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#12201
HiddenOne 
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Posted 26 December 2013 - 08:03 PM
HiddenOne. You son of a bitch. You slimy, skulking, low-posting scumbag. You knew it would come to this. Roundabout, maybe. Tortuous, certainly. But here we are, you and me again. I started the train on you so many many hours ago, and now I'm going to finish it. Die HO. Die. This is for last time, and this is for this game too. This is for all the people who died to your backstabbing, treacherous, "I sure don't know what's going on around here" filthy lying, deceitful ways. You son of a bitch. Whatever happens, this is justice. For me, this is justice. Vote HiddenOne Finally, I am at peace.
#12203
HiddenOne
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Posted 26 December 2013 - 08:50 PM
worry, on 26 December 2013 - 08:47 PM, said:
Cuz their heads are full of rocks.
I hold you personally responsible
HiddenOne. You son of a bitch. You slimy, skulking, low-posting scumbag. You knew it would come to this. Roundabout, maybe. Tortuous, certainly. But here we are, you and me again. I started the train on you so many many hours ago, and now I'm going to finish it. Die HO. Die. This is for last time, and this is for this game too. This is for all the people who died to your backstabbing, treacherous, "I sure don't know what's going on around here" filthy lying, deceitful ways. You son of a bitch. Whatever happens, this is justice. For me, this is justice. Vote HiddenOne Finally, I am at peace.
#12205
Baco Xtath
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Posted 26 December 2013 - 10:07 PM
Finished Midnight Riot yesterday and got to say I love it. Love the narrator, love the story/idea/world...etc. Will definitely be following Peter Grant's career. Started No Return today. What. The. Fuck. The masturbation scene where the lady's got tongues coming out of both her palms; not sure if I'm disgusted or just jealous. Anyway, I'm 3 hrs in out of 15 and it seems pretty promising and thoroughly weird/original/whatever enough to have me intrigued.
Haven't been able to actually read much. Holidays, alcohol....yeah - sight hasn't worked too well for the past week or so. But, just pre-ordered Vandermeer's Annihilation last night so I'm looking forward to that next month.
Haven't been able to actually read much. Holidays, alcohol....yeah - sight hasn't worked too well for the past week or so. But, just pre-ordered Vandermeer's Annihilation last night so I'm looking forward to that next month.
"Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life." - Terry Pratchett, Jingo"Just erotic. Nothing kinky. It's the difference between using a feather and using a chicken." - Terry Pratchett, Eric
"Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of a lack of wisdom." - Terry Pratchett
"Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of a lack of wisdom." - Terry Pratchett
#12207
QuickTidal
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Posted 27 December 2013 - 03:58 PM
For Christmas I got the most interesting, unique, and compelling-as-fuck book!
It's called S and is written by JJ Abrams and Doug Dorst.
It's hardcover and slip cased. The slip case has the name S on it and the author's names are wrapped on a banded seal that closes the slip cover over the book inside. The book inside, however, is an old library-copy (Dewey Decimal white typewritten sticker on the spine and all) hardcover from the 1940's of a book called SHIP OF THESEUS by V.M. Straka.
Confused yet?
If you open it up you find that it does indeed seem to be this SHIP OF THESEUS book, yellowed pages, stains, and oldschool printing press typography...but written in the margins are the conversations of two students at a modern university. One student has (in pencil) written multiple notes about passages, and the second student has proceeded question those penciled musings, which strikes up a full on conversation (both in pen, one black ink printed (the guy) and the other Blue ink cursive (the girl) between them about the author, the translator, the works of said author, his addictive books, the bizarre circumstances and accusations that surrounded his life, and the full blown 20th century mystery of his death. The two students proceed to dissect this, the 19th and final work of this enigmatic dead author, while also dealing with their own lives and issues, while meeting in the margins of a book they share in the university library. Much, much more than meets the eye is going here. They also insert stuff into the pages, photocopied research, letters, newspaper reports ect. (all of which makes the slipcase invaluable since it's all loose)
This book is an absolutely glorious complex mindfuck so far.
