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Charlz Guybon posted:duck tweet Alan Moore (yes, that one) recorded a song addressing this issue back in the day.
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Charlz Guybon posted:I like wordy descriptive books. I love stuff like GRRM's depictions of medieval feasts or RJ detailing the backstory of every random villager from Emonds Field. (Not being ironic.) Did you read Howard Pyle's Robin Hood with us when we did it as BOTM about a year ago or so? If not go look up the thread, you'll like it
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Brandon Sanderson's podcast is a helluva place to learn that not only did Terry Goodkind pass away, he did so last year.
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Mordiceius posted:Brandon Sanderson's podcast is a helluva place to learn that not only did Terry Goodkind pass away, he did so last year. ...you wanted that as a "Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead!" style proclamation, or what?
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hieronymous how are you still mod it's been like 10 years. resign and assign me to my rightful place
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ulmont posted:...you wanted that as a "Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead!" style proclamation, or what? Nah, I just thought was wild that it took me a year to find out. I didn't realize I was so disconnected from things.
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wb chernobyl
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Did Patricia Cornwell have a stroke or something? I read some Kay Scarpetta novels my parents had, in the 1990s and they were OK, but now I picked up At Risk from 2006 to read on the bog and it's written absolutely horribly? Like worse than anything I've ever read that was professionally published.
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Did Patricia Cornwell have a stroke or something? I read some Kay Scarpetta novels my parents had, in the 1990s and they were OK, but now I picked up At Risk from 2006 to read on the bog and it's written absolutely horribly? Like worse than anything I've ever read that was professionally published. She fired her ghostwriter, at least that’s the rumor.
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Sep 30, 2021 07:52
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Take the plunge! Okay! posted:She fired her ghostwriter, at least that’s the rumor. I wonder if the ghostwriter was also tasked with reigning in all the horniness.
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Sham bam bamina! posted:wb chernobyl
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Oct 2, 2021 11:01
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It's "ars longa vita brevis" only boring.
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Oct 2, 2021 11:08
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Take the plunge! Okay! posted:She fired her ghostwriter, at least that’s the rumor. OK just finished and this seems extremely likely. The dialogue is insanely bad, and the prose is absolute poo poo, but the actual plot is very good.
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Oct 6, 2021 20:14
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Is Gravity's Rainbow really difficult to read and comprehend or am I just stupid?
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Oct 8, 2021 18:36
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This might help http://www.rinkworks.com/bookaminute/b/pynchon.rainbow.shtml
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GWBBQ posted:Is Gravity's Rainbow really difficult to read and comprehend or am I just stupid? Yes (I kid, I kid) It's a mountain for perpetual climbing. Edit: it helps once you realize it's mostly dick jokes Hieronymous Alloy fucked around with this message at 21:45 on Oct 8, 2021 |
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Oct 8, 2021 21:34
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regulargonzalez posted:This might help Holy poo poo, Rinkworks is still around, that's pretty cool! I also have to ask: is there a romance books thread?
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DreamingofRoses posted:Holy poo poo, Rinkworks is still around, that's pretty cool! There isn't! Would you want to make an OP for one?
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StrixNebulosa posted:There isn't! Would you want to make an OP for one? I think I can do that! Edit: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3981534 I tried. DreamingofRoses fucked around with this message at 03:06 on Oct 9, 2021 |
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regulargonzalez posted:This might help Hieronymous Alloy posted:Yes (I kid, I kid)
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Do we have a thread for audiobooks? I read real physical books normally but as I’m running longer distances I’ve started to enjoy a certain type of audiobook. I say “certain type” because there seems to be a narrow band of books that fit the bill for 12 mile runs. Light thrillers (Ruth Ware, Riley Sagar, Elly Griffiths) or light fantasy (NK Jemison, Naomi Novik) work well. Pynchon, Pessl, and Proust do not. I don’t typically read the light books since I read so drat fast, so I find myself ironically out of my depth here. I tried going full airport novel and got a James Patterson book and Jesus Christ I had to stop mid run and erase that poo poo from my phone. So I need something reasonably engaging but not a real book. I tend to read in triplets: one Great book, one Good book, and one Fun book. Right now I’m reading V. by Pynchon, I just finished a snuggly reread of Garp by Irving, and I devoured The Graduate by Novik. I’m open to lots of things. Next up for good will be a reread of Oreo (holy gently caress is that a good book); fun will be Jade Empire. I like books of all stripes though YA isn’t usually my jam. Any suggestions?
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I have no idea if the reader/production is any good but the Lee Child Jack Reacher books are best in class for light thrillers so I’d imagine they would fit the bill nicely. If you don’t mind nonfiction, Mike Duncan is a great podcaster with a couple of good history books to his name and a knack for making very listenable works. Also, and I’m only saying this because you said light fantasy, the wheel of time series is extremely well done (not trying to get into the merits of the series or writing, just that the audiobook quality is very high). I specifically listened to them on long runs for about a year buffalo all day fucked around with this message at 22:05 on Oct 9, 2021 |
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Hyzenth1ay posted:Do we have a thread for audiobooks? I read real physical books normally but as I’m running longer distances I’ve started to enjoy a certain type of audiobook. Here’s the audiobook thread: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3127942&perpage=40&noseen=1 As for recommendations, I know you said YA isn’t your thing but I have to recommend Raybearer and it’s sequel Redemptor for the performance of the narrator alone. Terry Pratchett’s books are really good as audiobooks too, especially the Tiffany Aching books (the narrator makes the Nac Mac Feegles sound amazing) I personally love the October Daye series of audiobooks if you like urban fantasy. The Dresden Files are great as audiobooks too, James Marsters is amazing once he gets into the groove and the plots are never really heavy.
