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Mad Hamish posted:Strong Belwas and Fat Lord Manderley are amazing and I will not hear a word against them. Please read something like Bleak House, which has real characters.
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nine-gear crow posted:Maybe that's why he was able to spit out like 9 Expanse books in the span of 5 years: he was writing them while serving as GRRM's workslave and then published them when he escaped the dungeon. I bet 5 of those were written in feces and pizza grease he gathered from the exterior belly of the beast. How are the Expanse books by the way? Thinking of reading them when the show is over/cancelled (again).
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:Please read something like Bleak House, which has real characters. eh if we're going to get into Victorian Era authors i'd rather read most any other of the big names over Dickens.
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Blind Sally posted:eh if we're going to get into Victorian Era authors i'd rather read most any other of the big names over Dickens. No
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I’m not really a fan of Dicken’s prose, but I do respect the fact that the man survived a train crash, helped other survivors to safety, and then ran back onto the burning train to save the unfinished manuscript of Our Mutual Friend. Not quite as baller as Richard Sheridan kicking back with a beer and watching his theatre burn down from a bar across the street while the rest of London panicked, but it’s up there.
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Anders posted:I bet 5 of those were written in feces and pizza grease he gathered from the exterior belly of the beast. The Expanse books are pretty good overall, and there's a definite improvement as series progresses. The stories for the most part are pretty straightforward, so not a whole lot of unexpected twists and turns. What makes the series shine the most is the care the authors have taken in making the setting somewhat believable and giving the political conditions some depth. Overall, they're fun.
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nine-gear crow posted:I’m not really a fan of Dicken’s prose 
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His books are boring as gently caress and are about boring as gently caress people.
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I seem to remember liking A Tale of Two Cities as a kid. I liked the play Oliver. A Christmas Carol is pretty legit. Chucky Dick could write some decent poo poo. He's no Steven King, obviously though.
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Single and LOVING IT posted:The Expanse books are pretty good overall, and there's a definite improvement as series progresses. The stories for the most part are pretty straightforward, so not a whole lot of unexpected twists and turns. I'm gonna have to hard disagree with you on the series improving as it goes on. The first book is by far the most interesting because it's a noir type murder mystery set IN SPAAAACCCCEEEE with alternating perspectives between two characters, but that premise is abandoned by the second book in favor splitting perspectives between like 6 characters.
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Marijuana posted:I'm gonna have to hard disagree with you on the series improving as it goes on. The first book is by far the most interesting because it's a noir type murder mystery set IN SPAAAACCCCEEEE with alternating perspectives between two characters, but that premise is abandoned by the second book in favor splitting perspectives between like 6 characters. I was really into the first book and then it got all weird and ran with that to an extent I lost interest. I don't know if the later ones pull back from the goop or not.
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Marijuana posted:I'm gonna have to hard disagree with you on the series improving as it goes on. The first book is by far the most interesting because it's a noir type murder mystery set IN SPAAAACCCCEEEE with alternating perspectives between two characters, but that premise is abandoned by the second book in favor splitting perspectives between like 6 characters. That's fair, certainly the main plot of the first book helped get me hooked in the first place, but for me what's kept me interested is the interplay Earth, Mars, and the Belt. And the authors, I think, do a nice job of showing up all the weird stuff they introduced would have a cascading effect on the whole system. And it really helps having multiple characters in different places to tell that kind of story. Plus I really enjoy the additional characters dunking the main cast.
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yikes, read yourself some Hardy or Gaskell.
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read some Hopkins or Wilde if youre not against poetry or plays, but lmfao if youre surprised that Dickens isnt everyone's favourite Victorian writer
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Blind Sally posted:read some Hopkins or Wilde if youre not against poetry or plays, but lmfao if youre surprised that Dickens isnt everyone's favourite Victorian writer Not surprised, but disgusted.
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Marijuana posted:I'm gonna have to hard disagree with you on the series improving as it goes on. The first book is by far the most interesting because it's a noir type murder mystery set IN SPAAAACCCCEEEE with alternating perspectives between two characters, but that premise is abandoned by the second book in favor splitting perspectives between like 6 characters. I think the investigation part was the best far of the series too, before it got to crazy. Luckily in the series they reined in the space magicx after a while. And with the books I don't have to put up with Steven Strait and Shohreh Aghdashloos acting.
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:Not surprised, but disgusted. have you read many others? if not, you should read more. you might be surprised. Dickens is good, but there are other brilliant authors from that time. the Bronte sisters are well regarded for a reason. both Shelleys are great.
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:Not surprised, but disgusted. Dickens being paid by the word is painfully obvious in everything he ever wrote. If you want to experience Dickens and not be bored out of your skull just watch Wishbone or The Muppets.
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Woodpile posted:Darkstar has got it all over those chumps for he is of the night. I'd like to be able to say I threw up in my mouth a little just reading that again But it wasn't 'just a little'.
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Anders posted:I think the investigation part was the best far of the series too, before it got to crazy. Luckily in the series they reined in the space magicx after a while. And with the books I don't have to put up with Steven Strait and Shohreh Aghdashloos acting. I mean...there is an Immortal Space Hitler and inter dimensional bullets . That poo poo's pretty crazy, man. Steven Strait's stupid mug has infected my brain, so I picture him as Holden in the books, now 
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Oh, I forgot to ask, how was your vacation, anyway? Did you do anything interesting during your month off from the forums? Got any cool stories for the rest of us?
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Gravity Cant Apple posted:Dickens being paid by the word is painfully obvious How so? Are there some extant contracts or other documents that show this to be the case?
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Sir, this is the thread for discussing GRRM’s lovely prose, not Dickens’s. Please stop straying off topic.
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Dickens wasnt paid by the word but by installment.
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nine-gear crow posted:Sir, this is the thread for discussing GRRM’s lovely prose, not Dickens’s. Please stop straying off topic. Nah, I'm pretty sure it's the thread for lovely posts.
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I paid my 10bux for the Bad Thread. That bathing scene reminded me of the bad old times, when reading a few pages of this thread would ruin your digestion. But hey, at least he got adwd out in these 9 years. I was very sure he'd die because of that UTI. Kellanved fucked around with this message at 02:52 on Aug 18, 2018 |
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Blind Sally posted:Dickens wasnt paid by the word but by installment. I believe he was paid by the orphan starving to death.
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:I believe he was paid by the orphan starving to death. no wonder his prose is so ponderous!
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:I believe he was paid by the orphan starving to death. He and Hans Christian Andersen must have had the same contract. edit: Oh! There's another contemporary that is better than Dickens!
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Solice Kirsk posted:Oh! There's another contemporary that is better than Dickens! How exactly?
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hans christian anderson is retarded
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:How exactly? He wrote The Little Mermaid.
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The little mermaid sucks
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV2SpFi4nVY&t=16s
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the little mermaid as written by hans christian anderson sucks
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Anders posted:I think the investigation part was the best far of the series too, before it got to crazy. Luckily in the series they reined in the space magicx after a while. And with the books I don't have to put up with Steven Strait and Shohreh Aghdashloos acting. You seem like you suck and are very unattractive
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What, wait? Do you actually like her acting? Please explain why, because I'm dumbfounded how anyone can watch the Expanse without cringing during here scenes.
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She's the best actor on the show
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Marijuana posted:She's the best actor on the show Pretty much, she is fantastic Steven is really awful though
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