It's singularly difficult to read....being that I have to read the main SHIP OF THESEUS text, while also paying attention to the translator's footnotes, while also paying attention to the students scrawled notes about the author, the seemingly dubious translator, and the events in their own lives...and sorting out on each page what order to read those things in (I have taken to reading the book text for both pages first, and then going over all the margin notes before moving onto the next page).
It is without a doubt the most fascinating book/activity I've read in a long time, if ever.
It's going to take me a while to get through, but so far I am absolutely 100% sucked into the pages and all aspects of the story and the study of the story. It makes you feel as if you've stumbled across this book in a library yourself and found the notes and stuff.
Will keep you all posted on how it works out in the end. So far though, consider me impressed.
(Note: Getting mild SHADOW OF THE WIND vibes from it for "mystery" and "books" and "author" factors...and this is a good thing)
It's called S and is written by JJ Abrams and Doug Dorst.
It's hardcover and slip cased. The slip case has the name S on it and the author's names are wrapped on a banded seal that closes the slip cover over the book inside. The book inside, however, is an old library-copy (Dewey Decimal white typewritten sticker on the spine and all) hardcover from the 1940's of a book called SHIP OF THESEUS by V.M. Straka.
Confused yet?
If you open it up you find that it does indeed seem to be this SHIP OF THESEUS book, yellowed pages, stains, and oldschool printing press typography...but written in the margins are the conversations of two students at a modern university. One student has (in pencil) written multiple notes about passages, and the second student has proceeded question those penciled musings, which strikes up a full on conversation (both in pen, one black ink printed (the guy) and the other Blue ink cursive (the girl) between them about the author, the translator, the works of said author, his addictive books, the bizarre circumstances and accusations that surrounded his life, and the full blown 20th century mystery of his death. The two students proceed to dissect this, the 19th and final work of this enigmatic dead author, while also dealing with their own lives and issues, while meeting in the margins of a book they share in the university library. Much, much more than meets the eye is going here. They also insert stuff into the pages, photocopied research, letters, newspaper reports ect. (all of which makes the slipcase invaluable since it's all loose)
This book is an absolutely glorious complex mindfuck so far.
It's singularly difficult to read....being that I have to read the main SHIP OF THESEUS text, while also paying attention to the translator's footnotes, while also paying attention to the students scrawled notes about the author, the seemingly dubious translator, and the events in their own lives...and sorting out on each page what order to read those things in (I have taken to reading the book text for both pages first, and then going over all the margin notes before moving onto the next page).
It is without a doubt the most fascinating book/activity I've read in a long time, if ever.
It's going to take me a while to get through, but so far I am absolutely 100% sucked into the pages and all aspects of the story and the study of the story. It makes you feel as if you've stumbled across this book in a library yourself and found the notes and stuff.
Will keep you all posted on how it works out in the end. So far though, consider me impressed.
(Note: Getting mild SHADOW OF THE WIND vibes from it for "mystery" and "books" and "author" factors...and this is a good thing)
"When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no." ~Aurora
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
#12208
Salt-Man Z
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Posted 27 December 2013 - 04:31 PM
Aw, c'mon, Scott! I wanted to hang onto some of this Christmas money!
"Here is light. You will say that it is not a living entity, but you miss the point that it is more, not less. Without occupying space, it fills the universe. It nourishes everything, yet itself feeds upon destruction. We claim to control it, but does it not perhaps cultivate us as a source of food? May it not be that all wood grows so that it can be set ablaze, and that men and women are born to kindle fires?"
―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch
―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch
#12209
Abyss
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Posted 27 December 2013 - 06:30 PM
Finished Benedict Jacka's CURSED. good fun, an improvement on the first Alex Verus book. Will likely read #3 soon.
I found Embassytown very unimpressive.
I absolutely loved it, so there.
Kraken > Other Meiville.
KRAKEN is, imnsho, Mieville most fun book. THE SCAR is his bestest.
EMBASSYTOWN... i wanted to love it and instead i merely liked it. There was some awesome concepts and ideas in there, but the ultimate resolution left me a bit underwhelmed.
