Books

[BeyondTheGrave]

I'm reading "Punk Is Dead, Punk is Everything" by Bryan Ray Turcotte. Its a huge coffe table book with flyers posters but has articles to read by people who were their. Very interesting.

[Killer Bees]

On the flipside of that, RapscallionJones, when I'm on the net, I assume everyone is American except me!   

It's always a suprise to find fellow Aussies or even Brits lurking about.

[Patient7]

The Lightning Thief, sort of meant for people a bit below my age but still very good.

[threnody]

I started reading "A Scanner Darkly" by Philip K. Dick the other day. It's a sci-fi story about a man who is both a drug addict and a type of cop sent to bust major drug dealers. I'm not quite sure what the twist is because I haven't read much, but it's good. I look forward to seeing the film. I like the animation style.

[Patient7]

I started reading "A Scanner Darkly" by Philip K. Dick the other day.

Hahahahahahahahaha, funny name. 

[Killer Bees]

I started reading "A Scanner Darkly" by Philip K. Dick the other day. It's a sci-fi story about a man who is both a drug addict and a type of cop sent to bust major drug dealers. I'm not quite sure what the twist is because I haven't read much, but it's good. I look forward to seeing the film. I like the animation style.

I saw the movie, it was well done.  But I haven't read the book.  It's kind of a tragic tale and very much in the genre people-are-expendable-and-even-your-friends-will-sell-you-out-for-beer-money-if-they-can.

Robert Downey Jr plays a druggie nutcase very well.  Maybe he's just playing himself!  *lol*
But I found the animation style to be very hard on my eyes (I wear glasses) and by the end of it, I could only see fuzzy for about 2 hours afterwards.

[threnody]

I started reading "A Scanner Darkly" by Philip K. Dick the other day. It's a sci-fi story about a man who is both a drug addict and a type of cop sent to bust major drug dealers. I'm not quite sure what the twist is because I haven't read much, but it's good. I look forward to seeing the film. I like the animation style.

I saw the movie, it was well done.  But I haven't read the book.  It's kind of a tragic tale and very much in the genre people-are-expendable-and-even-your-friends-will-sell-you-out-for-beer-money-if-they-can.

Robert Downey Jr plays a druggie nutcase very well.  Maybe he's just playing himself!  *lol*
But I found the animation style to be very hard on my eyes (I wear glasses) and by the end of it, I could only see fuzzy for about 2 hours afterwards.

Maybe because of the scramble suits. I haven't seen those animated because I didn't see more than five minutes of the film, but I bet they're hard on the eyes. :P

You should read the book, if you're into adult sci-fi. I'm glad I decided to read it. I heard it turned a lot of recreational drug users off drugs. Crazy stuff.

[Killer Bees]

I started reading "A Scanner Darkly" by Philip K. Dick the other day. It's a sci-fi story about a man who is both a drug addict and a type of cop sent to bust major drug dealers. I'm not quite sure what the twist is because I haven't read much, but it's good. I look forward to seeing the film. I like the animation style.

I saw the movie, it was well done.  But I haven't read the book.  It's kind of a tragic tale and very much in the genre people-are-expendable-and-even-your-friends-will-sell-you-out-for-beer-money-if-they-can.

Robert Downey Jr plays a druggie nutcase very well.  Maybe he's just playing himself!  *lol*
But I found the animation style to be very hard on my eyes (I wear glasses) and by the end of it, I could only see fuzzy for about 2 hours afterwards.

Maybe because of the scramble suits. I haven't seen those animated because I didn't see more than five minutes of the film, but I bet they're hard on the eyes. :P

You should read the book, if you're into adult sci-fi. I'm glad I decided to read it. I heard it turned a lot of recreational drug users off drugs. Crazy stuff.

I do like sci-fi of any kind.  I haven't read any of Dick's stuff though.  I'm reading Jupiter by Ben Bova right now. 

That reminds me of another book.  I read an interview with Weird Al Yankovic once.  He said his girlfriend at the time recommended "Diet For A New America" by John Robbins (of Baskin Robbins family fame) and he said it turned him to a vegetarian.  Apparently it's quite a graphic account of the meat and diet industry in the US.

I've been meaning to get it myself to see if works on me.  But I doubt it.  Books rarely turn me off subjects and I'm a life long carnivore.

[threnody]

That reminds me of another book.  I read an interview with Weird Al Yankovic once.  He said his girlfriend at the time recommended "Diet For A New America" by John Robbins (of Baskin Robbins family fame) and he said it turned him to a vegetarian.  Apparently it's quite a graphic account of the meat and diet industry in the US.

I've been meaning to get it myself to see if works on me.  But I doubt it.  Books rarely turn me off subjects and I'm a life long carnivore.

Hmm, I'm going to look into it too. I want to be a vegetarian, but it's hard because meat is so good. Damnit.

[indianasmith]

Right now I am reading Colleen McCullogh's THE OCTOBER HORSE, a novel about the last years of Julius Caesar.  It is awesome; some of the finest historical fiction I've ever read.

[Killer Bees]

I finished reading Jupiter last night.  And now I've started Thud! by Terry Pratchett.  Classic Pratchett.  He has me guffawing already.

[Zapranoth]

Re-read most of Gaiman's works, and have his new short story collection (Delicate Things) saved for upcoming vacation.

Also am re-reading the Goodkind books (_Wizard's First Rule_, etc) because I never read the last three.   Don't tell me not to read them -- I'm going to.  =)  The Wheel of Time books on the other hand I never finished.   Don't remember even which one I stopped on.

I'll think of y'all while sitting on a beach in Kona.  =)

[Killer Bees]

Finished Thud! by Pratchett the other day.  The man has no rival in the fantasy/humour genre.  And I also finished The Art Of The Steal by Frank Abagnale.  It's a little dated right now but it's an eye opener into the mind of the scam artist. 

Now I've started reading Cell by Stephen King.  It seems to be very much Day of the Dead  meets In The Mouth Of Madness type story.  And this time it's the cell phone that turns people into hideous mutant killers.  At the beginning, King even dedicates the book to Richard Matheson and George Romero.  I'm only 31 pages in, but already chaos has ensued and society has broken down and the book hasn't even gone through one whole day yet.

It's quite short by King's standards, only abouit 350 odd pages in the hardcover, but it should still be enjoyable.  I can totally see this becoming a movie.  If it does, I just hope they give the direction to someone who knows about zombie movies.

[Ash]

I like Stephen King's works but I could barely make it a quarter of the way through Cell.
So far, it's absolutely awful!   

I bought the hardcover edition when it was released, read a bit, put it down and have yet to pick it back up.
The characters are bland and the action is lame.
It comes across as something Uwe Boll might make into a movie.  Seriously.

I have to agree that the idea is a good one.
A "pulse" that instantly turns everyone using a cell phone into a raging zombie.
But the execution so far is all wrong.

Take 28 Days Later and Dawn of the Dead and populate them with characters you don't care about and action scenes that totally suck and you have Cell.

Since I paid $26.95, I suppose I'll finish it.  It's obligatory.
But never before have I felt such disappointment in a novel when I delved into the zombie world of Cell.   

[Patient7]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy I read it a few years ago and it was EXCELLENT!  It's a very funny book and I would advise it for anyone who just loves a good British comedy.


Monty Python British not old classic kind of British.