star Wars Episode II book. Not horrid, but I've certainly read better. And Stephen Colbert's "I Am America (And So Can You!)", which is always good for just popping open a random page and reading it.

10-27-2009, 04:48 PM	#28
Kerensky287 Just That Good Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,426	I'm reading a fantastic story called Armageddon (introduced to me as The Salvation War, though that's apparently not the proper name for it). It was written on some forum so it hasn't really been edited, but it has an incredibly interesting concept and the story really pulls you along. It's basically a story about what would happen if Heaven announced it had closed its gates to Humans and Hell decided it was time to invade. A portal opens up in the middle east, legions of demons come out... and they're all armed with bronze pitchforks. Turns out the monsters of myth that were immune to swords and bows are somewhat less hardy when it comes to Sidewinder missiles and high-caliber weaponry. It isn't really a book, but holy hell (LOL PUN) it should be.

10-27-2009, 05:13 PM	#29
BloodyMage I'm not even in the highscore. Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 667	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?