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Is it just me, or is the cover for Fables a nod to the cover of The Dark Knight Returns, lol?F Me In The Brain said:Just read this...had never read any of the "Fables" work, thought it was a fun/quick read.
On to this anthology -- loved the first 2 stories...Joe Abercrombie and Gillian Flynn. I like almost every author in this and short stories are fun to read and they seem like they are fun for the authors to write. (And each of these stories is about....a Rogue...so that makes it fun in and of itself.)
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I'm reading the Oryx and Crake trilogy by Margaret Atwood (one of the best writers of all time of course). I have read Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood before, but not MaddAddam, so am just starting from the beginning. Really looking forward to finally reading the last one!
I just finished reading Children of Men. Much better than the movie... but i was disappointed that it ended the way it did (i guess I can't go into it since it would be a spoiler). Anyway, i think the book is actually meant to be a rather non-religious mirror of the story of the biblical flood.... which isn't too creative. Still, good book, mostly because of the writing style (even though it is a little unnecessarily pompous in its language at times).Post edited by PJ_Soul onWith all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata0 -
This did occur to me as well!DarthMaeglin said:
Is it just me, or is the cover for Fables a nod to the cover of The Dark Knight Returns, lol?F Me In The Brain said:Just read this...had never read any of the "Fables" work, thought it was a fun/quick read.
On to this anthology -- loved the first 2 stories...Joe Abercrombie and Gillian Flynn. I like almost every author in this and short stories are fun to read and they seem like they are fun for the authors to write. (And each of these stories is about....a Rogue...so that makes it fun in and of itself.)
Read this on the plane back from CA yesterday. I really like him and this was an OK wrap up to this series but he really should write longer books:
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Just picked up Neil Gaiman's latest, "Trigger Warning", which I will read once I finish up Rogues.my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf0
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Is anyone going to BookCon in NY this year?NYC 06/24/08-Auckland 11/27/09-Chch 11/29/09-Newark 05/18/10-Atlanta 09/22/12-Chicago 07/19/13-Brooklyn 10/18/13 & 10/19/13-Hartford 10/25/13-Baltimore 10/27/13-Auckland 1/17/14-GC 1/19/14-Melbourne 1/24/14-Sydney 1/26/14-Amsterdam 6/16/14 & 6/17/14-Milan 6/20/14-Berlin 6/26/14-Leeds 7/8/14-Milton Keynes 7/11/14-St. Louis 10/3/14-NYC 9/26/15
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^^ nope, I have books coming out of my ears, if I went to something like that I would probably come back with 20 more.The love he receives is the love that is saved0
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Is that the Angie and whatshisname series? I gotta pick that up....didn't know Lehane had a new one.F Me In The Brain said:
This did occur to me as well!DarthMaeglin said:
Is it just me, or is the cover for Fables a nod to the cover of The Dark Knight Returns, lol?F Me In The Brain said:Just read this...had never read any of the "Fables" work, thought it was a fun/quick read.
On to this anthology -- loved the first 2 stories...Joe Abercrombie and Gillian Flynn. I like almost every author in this and short stories are fun to read and they seem like they are fun for the authors to write. (And each of these stories is about....a Rogue...so that makes it fun in and of itself.)
Read this on the plane back from CA yesterday. I really like him and this was an OK wrap up to this series but he really should write longer books:
I'm reading some POS by T Jefferson Parker called The Jaguar. I'm not into it at all....I should just bag it but I'll probably stick it out to the bitter end.
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^^^^ never mind.....I see it is the last of a trilogy...I just reserved the first at my library.If I had known then what I know now...
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The first 2 I really liked, the third was just OK. First one especially, there is a Babe Ruth tie in and I know you are a ball fan.imalive said:^^^^ never mind.....I see it is the last of a trilogy...I just reserved the first at my library.
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I am....but babe ruth is overratedF Me In The Brain said:
The first 2 I really liked, the third was just OK. First one especially, there is a Babe Ruth tie in and I know you are a ball fan.imalive said:^^^^ never mind.....I see it is the last of a trilogy...I just reserved the first at my library.
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You still go to the library? Very, very, very elitist of you!imalive said:^^^^ never mind.....I see it is the last of a trilogy...I just reserved the first at my library.
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I do.....and not for fucking DVD's either!Halifax2TheMax said:
You still go to the library? Very, very, very elitist of you!imalive said:^^^^ never mind.....I see it is the last of a trilogy...I just reserved the first at my library.
