Has anyone read the newly translated Legend of Galactic Heroes novel? I know the anime is considered a classic, but I was wondering if the novel series on which it is based is good.
Almost done with book 3 of prince of nothing. It's alright. The start was kinda slow and boring and I really only thought Cnaiur's plot line was interesting until towards the end. Then things start picking up. I've been going through it kinda slowly because I want to finish but I'm just not finding it super compelling.
Trying to decide between Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep or Count Zero as my next book.
Lincoln's Melancholy by Joshua Wolf Shank is a fascinating look into not only the severe mental illness of one of the most important Americans of all time, but also to how greater society treated individuals with severe mood disorders in the 19th century.
Finished Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. It was really good I thought. Two for two on Dick books. Count Zero I really did not like and ended up stopping on it. Now I'm finally getting around to 1984 which is pretty... weird so far. Then with all this Jurassic Park talk I figured I'd read that next.
I just started Stranger in a Strange Land as part of my book club. So far really enjoying it. I kinda like how it's just the future envisioned in the 1960s. Flying cars but still the same fashion of the time.
I just started Stranger in a Strange Land as part of my book club. So far really enjoying it. I kinda like how it's just the future envisioned in the 1960s. Flying cars but still the same fashion of the time.
So... Stranger got kinda strange toward's the end. Was Heinlein a big part of the hippie movement or something? I mean, yeah I grok in fullness, and it is good to share water with these characters. But towards the end it felt almost preachy, like the sequels to Ender's Game.
So... Stranger got kinda strange toward's the end. Was Heinlein a big part of the hippie movement or something? I mean, yeah I grok in fullness, and it is good to share water with these characters. But towards the end it felt almost preachy, like the sequels to Ender's Game.
Don't worry about that complicated shit. Just enjoy laughing at the monkeys throwing shit at each other.
So... Stranger got kinda strange toward's the end. Was Heinlein a big part of the hippie movement or something? I mean, yeah I grok in fullness, and it is good to share water with these characters. But towards the end it felt almost preachy, like the sequels to Ender's Game.
I read most of that book, but there was a bookbinding mistake in the copy I had, and it ended about 25 pages early. I disliked the second half of the story so much I never got round to tracking down another copy and seeing what happened.
So... Stranger got kinda strange toward's the end. Was Heinlein a big part of the hippie movement or something? I mean, yeah I grok in fullness, and it is good to share water with these characters. But towards the end it felt almost preachy, like the sequels to Ender's Game.
I read most of that book, but there was a bookbinding mistake in the copy I had, and it ended about 25 pages early. I disliked the second half of the story so much I never got round to tracking down another copy and seeing what happened.
So no, you're not alone in disliking the end.
Oh, so you don't know about the monkeys. That's pretty much all you missed.
I'm reading "The Hepatitis Bathtub and other stories" which is basically the biography of the punk band NOFX. It starts with the line "The first time I drank piss was on a fire escape overlooking downtown Los Angeles". These are some really fucked up people, but anyone with a passing familiarity of the band already knew that.
Pretty much as soon as he started The Church/Cult of "Have tons of sex but we're learning and getting superpowers, trust me sex is awesome" I started to wonder why I was still reading this. I hope you're being hyperbolic about monkeys and shit Scott. Closest thing I remember is a food fight.
So... Stranger got kinda strange toward's the end. Was Heinlein a big part of the hippie movement or something? I mean, yeah I grok in fullness, and it is good to share water with these characters. But towards the end it felt almost preachy, like the sequels to Ender's Game.
I read most of that book, but there was a bookbinding mistake in the copy I had, and it ended about 25 pages early. I disliked the second half of the story so much I never got round to tracking down another copy and seeing what happened.
So no, you're not alone in disliking the end.
Oh, so you don't know about the monkeys. That's pretty much all you missed.
The monkey moment is the big revelation. I forget exactly where it occurs, but it's definitely right near the end.
Whelp, the Wheel of Time is basically complete. For 14 long-ass fantasy books, they were a surprisingly fast read.
