tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121497265402071351.post4984285637965191952..comments2023-10-05T20:30:21.364-07:00Comments on Things That Don't Suck: Stuff I've Been Reading: SeptemberBryce Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040954580033470664noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121497265402071351.post-42134571387543377792010-10-04T20:46:33.430-07:002010-10-04T20:46:33.430-07:00I think everything John Waters does is magic. I re...I think everything John Waters does is magic. I really wanted to see him while he was in town. I heard he wore this really nice tux but there were plaid tattered patches all over the whole thing. God love John Waters!Biba Pickleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11043062667925200529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121497265402071351.post-50801382333006390432010-09-30T19:33:51.304-07:002010-09-30T19:33:51.304-07:00@ Matt: I'm looking forward to Lady's, but...@ Matt: I'm looking forward to Lady's, but I think I'm going to take a bit of a breather as a thousand pages is alot of anyone. <br /><br />I honestly didn't mean to suggest anything Specific with my Gaiman reference, just more the generic "Spooky" tone so many comics tried to replicate in his wake. <br /><br />I'm probably being too hard on it, like I said, it wasn't bad. I've just been such a fan of Morrison's later work on the character that I was expecting it to be really good (the fact that I was immersed in Batman Arkham Asylum (the game) at the same time probably didn't help matters either.<br /><br />And I'm now stealing your Halloween Tree idea.Bryce Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17040954580033470664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121497265402071351.post-68153553943469645452010-09-30T18:24:15.869-07:002010-09-30T18:24:15.869-07:00Agreed with you on Clarke. Her short story collect...Agreed with you on Clarke. Her short story collection The Ladies of Grace Adieu is also very good, and surprisingly dark at times.<br /><br />I really like Batman: Gothic, though I can see why others might not be so taken with it. Whatever else you might say about it, at least it lives up to the title. I also like some of the little details, like Mr. Whisper's string. When you compare Gothic to Gaiman, are you thinking of Whisper's poetic M.O. in particular? That does seem the sort of thing Gaiman would include, though Morrison's current run does have lots of literary references too. Consider the punning in Prof. Pyg's name or the Yeats quotation in #666.<br /><br />I see some Bradbury discussion in the comments thread. I'm planning on reading The Halloween Tree for the holiday. Published as YA, but I imagine anything of Bradbury is worth reading. Of course Something Wicked is a great choice too. Or The October Country.Matt Keeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06879233228833576188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121497265402071351.post-28161262282118595002010-09-30T09:30:54.454-07:002010-09-30T09:30:54.454-07:00@ Gid: I'll check those out. Looking forward t...@ Gid: I'll check those out. Looking forward to reading what you think of Spook Country. <br /><br />@ Alex: The Man Who Was Thursday is a pretty great starter book, if you haven't read it already. <br /><br />@ Marcus: It just keeps things on such a human scale. <br /><br />@ Sam: I've been meaning to pick up the Temeraire novels for awhile now. <br /><br />I'm a big fan of Morrison's current Batman run, particularly Batman and Robin, which might be the best thing I've read in continuity in comics, since I started reading comics again. <br /><br />@Budd: I'll check it out. Something Wicked This Way Comes is perfect Halloween reading. I'm thinking of making It my big Halloween Book.Bryce Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17040954580033470664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121497265402071351.post-9406955130543314692010-09-29T20:40:09.333-07:002010-09-29T20:40:09.333-07:00Jonathan Strange and Spook County are on my shelf ...Jonathan Strange and Spook County are on my shelf to be read, but I am plowing through Mists of avalon right now with a break to read Something wicked this way comes. <br /><br />I would suggest All you need is kill as great quick read.Buddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17142269413009487783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121497265402071351.post-19771924753405075232010-09-29T20:24:56.470-07:002010-09-29T20:24:56.470-07:00I'm also on the Strange & Norrell bandwago...I'm also on the Strange & Norrell bandwagon, and I get a slightly similar period vibe from Naomi Novik's Temeraire novels. As for Morrison on Batman I've never read Gothic but I give him credit on the monthly title for trying to do new (albeit sometimes retro) things to take the character out of a gritty urban rut with which most readers are, admittedly, quite happy.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121497265402071351.post-45361446298832388812010-09-29T18:17:35.607-07:002010-09-29T18:17:35.607-07:00Add me to the Strange & Norrell fanclub. Absol...Add me to the Strange & Norrell fanclub. Absolutely loved the book. And Dead Zone is indeed one of King's bestMarcushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00437939310174555236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121497265402071351.post-77684665903478497142010-09-29T17:57:33.764-07:002010-09-29T17:57:33.764-07:00Looking back, I think Strange & Norrell may ha...Looking back, I think Strange & Norrell may have been what killed me for SF since then. You're right; it does things so well that aside from Gaiman and Pratchett and a few others, everything else just seems stale in comparison.<br /><br />I keep meaning to read more Chesterton, but I just haven't gotten around to it yet.Alex Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06066734225697911423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121497265402071351.post-20214614552107186602010-09-29T17:51:23.454-07:002010-09-29T17:51:23.454-07:00I also thoroughly enjoyed Strange & Norrell, a...I also thoroughly enjoyed Strange & Norrell, and while the book itself doesn't remind me, your description of it put me in mind of one of my favorite books of all time, The Gormenghast Trilogy by Mervyn Peake. If you've never read it I can't recommend it highly enough.<br /><br />I'm currently about two reads away from Spook Country, and looking forward to it.<br /><br />Good stuff, thanksGideon Strumpethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01231448442580270320noreply@blogger.com