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Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Rob's using the card catalog. Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! One must be very, very, very quiet in the library. Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! No clomping around, wearing squeaky shoes or humming, giving or receiving, allowed! Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!imalive said:
I do.....and not for fucking DVD's either!Halifax2TheMax said:
You still go to the library? Very, very, very elitist of you!imalive said:^^^^ never mind.....I see it is the last of a trilogy...I just reserved the first at my library.
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Boring, eh?DarthMaeglin said:After almost 41 years of identifying as Christian, I finally decided to read the Bible cover to cover.
I read it years ago (as an Atheist... needed to know exactly what I don't believe in). It was by far the most tedious read of my whole life (no offense).
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I had to read part of the King James Bible for a class. After three pages of who begat who I gave up.PJ_Soul said:
Boring, eh?DarthMaeglin said:After almost 41 years of identifying as Christian, I finally decided to read the Bible cover to cover.
I read it years ago (as an Atheist... needed to know exactly what I don't believe in). It was by far the most tedious read of my whole life (no offense).NYC 06/24/08-Auckland 11/27/09-Chch 11/29/09-Newark 05/18/10-Atlanta 09/22/12-Chicago 07/19/13-Brooklyn 10/18/13 & 10/19/13-Hartford 10/25/13-Baltimore 10/27/13-Auckland 1/17/14-GC 1/19/14-Melbourne 1/24/14-Sydney 1/26/14-Amsterdam 6/16/14 & 6/17/14-Milan 6/20/14-Berlin 6/26/14-Leeds 7/8/14-Milton Keynes 7/11/14-St. Louis 10/3/14-NYC 9/26/15
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I agree it can be tedious at points (as well as extremely repetitive), but it is interesting nonetheless. I've only made it to Joshua so far (almost 200 pages out of just over a thousand in my copy), Moses just died.PJ_Soul said:
Boring, eh?DarthMaeglin said:After almost 41 years of identifying as Christian, I finally decided to read the Bible cover to cover.
I read it years ago (as an Atheist... needed to know exactly what I don't believe in). It was by far the most tedious read of my whole life (no offense).
One of the most interesting things I've noted thus far is how ordinances were passed down directly from God (yes, I'm a believer, even if I no longer identify as Anglican, just Christian, lol), to be performed essentially until the end of time. As far as I know, blood sacrifice is no longer practiced by the 3 religions that grew out of this book (or the first part of it), yet there it is, right at the beginning: blood sacrifice to me (animals), or fall out of favour.
Also interesting to note that this far in, there's been mention of heaven, but no talk of the afterlife, which is a big part of the basis of the New Testament. I'll be interested to see when it makes its first appearance, lol.
There are some good rules to live by though."The world is full of idiots and I am but one of them."
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I should try to read it again. I know when I go to church (progressive Episcopalian), the lessons always seem interesting - plus our priest is amazing. On Palm Sunday he read the Passion (Mark 14 - 15:47 - I had to look that up, btw) and it was un-tedious and very moving.DarthMaeglin said:
I agree it can be tedious at points (as well as extremely repetitive), but it is interesting nonetheless. I've only made it to Joshua so far (almost 200 pages out of just over a thousand in my copy), Moses just died.PJ_Soul said:
Boring, eh?DarthMaeglin said:After almost 41 years of identifying as Christian, I finally decided to read the Bible cover to cover.
I read it years ago (as an Atheist... needed to know exactly what I don't believe in). It was by far the most tedious read of my whole life (no offense).
One of the most interesting things I've noted thus far is how ordinances were passed down directly from God (yes, I'm a believer, even if I no longer identify as Anglican, just Christian, lol), to be performed essentially until the end of time. As far as I know, blood sacrifice is no longer practiced by the 3 religions that grew out of this book (or the first part of it), yet there it is, right at the beginning: blood sacrifice to me (animals), or fall out of favour.
Also interesting to note that this far in, there's been mention of heaven, but no talk of the afterlife, which is a big part of the basis of the New Testament. I'll be interested to see when it makes its first appearance, lol.
There are some good rules to live by though.
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Libraries are great...... I simply don't have the money to buy all the books I want to read.imalive said:
I do.....and not for fucking DVD's either!Halifax2TheMax said:
You still go to the library? Very, very, very elitist of you!imalive said:^^^^ never mind.....I see it is the last of a trilogy...I just reserved the first at my library.
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