~Take a look, It's in a BOOK, Back She Goes~

by **jamiethekiller** » Fri Feb 02, 2018 09:52:25

Started the First Law series by Joe Abercrombie. It's pretty good so far

by **phatj** » Fri Feb 02, 2018 22:12:53

JUburton wrote:Killers of the Flower Moon

Got this for Christmas and started reading it tonight. And this is the first post in this thread that I saw.

Website · by **Wolfgang622** » Fri Feb 02, 2018 23:10:16

Cool title.

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Sat Feb 17, 2018 20:16:27

it's been discussed before, but since the topic is hot, Columbine is one of the very best nonfiction books I've ever read and worth checking out

by **jamiethekiller** » Sat Feb 17, 2018 20:47:00

Steven Pacy is fucking incredible

by **JUburton** » Thu Mar 01, 2018 09:59:27

The Power was not very good. Olive Kitteridge was pretty good.

by **Grotewold** » Fri Mar 02, 2018 15:09:00

Bryan Cranston's book brims with wisdom

by **Bucky** » Wed Mar 07, 2018 15:43:41

recommend me a good one for snow shoveling in an hour or two (thanks bluetooth beanie!)

i'm on 'fiction' now as i'm just finishing up a non-fiction ('Atomic Adventures')

by **Bucky** » Wed Mar 07, 2018 16:20:49

went with 'the shining'. believe it or not i've never read that.

by **Bucky** » Wed Mar 07, 2018 22:33:20

wow. i've seen all the memes through the years and all the quotes and such from the movie (which i've also never experienced) but the main plot element is a total surprise to me. gonna be much better than the a-guy-goes-stir-crazy-and-tries-to-kill-his-family plot that I thought it was.

by **Bucky** » Sun Mar 18, 2018 20:11:33

finally finished it and subsequently, after noticing all of the movie things that I had been exposed to over the years (the maze, "here's Johnny", the twins, the axe, etc.) decided to go down a rabbit hole about the differences between the book and the movie. Frankly I think what I've seen of the Kubrick film sort of made me not want to read the book all these years. And my gut was correct. Mr. King hisself even hates the movie adaptation- to sum it up, I would say due to a lack (or nonexistence) of subtlety and subtext that make the book so engrossing. He disliked the Kubrick version so much that in 1997 he participated in another video adaption of The Shining- this time a TV miniseries (OK, maybe $ had an influence too). I found the DVD of the miniseries for 3 bucks on ebay and will be viewing shortly. Still haven't made up my mind if I want to see the Kubrick film afterwards.

by **The Dude** » Sun Mar 18, 2018 21:00:29

the kubrick movie is great. may not be true to the book but a great movie.

by **phatj** » Sun Mar 18, 2018 22:01:50

I think to this day that I have never been so mesmerized watching a movie as when I first watched The Shining. I didn't read the book first though (I think at the time, when I was ~16 and had never read any King, I didn't realize it was an adaptation).

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Fri Jun 01, 2018 10:12:58

should I finish American Gods? I'm on the fence halfway through

by **slugsrbad** » Fri Jun 01, 2018 10:18:10

I really enjoyed it, so my opinion is slanted, but I would say finish it.

by **JUburton** » Fri Jun 01, 2018 10:20:29

I'd finish any book I was half way done.

I have taken absolutely forever to read Cloud Atlas but I'm almost done. Think I'm going to read that book about Theranos next.

by **Napalm** » Fri Jun 01, 2018 10:22:14

Did you watch the show slugs? I was smitten with that worlds mythos and now I wanna work my way through the literature, but was leaning toward the graphic novels. I guess I can't go wrong either way?

by **Napalm** » Fri Jun 01, 2018 10:24:06

did you watch the movie JU? I was smitten with its concept of interlocking timelines of the world, but hadn't thought to work my through the literature. What do you say

by **JUburton** » Fri Jun 01, 2018 10:25:35

Napalm wrote:did you watch the movie JU? I was smitten with its concept of interlocking timelines of the world, but hadn't thought to work my through the literature. What do you say

I have not but may after I'm done. The threads are certainly there in this but they're more discreet stories imo. Which I guess is kind of the point.

If you haven't read David Mitchell I'd recommend The Bone Clocks first. I think I like it more and it's similarly structured.

by **Napalm** » Fri Jun 01, 2018 10:29:02

JUburton wrote:
Napalm wrote:did you watch the movie JU? I was smitten with its concept of interlocking timelines of the world, but hadn't thought to work my through the literature. What do you say
I have not but may after I'm done. The threads are certainly there in this but they're more discreet stories imo. Which I guess is kind of the point.

If you haven't read David Mitchell I'd recommend The Bone Clocks first. I think I like it more and it's similarly structured.

visions and voices and mystics in timescapes. Looks intriguing! thanks

watch the movie, it'd be a disservice not to

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