Eryk Davis Ester
Created from the Cosmic Legends of the Universe!
posted
Recent reads include The Moonstone, by Wilkie Collins, often listed as the first detective novel in English. This book totally deserves all the praise it has received. I really enjoyed it.
Also, Daryl Gregory's Raising Stony Mayhall, a zombie novel about a family that discovers a zombie baby after the outbreak in 1968. Deciding to hide the baby, they are surprised when he actually starts to grow and develops into a bright, friendly young man. The novel definitely has a lot of interesting ideas, but I can't help but feel that it's going to do to zombies what whoever-ruined-vampires-my-making-them-sympathetic-characters-instead-of-evil-inhuman-monsters did to vampires.
From: Liberty City | Registered: Jul 2003
| IP: Logged |
posted
I'm giving Northern Lights (the first book in the His Dark Materials trilogy) another go.
I couldn't get into it when I first tried to read it a number of years ago. But this time I'm really enjoying it. The author's imagination and creativity fairly leaps off the page.
I just hope I can stay into it when Uni starts up again this week and all the Law reading hits me.
From: Australia | Registered: Dec 2003
| IP: Logged |
quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: Let me know what you think of Swamplandia. I've had the audiobook in my Wishlist for awhile. It sounds interesting.
Just finished it... ultimately unsatisfying... halfway through the novel, the narrative shifts from first-person to third-person, and it continues to alternate for the remainder of the book... while the third-person chapters zip along nicely, the first-person chapters are repetitive and plodding, leading to an unexpected and unnecessary violent encounter for one of the lead characters... it wasn't until the last fifty pages that I felt invested in the story... and by that point, it was too late... shame given the premise...
-------------------- Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...
From: The waters off eastern Long Island | Registered: Jul 2003
| IP: Logged |
Eryk Davis Ester
Created from the Cosmic Legends of the Universe!
posted
Well, that'll be another book I can delete from my Wishlist! Thanks, Sharky!
From: Liberty City | Registered: Jul 2003
| IP: Logged |
posted
Finally finished "Supergods", it was great. Sorely tempted to try "75 Years of DC Comics" by Levitz next. At the very least I'll have bulging biceps by the time I finish it, given that the book is 20 pounds or so.
From: Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada | Registered: Sep 2004
| IP: Logged |
posted
Hmmm, been quite a while since I've posted here.
Recently I've read the following books -
Mile 81 by Steven King. Its about some children in Maine who discover something horrific and eventually overcome it
Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker. The novella that the Hellraiser movie was based on. I've read this before, quite a few years ago. I forgot how different the character of Kristie is in the book.
Currently reading Ethical Oil by Ezra Levant. I highly recommend this to anyone who has the slightest concern about Canada's "dirty oil". It raises many points I have put forth myself on "green" boards, except better expressed and expanded upon.
Also Hellbound Heart put me in the mood for more fantastique so I found a Barker book I haven't read before, "Imagica". If the tale continues the way it has so far it may surpass "Weaveworld" as my favorite Barker book.
From: Fort McMurray | Registered: Nov 2004
| IP: Logged |
posted
Keep in mind that Levant is far from an objective observer on the matter though, having deep connections with both Harper and Sun Media. His position has it's fair share of critics.
I liked Imajica much more than Weaveworld, though it was probably about 1/4 too long.
From: Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada | Registered: Sep 2004
| IP: Logged |
posted
@Dave...I work there and process the oilsand. I know what happens here, unlike the vast majority of protesters. Levant is on the mark far more often than he is off it and for the most part I agree with him.
From: Fort McMurray | Registered: Nov 2004
| IP: Logged |
Eryk Davis Ester
Created from the Cosmic Legends of the Universe!
posted
Currently reading Charlotte Bronte's The Professor. It's okay, but it's definitely no Jane Eyre.
From: Liberty City | Registered: Jul 2003
| IP: Logged |
posted
I am going to give The Hunger Games another try... I picked it up a couple of years ago and couldn't get into it... with the movie coming out, I figure it's worth another look...
-------------------- Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...
From: The waters off eastern Long Island | Registered: Jul 2003
| IP: Logged |
posted
A People's History of the Supreme Court. I am up to the Brown decision.
-------------------- Five billion years from now the Sun will go nova and obliterate the Earth. Don't sweat the small stuff!
From: Boston | Registered: Aug 2003
| IP: Logged |
posted
I'm reading "Crash" by J.G. Ballard (which the Cronenberg movie was based on). It's equally disturbing and brilliant. It's hard to believe it was written before I was born as it doesn't read dated or like it isn't set in the present (except for the lack of cell phones, which could have short-circuited some of the plot).
From: Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada | Registered: Sep 2004
| IP: Logged |
posted
I finished the Hunger Games and have started the sequel, . Catching Fire...
-------------------- Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...
From: The waters off eastern Long Island | Registered: Jul 2003
| IP: Logged |
posted
Started the Chronicles of Prydain (aka the Black Cauldron)series again. Read them back in junior high and again in high school. It's been over 20 years now.
Great series. On the third book. Lloyd Alexander does an amazing job. I don't know how Disney messed this up. I would love to see Disney start from scratch with traditional animation and John Lasseter directing.
Each book translates perfectly into a movie. No changes needed. The scenes, pace and plot...perfect.
I once read that J.K. Rowling said that the Harry Potter series has some Chronicles of Prydain influences. I would agree.
Also just finished the 6th Dresden Files book (Blood Rites) and currently reading The Maltese Falcon.
From: Tampa | Registered: Mar 2004
| IP: Logged |
Hyperpath: Email this page to someone!
Printer-friendly view of this topic | Subscribe To Topic
![[Wink]](wink.gif)
![[Smile]](smile.gif)
