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Post by The Archivist on May 15, 2018 11:37:25 GMT -5
I am currently re-reading The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and next I will re-read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. These are two of the finest books in the English language IMO.
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Post by ripx187 on May 15, 2018 17:57:51 GMT -5
I'm reading the Game of Thrones series. The first book wasn't very deep but so far the rest of them have been fantastic.
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Post by True Black Raven on May 16, 2018 8:01:27 GMT -5
Right now I am reading (once again) the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser books.
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Post by Mighty Darci on May 16, 2018 17:57:42 GMT -5
I am getting ready to start reading the Lensman Series by Edward Everett Smith for the first time.
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Post by Mighty Darci on May 16, 2018 18:01:43 GMT -5
I am currently re-reading The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and next I will re-read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. These are two of the finest books in the English language IMO. I love everything by Mark Twain. I think his best story was a short story called The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg. |
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Post by Mighty Darci on May 16, 2018 18:12:52 GMT -5
Right now I am reading (once again) the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser books. I've only read two of these and need to get my hands on the rest of them. |
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Post by Hexenritter Verlag on May 16, 2018 21:38:49 GMT -5
I am getting ready to start reading the Lensman Series by Edward Everett Smith for the first time. Let us know how the series is as I've never read it Mighty Darci. |
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Post by Mighty Darci on May 17, 2018 8:32:10 GMT -5
I am getting ready to start reading the Lensman Series by Edward Everett Smith for the first time. Let us know how the series is as I've never read it Mighty Darci . I will do that, I expect to really enjoy it. |
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Post by Hexenritter Verlag on Sept 19, 2018 17:44:42 GMT -5
I'm on page 207 of the combined 'The Iron Tower' trilogy by Dennis L. McKiernan, which is the first non-light novel I've seriously gotten into in a while. I originally separately in 1984 or '85. I loved them, even though they were a pastiche of Tolkien - i actually preferred them to LOTR and Hobbit.
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Sept 19, 2018 18:13:23 GMT -5
I am getting ready to start reading the Lensman Series by Edward Everett Smith for the first time. Let us know how the series is as I've never read it Mighty Darci. You might get an idea of it by reading a few key issues from the second series of Green Lantern and the Showcase (origin) issues from around 1959. John Broome and Julius Schwartz borrowed heavily from the Lensmen. |
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Post by ripx187 on Sept 19, 2018 22:54:10 GMT -5
I am currently planning an expedition back to middle-earth. I simply love it there. I can't tell you how many times I've read it, I just know that I miss it after a while.
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Post by mao on Sept 20, 2018 8:04:53 GMT -5
Justice League comic book. It's got a real cool cosmic angle, just wrapped up a Legion of Doom story arc that ended in a draw. Batman and Lex Luther were both riding inside Superman's brain.
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Post by Hexenritter Verlag on Sept 20, 2018 10:40:12 GMT -5
Justice League comic book. It's got a real cool cosmic angle, just wrapped up a Legion of Doom story arc that ended in a draw. Batman and Lex Luther were both riding inside Superman's brain. Was this a loose issue or in a Graphic Novel? |
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Post by mao on Sept 20, 2018 10:51:45 GMT -5
Justice League comic book. It's got a real cool cosmic angle, just wrapped up a Legion of Doom story arc that ended in a draw. Batman and Lex Luther were both riding inside Superman's brain. Was this a loose issue or in a Graphic Novel? Issues 1-7, wild stuff w very very little combat, I'm sure it will be out in graphic form. JL is one of their flagship titles. |
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Post by El Borak on Sept 20, 2018 11:39:55 GMT -5
I'm starting to go back and read all of the Horseclans books.
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Post by bravewolf on Sept 20, 2018 12:16:11 GMT -5
Dune: House Harkonnen.
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Post by mao on Sept 20, 2018 12:28:38 GMT -5
I read the first 4 books, is this by another writer? |
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Post by mao on Sept 20, 2018 12:33:08 GMT -5
I am currently planning an expedition back to middle-earth. I simply love it there. I can't tell you how many times I've read it, I just know that I miss it after a while. Ok I am about to embrace heresy(far greater than being a Big Bang Theory fanatic). I HATE Tolkien in any form, there I feel like a great weight has gotten off my shoulders |
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Sept 20, 2018 12:51:16 GMT -5
Can't possibly be heresy. I disliked Tolkien for YEARS until I learned how to read him.
1. Skip past all songs.
2. Skip past all ultra-descriptions where it seems like he describes every single blade of grass.
3. Recognize that Brits of his generation NEVER went in a straight line (Frodo had the same flaw) unless their name was Churchill.
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Post by mao on Sept 20, 2018 13:01:26 GMT -5
Can't possibly be heresy. I disliked Tolkien for YEARS until I learned how to read him. 1. Skip past all songs. 2. Skip past all ultra-descriptions where it seems like he describes every single blade of grass. 3. Recognize that Brits of his generation NEVER went in a straight line (Frodo had the same flaw) unless their name was Churchill. No thanx, I am just reading comics these days(very short attention span in my later years.) |
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Sept 20, 2018 13:09:37 GMT -5
Then pick up the Hobbit comics, reprinted in graphic novel format. It seems to me that the project was started by Eclipse but finished by -- Rats! Old Age Amnesia strikes again!