Saving my thoughts for a podcast at PAX, but one thing I will credit that story for: the end is sufficiently epic. The last book is nothing but Checkov's Guns firing, every single character blowing their load: all the stuff that's usually just setting or backstory in a typical fantasy book.
Prince of Nothing cribs more them WoT than from Tolkien I suspect. You could make a credible argument that they're the same world. A surprisingly specific credible argument.
I started reading The Girl With All the Gifts based on a friend's recommendation. He told me that the best way to enjoy the book was if I went into it knowing absolutely nothing, which is what I did. I'm really enjoying it so far, and I can see why he gave me that advice. All he told me was that it was a science fiction/horror book. If you like those genres, check out the book, but don't dig too deep into the plot/set-up beforehand.
Ya know, fun fact. The book I finished before reading Stranger was the bookclub book. Oryx and Crake. Very entertaining. Began to drag in the middle. Used the literary technique of making you wait until the end to really grok why things are the way they are in the beginning.
I have started "Pride and Prejudice" at least 3 times. I even try an audio book to get through it. I guess is not my kind of book. I find most of the characters to be boring, and the only one that makes any kind of sense is Mr. Darcy. Question, "Would the story work in a current day scenario, and we take away all of Mr. Darcy's money?"
I think we read the abridged version in Jr High or High School. It's just kinda a slice of drama from the time. And not something I really found that endearing.
I finished 1984, it was pretty decent. The pacing is a bit wobbly to me. Sometimes it went a bit too much into scene building and character development that I didn't really care for. But it had some high points. Then I started reading Jurassic Park thanks to the recent podcast which is pretty good so far.
I just bought all the Saga trade paperbacks. The sixth just came out. I'm caught up through the fourth, I think, but I'm going to restart from the start.
I'm not sure you can take away all of Mr. Darcy's money and have the story still work. You'd lose the whole motivation of Mrs. Bennett trying to get her daughters to marry up, as it were. I guess you could make it that she just wants her gaggle of daughters out of the house asap. At it's heart P&P is about a girl too full of herself and a guy who's just really awkward and a whole lot of people not talking their problems through. Sounds like a lot of modern stories!
Some enterprising folks on youtube did a modern day adaptation called The Lizzie Bennett Diaries . There's still a whole lot of money chasing but I think they did really well with it.
"Would the story work in a current day scenario, and we take away all of Mr. Darcy's money?"
Sure it would. Brooding judgmental dude meets witty, but equally judgmental woman. He likes her despite the fact that her family is annoying, but his brooding, judgmental ways offend her and possibly ruin her sister's relationship. Epic proposal fail fight. They meet again, having both mellowed and learned more of each other and themselves. They profess their love. They get hitched.
"Would the story work in a current day scenario, and we take away all of Mr. Darcy's money?"
Sure it would. Brooding judgmental dude meets witty, but equally judgmental woman. He likes her despite the fact that her family is annoying, but his brooding, judgmental ways offend her and possibly ruin her sister's relationship. Epic proposal fail fight. They meet again, having both mellowed and learned more of each other and themselves. They profess their love. They get hitched.
Put down Jurassic Park for a while and I've been reading it again over the last week or so. I'm pretty close to finishing. Boy, the little girl is a piece of shit in the book. It was probably a good move to not make her annoying in the movie. She is just cliche bad decision machine.
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Trying to decide between Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep or Count Zero as my next book.
So no, you're not alone in disliking the end.
Saving my thoughts for a podcast at PAX, but one thing I will credit that story for: the end is sufficiently epic. The last book is nothing but Checkov's Guns firing, every single character blowing their load: all the stuff that's usually just setting or backstory in a typical fantasy book.
Prince of Nothing cribs more them WoT than from Tolkien I suspect. You could make a credible argument that they're the same world. A surprisingly specific credible argument.
Question, "Would the story work in a current day scenario, and we take away all of Mr. Darcy's money?"
I finished 1984, it was pretty decent. The pacing is a bit wobbly to me. Sometimes it went a bit too much into scene building and character development that I didn't really care for. But it had some high points. Then I started reading Jurassic Park thanks to the recent podcast which is pretty good so far.
Some enterprising folks on youtube did a modern day adaptation called The Lizzie Bennett Diaries