Reading anything?

[bob]

Reading through Poe's works (including his non-horror short stories and poems; yes, he wrote for other genres!) and some key Lovecraft stuff.

I'm a big fan of his. I've liked his work since I was in gradeschool. In fact a class I took in college was litereally a 20 page paper on how events in his life influenced his works.

[lester1/2jr]

I'm reading / listening to Human Action again. just like I was a year ago.

[Rev. Powell]

"The Ascent of Mt. Carmel" by St. John of the Cross. 

It's supposed to be one of the inspirations for THE HOLY MOUNTAIN, which I'll be reviewing soon.

[Rev. Powell]

Also reading:

[Doggett]

For the millionth time...

Still my fave book after all these years...

[AndyC]

For the millionth time...

Still my fave book after all these years...

Probably the last really good book Crichton wrote.

[Doggett]

Oh, I think Timeline was pretty good ! 

[The Burgomaster]

I loved PREY by Michael Crichton.  It would make a really good movie, but they'll probably screw that up.

[RD]

Finished Blood Meridian recently. Now halfway through Spook Country. Any other William Gibson fans here??

[BoyScoutKevin]

Ye-es!

The "Star Wars" omnibus.

Over 40 titles.
Over 100 volumes, as some of the titles are multi-volumed works.
Covering over 5000 years of history in the Star Wars Universe.

Many of them I find almost unreadable, because I find so many of the characters totally unlikable, but these I'm reading now are the earliest Star Wars adventures, which were published monthly between July, 1977 and August, 1986 in 111 issues. Some of them being comic book adaptations of the films. Others being original adventures of characters from the films and original characters. Thus, while I may find the characters uninteresting, I don't find them unlikable. The unlikable characters would come later.

And since they are the earliest adventures, they do show some of the changes that have taken place over time. For example, originally, Luke's father and Darth Vader were to be two separate characters. Another change between the comic books and the films is Jabba the Hutt's appearance. He's almost unrecognziable in the comic book.

Other surprises, both pleasant and unpleasant. Pleasant: I'd forgotten what a strong part religion played in the early Star Wars adventures. Unpleasant: how violent the early adventures were. Nothing particularly graphic, but alot of people are killed off in the stories.

I've only gone through the first two volumes, and I'm less than half way through, so I have more volumes to come.

Of the first two volumes, while the adventures are more complicated and complex in volume two, the better stories are actually the earlier ones in volume one. And I also like the android's desire for equality with humans which is found in volume one, but was dropped in volume two.

And volume one also features one of the greatest in-jokes I've ever seen in a comic book format. One of the characters in one of the adventures is a six-foot rabbit, who prefers hambones to carrots, but bears a certain resemblence to a certain cartoon rabbit, who shall remain nameless, but who's initials are BB. So, what are the names of two more of the characters in the adventure? Dafi as in Daffy Duck and Fud as in Elmer Fudd. ROTFL!

Next time: More miscellaneous or short reviews of recently read graphic novels.

[Couchtr26]

New work manual.  Don't you love them like the old Be sure all pubic places are clean for the customers. 

[AndyC]

I loved PREY by Michael Crichton.  It would make a really good movie, but they'll probably screw that up.

I found Prey kind of disappointing for basically the same reason. Seemed like Crichton was writing a screenplay in novel form, as though he was fishing for a movie deal with it.

[Sleepyskull]

New work manual.  Don't you love them like the old Be sure all pubic places are clean for the customers. 

I ALWAYS make sure all pubic places in work are clean for the customer's enjoyment. Well, some customers at least. 

[BTM]

I just got done reading the first two volumes of Y: The Last Man.  

A mysterious plague has hit the earth and wiped out all male mammals except for Yorick Brown, amateur escape artist and his pet monkey.  Yorick sets out to try and find his family (and eventually reunite with his girlfriend who's in Australia) in a world that's been literally unmanned.  

It's an interesting read, although Yorick does come off as a bit of an idiot at times, especially in a few scenes where he's not very good at keep his identity a secret.  

Anyway, if you get a chance, check it out.

[Flick James]

Just started reading The Revolution: A Manifesto by Ron Paul. I adore that man.