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Post by StarOpal on Jul 9, 2009 10:45:03 GMT -5
I'm about halfway through The Lives of Christopher Chant by Dianna Wynne Jones. I needed a break from heavier books.
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Post by StarOpal on Sept 21, 2009 8:30:52 GMT -5
Finally got around to World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks, which someone had bought me for my birthday. I'm two-thirds of the way through and, man, do I have a hard time putting it down.
I'm really really liking the book and how it pulls you in.
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Post by BlackCatWhiteCat on Sept 21, 2009 13:38:16 GMT -5
Finally got around to World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks, which someone had bought me for my birthday. I'm two-thirds of the way through and, man, do I have a hard time putting it down. I'm really really liking the book and how it pulls you in. ....and ate your brains? Ba-duh-bum! Anyway...I am intrigued and unsure of this new zombie trend in books. I plan to check out the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies title, but I don't know about the rest. Everybody's hopping on the reanimated-dead bandwagon and I'm not sure I want to hop aboard just yet. As for me, I finally finished reading the first two Harry Potter books recently and now I've turned to To Have and Have Not, sprinkled with the occasional Lovecraft short story. |
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Post by StarOpal on Sept 21, 2009 14:38:19 GMT -5
....and ate your brains? Ba-duh-bum! Anyway...I am intrigued and unsure of this new zombie trend in books. I plan to check out the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies title, but I don't know about the rest. Everybody's hopping on the reanimated-dead bandwagon and I'm not sure I want to hop aboard just yet. I'm not saying I'm hoping on the shambling rotting zombie bandwagon, but I'm really enjoying World War Z specifically. I haven't heard good things about the Pride and Prejudice one, seems a little too gimmicky for me. If you do read it please report back. |
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Post by TheOogieBoogieMan on Sept 21, 2009 22:28:32 GMT -5
I haven't heard good things about the Pride and Prejudice one, seems a little too gimmicky for me. If you do read it please report back. *ahem...* Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - For those not in the know, this is the original Jane Austen novel, only someone's fiddled with certain passages and added new ones to weave a zombie war throughout England into the narrative. The addition of undead flesh-eaters to the story definitely makes PPZ an improvement on the original novel, but the problem is that this is still Jane Austen. The modified content is chuckle-inducing, but most of the original text is left intact, which is unfortunate for me, since I didn't like Pride and Prejudice the first time I read it. Having finished the book, I can say this: if you liked Pride and Prejudice, then you'll appreciate PPZ; if you didn't, you're basically rereading a novel you didn't like with just a few passages re-diddled. And apparently, Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters is now in the works. Groan... As for what I'm reading right now, it's Lincoln by Gore Vidal and Timeline by Michael Crichton. I finished reading Roots the other night after breezing through it over the course of a month, and I miss it already. Such epic brilliance... |
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Post by StarOpal on Sept 22, 2009 5:49:05 GMT -5
I haven't heard good things about the Pride and Prejudice one, seems a little too gimmicky for me. If you do read it please report back. *ahem...* Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - For those not in the know, this is the original Jane Austen novel, only someone's fiddled with certain passages and added new ones to weave a zombie war throughout England into the narrative. The addition of undead flesh-eaters to the story definitely makes PPZ an improvement on the original novel, but the problem is that this is still Jane Austen. The modified content is chuckle-inducing, but most of the original text is left intact, which is unfortunate for me, since I didn't like Pride and Prejudice the first time I read it. Having finished the book, I can say this: if you liked Pride and Prejudice, then you'll appreciate PPZ; if you didn't, you're basically rereading a novel you didn't like with just a few passages re-diddled. And apparently, Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters is now in the works. Groan... Steady there Jim, I was including you in the "haven't heard good things" part. I like Pride and Prejudice and, if I'm remembering right, Heather put it on her giant cosmic keeper bookshelf in Justin's thread. So I'm guessing she likes P&P, which would give that perspective. So far I've only heard from people who were in it for the zombies. The Sense and Sensibility one is just a stupid idea, and doesn't make me want to read the Pride one anytime soon. "Re-diddled." I like that! |
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Post by BlackCatWhiteCat on Sept 22, 2009 14:10:36 GMT -5
Oogie: Congratulations. You just made a simultaneously hilarious and terrifying word. Timeline, eh? Are you enjoying it at all? I found it to be a horrible mess.
And poo on your for not liking P&P
StarEuniceOpal: Okay so I will definitely check out P&P&Z. I've been meaning to re-read it soon anyway.
I completely agree that the Sea Monsters idea is just stupid
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Post by TheOogieBoogieMan on Sept 22, 2009 23:37:09 GMT -5
Timeline, eh? Are you enjoying it at all? I found it to be a horrible mess. I've only read the first 25 pages, but I can already tell why people don't like it. But my girlfriend likes the book, so I'm going to keep an open mind. Besides, it's been a while since I read something lite-lite. |
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Post by duckie on Sept 24, 2009 17:52:20 GMT -5
I really enjoyed World War Z - thought it was original. Not gonna touch P&P&Z or any of the derivative works that seem to be filling up the shelves at the bookstore. I've also got a copy of the Zombie Survival Guide (also by Max Brooks), but am going to have to wait a bit on that... am working my way through the Drsden Chronicles right now. Sweet!  |
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Post by Al on Sept 25, 2009 19:28:14 GMT -5
Timeline, eh? Are you enjoying it at all? I found it to be a horrible mess. I've only read the first 25 pages, but I can already tell why people don't like it. But my girlfriend likes the book, so I'm going to keep an open mind. Besides, it's been a while since I read something lite-lite. FWIW, I enjoyed Timeline more or less. I think Crichton had certain ideas in his head for five or six setpieces and then tried to weave a plot around the action scenes he wanted. The resulting book is kind of incoherent, but it's a fun incoherent if you have a little medievalist in you. |
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Post by StarOpal on Oct 1, 2009 13:01:13 GMT -5
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Post by TheOogieBoogieMan on Oct 1, 2009 13:19:07 GMT -5
 I feel so dirty for having bought P+P+Z. I contributed to this madness!
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Post by deathproof on Nov 8, 2009 10:31:22 GMT -5
This might have been discussed recently, but has anyone ever attempted to read Naked Lunch by William Burroughs? I got 30 pages in and had no idea what he had actually said.
Anyway, I'm going through CS Lewis' Abolition of Man. I forgot how pretentious that man could be.
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Post by blinkfan on Nov 13, 2009 1:11:04 GMT -5
I've been reading my fair share of fine literature lately. I've been reading Faulkners "As I Lay Dying", intended to read "Crime and Punishment" later on (Russian Lit is pretty rad) but have decided to delay both of those beauties to indulge in Stephen King's new epic "Under The Dome".
Has anyone else started reading it or checked it out? It just came out two days ago, so perhaps I am asking too soon but I really dig it so far and would like to discuss with someone.
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Post by Al on Nov 13, 2009 1:53:22 GMT -5
Ooh, I totally forgot it had come out. It's had some really positive buzz; I've heard people talking about a Hugo award among other things.
Also: congrats on getting into Faulkner! His books are seriously dense reading but a lot of fun if you can swallow it. If you like his stuff, I'd recommend T.R. Pearson as a followup (particularly A Short History of a Small Place)
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