Reading anything?

[SkullBat308]

The Book Of Negroes- Lawrence Hill
Frankenstein Book 1- Dean Koontz
The Shock Doctrine- Naomi Klein
The Body and Social Theory- Chris Shilling
Where Race Does Not Matter: The New Spirit of Modernity- Cecil Foster
Sociology of the Body: A Reader

[lester1/2jr]

The Vampire economy - it's about the latter not the former. an insiders view of the demented economic system of the nazis

[Rev. Powell]

"The Complete Poetry of Cesar Vallejo."  No, I do not like modern poetry.  I'm only reading it because I'm about to review SONGS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR and the director says it inspired him to make the movie.

[BoyScoutKevin]

Ye-es.

Sherlock Holmes. v.1. The trial of Sherlock Holmes in 5 chapters. Published by Dynamite Entertainment and including one of the lesser known Holmes short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

If anything, this proves Doyle was a better writer than most of his imitators.

Plot
Doyle: unique
Imitators: old hat

Story
Doyle: clear
Imitators: confusing

Characters
Doyle: memorable
Imitators: unmemorable

Descriptions
Doyle: Colorful
Imitators: Colorless

Details
Doyle: that add to the story
Imitators: that add nothing to the story

Still, I have a certain amount of sympathy for anybody that tries to come up with something new in a graphic format, as because, almost as soon as the first Holmes story was off the presses, there were graphic adaptations, original stories in graphic format, and even graphic parodies.

Actually, my first introduction to Holmes, almost fifty years ago, were the stories in graphic format. Both adaptations of the stories and original stories.

And, while I'm not impressed by this, I did hear that the authors are working on a v. 2, which I would be interested in reading.

And finally, one thing about doing a graphic version of the story, one can draw the characters to reflect what you think they should look like. When one does a film version, one is stuck with whatever the actor looks like. And I doubt if many people think Holmes would look much like Robert Downey, jr.

[ChaosTheory]

Just finished A Journey: My Political Life by Tony Blair.  Boring title, interesting book.

This morning at the library I picked up The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexandar McCall Smith.  I'd seen the show but never read any of the books so I figured I should give it a try.  Also picked up Urban Gothic by Brain Keene, b/c it's time for some Halloween reading 

[metalmonster]

LET ME IN - By John Lindqvist Ajvide

After Reading The Book I Went Out And Saw Both Movie Versions The Swedish And The American , Both Movies Were Pretty Good But Neither One Was As Good As The Book Wich Was Awesome!

[InformationGeek]

I'm currently reading through Stephen King's It.  This will certianly take quite a while being that the book is over 1,000 pages!  So far, it's pretty good, but not enough It.

[Newt]

So far, it's pretty good, but not enough It.

Wait for It. 

[Sleepyskull]

I'm currently reading through Stephen King's It.  This will certianly take quite a while being that the book is over 1,000 pages!  So far, it's pretty good, but not enough It.

I read that a few years ago and I really enjoyed it, but it was also very confusing to me. I think part of that is due to my ADHD... Still the parts that I totally understood I really liked! Now of course I don't remember them very well... I'll just have to re-read it someday!

[Hammock Rider]

[AndyC]

I'm currently reading through Stephen King's It.  This will certianly take quite a while being that the book is over 1,000 pages!  So far, it's pretty good, but not enough It.

I read that a few years ago and I really enjoyed it, but it was also very confusing to me. I think part of that is due to my ADHD... Still the parts that I totally understood I really liked! Now of course I don't remember them very well... I'll just have to re-read it someday!

I read it a little over a year ago myself. What I liked best was the way King conveyed the idea of growing up in a pre-1980s small town, and returning years later to find it changed, yet disturbingly familiar. I can relate to that.

[BoyScoutKevin]

Ye-es.

The sublime and the ridiculous.

The sublime. They're back and they're in hard cover.  Classics illustrated.  Deluxe edition. "Wind in the Willows." "Tales from the Brothers Grimm." and "Frankenstein." Regular edition. "Great Expectations" "The Invisible Man" "Through the Looking Glass' "The Raven and Other Poems." "Hamlet" and forthcoming "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde."

I read "Hamlet," which is not only regarded as being Shakespeare's greatest play, but one of the greates plays ever written. It is not my favorite of his plays, but I did study it in college, and I've seen umpteeneth versiions of it, and this, while an abbreviated version, is a fairly decent version, as it gets at the gist of the story. Adapted by Steve Grant and Tom Mandrake.

The ridiculous. "Twilight: the Graphic Novel" Stephanie Meyer and Young Kim. It starts out well enough. While the plot has been done multitude times before, it is passable. And the early writing is decent, but as the writing continues it seemingly--unintentionally--becomes increasingly bizarre. They sparkle. She'll never live that down. And as the story becomes increasingly bizarre, it becomes increasingly laughatble and increasingly illogical. Here's a vampire family that doesn't want to draw attention to itself, so it lives for--apparently--generations in the same town without growing older or changing. Yeah, that makes sense.

Next time: "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies"

[Trevor]

I just got David Alexander's Gene Roddenberry: Star Trek Creator from the library.

[lester1/2jr]

Trevor- read it quickly enough so you can return it on time, otherwise you will receive a fine.

[Doggett]

Its a victorian adventure !

Why am I reading it ?
Erm... No idea. I was in the libarary and felt guilty that I wasn't taking any books out so I took out the above book's sequal too:



And I took out this:


Which is part of a series of books, only it doesn't mention that on the cover. So I'm in the middle of a bunch of characters and situations I don't understand. I'm determined to finish it though.