Isis
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Post by Isis on May 18, 2008 3:47:37 GMT 2
Im a bit of a historical fiction fan myself.....I like the facts to be true though..... and i have a passion for the Knights Templar, The Crusades, King Arthur and anything which casts doubt on Christianity - must be the Celt in me!!!! Paganism makes far more sense!! i also like a good biography, as long as its about someone who will hold my interest! I recently read The Dave Grohl Story (for obvious reasons......) and I have Kurt Cobains Journals which I am also working my way through, wanted to get inside his head to see if I can understand him, such a waste of talent!!!!! I also have The Tenth Insight by James Redfield on the go, having recently re-read The Celestine Prophecy.....something else that makes so much sense...... So what floats your boat or am I in Marvel land here   |
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Post by Benjamin Haines on May 18, 2008 3:59:58 GMT 2
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Post by trashcanman on May 18, 2008 9:12:46 GMT 2
Paganism makes far more sense!! Hip AND offensive. Your cool factor just keeps on rising. or am I in Marvel land here Oooh and condescending, too! I like it. For the record, you are in Marvel land, but I think we can all agree that you absolutely cannot beat a great novel. I read almost 100% fantasy through high school and will likely never touch that genre again. I'm a horror guy now though I have read autobiographies ranging from Aerosmith to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and am also a fan of James Clavell's historical fiction works and most recently read Stephen Cobert's hysterical "I Am America (And So Can You!)" and Kelley Armstrong's "No Humans Involved" which I have a video review up for in the "Dweller's Domain" section of this site. |
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Post by The Curmudgeon on May 18, 2008 14:04:20 GMT 2
Succubus, the "biff pow" days of comic books are long gone. Seriously, put aside your prejudices and go to library, pick up a volume of Ultimate Spider-Man (preferably from the start) and you will find a superbly written series of comics, with great characters, believable dialogue and superb action. The relationships actually often overshadow the action. Give it a go - you won't look back.
Anyway, to the matter at hand - yes I read a lot of comics, but its hard to categorize what I read. My wife has tried for years to get me to read the Sharpe books (she has every one of them) but history and war and stuff like that don't interest me in the slightest.
I don't really know what type of thing I read; I have read the odd autobiography of people who interest me (Marilyn Manson's and Bruce Campbell's are two prime examples) but I enjoy fiction from a certain viewpoint. Like, "Catcher in the Rye" and Dave Eggers "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" are two of my all-time favourite books, the second one being a scattershot first hand account of a guy growing up looking after his little brother. It sounds dull, but its sad, hilarious and often surreal.
I collect a series of crime fiction novels (something I'm not usually interested in) by a writer called Christopher Brookmyre. I only discovered him while on holiday and looking for something to read. Like I said, crime wouldn't be the sort of thing I read, but he's funny and really clued-up on modern popular culture (example, one of his chapters is called "All Your Base Are Belong To Us" - how's THAT for net-trend aware?)
Oh, and some Stephen King and Dean Koontz (especially the modern "Frankesntein" series) too. Like I said - a mixed bag.
By the way Succubus, your book choice makes you sound frighteningly like my mother-in-law. You're not really her been sent to spy on me are you??
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Isis
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Post by Isis on May 18, 2008 14:55:05 GMT 2
I havent read a comic since i was a teenager but that was Jackie magazine.......  ;D I DO like some of the movies that have been made from the better known comics, Batman rocks!!!! Although it could be the thought of George Clooney beneath THAT rubber suit  Im a real cartoon fan, i would rather watch The Simpsons than the news......LOVE South Park, Family Guy etc......and I do like a bit of Captain Scarlett.....I used to watch the Spiderman series on saturday morning tv - while recovering from an all night binge drinking session......i have matured slightly, i no longer binge drink!!!! I cant read scarey books, im such a big girlie sometimes, and TC I am not aware that I am your mother in law, not unless my step son has really matured and got himself a wife.....oh and left the Army....she sounds like a pretty cool lady to me though!! I struggled with the Sharpe novels, but perved like feck over Sean Bean in the series...... I prefer the Enemy of God, Excalibur, Stonhenge kind of Bernard Cornwell books! one of the best biographies i read was Mötley Crüe's, jaysus how they are still alive is beyond me!!!! |
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Post by The Curmudgeon on May 18, 2008 15:46:24 GMT 2
We do NOT speak of the George Clooney Batman. It... it still hurts.
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Isis
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Post by Isis on May 18, 2008 19:21:25 GMT 2
We do NOT speak of the George Clooney Batman. It... it still hurts. I guess you just dont see it my way do you hunnie LOL..... its all about the perving for me ;D sorry for any offence lads, I didnt know I was blaspheming.....it was just wishful thinking on my part..... |
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Post by trashcanman on May 18, 2008 22:49:26 GMT 2
What, no love for Christian Bale? Was it the Bat-nipples that did it for you (what with the perviness and all)? If you like Batman adn have any curiosity abut modern comics at all you really should check out Frank Miller's "The Dark Knight Returns". There is nothing remotely childish about that graphic novel. Brutal, twisted, and brilliant, but not childish.
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Isis
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Post by Isis on May 19, 2008 21:13:02 GMT 2
Christian Bale, he was the one in The Machinist wasnt he, and its because I think that I havent watched the one with him in, i need to open my mind a little i think......
stupid dumbass question coming up............
where do you buy these comics from?
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Post by The Curmudgeon on May 19, 2008 21:18:38 GMT 2
Well, I get mine delivered monthly. Shops in the UK like Forbidden Planet will have pretty much every comic book under the sun.
But if you have a decent sized library, Sucks, they do trade paperbacks of comics, which are basically about nine or ten of them that revolve around one continuing story, packed into one book.
I used to go to a writing class a few years back that had a library next to it, and I would be there about thirty minutes before everyone else, so I used to just go in and read those very trade paperbacks I'm talking about. I read all about the Death and Return of Superman in there.
Honestly, go into your library and ask if they've got any comic book/graphic novel books - and you can bet dollars to donuts they've got loads. And just pick one that grabs your eye, or you've heard of the main character.
It'll change your whole world.
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Isis
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Post by Isis on May 19, 2008 21:22:45 GMT 2
i go to the library quite a bit, I could spend hours in there to be honest.....I will have a look next time im there, thanks!
I quite like the sound of The Dark Knight Returns - must be the word knight that did it.....
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Post by trashcanman on May 20, 2008 10:04:41 GMT 2
It's amazing. TDKR is about Batman coming out of retirement in a future where heroes have been outlawed and forgotten and just kicking the living hell out of everyone. It should put to rest any thoughts of comic books being for the immature.
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