What Do you Read

ProjectX2 said:
Right now I'm reading The Killing Joke by Anthony Horowitz. It's about an actor who hears a joke that offends him, so he tries to track down it's origin. There's also some mysterious organization following his progress, and an Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman is following him.
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That sounds awsome. Tell me it is.

I think after I'm done reading the foundation trilogy, I've got a book by a guy called Olaf Stapleton, someone from my quaker meeting lent it to me because he's a quaker sci-fi writer, he said he wanted it back because it was out of print now...that was maybe 3 years ago?...I really should read that quick
 
Anthony Horowitz normally writes children's books but because he injects such enthusiasm into his work, I enjoy pretty much any book he writes.
 
I read Make Love! The Bruce Campbell Way last night. It was alright, but no where near as good as Chins.
 
For English class right now, we're reading Great Expectations; I'm on page 52 out of about 502. I've never read any Dickens before, but I'm really liking it so far. For a school book, I mean. I often don't warm up to the books they have us read. There are the occasional ones that I happen to love (Catcher in the Rye, Cat's Cradle, Macbeth), but that doesn't often happen.

And for outside reading, I'm currently working on both Kavalier and Clay and McCarthy's The Road. Both are unbelievably excellent so far (but Kavalier is clearly the more entertaining read :) ).
 
I need to finish Kavalier and Clay. The Escapist rules.

I finished The Killing Joke last night. The tone sort of changes halfway through, which I didn't like, but the ending made up for it. It's worth a read.

I'll be moving onto Horowitz's Myths and Legends short story collection now.
 
ultimatedjf said:
For English class right now, we're reading Great Expectations; I'm on page 52 out of about 502. I've never read any Dickens before, but I'm really liking it so far. For a school book, I mean. I often don't warm up to the books they have us read. There are the occasional ones that I happen to love (Catcher in the Rye, Cat's Cradle, Macbeth), but that doesn't often happen.
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We just finished reading One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in my English class. I really liked it, though - thanks to The Simpsons and various other sources - I totally already knew the ending. I need to see the movie now.

We're doing a bunch of short stories now, all of them a bit boring. I'm just waiting to get to Joyce's Araby, which we read last year but I'm really looking forward to reading it again. First Joyce I ever read.

Apparently, our test on this short story unit will be to write our own story. I am teh excited.
 
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Joe Kalicki said:
Ken Kesey never even saw the movie.
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Did he disapprove of it?

I know he saw the play based on the book, since it was on the way back from it that he heard about Kennedy's assassination and came up with the idea for his crazy acid bus.
 
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moonmaster said:
Did he disapprove of it?

I know he saw the play based on the book, since it was on the way back from it that he heard about Kennedy's assassination and came up with the idea for his crazy acid bus.
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I don't know that he disapproved of it, necessarily, the story I heard was that one of the producers pissed him off somehow and told him he'd see the movie anyway, and he responded "I will never see that movie." And he never did. Supposedly.
 
Joe Kalicki said:
I don't know that he disapproved of it, necessarily, the story I heard was that one of the producers pissed him off somehow and told him he'd see the movie anyway, and he responded "I will never see that movie." And he never did. Supposedly.
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Ahh.

He was probably high.

On drugs.

Damn hippies.
 
Has anyone read Crooked Little Vein? I read the first few paragraphs and liked it... but I'm not sure I could handle wacky Ellis for longer than a 22 page comic.
 
Ninja4peace said:
I like neil gaiman,of his novels I've read good omens, stardust and neverwhere. And I like his comics (tho I only read the first volume of sandman and didn't see what the fuss was about, I've been meaning to go back and reread it). Anything of his I should particularly avoid or seek out? I want to read american gods and anansi boys.

I just finished reading Issac Asimov's Foundation and am currently reading the sequel. I was really impressed I don't think I've ever read a book that reads like that. It was released in some sort of digest form, so it's collected works but it all follows on (like comics I suppose). But at the end of the first story it skips forward 50 years, it's a very epic story spanning many centuries. It might be my new favourite book.
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Pick up his Marvel 1602 trade.
 
ProjectX2 said:
Has anyone read Crooked Little Vein? I read the first few paragraphs and liked it... but I'm not sure I could handle wacky Ellis for longer than a 22 page comic.
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Its kinda short. It was good, but needed a little more beef to it. When doing a Noir style Private Dick trackdown book you need more stops than he had, and a false lead or two. his investigation was pretty straightforward, which lead me to wonder why everyone else had so much trouble finding the book.
 
I picked up Cell by Stephen King and The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler from the library today.

Cell starts on October 1st. Guess what date is it today. :shock:
 
Everyone here, whether a King fan or an aspiring writer, needs to read King's short story collection "Night Shift". It's one of his older ones(first or second), but almost all the stories range from very good to unbelievable, and again, if you're an aspiring writer, few things I've read will inspire you more.
 
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