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Post by amyghost on Jun 3, 2019 15:57:59 GMT
Sybil Exposed by Debbie Nathan. It turns out that the book and TV series were a lot of bullshit. At least that's what is emerging so far. I'm not quite halfway through. Sounds like a waste of time. You have terrible taste. I've read this. It's a decent book, if a bit sensationalist in tone. The real-life Sybil must have been one hell of a mess after Dr. Wilbur got through with her: the good doc seems to have taken a woman suffering from some unspectacular neuroses and turned her into a full-blown psychotic via drug therapy and a completely inappropriate doctor/patient relationship. It's not a waste of time at all, it's actually a pretty fascinating story.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2019 0:31:23 GMT
Watchmen by Alan Moore, illustrated by Dave Gibbons. I've always heard so much about this but put off reading it. Found a nice hardcover on Amazon at a decent price. I love the film, though I hear there some dramatic differences. I first read Frank Miller's Dark Knight series, which I think is fantastic, and Kingdom Come, which is my favorite so far. How did you like the comics? I thought the changes the movie made played better for the general movie going audience than the comics plot would have. I prefer the comics but I liked the movie a lot as well. I am loving it so far. It seems to me that the director of the film followed the graphic novel closely. It's been a while since I watched the film but I can't tell much of a difference as of yet.
After I'm done with this, I'm gonna have to sit down and watch the film again.
I'm really appreciating this format, I think much more than I ever did when I was a kid.
I plan to read Frank Miller's 300 next, even though I haven't yet seen the film.
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Post by poelzig on Jun 4, 2019 1:41:51 GMT
Paradise Sky by Joe R. Lansdale Somehow this is the first of his books I have read. Any recommendations for which of his books to read next?
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Post by hanswilm on Jun 4, 2019 15:39:31 GMT
Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
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Post by hanswilm on Jun 4, 2019 15:55:43 GMT
The Invisible Man (H.G. Wells)
My brother had that particular edition of the book. I remember reading it at least twice. If you read it twice then it seems you liked it?
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Post by vegalyra on Jun 4, 2019 16:23:07 GMT
My brother had that particular edition of the book. I remember reading it at least twice. If you read it twice then it seems you liked it? Yes one of my more favorite Wells books next to War of the Worlds. I admit to having only read a few of his works though.
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Post by jackspicer on Jun 4, 2019 22:08:48 GMT
How did you like the comics? I thought the changes the movie made played better for the general movie going audience than the comics plot would have. I prefer the comics but I liked the movie a lot as well. I am loving it so far. It seems to me that the director of the film followed the graphic novel closely. It's been a while since I watched the film but I can't tell much of a difference as of yet.
After I'm done with this, I'm gonna have to sit down and watch the film again.
I'm really appreciating this format, I think much more than I ever did when I was a kid.
I plan to read Frank Miller's 300 next, even though I haven't yet seen the film.
I've wanted to read Watchmen for a while. I have a slight phobia of clutter so I only read e-books. I might make an exception for this, because I can't imagine reading a graphic novel on my phone.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2019 23:20:29 GMT
I just finished The Firemam by Joe Hill. It was really good, an apocalyptic story. I've enjoyed everything I've read by him, honestly. His style is different from his dad's, but he reminds me of Stephen King in his prime.
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Post by coldenhaulfield on Jun 5, 2019 1:32:53 GMT
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Post by CrepedCrusader on Jun 5, 2019 1:37:35 GMT
The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez. Bought it at Dollar Tree a while back, and decided to finally give it a read.
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Post by poelzig on Jun 5, 2019 4:25:34 GMT
I just finished The Firemam by Joe Hill. It was really good, an apocalyptic story. I've enjoyed everything I've read by him, honestly. His style is different from his dad's, but he reminds me of Stephen King in his prime. I like Hill but I thought the ending of The Fireman was disappointing. The whole book almost felt like he was trying to do his own apocalyptic novel like his daddy and was not quite able to pull it off. Conversely King's recent novella Elevation felt like a Joe Hill story. It had that odd floating away theme that Hill has written about several times.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2019 4:31:39 GMT
I just finished The Firemam by Joe Hill. It was really good, an apocalyptic story. I've enjoyed everything I've read by him, honestly. His style is different from his dad's, but he reminds me of Stephen King in his prime. I like Hill but I thought the ending of The Fireman was disappointing. The whole book almost felt like he was trying to do his own apocalyptic novel like his daddy and was not quite able to pull it off. Conversely King's recent novella Elevation felt like a Joe Hill story. It had that odd floating away theme that Hill has written about several times. I also wasn't that fond of the ending. I feel like he didn't know where to go with it, but I was mad my favorite character died at the very end. The epilogue made me think he ended up like Sarah though. King lost me as a constant reader with Dr. Sleep. He's also gotten way too sanctimonious in his writing about his political views, which I find annoying regardless of if I agree with them or not. I started Sleeping Beauties but put it down for The Fireman because Sleeping Beauties is reading like a feminist propaganda hit piece.
