post whatever youre reading. and give a brief summary of it.
reason? im averaging 10hrs worth of train journeys a week these day
also nobody cares if you dont read. seriously. just dont post. its that simple. nobody will think youre cool
i just finished "needful things" by steven king. basically this new shop opens in some small southern town. everyone who goes there finds the item they desire the most, but the price of each item varies by person. like, this one guy gets a fox tail or sommet, but in return he has to kill this womans dog, which sets off a huge chain reaction of murders. all in all it was pretty cool. except for the ending which just went way outta proportion
Hmm you might want to try "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan. Basically the story is about the life of four Chinese women and each of their daughter. There's lots of Chinese beliefs and cultures involved in the story.
Originally I got forced to read this book but then I actually got hooked to it and read it till the end. That was back many years ago too when I still hate reading. I'm not sure it's your kind of book though but you might want to give it a try.
I would suggest reading "Road Side Picnic". It's a Russian Novel tho. I found an English Translated Version. It's about alien objects that impacted the earth at different times but they all came from the same origin (unknown). A man named red travels into the alienated zones and collects artifacts(which is illegal) and sells them to anyone who wants to pay. If you've ever played the game "S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Shadow of Chernobyl" It's very similar to that(The game was based off of the book).
It's very mysterious and confusing at first. I'm about half way through it and I love it.
A long time ago (in elementary school) I checked out a book called The Time Machine I got to the 2nd page and lost complete interest due to big words.
I picked it up again because it was assigned in science fiction class (Best English class ever IMO). If you haven't already read this amazing piece of literature you definately should. It's quite an amazing journey and is a relatively short read (A novela) that despite it's length gets the job done in a satisfying way.
To give a quick synoNicoles this fellow builds a time machine and tells a room of doctors and proffesors about it. They don't quite believe him until the next day when he invited them back he stumbles down the stairs looking like he's gone through hell and half of Georgia and devours some food before telling them of his journey to the year 802,701 then to roughly 30 million years into the future.
"When Hitler stole Pink Rabbit" <<
That's one of the very few books I read and I have to say it's really nice. It's about some Jewish family moving out of Germany and then living in Austria for a while until they move away from there, too, to France that is, and live there for a while. The Jewish family has to live from barely any money and shit, really nicely written, too.
right now im reading It by stephen king, and recently finished Misery and The Mist
i started going on a king marathon after reading Misery
after It im reading a collection of short stories by king called Night Shift
before misery i was reading a collection of stories by roald dahl, and i found his stories for adults were much better than his kid stories
I just finished reading the newest King book. I've read everything he's written.
Right now I'm reading "The Man in the High Castle" by Philip K. Dick. One of the few Dick books I haven't read. I try and finish a book every two days, so I guess I'll post here a lot. I reread alot of the same books over and over though.
Man in the High Castle is an alternate history story where we lost WWII. There are almost no Jews left alive, and the ones who are have assumed false identities. Slavery is legalized again. It's about a black family and a Jewish family trying to survive corporate lives.
I've only got a few pages left. It's pretty short.
I love "It" its way better then the movie and yet kind of fucked up in some ways but thats Steven King for ya.
Another one of his books I liked was "the dead zone" I dont want to ruin to much of it, so I wont tell much but the ending
kind of sucked and yet it was good.
I didnt enjoy "Tommy Knockers" too much but I didnt get to far into it.
Guy you have to read the Dark Tower mang! Ok, it's just insane fantasy stuff really, but if you read the whole thing, it opens up plenty of new doors in his work. There are so many other subtle things that all relate to the Dark Tower.
Think of the Dark Tower is similar in univer to Samurai Jack, but with all sorts of Cowboy culture instead of Samurai stuff, and geared waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to adults. If they make the movie adaption properly, it'd have to be nc-17 or x-rated. It's horrifying some of the shit that goes down.
I don't read books ever. One time I was forced to read The Scarlet Letter, it was boring and stupid. Don't read books, kids.
my dad was a huge king fan and all his books got passed down to me. my favourites so far are either the stand or eyes of the dragon
ill probably start on dark tower soon... but 7 books. jesus
Quote from: rtilI don't read books ever. One time I was forced to read The Scarlet Letter, it was boring and stupid. Don't read books, kids.
I was forced to read When Hitler stole Pink Rabbit, too. I enjoyed it but I wouldn't read books when I'm not forced to.
books suck ass
nah i loved things fall apart and lord of the flies they were excellent
but ill put it this way i took a comparative literature course about 1600s literature. we were required to buy 8 books for the class. i only used sparknotes and got an A without reading a page.