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Post by ripx187 on Sept 20, 2018 18:06:26 GMT -5
I am currently planning an expedition back to middle-earth. I simply love it there. I can't tell you how many times I've read it, I just know that I miss it after a while. Ok I am about to embrace heresy(far greater than being a Big Bang Theory fanatic). I HATE Tolkien in any form, there I feel like a great weight has gotten off my shoulders I am afraid that this statement is illegible to me. Something must be wrong with your computer. Actually, I was the same too for many years. I had watched the cartoon and it made Bilbo out to be much weaker than the character really was, though I ended up reading it as an adult and found the enchantment. Back in the early days of the Internet there was kind of this shared reading list, things that everybody had read. I will allow you to continue to participate even though you aren't a fan, however, I draw the line with Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. This is for your practical safety, Mao! |
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Post by ripx187 on Sept 20, 2018 18:24:04 GMT -5
Can't possibly be heresy. I disliked Tolkien for YEARS until I learned how to read him. 1. Skip past all songs. 2. Skip past all ultra-descriptions where it seems like he describes every single blade of grass. 3. Recognize that Brits of his generation NEVER went in a straight line (Frodo had the same flaw) unless their name was Churchill. I slap you across the face with a trout and formally challenge you to a duel to proudly defend the honour of Tom Bombadil and the May Queen. On the next day of Overlithe, we shall meet in the Weathertop Moors for a staring contest; and don't try painting eyeballs on your face again, for I won't fall for it like I did the last 8 times, deceiver. |
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Post by mao on Sept 20, 2018 18:24:31 GMT -5
Ok I am about to embrace heresy(far greater than being a Big Bang Theory fanatic). I HATE Tolkien in any form, there I feel like a great weight has gotten off my shoulders I am afraid that this statement is illegible to me. Something must be wrong with your computer. Actually, I was the same too for many years. I had watched the cartoon and it made Bilbo out to be much weaker than the character really was, though I ended up reading it as an adult and found the enchantment. Back in the early days of the Internet there was kind of this shared reading list, things that everybody had read. I will allow you to continue to participate even though you aren't a fan, however, I draw the line with Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. This is for your practical safety, Mao! LOL have an exalt |
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Sept 20, 2018 18:28:31 GMT -5
Can't possibly be heresy. I disliked Tolkien for YEARS until I learned how to read him. 1. Skip past all songs. 2. Skip past all ultra-descriptions where it seems like he describes every single blade of grass. 3. Recognize that Brits of his generation NEVER went in a straight line (Frodo had the same flaw) unless their name was Churchill. I slap you across the face with a trout and formally challenge you to a duel to proudly defend the honour of Tom Bombadil and the May Queen. On the next day of Overlithe, we shall meet in the Weathertop Moors for a staring contest; and don't try painting eyeballs on your face again, for I won't fall for it like I did the last 8 times, deceiver. You always say you won't fall for it and you always do. That's because you never notice that I paint eyeballs on my EYEGLASSES. (Why do you think they call them EYEglasses?) But for a consolation prize after being an 8-time Good Sport, have an exalt. |
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Sept 20, 2018 18:30:03 GMT -5
Justice League comic book. It's got a real cool cosmic angle, just wrapped up a Legion of Doom story arc that ended in a draw. Batman and Lex Luther were both riding inside Superman's brain. Bah! Give me Gar Fox or Steve Englehart or give me death! Or a popsicle. |
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Post by mao on Sept 20, 2018 19:26:21 GMT -5
Justice League comic book. It's got a real cool cosmic angle, just wrapped up a Legion of Doom story arc that ended in a draw. Batman and Lex Luther were both riding inside Superman's brain. Bah! Give me Gar Fox or Steve Englehart or give me death! Or a popsicle. I love the modern (1985-) |
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Sept 20, 2018 21:06:44 GMT -5
Then you owe me one (1) popsicle. No strawberry.
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Post by mao on Sept 21, 2018 7:26:38 GMT -5
Can't possibly be heresy. I disliked Tolkien for YEARS until I learned how to read him. 1. Skip past all songs. 2. Skip past all ultra-descriptions where it seems like he describes every single blade of grass. 3. Recognize that Brits of his generation NEVER went in a straight line (Frodo had the same flaw) unless their name was Churchill. I slap you across the face with a trout and formally challenge you to a duel to proudly defend the honour of Tom Bombadil and the May Queen. On the next day of Overlithe, we shall meet in the Weathertop Moors for a staring contest; and don't try painting eyeballs on your face again, for I won't fall for it like I did the last 8 times, deceiver. Big LOL |
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Post by bravewolf on Sept 21, 2018 9:12:12 GMT -5
I read the first 4 books, is this by another writer? [zbr] Yeah, Frank Herbert's son Brian cowrote a mess of Dune prequels with Kevin Anderson, all based on Frank's notes. They do an excellent job. |
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