I remember the pre-marketing on this. Isn't there supposed to be an on-line component as well?
Possibly Brent Weeks, on 26 December 2013 - 06:05 PM, said:
Brent-Man Weeks, on 26 December 2013 - 03:57 PM, said:
Possibly Brent Weeks, on 26 December 2013 - 02:13 PM, said:
The Incredible Kitsu, on 25 December 2013 - 02:20 AM, said:
So, I passed the 50% mark on Embassytown today. As usual, I'm loving Mieville's work, but I feel I'm missing something. Honestly, I worry that in some basic level I'm just not smart enough to truly grok his writing.
I found Embassytown very unimpressive.
I absolutely loved it, so there.
Kraken > Other Meiville.
KRAKEN is, imnsho, Mieville most fun book. THE SCAR is his bestest.
EMBASSYTOWN... i wanted to love it and instead i merely liked it. There was some awesome concepts and ideas in there, but the ultimate resolution left me a bit underwhelmed.
QuickTidal, on 27 December 2013 - 03:58 PM, said:
For Christmas I got the most interesting, unique, and compelling-as-fuck book!
It's called S and is written by JJ Abrams and Doug Dorst....Will keep you all posted on how it works out in the end. So far though, consider me impressed....
It's called S and is written by JJ Abrams and Doug Dorst....Will keep you all posted on how it works out in the end. So far though, consider me impressed....
I remember the pre-marketing on this. Isn't there supposed to be an on-line component as well?
THIS IS YOUR REMINDER THAT THERE IS A
'VIEW NEW CONTENT' BUTTON THAT
ALLOWS YOU TO VIEW NEW CONTENT
'VIEW NEW CONTENT' BUTTON THAT
ALLOWS YOU TO VIEW NEW CONTENT
#12210
amphibian
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Posted 27 December 2013 - 07:50 PM
Yeah, whoever gave QuickTidal that JJ Abrams book really hit that gift out of the park.
I survived the Permian and all I got was this t-shirt.
#12211
Salt-Man Z
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Posted 27 December 2013 - 07:56 PM
Well, I did it. I was at Half Price Books over lunch, and just as I'm about to leave, what do I spy on the "New Releases" shelf but a single remaining copy of Abrams/Dorst's S. It was 20% off the cover price, plus 20% off for the holidays sale, and I still had money left on the HPB gift card I got in my stocking, so...
"Here is light. You will say that it is not a living entity, but you miss the point that it is more, not less. Without occupying space, it fills the universe. It nourishes everything, yet itself feeds upon destruction. We claim to control it, but does it not perhaps cultivate us as a source of food? May it not be that all wood grows so that it can be set ablaze, and that men and women are born to kindle fires?"
―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch
―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch
#12212
Pig Iron
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Posted 27 December 2013 - 10:34 PM
QuickTidal, on 27 December 2013 - 03:58 PM, said:
For Christmas I got the most interesting, unique, and compelling-as-fuck book!
It's called S and is written by JJ Abrams and Doug Dorst.
It's hardcover and slip cased. The slip case has the name S on it and the author's names are wrapped on a banded seal that closes the slip cover over the book inside. The book inside, however, is an old library-copy (Dewey Decimal white typewritten sticker on the spine and all) hardcover from the 1940's of a book called SHIP OF THESEUS by V.M. Straka.
Confused yet?
If you open it up you find that it does indeed seem to be this SHIP OF THESEUS book, yellowed pages, stains, and oldschool printing press typography...but written in the margins are the conversations of two students at a modern university. One student has (in pencil) written multiple notes about passages, and the second student has proceeded question those penciled musings, which strikes up a full on conversation (both in pen, one black ink printed (the guy) and the other Blue ink cursive (the girl) between them about the author, the translator, the works of said author, his addictive books, the bizarre circumstances and accusations that surrounded his life, and the full blown 20th century mystery of his death. The two students proceed to dissect this, the 19th and final work of this enigmatic dead author, while also dealing with their own lives and issues, while meeting in the margins of a book they share in the university library. Much, much more than meets the eye is going here. They also insert stuff into the pages, photocopied research, letters, newspaper reports ect. (all of which makes the slipcase invaluable since it's all loose)
This book is an absolutely glorious complex mindfuck so far.