Quote from: FreekCmy dad was a huge king fan and all his books got passed down to me. my favourites so far are either the stand or eyes of the dragon
ill probably start on dark tower soon... but 7 books. jesus
the eyes of the dragon is very much a sort of prequel to Dark Tower, and The Stand is viewed by alot of fans as a sort of "What if?" sequel to the Dark Tower.
But yeah, DT is 7 books, and many, many, many, many thousands of pages.
what characters go from eyes of the dragon to the dark tower? flagg?
i was never interested in The Dark Tower series because it was fantasy, but ill check it out
i think my favorite king book and movie adaption so far was The Mist
i thought Cell was pretty cool until the zombies became magic psychic people
id like to see a Cell movie
Quote from: kianright now im reading It by stephen king, and recently finished Misery and The Mist
i started going on a king marathon after reading Misery
after It im reading a collection of short stories by king called Night Shift
before misery i was reading a collection of stories by roald dahl, and i found his stories for adults were much better than his kid stories
read the stories "desperation" and the "the regulators" by stephen king
they go but arent really related
if you read them you\\\'ll understand what im talking about
also i read the mist after seeing the movie, and i would have to say that the movie was pretty much jsut as good as the book
the only thing was that the movie was missing like 3 monsters
a big green dragonfly, a scary flying kite (oh no!), and something else
im glad that the gigantic thing in the end was there though
and the movie "it" fucking SUCKED they didnt even show the part in the end where all of the kids have sex and i was really looking forward to some kids having sex
the only book ive read recently of my own choice was a scanner darkly it was a great book and a great movie
Quote from: taylorread the stories "desperation" and the "the regulators" by stephen king
i think ive read summaries for those before
the regulators sounded kind of dumb, but king manages to make even the stupidest things cool
theres an entire shelf with king books at the barnes and noble i go to and its always hard picking a few out
its weird
armons brother is a big stephen king fan
my brother is a big stephen king fan too
armons brother isnt gay tho!
Quote from: taylormy brother is a big stephen king fan too
btw im not talking about jordan
Mr.Hands.
It's a horror novel with two main characters. One is Ronnie and the other is Lucy I think.
It's kind of hard to explain without giving off a whole ton of important details though.
Basically both main characters go batshit crazy at one point, and THAT'S when it gets interesting.
Quote from: FreekCwhat characters go from eyes of the dragon to the dark tower? flagg?
The city at the beginning is in many flashbacks in Dark Tower. Flagg is part of a character in Dark Tower. Plenty of other things you'll notice as you read it as well.
Also, The Mist movie was missing a giant lobster, and the Mist is related to the Dark Tower, too. I think the movie's ending was actually better than the novella's though, which has really only happened twice for me. The other time was Fight Club.
fight club was a novel? i have to read it
and yes the ending of the mist movie was wonderful, but the book was dissapointing
i thought the giant lobster was that scorpion-like thing that killed ollie, which they had
if not, when did the lobster appear
Quote from: kianfight club was a novel? i have to read it
and yes the ending of the mist movie was wonderful, but the book was dissapointing
i thought the giant lobster was that scorpion-like thing that killed ollie, which they had
if not, when did the lobster appear
The giant lobster in the novella appears around when Mitch dies, I think.
And yeah, Fight Club was a book first by Chuck Palahniuk.
Since we are talking about King, the only book I've read by him was Hearts in Atlantis. I didn't like it that much, but I'm sure some of his other stuff is good.
Anyone know if Hearts in Atlantis relates to The Dark Tower at all? I think it does considering in a few parts of it there is.. well.. a really big dark tower.
in th court of th crimson kingo
Quote from: ThePrototypeAnyone know if Hearts in Atlantis relates to The Dark Tower at all? I think it does considering in a few parts of it there is.. well.. a really big dark tower.
Yes it does. Alot. Half the stories in it are passages directly parallel to the Dark Tower, and those G-Men are similar in appearance to DT characters.
Also, the rusty chains of prison moons are shattered by the sun.
cats foot iron claw
in case you didnt notice MRAT (tba\\\'s biggest know it all) i was reffering to the court of the crimson king because in the book "insomnia" it references it a whole bunch and in the dark tower series the bad guy is named the crimson king!!!!!!!
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in case you didnt notice MRAT (tba's biggest know it all) i was reffering to the court of the crimson king because in the book "insomnia" it references it a whole bunch and in the dark tower series the bad guy is named the crimson king!!!!!!!
Yep, and there is lots of speculation amongst fans whether or not King got the name from the band or not. The first book was published not long after the band released their first album.
