What book are you currently reading?

[nam97]

I'm reading "Night of the Living Dummy", from the "Goosebumps" series by R.L. Stine.

Beat that for literature... come on, beat it!

 

[monkeypigeon]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Laetca @ Nov 4 2008, 08:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

Found the time to read William Goldman's Princess Bride!!

And boy is it AWESOME!! I like the ending better in the film, the original one doesn't appeal too much to my romantic soul. You only know how well the film is made when you read the novel really, plus, the novel naturally has much more in it then they could ever put in the motion picture. A little example: The plothole in the film (how does Fezzik know about Count Rugen as the six finger man?) can be concluded in the novel, though they don't hand it on a silver platter, you get the story behind Inigo and Fezzik, and the Albino has a slightly bigger role.
The novel is presented by Goldman as a book his father used to read to him, by S.G. Morgenstern, that he abridged so only the good parts would be in it. It's all fiction (Florin was never an actual country I believe?) but still adds amusement, since every now and then Goldman jumps in in a different font to explain what he cut where and why, and to explain that he left certain things in, even though his editor wanted to take them out and such XD

Anyone that liked the film should most definitely read the novel!![/b]

Yes I've read it and it is fantastic.

Ha, no, Florin and Guilder never existed, they're both named after coins. It's all fiction, all the bits about his father reading him the story when he was younger and the stuff about Stephen King and the court cases over the royalty rights. The fantastic thing is how utterly convincing he works his own ficitional life around writing the story itself.

And on your point about authors who can be sued for their Characters opinions....that is a travisty. I'm sure happy it wasn't the same in Plato's times B) .

 

[RC]

Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon

It's supposed to be a remarkable insight into the future of the man.
It was once said that, rather than a novel it's more like a history of the future.
Only just started reading it tho, so i'm looking forward to it.

 

[Laetca]

I must have skipped that bit about Stephen King, or I already forgot :s
The entire story that comes before the actual book is quite good XD

Has anyone ever heard, or even better yet, ever read a book by Astrid Lindgren? This would have been when you were a kid most likely XD (Everyone knows her most famous creation, even if you don't know it's by her )

 

[RC]

Euch, yeah i was forced to read pippy-fecking-longstocking when i was back in school.
Never been my kind of thing.

 

[Prestwick]

Currently reading Flashman's Lady..

 

[Laetca]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (RC @ Nov 11 2008, 04:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

Euch, yeah i was forced to read pippy-fecking-longstocking when i was back in school.
Never been my kind of thing.[/b]

Not the biggest fan of Pipi Langstrumpfen myself, have you ever read anything else by her? Most notably one about a little kid getting into all kinds of mischief?

 

[Klarkash-ton]

been catching trains a bit recently, so I've been reading John Scalzi; Old Mans War, The Ghost Brigades, and now The Last Colony. People say he is very Heinlein, but he reminds me of Joe Haldeman.

Prestwick, Flashman series is brilliant. Is that the one with the hat trick in it?

 

[Sir Speedy]

Currently reading 'Emma' for school.

I don't mind reading school books; it's just that they're covered in old annotations. D:

 

[RC]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Sir. Speedy @ Nov 24 2008, 04:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

I don't mind reading school books; it's just that they're covered in old annotations. D:[/b]

Oh yeah? Well, so's your face!

 

[Sir Speedy]

O_O

 

[RC]

A Million Little Pieces by James Frey.

Brilliant book right now.

 

[Charles]

I've just read Mario Puzo's Godfather (in english, no books in french in Japan ) I haven't seen the movie but the book is brilliant. Currently reading the New York Trilogy by Paul Auster, very interesting.

 

[Chunk]

Nuts Magazine with a Keeley Hazell spread.

 

[gingergenius]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Laetca @ Nov 11 2008, 01:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

I must have skipped that bit about Stephen King, or I already forgot :s
The entire story that comes before the actual book is quite good XD

Has anyone ever heard, or even better yet, ever read a book by Astrid Lindgren? This would have been when you were a kid most likely XD (Everyone knows her most famous creation, even if you don't know it's by her )[/b]

i loved pippi longstocking. i met some bonkers ginger girl with pigtails last week who said she slept with her feet on the pillow as well...