It's singularly difficult to read....being that I have to read the main SHIP OF THESEUS text, while also paying attention to the translator's footnotes, while also paying attention to the students scrawled notes about the author, the seemingly dubious translator, and the events in their own lives...and sorting out on each page what order to read those things in (I have taken to reading the book text for both pages first, and then going over all the margin notes before moving onto the next page).
It is without a doubt the most fascinating book/activity I've read in a long time, if ever.
It's going to take me a while to get through, but so far I am absolutely 100% sucked into the pages and all aspects of the story and the study of the story. It makes you feel as if you've stumbled across this book in a library yourself and found the notes and stuff.
Will keep you all posted on how it works out in the end. So far though, consider me impressed.
(Note: Getting mild SHADOW OF THE WIND vibes from it for "mystery" and "books" and "author" factors...and this is a good thing)
It's called S and is written by JJ Abrams and Doug Dorst.
It's hardcover and slip cased. The slip case has the name S on it and the author's names are wrapped on a banded seal that closes the slip cover over the book inside. The book inside, however, is an old library-copy (Dewey Decimal white typewritten sticker on the spine and all) hardcover from the 1940's of a book called SHIP OF THESEUS by V.M. Straka.
Confused yet?
If you open it up you find that it does indeed seem to be this SHIP OF THESEUS book, yellowed pages, stains, and oldschool printing press typography...but written in the margins are the conversations of two students at a modern university. One student has (in pencil) written multiple notes about passages, and the second student has proceeded question those penciled musings, which strikes up a full on conversation (both in pen, one black ink printed (the guy) and the other Blue ink cursive (the girl) between them about the author, the translator, the works of said author, his addictive books, the bizarre circumstances and accusations that surrounded his life, and the full blown 20th century mystery of his death. The two students proceed to dissect this, the 19th and final work of this enigmatic dead author, while also dealing with their own lives and issues, while meeting in the margins of a book they share in the university library. Much, much more than meets the eye is going here. They also insert stuff into the pages, photocopied research, letters, newspaper reports ect. (all of which makes the slipcase invaluable since it's all loose)
This book is an absolutely glorious complex mindfuck so far.
It's singularly difficult to read....being that I have to read the main SHIP OF THESEUS text, while also paying attention to the translator's footnotes, while also paying attention to the students scrawled notes about the author, the seemingly dubious translator, and the events in their own lives...and sorting out on each page what order to read those things in (I have taken to reading the book text for both pages first, and then going over all the margin notes before moving onto the next page).
It is without a doubt the most fascinating book/activity I've read in a long time, if ever.
It's going to take me a while to get through, but so far I am absolutely 100% sucked into the pages and all aspects of the story and the study of the story. It makes you feel as if you've stumbled across this book in a library yourself and found the notes and stuff.
Will keep you all posted on how it works out in the end. So far though, consider me impressed.
(Note: Getting mild SHADOW OF THE WIND vibes from it for "mystery" and "books" and "author" factors...and this is a good thing)
That post almost works as a short story in itself, about a hypothetical book by Abrams and some Dorst character who may or may not exist.
#12213
QuickTidal
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Posted 28 December 2013 - 12:50 AM
amphibian, on 27 December 2013 - 07:50 PM, said:
Yeah, whoever gave QuickTidal that JJ Abrams book really hit that gift out of the park.
That would be Mrs. QT. Yeah, she really did. She knows me well.
"When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no." ~Aurora
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
#12214
QuickTidal
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Posted 28 December 2013 - 12:51 AM
Brent-Man Weeks, on 27 December 2013 - 07:56 PM, said:
Well, I did it. I was at Half Price Books over lunch, and just as I'm about to leave, what do I spy on the "New Releases" shelf but a single remaining copy of Abrams/Dorst's S. It was 20% off the cover price, plus 20% off for the holidays sale, and I still had money left on the HPB gift card I got in my stocking, so...