BLAH BLAH BLAH fuck you in the ass with a dildo wrapped in rusted barbed wire.
ok ima start on the 7 dark tower bux
buks r 4 newbz
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politicians feudAl pyre???? i think those are the lyrics
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Books are cool!
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politicians feudAl pyre???? i think those are the lyrics
I don't know alot of lyrics. Honestly I barely even listen to them usually. I'll just assume you're right!
wait a minute there was a discussion on stephen king and i was not told about this whAT THE FUCK IS THIS
also i'm about half way finished with The Ruins. It's one of the few books I've ever read where there's no real pause between most of the bad shit that happens to the characters. So far it's been a terrific read!
Quote from: stagbeetlewait a minute there was a discussion on stephen king and i was not told about this whAT THE FUCK IS THIS
also i'm about half way finished with The Ruins. It's one of the few books I've ever read where there's no real pause between most of the bad shit that happens to the characters. So far it's been a terrific read!
Yep I loved the Ruins. Then I went to see the movie and cried, and cried, and cried.
God horror books are fantastic. Look for some shit by Peter Straub too, if you can.
I've been meaning to check out Straub ever since I read Talisman and Black House
I like the Abhorsen Trilogy and Stranger in a Strange land.
Theres this nice little novel called "The Green Book" that was a very enjoyable read...
wait so the ruins movie was bad?
im interested in reading the book because the summary was cool
Quote from: kianwait so the ruins movie was bad?
im interested in reading the book because the summary was cool
The movie was very, very bad. It's actually fairly similar to the book, but the production values and acting were such shit that the movie died.
i\\\'m reading the Running Man by king, and next im going to start the dark tower series
also is the green mile any good
the movie was good so i assume it is
I still got da Edda in my closet and I'm ashamed to admit that I haven't read it yet
I only read that part in which Loki sang about how much the Aesir sucked
that part was great
it was a point in which a character points out the imperfection of the gods
something that comes back in other cultures
incl. Greek
In old polytheistic religions the gods act more like humans
Which is diffirent compared to the Abrahamic faiths in which there is one God who is perfection incarnate, who you can't disagree with in any way, a rule you can not excape.
I really should read the rest of the Edda :/
Green Mile is nic. Lots of talk about infected dicks.
mrat i always imagine you having gregory peck's voice
Quote from: kianmrat i always imagine you having gregory peck's voice
I don't. I have, uhm, like a less cartoony Patrick Warbuton voice, with uhm, some Cary Grant thrown in for good measure.
Actually I don't know who I sound like. Not Gregory Peck though, but it'd be cool if I did.
My name is Atticus Finch.
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I'm going to read Watership Down once the copy at the library I put on hold comes in
i finished the running man
i love how he spent the last few chapters of the book with his intestines coming out
Yeah I like Running Man. A similar concept was revisited by King in The Long Walk, about 100 teenage boys randomly selected and forced to walk this huge preset course, like across all over America, non-stop until they reach the end or die.
Frank Darabont (THe Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, The Mist) got the rights to it and plans of making it after he finishes his Fahrenheit 451 movie.
Speaking of Del Toro and Darbont, Del Toro has a draft of a Frankenstein script written by Darabont that he would "kill to direct."
i'm kind of worried that when they make the running man movie they'll change the last scenes
since hijacking planes and crashing them in to buildings is a touchy subject
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The movie was already made
It starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and wanted to be Blade Runner. Still not all bad though. Yeh the changed the ending a bit.
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fuck sharing its all mine
this loaf of bread in a box will be all mine
lmao look at that kid's face
man what a shitty drawing
Read A Clockwork Orange, The book is as good as the film, if not a little difficult to understand. Also, read Fight Club.
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE SUCKS DICK
goddamnit you assholes READ REAL BOOKS
REAL
LITERATURE
DO NOT RAPE THE EARTH'S CULTURE WITH PULP
FUCK YOU
I BET YOU PEOPLE WANK OFF TO STORIES LIKE THE DA VINCI CODE AND HARRY POTTER
YOU KNOW WHY EVERYONE IN THE WORLD IS SO FUCKING STUPID?
YOU KNOW WHY THERE ARE KKK MEMBERS, SCIENTOLOGISTS, NEO-HIPPIES, UGLY CHILDREN THAT WANT TO BE MANGA ARTISTS AND OTHER MENTALLY CHALLENGED SCUMBAGS THAT DECAY THE GLOBE WITH THEIR IGNORANCE IN OUR DIMENSION?
