Reading anything?

[lester1/2jr]

re released/ translated book from my favorite author. about the foibles of governments and so forth. this one is set in the dark ages.  His book "The Pyramid" is insane.

flick james- when you are done with that check out my 7 part play based on Nock's "Our Enemy the State". done with xtranormal cartoons which no one likes and bad jokes.

[indianasmith]

In the last week I finished GOD DOWN TOGETHER: THE STORY OF BONNIE AND CLYDE (which is first-rate; I have a vested interest since they operated in my neck of the woods and my Dad can remember his father reading all their exploits to him from the newspaper when he was a boy).  Then I got Stephen King's FULL DARK, NO STARS for Christmas and gobbled it up in two days . . . it is like DIFFERENT SEASONS in that it features four different novellas, all first-rate.  King on his worst day is more entertaining than many more critically acclaimed authors are in their mose celebrated works . . .  I love the way the man writes!

[AndyC]

Finished Helpless, which I highly recommend. Now reading Darkly Dreaming Dexter. I'm still not sure if I'll like it, having seen five seasons of the TV series. I'm aware that the series deviates rather quickly from the books, and there are already some interesting differences in the characters and the plot. The first-person style is also great, since the reader is inside Dexter's head for the entire story, instead of just bites of narration. The only problem is that for the first novel at least, all the major surprises are blown.

[Hammock Rider]

I'm halfway through it and it's pretty good. I picked it up after re-watching the Billy Zane Phantom and I'm glad I did.

[BoyScoutKevin]

Ye-es.

Sinclair McKay's "The Man with the Golden Touch."

The first Bond film (Dr. No) for the cinema came out in 1962, and Ian Fleming was writing and publishing the Bond books a decade for that. So, that's almost fifty to sixty years of Bond, and McKay covers that as he writes how the real world influenced Bond, and the Bond world influenced . . .

the real world and world of fiction
the U.K. and the U.S.
films and literature
the cinema and TV
and attitudes toward women, minorities, homosexual and homosexual women.

But despite all the serious topics covered, the author  keeps a light touch on his subject and makes the book an easy read. Highly recommended for any Bond fans out there.

Next time: Stan Lee's "The Silver Surfer"

[Allhallowsday]

Just finished Father Does Know Best the shocking memoirs of LAUREN CHAPIN.  I have already started Life by KEITH RICHARDS which spurred my recent interest in middle period ROLLING STONES. 

[RCMerchant]

Marvel Masterworks: the Fantastic Four Vols. 1 and 2!!!!

Vol 1 has issues 1-10 and vol.2 has 11-20 plus the first annual.
And all the art is vintage Jack Kirby! Some guest stars-Sub Mariener! the HULK! Dr.Doom (of course)! Ant Man!Spiderman! And MORE! MORE! EXCELCIOR!

( I plan on getting the Marvel Masterworks SGT FURY AND HIS HOWLING COMMANDOS when I get the pennies...kinda in a hole now....)



side note-ever notice that in the old FF's the Thing looked like John Agar in HAND OF DEATH? That film came out shortly before FF #1. Coincidence? Hmmmm...I wonder...

[ImaginaryFoot]

Yes

[The Burgomaster]

I'm almost finished with the entire James Bond series.  I have about 70 pages remaining in YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE.  Then it's on to MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN (which I read several times many, many years ago).  One more book after that and I will have finished the entire series.

[The Burgomaster]

THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN.

[lester1/2jr]

shock cinema magazine

[indianasmith]

I just finished Laura Ingraham's THE OBAMA DIARIES.
A pretty funny piece of right-wing political propaganda; I wouldn't have paid money for it, but since it was a gift, I did enjoy it.

[BoyScoutKevin]

Ye-es.

Stan Lee's "The Silver Surfer"

If you want to see the sheer genius of the incredible mind of Stan Lee, then look no farther than his "The Silver Surfer."

If "The Fantastic Four" is represntative of the early '60's, then "The Silver Surfer" is representative of the late '60's, which shows what a momentous decade it was. For one thing, Afro-Americans start to appear in major roles in the stories of Stan Lee.

The Silver Surfer also almost becomes a Christ like figure. For if the New Testament tells us that Christ was tempted while in the Wilderness, then The Silver Surfer is also tempted by one of Satan's minions in one of the stories.

But darn, Lee sure lays the philosophy on with a trowel in the stories. Which does lead to a great parody called "The Simple Surfer," which starts with the origins of the Simple Surfer and ends with a surf off between the Simple Surfer, Archie and Jughead, Little Orpahn Annie and Sandy, and Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello.

Next time: "The Men Who Would Be King" by Nicole LaPorte.

[Couchtr26]

Various collections by Clark Ashton Smith, HP Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard.  I enjoy Smith's writing more then the other two.  However, his subject matter seems less varied except for poems. 

[RCMerchant]

Next week I'm ordering The Works of SHIRLY JACKSON-which includes all her short stories,and the two novels THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE and WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE. If you have never read any of Miss Jacksons writing-change your life.