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  • AlkthashAlkthash
    I'm a damn twisted person
    Again, nothing is stopping you from bringing up whatever book you want to talk about. If others don't respond about it oh well.
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!

    The thing is, when people talk about a book I haven't read, the only thing I can really say about is "well, that sure exists. Probably."

  • KrakenKraken

    We are...the Sander's Sons.


    no wait that's dumb

  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!

    I am now far enough into Warbreaker to comment on the plot.


    It's really good.

  • NyktosNyktos
    a little muffled

    I'm probably going to start that tonight or tomorrow.

  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!

    Okay, this is going to sound really weird, and I can't say why because spoilers, but I think this book is a metaphor for itself.

  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!

    You know you're reading a Sanderson book when people start sciencing magic.


    I now picture the character who just did a major exposition dump as wearing a lab coat and nerd glasses.

  • MyrmidonMyrmidon

    Please someone tell me whether R. Scott Bakker is a genius or a misogynist so I can stop paying attention to debates about it, please.

  • AlkthashAlkthash
    edited 2013-01-19 15:21:30
    I'm a damn twisted person
    He is actually a clock work mecha piloted by a colony of tree frogs.
  • MyrmidonMyrmidon

    It all makes sense now!

  • AlkthashAlkthash
    I'm a damn twisted person
    So yeah reading Gun Machine now. It's a very Ellis book and pretty fun. I love how simple the premise is that I can explain it in three sentences and everybody gets it. I don't really think it would work too well as a comic because it likes to hover in Tallow's thought processes. Still, the review of it saying Ellis wrote it as a book instead of a comic so the action wouldn't slow down from breakneck made me want to smack somebody.
  • Super LazuliSuper Lazuli
    yea i make potions if ya know what i mean

    does anyone know where I can find a copy of Under The Volcano? 

  • AlkthashAlkthash
    I'm a damn twisted person
    You can get it off Amazon for prices between $5 and $10.
  • Super LazuliSuper Lazuli
    yea i make potions if ya know what i mean

    Normally I'd say I don't use Amazon but I actually have a gift card for it so nevermind.


    Under the Volcano is the sole book on my to-read list and has been for almost two years. I don't read much anymore.

  • KrakenKraken
    edited 2013-01-19 19:21:29

    Gun Machine?


    ...


    ineeditineeditineeditineedit

  • NyktosNyktos
    a little muffled
    Started Warbreaker last night. Was too tired to read past the prologue but...that was quite a prologue.
  • MyrmidonMyrmidon

    So I'm re-reading Catcher In The Rye for a class.


    I don’t hate Holden like some people seem to. I’m worried this shows some immaturity on my part. I mean sure he's a hypocrite who harshly judges people, but I can't really hold that against him for some reason because he's a teenager, and his heart is in the right place.

  • AlkthashAlkthash
    I'm a damn twisted person
    If anything that's a mark of maturity, to try to understand why somebody is a tool and factor that into your assessment of them.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.

    I think the reason most people hate Holden is because they saw their own annoying teenage asses in him, really.

  • SchitzoSchitzo
    They're somethin' else.

    The first time I read it at age 16, I loved everything Holden had to say.

    Reading it now, I almost have to keep myself from yelling "ADAPT, YOU DUMBASS."

    By the by, how are the Dark Tower books?

  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
    When I read them, I loved them, but that was also a good five or six years ago, so take that for what it's worth.
  • MyrmidonMyrmidon

    First one is boring. Next few are better, although 4 is mainly just Roland backstory. 7th is mostly crap, but I liked the ending. No one else liked the ending, though.

  • SchitzoSchitzo
    They're somethin' else.

    Welp, speaking of whiny protagonists, Myrm, you still hate Chuck Palahniuk's books?

  • MyrmidonMyrmidon

    Hate is a strong word. I just dislike them.

  • JHMJHM
    Here, There, Everywhere

    The thing about The Catcher in the Rye that I think a lot of people seem to miss is that Holden Caulfield is supposed to be an unlikeable asshat. Deep down, he is a broken person, and that makes him act like an immature and selfish twit.

  • All NinesAll Nines
    Has friends besides tanks now

    I would have thought that was common knowledge by now (except for teenagers, amusingly enough).

  • JHMJHM
    Here, There, Everywhere

    Yeah, but the problem is that the two reactions I see most are either identification (from teenagers) or "he's so whiny" (from any number of other people), both of which miss the point entirely.

  • MyrmidonMyrmidon

    Fun fact: Until someone I pointed it out to changed, it, the quotes page for Catcher In The Rye were from South Park and Family Guy.

  • AlkthashAlkthash
    I'm a damn twisted person
    Yeah the first Dark Tower book was basically King having an idea of Roland and him being on a quest, but aside from that he was just winging it. The whole Mordred subplot in the 7th book was a waste of time, and the confrontation with the Crimson King was weak, but I liked the true ending. Roland's quest was so pervasive to his identity he couldn't accept any fate besides carrying it on.
  • MyrmidonMyrmidon

    Finally someone who agrees with me on the ending.

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