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Post by poelzig on Jun 5, 2019 4:57:22 GMT
I like Hill but I thought the ending of The Fireman was disappointing. The whole book almost felt like he was trying to do his own apocalyptic novel like his daddy and was not quite able to pull it off. Conversely King's recent novella Elevation felt like a Joe Hill story. It had that odd floating away theme that Hill has written about several times. I also wasn't that fond of the ending. I feel like he didn't know where to go with it, but I was mad my favorite character died at the very end. The epilogue made me think he ended up like Sarah though. King lost me as a constant reader with Dr. Sleep. He's also gotten way too sanctimonious in his writing about his political views, which I find annoying regardless of if I agree with them or not. I started Sleeping Beauties but put it down for The Fireman because Sleeping Beauties is reading like a feminist propaganda hit piece. I feel you 100% on King's virtue signalling over the last decade or so. He's the perfect example of why I have such a big problem with the hypocrisy of white liberals. Elevation is no exception and it was crap. I got it from the library and it took about 2 hours to read at most but I still felt cheated for wasting my time. It was under 200 pages and to add insult to injury the book has large printing, short chapters and was shaped squat. I would guess if it were a normal hard cover book it would have been way under 100 pages. The cover price was right at $20 or more!!!!! King probably bought yet another vacation home far far far away from anyone that isn't white with the proceeds.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2019 5:00:47 GMT
I also wasn't that fond of the ending. I feel like he didn't know where to go with it, but I was mad my favorite character died at the very end. The epilogue made me think he ended up like Sarah though. King lost me as a constant reader with Dr. Sleep. He's also gotten way too sanctimonious in his writing about his political views, which I find annoying regardless of if I agree with them or not. I started Sleeping Beauties but put it down for The Fireman because Sleeping Beauties is reading like a feminist propaganda hit piece. I feel you 100% on King's virtue signalling over the last decade or so. He's the perfect example of why I have such a big problem with the hypocrisy of white liberals. Elevation is no exception and it was crap. I got it from the library and it took about 2 hours to read at most but I still felt cheated for wasting my time. It was under 200 pages and to add insult to injury the book has large printing, short chapters and was shaped squat. I would guess if it were a normal hard cover book it would have been way under 100 pages. The cover price was right at $20 or more!!!!! King probably bought yet another vacation home far far far away from anyone that isn't white with the proceeds. Good to know about Elevation. I'm not paying $20 for a 200 page lecture. Virtue signalling is the correct term.
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Post by mrdanwest on Jun 5, 2019 18:09:14 GMT
Girl With The Curious Hair by David Foster Wallace Middle C by William Gass
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Post by Ass_E9 on Jun 5, 2019 19:10:25 GMT
I haven't started yet, but the following from jacket flap got me interested:
"In the Swedish criminal justice system, certain cases are considered especially strange and difficult. In Malmö, the dedicated detectives who investigate these crimes are members of an elite squad known as the Sensitive Crimes Division. These are their stories."
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Post by rudeboy on Jun 6, 2019 0:35:27 GMT
Charles Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle.
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Post by Ass_E9 on Jun 6, 2019 18:24:23 GMT
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Jun 6, 2019 19:02:24 GMT
Finally giving "Crime and Punishment" a try, after years of telling myself I should read it one day. Gotta say I am not loving it so far, which I think might be because of the public domain translation. I am in the queue for a library copy of a more recent translation, which hopefully I will like better.
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Post by jackspicer on Jun 6, 2019 21:56:21 GMT
Dracula by Bram Stoker. I've read two vampire books, 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King and I Am Legend by Richard Matheson. I think it's about time I read the grandfather of vampire novels. I'm on the first chapter.
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