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buffalo all day posted:I have no idea if the reader/production is any good but the Lee Child Jack Reacher books are best in class for light thrillers so I’d imagine they would fit the bill nicely. Brilliant, thank you! The Jack Reacher thing sounds perfect. I’ll give Wheel a go as well. I have one of those books in physical format but never got into it. Might be a good runner. I chewed through some Dresden on a lark a while back but it didn’t mesh with me. Might be fine for a runner though, thank you! And I will pick up Raybearer right now. I might find that YA filler stuff is perfect for my runs. I tend to get annoyed at Mary Sue / chosen one tropes though so I’ve stayed away from most of that genre. I did unashamedly love The Hunger Games though.
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Has anybody ever being heard of the word "planchette" being used as though it were a proper noun? A mystery novel I'm reading has several references to this Ouija-like thing, and it always talks about it as though Planchette were a person, although it doesn't use a capital letter, like "he looked and saw that planchette was sitting on the table". This is so weird that it's driving me to distraction.
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The only time I've ever seen it used was in The Stand, and it was lower-case with the definitive article there.
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Rand Brittain posted:Has anybody ever being heard of the word "planchette" being used as though it were a proper noun? A mystery novel I'm reading has several references to this Ouija-like thing, and it always talks about it as though Planchette were a person, although it doesn't use a capital letter, like "he looked and saw that planchette was sitting on the table". That word just means "tablet (computer)" in the several languages that people use where I live, so yeah. Hyzenth1ay posted:Any suggestions? If you're curious about D&D and other tabletop RPGs like that, there is a lot of good Actual Play shows where people record themselves playing for others' amusement. That's what I listen to when I sweat outdoors.
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Rand Brittain posted:Has anybody ever being heard of the word "planchette" being used as though it were a proper noun? A mystery novel I'm reading has several references to this Ouija-like thing, and it always talks about it as though Planchette were a person, although it doesn't use a capital letter, like "he looked and saw that planchette was sitting on the table". It's used like that in The Haunting of Hill House.
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Rand Brittain posted:Has anybody ever being heard of the word "planchette" being used as though it were a proper noun? A mystery novel I'm reading has several references to this Ouija-like thing, and it always talks about it as though Planchette were a person, although it doesn't use a capital letter, like "he looked and saw that planchette was sitting on the table". as jaktion mentioned, it shows up like that in Hill House, and i'm sure i've seen it used that way in victorian writings about seances, but i'd have to lookn for specific refs. my impression is that using it as a proper noun is the older form
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Sorry if this is the wrong thread for questions of this nature (seems like it's the best fit, from my quick look through the BB), but does anyone happen to know of any English biographies from the NVA or Viet Cong, during the Vietnam War? I've been reading a bunch on the topic here and there throughout the past year on the period, (but only written by Americans and Australians) as it's always interested me. However, reading material on what life was like for the North Vietnamese seem to be fairly sparse, wherever I've looked. Anyway, any info would be greatly appreciated! I'm not overly hopeful though, seeing as my searches haven't turned much up. Hopefully there's at least one translated account, though.
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Major Isoor posted:Sorry if this is the wrong thread for questions of this nature (seems like it's the best fit, from my quick look through the BB), but does anyone happen to know of any English biographies from the NVA or Viet Cong, during the Vietnam War? General Vo Nguyen Giap wrote a war memoir book that is supposed to be pretty good, I don't think it's in print but there's a copy on archive.org/openlibrary: https://archive.org/details/unforgettableday0000unse_n1f0/mode/2up
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It's fiction, but one of the best looks at the war from the Vietnamese side is Novel Without a Name.
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Any recommendations on crime oriented novels from the perspective of the criminal? I'm thinking of something that treats the matter with some gravity and the criminal reflects on what they're doing and why they're doing it. Inspired by real life stuff welcome too.
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HIJK posted:Any recommendations on crime oriented novels from the perspective of the criminal? I'm thinking of something that treats the matter with some gravity and the criminal reflects on what they're doing and why they're doing it. Inspired by real life stuff welcome too. Dan J. Marlowe (I forget which ones, probably the earliest stuff, I think they devolved into mafia killer genre novels at some point), a lot of James Hadley Chase novels (Not Safe to be Free springs to mind, although I don't know about the reflection), Jim Thompson's After Dark, My Sweet, etc. I know I've read loads more but just can't remember what they were... e: Ed McBain's He Who Hesitates, Simenon's Lettre à mon juge ee: Oh gently caress, of course Hemingway's To Have and Have Not is a classic. 3D Megadoodoo fucked around with this message at 08:42 on Oct 15, 2021 |
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I'll start with those, thanks!
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HIJK posted:Any recommendations on crime oriented novels from the perspective of the criminal? I'm thinking of something that treats the matter with some gravity and the criminal reflects on what they're doing and why they're doing it. Inspired by real life stuff welcome too. Lolita
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