 

[Laetca]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (gingergenius @ Dec 8 2008, 02:24 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Laetca @ Nov 11 2008, 01:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I must have skipped that bit about Stephen King, or I already forgot :s
The entire story that comes before the actual book is quite good XD

Has anyone ever heard, or even better yet, ever read a book by Astrid Lindgren? This would have been when you were a kid most likely XD (Everyone knows her most famous creation, even if you don't know it's by her )[/b]

i loved pippi longstocking. i met some bonkers ginger girl with pigtails last week who said she slept with her feet on the pillow as well...
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She probably read the Lindgren books too, I think everyone who was into Pipi Langstrumpf tried to sleep with their feet on their pillow at least once. I know I tried when I was a kid.

Just read the first Discworld Novel, and I have to say, it's interesting, I'll probably have to wait before I get the rest of the series though

 

[SaintsFan_Schweinsteiger_Webby]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Chunk @ Dec 8 2008, 12:59 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

Nuts Magazine with a Keeley Hazell spread.[/b]

Can someone please reprimand this guy for being a retard.

I've just finished (well yesterday anyway) The Roots of the Mountains by William Morris. Apparently it was one one of the works which heavily influenced Tolkien and you can see why. It doesn't have the same fantasy setting, yet it does have the same good versus evil struggle, great battles and female characters who actually fight rather than just being superfluous to the plot.

There are also socialist overtones and various quesitons over race and gender, but I spoke for 2 hours about those this morning and don't want to bore you with all the gory details.

It's well worth picking up if you like fantasy books, as it just share many similar characteristics, just in a slightly more historical setting. Just be prepared, much like Tolkien, to have to wade through a little bit of over-elaborate introduction before you get to the juicy stuff.

 

[Charles]

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Chunk @ Dec 8 2008, 12:59 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Nuts Magazine with a Keeley Hazell spread.[/b]

Can someone please reprimand this guy for being a retard.

I've just finished (well yesterday anyway) The Roots of the Mountains by William Morris. Apparently it was one one of the works which heavily influenced Tolkien and you can see why. It doesn't have the same fantasy setting, yet it does have the same good versus evil struggle, great battles and female characters who actually fight rather than just being superfluous to the plot.

There are also socialist overtones and various quesitons over race and gender, but I spoke for 2 hours about those this morning and don't want to bore you with all the gory details.

It's well worth picking up if you like fantasy books, as it just share many similar characteristics, just in a slightly more historical setting. Just be prepared, much like Tolkien, to have to wade through a little bit of over-elaborate introduction before you get to the juicy stuff.
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That sounds interesting... will try to pick it up somewhere .

 

[Laetca]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SaintsFan_Schweinsteiger_Webby @ Dec 10 2008, 12:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Chunk @ Dec 8 2008, 12:59 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Nuts Magazine with a Keeley Hazell spread.[/b]

Can someone please reprimand this guy for being a retard.

I've just finished (well yesterday anyway) The Roots of the Mountains by William Morris. Apparently it was one one of the works which heavily influenced Tolkien and you can see why. It doesn't have the same fantasy setting, yet it does have the same good versus evil struggle, great battles and female characters who actually fight rather than just being superfluous to the plot.

There are also socialist overtones and various quesitons over race and gender, but I spoke for 2 hours about those this morning and don't want to bore you with all the gory details.

It's well worth picking up if you like fantasy books, as it just share many similar characteristics, just in a slightly more historical setting. Just be prepared, much like Tolkien, to have to wade through a little bit of over-elaborate introduction before you get to the juicy stuff.
[/b][/quote]

It's been a while since I last read the LOTR trilogy, but I don't remember the women being fighters, except for Eowyn who dressed up as a lad. Do you just mean her, or did I forget about other girls kicking Uruk-Hai ass?

 

[shtove]

Isn't Frodo a girl? He's obsessed with jewellery. And he has a boyfriend, who he argues with a lot during a long journey. And he makes Sam jealous by flirting with Gollum. But in the end all he wants to do is settle down in a cottage in the countryside.