thats a good book, I rate Oliver Sacks highly.gnat wrote:you got this in store QR?:
I'm reading this:
If anybody's looking for a really good yarn you should read this:
thats a good book, I rate Oliver Sacks highly.gnat wrote:you got this in store QR?:
so glad this was included...
bestNeal Stephenson: Snow Crash (1992)
Fast, furious and containing more ideas in a single sentence than most writers manage in an entire book, Snow Crash has been credited with helping to inspire online worlds such as Second Life and established Stephenson as a cult figure. Featuring SF's most ironically named character, Hiro Protagonist, plus skateboards, mafia-employed pizza delivery men, weird drugs, computer hacking and a thousand other cyberpunk tropes, it showcases the raw talent that Stephenson was to refine for Cryptonomicon and his later, less frenetic books.
Hey everyone,
About a year ago I sent out hundreds of invitations to hundreds of writers from around the world and asked them to submit 1000 word stories based on my drawings, which as the saying goes, is exactly what a picture is worth. I thought it was clever.
The result is a 80pp perfect bound book with a lovely thick dye cut cover that would look nice on your coffee table. The books are only $40, I say only because that's what they cost to make. So please stop by my office to have a flick through and possibly help me pay my mortgage this month.
Alternatively, please forward this email on to any friends or family who might be interested in buying a copy online at http://www.wasnotme.com
Thanks so much for listening.
Paul (aka Mehhhhhatez, aka wasnotme, aka the bearded lady)
Wow... where to start? What do you like?Charlie73 wrote:WAAAAAAA
I am in need of something else to read, am getting through my books in a couple of weeks at the moment.... Since November i have read 5....
Suggestions please.....
i warned you they were like one long magazine read!Gliding High wrote: The books have all the imagination one could ask for, but read like they've been written by a teenager.
Incredibly poor skills on the literary front. Not really digging it.
I read almost anything, from text books to Novels, Fantasy what eves.. i do prefer things based on true events....Direkt wrote:Wow... where to start? What do you like?Charlie73 wrote:WAAAAAAA
I am in need of something else to read, am getting through my books in a couple of weeks at the moment.... Since November i have read 5....
Suggestions please.....
If you like novels, like I do...
(Novels based on true events)
*Kite Runner (and then A Thousand Splendid Suns - sequel)
*Shantaram (one of my faves, big read though)
I could go on, what are you into?
that book is fiction man!Direkt wrote:Just finished, "True History of the Kelly Gang" by Peter Carey... although the majority is written by one Edward 'Ned' Kelly.
Awesome read.
Really changed my opinion of the man.
Very True, Peter Carey has gone on record as saying it was "an interpretation" as in a completely fictional interpretation!!! I really enjoyed it too Direkt but for a more factual acount try Our Sunshine by Robert Drew which I believe is a bit more on the mark in terms of events that actually occurred.huge wrote:that book is fiction man!Direkt wrote:Just finished, "True History of the Kelly Gang" by Peter Carey... although the majority is written by one Edward 'Ned' Kelly.
Awesome read.
Really changed my opinion of the man.
here is a true story
http://www.police.vic.gov.au/content.as ... t_ID=10583
direct descendant of Constable Thomas McIntyre here.
I was very pleased yesterday when I was browsing the Readings website to see that it is available again. i think I might be purchasing [..so do you have it in stock Quiet Roar?! ]Kaiproject wrote:Also read the WATCHMEN graphic novel in over the past few days(yeah only over 20 years late to the party there) before seeing the movie today
Can see why its such an acclaimed graphic novel. I think the movie had a good go at trying to do it justice, and the ending-change was probably justified and pretty well done. But the novel is just amazing, much more thought provoking and deep and well done, although its an entirely different medium
LXG is awesome and NOTHING like the movie. Just saw a doco called 'The mindscape of Alan Moore', where he espouses some of his theories on reality/magick etc.Kaiproject wrote: Also read the WATCHMEN graphic novel in over the past few days(yeah only over 20 years late to the party there) before seeing the movie today
Can see why its such an acclaimed graphic novel. I think the movie had a good go at trying to do it justice, and the ending-change was probably justified and pretty well done. But the novel is just amazing, much more thought provoking and deep and well done, although its an entirely different medium
Keen to read more of Moore's works now; League of Extraordinary Gentlemen etc.
