What are you reading?
#197
Posted 14 March 2006 - 10:09 PM
I recently read The Princess Bride "the good parts version" by S. Morgansturn, edited by William Goldman (the same guy who wrote the screenplay for the film). Slade once told me that the book was better, and he was right. And I had already loved the movie. I definately suggest picking up a copy if you ever get the chance.
Apparently writing about JM here is his secret weakness. Muwahaha!!!! Now I have leverage over him and am another step closer towards my goal of world domination.
"And the Evil that was vanquished shall rise anew. Wrapped in the guise of man shall he walk amongst the innocent and Terror shall consume they that dwell upon the Earth. The skies will rain fire. The seas shall become as blood. The righteous shall fall before the wicked! And all creation shall tremble before the burning standards of Hell!" - Mephisto
Kurgan X showed me this web comic done with Legos. It pokes fun at all six Star Wars films and I found it to be extremely entertaining.
<a href="http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/cast/starwars.html" target="_blank">http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/cast/starwars.html</a>
"And the Evil that was vanquished shall rise anew. Wrapped in the guise of man shall he walk amongst the innocent and Terror shall consume they that dwell upon the Earth. The skies will rain fire. The seas shall become as blood. The righteous shall fall before the wicked! And all creation shall tremble before the burning standards of Hell!" - Mephisto
Kurgan X showed me this web comic done with Legos. It pokes fun at all six Star Wars films and I found it to be extremely entertaining.
<a href="http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/cast/starwars.html" target="_blank">http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/cast/starwars.html</a>
#199
Posted 22 March 2006 - 11:33 PM
Isn't The Princess Bride the one with the rediculous Spanish guy and the other guy who does gymnastic fighting? It was sort of hilarous to see.
I'm reading Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut. Slaughterhouse-Five was strange, but good.
I'm reading Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut. Slaughterhouse-Five was strange, but good.
QUOTE (Theodor Herzl)
If you will it, it is no dream.
#200
Posted 24 March 2006 - 06:40 AM
QUOTE (floppydisk @ Mar 22 2006, 11:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Isn't The Princess Bride the one with the rediculous Spanish guy and the other guy who does gymnastic fighting? It was sort of hilarous to see.
The Man in Black aka The Dread Pirate Roberts aka Wesley the farmboy who sought true love... yeah that's the one.
I'm currently reading The Magician again my Raymond Fiest. It's been many years so I thought it a nice idea to give it another go around.
Luminous beings are we... not this crude matter.
Yoda
Yoda
#201
Posted 25 March 2006 - 10:47 PM
I recently finished The Book of 3, the first of Alexander Lloyd's The Chronicles of Prydain, the heartwarming story of Taran, an assistant pig keeper who founds out the hard way that being a hero isn't easy when he must save his oracular pig Hen Wen from the Horned King. Also featuring the chatty red head Princess Eilwony (I believe it is pronounced as Ale-On-We), the would be bard king Flewder Flagm, the mighty Prince Gwydion, the hapless sub-human creature Gurgi, and of course, the Horned King. Now I must find the 2nd book, The Black Cauldron.
Additionally, just for fun, I read Alex Ross's The Power of SHAZAM: Hope (yes, I am a fan boy, and not a very good one) as well as the most recent miniseries updating of Captain Marvel's origins.
And the Hell of it is that I'm still not finished with Terry Pratchett's Equal Rites, part of his Discworld series, book 1 of the Earthsea series, Larry Niven's Ringworld, the collected edition of Robert E. Howard's Conan the Cimmerian short stories, and The City of Ember. And I acquired those long before I got my hands on Book of 3!
I keep meaning to pick up something by Neil Gaiman, but I never get around to it.
Additionally, just for fun, I read Alex Ross's The Power of SHAZAM: Hope (yes, I am a fan boy, and not a very good one) as well as the most recent miniseries updating of Captain Marvel's origins.
And the Hell of it is that I'm still not finished with Terry Pratchett's Equal Rites, part of his Discworld series, book 1 of the Earthsea series, Larry Niven's Ringworld, the collected edition of Robert E. Howard's Conan the Cimmerian short stories, and The City of Ember. And I acquired those long before I got my hands on Book of 3!
I keep meaning to pick up something by Neil Gaiman, but I never get around to it.
I am the Fisher King.
I'd like a qui-gon jinn please with an obi-wan to go.
I'd like a qui-gon jinn please with an obi-wan to go.
#203
Posted 27 March 2006 - 12:01 PM
QUOTE (Marky @ Mar 27 2006, 06:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Homer's Iliad and Odyssey translated by Chapman.
Graham Chapman?
I am the Fisher King.
I'd like a qui-gon jinn please with an obi-wan to go.
I'd like a qui-gon jinn please with an obi-wan to go.
#204
Posted 27 March 2006 - 02:33 PM
#206
Posted 27 March 2006 - 09:42 PM
QUOTE (Otal Nimrodi @ Mar 27 2006, 06:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
For future reference, when I post something I'm reading, remember to add on: And some Discworld book.
There really are too many to count, aren't there?
I am the Fisher King.
I'd like a qui-gon jinn please with an obi-wan to go.
I'd like a qui-gon jinn please with an obi-wan to go.
#209
Posted 31 March 2006 - 06:16 AM
QUOTE (Lord Aquaman @ Jan 28 2006, 11:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Has anyone read Lloyd Alexander's The Book of Three or at least seen the film The Black Cauldron which was loosely based upon his work?
How about Jeanne DuPrau's The City of Ember, anyone reading that?
How about Jeanne DuPrau's The City of Ember, anyone reading that?
i've seen the black cauldron movie and awhile back i read the remarkable journey of prince jen. prince jen is indeed a remarkable story; hence the remarks im making now.
Officer! officer! quick! all my money was stolen by a man in flannel!
#210
Posted 01 April 2006 - 11:31 PM
I've been on a massive Good Omens kick for the past few weeks. Love it. Love it, love it, love it.
Especially Crowley. I was hooked from the moment I read the line, "An angel who did not so much Fall as Saunter Vaguely Downwards."
Especially Crowley. I was hooked from the moment I read the line, "An angel who did not so much Fall as Saunter Vaguely Downwards."
Check out my crappy drawings!
Chyld is an ignorant slut.
Chyld is an ignorant slut.
QUOTE
"I don't have to conform to the vagaries of time and space; I'm a loony, for God's sake!"
- Campbell Bean (David Tennant), Takin' Over the Asylum, 1994
XD
- Campbell Bean (David Tennant), Takin' Over the Asylum, 1994