Reading anything?

Mofo Rising · December 12, 2008, 02:09:42 AM

Quote from: peter johnson on December 04, 2008, 05:44:21 PM
Mofo: Dan Simmons lives up the road a piece from me in Longmont, Colorado. I've never gone up and knocked on his door, nor bothered him in our local pubs, so can't claim personal contact. Hoping to meet him as part of our local theatre audiences. Many of his contemporary bits are set in towns very much like Longmont.

peter johnson/denny crane

I've only read Song of Kali in addition to The Terror. Dan Simmons is a pretty good writer. Better than a lot; but what really impresses me is that he spans so many genres. Fairly rare to see that these days.

Brother Ragnarok · December 14, 2008, 03:32:42 PM

Working on Danse Macabre by Stephen King right now. It started strong, but now that he's talking about novels instead of movies, he's becoming very "lit professor"-ish, and it's pretty dull.

HappyGilmore · December 14, 2008, 08:28:28 PM

I've been reading The Catcher in The Rye. Picked it up over the summer, just now about reading it. Good book. Never read it before.

CheezeFlixz · December 14, 2008, 11:20:19 PM

The Rommel Paper's and A Soilders Story

Pretty only read history and military tactic books.

ER · December 15, 2008, 10:33:29 AM

Re-reading Shape Your Self, by my on-court hero, Martina Navratilova.

I also picked up a little tract called What If You Died Tonight? that someone had left in the organic food aisle at Krogers. It was well-drawn, lurid, quite entertaining, frightening if you let your mind drift that way. In a mere sixteen pages good prevailed, the wicked saw retribution for their wayward "secular" habits, and the rectitude of the artist's personal epistemology was demonstrated. A fast-moving plot to say the least.

Psycho Circus · December 29, 2008, 04:09:01 PM

IT.....again!

My friend gave me a brand new copy on boxing day, so it's another bash at over 1,300 pages

Doggett · December 29, 2008, 04:57:14 PM

V for Vendetta
Judge Dredd Case File 08
Batman : Dark Victory
And I've placed an order for Clive Barker's Books of Blood vol 4-6
Thinking about getting Stephen Kings "IT"...I've read The Shining, Christine and Dream Catcher (was it one word or two). Didn't like any of them, in fact, found them really boring but I have IT on DVD and it seemed cool. Who knows maybe it's worth getting.

Rev. Powell · December 29, 2008, 05:12:17 PM

MY IDEA OF FUN - Will Self - A satirical novel. I haven't gotten far into it. The author is obviously in love with his own prose, but he pulls it off for the most part. I'm about 10% of the way through and the plot isn't apparent yet, but the main character seems to have disturbing fantasies about killing and molesting hobo's (in that order) and there's an ominous character referred to only as "The Fat Controller" who's slated to show up in the future.

MONDO MACABRO - Pete Tombs - A great little trade paperback on weird 3rd world exploitation cinema, covering Hong Kong, Indonesia, Turkey, the Philippines, etc. I think it would be impossible for anyone on this board to read this book without highlighting a dozen or more titles that sound like must-sees.

Hammock Rider · January 06, 2009, 10:51:57 AM

I'm reading the Immortal Iron Fist series

And I can't wait for this to finally come out. Amazon says October 27, 2009.

Doggett · January 06, 2009, 10:54:26 AM

This came yesterday....

Psycho Circus · January 06, 2009, 02:03:05 PM

Quote from: doggett on January 06, 2009, 10:54:26 AM
This came yesterday....

Is that the one with Rawhead Rex in it?

Saucerman · January 06, 2009, 02:23:11 PM

"A Critical History and Filmography of Toho's Godzilla Series" -- pretty good, I had a copy years ago that got donated to the library by accident, so I was quite happy to receive a new copy this year for Christmas...a little disappointed that it hasn't been updated to include the Shinsei series, instead ending with "Godzilla vs. Destroyah" (1995).

Doggett · January 06, 2009, 03:28:09 PM

Quote from: Circus_Circus on January 06, 2009, 02:03:05 PM
Quote from: doggett on January 06, 2009, 10:54:26 AM
This came yesterday....

Is that the one with Rawhead Rex in it?

No, that's vol 1-3.
It has the story that Candyman was based on, though.

ER · January 21, 2009, 07:40:45 PM

Re-reading Ghost World. Bought a copy to send to my cousin for his birthday but bought myself a new one too.

indianasmith · January 21, 2009, 09:55:37 PM

I just finished a book called SEARCHING FOR THE ORIGINAL BIBLE by Randall Price - about how accurately the Scriptures have been copied and transmitted through the centuries. Very educational. And I am nearly done with CENTENNIAL CRISIS, by Chief Justice William Renqhist - the story of the disputed 1876 Presidential Election. Got several more "haven't read yet" on my shelf to choose from next.