i am going to attempt this again.tee193 wrote:just put an order in for "house of leaves", cannot wait to read again
After being introduced to the series a few weeks back, and now upto EP 9, i was kind of interested in checking the book out when i heard the series was adapted from one. But after reading your thoughts i think i might stray away from it - dont want to tarnish the awesomeness that is true blood!Gliding High wrote:Reading the Sookie Stackhouse chronicles right now, which are the inspiration for the HBO series True Blood.
The books have all the imagination one could ask for, but read like they've been written by a teenager.
Incredibly poor skills on the literary front. Not really digging it.
The series is by far my fave show ever though, and I'm glad they changed a fair few things to differ from the novel.
A vampire show made by the maker of Six Feet Under can't really go wrong. Can't wait for series two.
Awesome soundtrack, and vampires frotting humans at superhuman speed is always good for a laugh
Starts in America in May.J0rdz wrote:After being introduced to the series a few weeks back, and now upto EP 9, i was kind of interested in checking the book out when i heard the series was adapted from one. But after reading your thoughts i think i might stray away from it - dont want to tarnish the awesomeness that is true blood!Gliding High wrote:Reading the Sookie Stackhouse chronicles right now, which are the inspiration for the HBO series True Blood.
The books have all the imagination one could ask for, but read like they've been written by a teenager.
Incredibly poor skills on the literary front. Not really digging it.
The series is by far my fave show ever though, and I'm glad they changed a fair few things to differ from the novel.
A vampire show made by the maker of Six Feet Under can't really go wrong. Can't wait for series two.
Awesome soundtrack, and vampires frotting humans at superhuman speed is always good for a laugh
On a side note, has there been any screening dates for series 2??
Awesome, thanks for the heads up with the release. I'll defs be on the d.l!Gliding High wrote: Starts in America in May.
Will be downloading the torrent within hours of that.
Can't wait
The books are truly shitous. Stick with the show IMO.
I read the first two, then couldn't take any more.
The books are undoubtedly chick-lit. Not far off the Mills & Boon type stuff - with a bit of blood and guts thrown in.J0rdz wrote:Awesome, thanks for the heads up with the release. I'll defs be on the d.l!Gliding High wrote: Starts in America in May.
Will be downloading the torrent within hours of that.
Can't wait
The books are truly shitous. Stick with the show IMO.
I read the first two, then couldn't take any more.
And yeps, will stay away from the books for sure. They sound really bad.
Out of curiosity, what age group are they aimed at??
I swear reading that book in bed was the same as a weights session at the gym. It's not very... manageable.ghetto kitty wrote:i am going to attempt this again.tee193 wrote:just put an order in for "house of leaves", cannot wait to read again
too heavy for bedtime reading tho! (as in, it weighs ten pounds)
DRS wrote:It’s uplifting while we drift through time,
‘cause we keep pushing the vibe.
am almost dun with this. not as gog as i was hoping tbh. i wanted more descriptions of poverty, twisted people and drug abuse tbh - rolling hardnut cop theme got a tad tiring. will start reading 'The Corner' when i can find a b00kshop in tasmania that stocks it geh.Gliding High wrote: 'Homicide - A Year on the Killing Streets' by David Simon.
This book is the inspiration for the series 'The Wire,' and is written by a journalist who spent a year with the Baltimore homicide squad.
(I've had this one a while, and only just got into it a few days ago - will have it back to you soon Brain!
DRS wrote:It’s uplifting while we drift through time,
‘cause we keep pushing the vibe.