BECAUSE
PEOPLE
DONT
READ
GOOD
BOOKS ANYMORE
oooh hooligans that break into houses and beat up and kill people that go to a magical school where they teach magic arts while a guy in a sweaty bunny suit tells that da vinci was jesus christ's great grand daughter, so brilliant
MOTHERFFUCKERS
ITS TIME FOR GENOCIDE
IN THE NAME OF
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Stargirl
those magic school bus books are great
id let ms frizzle suck my dick any day
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i remember this episode of the magic school bus and they went inside of a bee hive
and they were like "lets BEE careful" and making more horrible bee jokes and then da kids got raped by wasps
oh god i remember the one when they went inside ralphie :X
i liked the music one cuz when they played an instrument or made a sound all of those sound waves came off and were visible and i wished i could do that
Quote from: taylorbortnerisai liked the music one cuz when they played an instrument or made a sound all of those sound waves came off and were visible and i wished i could do that
the magic school bus episode 9858560
how to perform goatse
Quote from: wpsthe magic school bus episode 9858560
how to perform goatse
Make it.
one day, little one
i read the long walk
i think i enjoy king's bachman novels more than his regular works
Blaze is a nice gangster story by Bachman.
Did anyone ever read Joko's Anniversary by Roland Topor?
Quote from: Rick KnickafukisDid anyone ever read Joko's Anniversary by Roland Topor?
I picked it up once, but never ended up buying it or reading it. I was too concerned with Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon.
Is it worth it?
It sure is!
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how to perform goatse
Seat belts Everyone!
The last REAL book I read all the way through was "Rebel without a crew" by Robert Rodriguez. It goes through what he went he had to do to make his first real movie. Like selling his body to science, using someone elses camera instead of wasting money, etc. A good read for any filmmaker. It also interesting to see that he was a cartoonist and liked to draw out how a scene would go.
Also: God damn if Watchmen isn't one of the best comics ever. A very well written comic by Alan Moore. He also made V for Vendetta and League of Extraordinary Gentelmen (the comic, not the god awful movie). Check his stuff out, if you want to read comics. Also: fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck I hated the scarlet letter. And walden. And most of the books I had to read in high school. The only good book they ever recommended me was Orwell's stuff like 1984 or animal farm.
The last real novel's I have read have all been by Kafka or Huxley!
Reading Catch-22 at the moment.
I love the humor in the book.
i read ubu roi a few weeks back and it was a great read
currently i'm readin' murder in the cathedral, the stranger, and some collection of poetry by jim morrison
anyone know of some good surreal literature?
had to read The Stranger and East of Eden for a school project over the summer. I don't think I really retained anything from reading The Stranger though. uh. East of Eden was boring until it actually got around to the plot. But mostly I liked it because of Cathy, because she was this total and complete axis of all evil and hate without empathy and was never completely explained, and no one really knew or understood what motivated her. Also Lee was cool.
but on my own, i just finished Mister B. Gone, which was pretty cool. Also Diamond Dogs, which was great and puzzling, and left me feeling a bit soulless at the end. but it had a fitting ending.
just started At the Mountains of Madness, can't decide if I like it or not. Usually I like Lovecraft but I guess i'm just waiting for the story to pick up.
yo is Les Champs Magnétiques worth reading???
no, read joko's anniversary
blaze was sad
hey does anyone here read books any more or did everyone who does leave
I've been reading through Conn Iggulden's Emporer and Ghengis Khan series' which are like historic novels but interesting and well written
I've recently picked up Dickens again, starting Hard Times as we speak. Very much ahead of its time and I'm liking it significantly more than I did with Great Expectations.
I can never pick up on any stories. I dont now if it's my lack of interest of fiction literature, or if it's the part of my brain that turns text to visuals being dead. So yea, computer manuals and C# guides right here!
Quote from: rtilI don't read books ever. One time I was forced to read The Scarlet Letter, it was boring and stupid. Don't read books, kids.
I try not to read books, but its impossible. For some bizarr reason, our schools have us read books off a "summer reading list" that we have to read over the summer. School isnt letting me have time to myself, giving me homework over the summer. IT ISNT FAIR!!!
i'm still reading watership down because i'm an inconsistent reader
also has anyone else read this?
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it's a really interesting book actually
Quote from: systechoi'm still reading watership down because i'm an inconsistent reader
also has anyone else read this?
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it's a really interesting book actually
I've heard of it through the Metallica song about the guy, I want to read it sometime
i started reading house of leaves
its really good about only 60 pages in tho
im trying to read choke but its really depressing and i always fall asleep while reading it@@@
i recently read The Lovely Bones
it goes from incredibly disturbing and sad to funny and hopeful on a whim like every other page
i loved it more than any book ive read over the last two years