LOL. Sorry bro. Enjoy though!
"When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no." ~Aurora
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
#12215
Stormcat
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Posted 28 December 2013 - 02:21 AM
Finally reading Toll The Hounds. Took me forever to read Crimson Guard. I am also listening to MOI while I work. It's a bazillion time better the second time around. I can't believe how many little things I missed the first time.
#12217
McLovin
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Posted 28 December 2013 - 02:42 PM
Finished SUPERHEROES! The companion book to a PBS miniseries on the comics industry. Haven't watched the show yet, but the book was great.
OK, I think I got it, but just in case, can you say the whole thing over again? I wasn't really listening.
#12218
HoosierDaddy
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Posted 28 December 2013 - 04:28 PM
Re-reading Orb, Scepter Throne before tackling Republic of Thieves and Requiem.
I've been perusing GotM as well, so it makes a nice companion piece for Orb, Scepter Throne during the re-read.
I've been perusing GotM as well, so it makes a nice companion piece for Orb, Scepter Throne during the re-read.
Trouble arrives when the opponents to such a system institute its extreme opposite, where individualism becomes godlike and sacrosanct, and no greater service to any other ideal (including community) is possible. In such a system rapacious greed thrives behind the guise of freedom, and the worst aspects of human nature come to the fore....
#12219
Whisperzzzzzzz
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Posted 28 December 2013 - 04:36 PM
Whisperzzzzzzz, on 23 December 2013 - 07:42 PM, said:
Brent-Man Weeks, on 23 December 2013 - 06:36 PM, said:
Whisperzzzzzzz, on 23 December 2013 - 05:27 PM, said:
Eternity by Greg Bear.
I had read Eon a few years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it (I recommend it to those of you who like science fiction, multiverses, hyperspace tunnels that are infinitely long, things that are bigger on the inside, and humans with alien-like societies), but didn't realize that there was a sequel. Fortunately, while I was at a used bookstore searching for the last book in Robin Hobb's Tawny Man trilogy, I saw Eternity on the shelves and recognized the author's name. Only like 40 pages in so far, though, as it's been slow going — I had to go back and reread the last few chapters of Eon because I had forgotten a lot of the information.
I had read Eon a few years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it (I recommend it to those of you who like science fiction, multiverses, hyperspace tunnels that are infinitely long, things that are bigger on the inside, and humans with alien-like societies), but didn't realize that there was a sequel. Fortunately, while I was at a used bookstore searching for the last book in Robin Hobb's Tawny Man trilogy, I saw Eternity on the shelves and recognized the author's name. Only like 40 pages in so far, though, as it's been slow going — I had to go back and reread the last few chapters of Eon because I had forgotten a lot of the information.
There's also a prequel, called Legacy, which I haven't read. I enjoyed Eon, but Eternity didn't do much for me.
Yeah, I saw there was a prequel too. Not yet sure if I'll choose to read that or not. And hopefully Eternity does more for me than for you
Eternity wasn't terrible, but it wasn't as good as Eon. It took too long to build up momentum and then once it did, the book was essentially over. It didn't really feel like anything ever happened.
#12220
Baco Xtath
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Posted 28 December 2013 - 09:36 PM
Finished No Return today; ended up not really liking this one. Too much arbitrary, pointless, and graphic sex. I don't mind sex in books, though it being too graphic can jar me but its use here didn't add anything to the story. Haven't really listened to much of it before and can now say I don't care to, especially if I'm standing in line at the grocery store. And the narrator was dull and uninspired. It was, however, very original and had many aspects I liked and these outweighed the bad but still I found myself ready for the book to end.
On to Moon over Soho.
On to Moon over Soho.
"Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life." - Terry Pratchett, Jingo"Just erotic. Nothing kinky. It's the difference between using a feather and using a chicken." - Terry Pratchett, Eric
"Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of a lack of wisdom." - Terry Pratchett
"Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of a lack of wisdom." - Terry Pratchett
