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Dean 
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 Topic: read any good books lately...Posted: June 13 2012 at 09:18 |
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 do you need to listen to The Sentinel again Jim?
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If you cannot be wise, pretend to be someone who is wise and then just behave like they would - Neil Gaiman |
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Alitare
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Posted: June 13 2012 at 10:06 |
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I've read a few issues of Johnny the Homicidal Maniac. They were fun but not 'cathartic' I'd say. I'm looking for graphic novels that will, I dunno, make me want to think, feel, and have nervous breakdowns. I'm looking for richly detailed, terribly human, sincerely metaphoric and deep works. I'm looking for comics that will change the way I see them.
I'm looking for cheap copies of the Sandman novels, but nothing good so far. I hate how expensive this stuff is. My copy of 1984 cost me 3 dollars. My copy of Watchmen cost me 20. How in the hell does that make sense?
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He gave her his town house and his racing horses. Each meal she ate was a dozen courses. She had a million dollars worth of nickels and dimes. She sat around and counted them all a million times.
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The Truth
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Posted: June 13 2012 at 10:27 |
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^ Color print is expensive nowadays? I don't know, that is kind of messed up.
Winter's Tale is shaping itself very well even though I've spent more time writing than reading it, alternate reality of New York City, characters are very well developed. You might like it, Dustin. |
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Jim Garten
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Posted: June 13 2012 at 11:12 |
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tupan
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Ok, do you want some great Graphic Novels? "Rich in metaphor and humanity"? So check this ones: Every work from Joe Sacco. This guys is a jornalist that make Graphic Novels. All of them are excellent. Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Sacco Please, read the manga Barefoot Gen. A history about people who survived the nuclear bombing over Hiroshima. It's touching! Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barefoot_Gen Read ALL, I said ALL Graphic Novels of the supreme master WILL EISNER! The most human of the comic book creators! Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Eisner#Graphic_novels
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A vingança nunca é plena,
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: June 13 2012 at 20:02 |
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Are any of you guys on Goodreads.com?
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"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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The Truth
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Making an account now. Reading the Mark Z. Danielewski short story All the Lights of Midnight tonight I think. Edited by The Truth - June 13 2012 at 23:20 |
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Kotro
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Bigger on the inside.
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ExittheLemming
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Who was the greatest French Poet of the nineteenth century? André Gide’s immortal comment—"Victor Hugo, alas!" - fits the bill innit?  |
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BaldFriede
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Jean and I share an account there using our shared e-mail address baldjeanandfriede@yahoo.com.
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BaldFriede
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I disagree about that statement. The greatest French poet of the 19th century was Isidore Lucien Ducasse, better known under his nom de plume Lautréamont. |
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BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
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Snow Dog
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Yes I am. haven't looked in for a while though.
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Coldness doth get away with the badness.
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ExittheLemming
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Yep fine, but the whole point of the Gide quote is that 'lazy conventional wisdom' is invariably flawed, an affliction you are clearly immune to  |
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BaldFriede
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No, you got it wrong. It has nothing to do with conventional wisdom at all, but everything with personal preference. For somebody else the greatest French poet might be someone entirely different. |
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ExittheLemming
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Including the personal preference and autonomy afforded to be completely different to the one in blue/pink (delete as applicable) You are clearly not obtuse so why can't you accede that conventional or received wisdom makes no concession to subjectivity i.e. I'm talking about conformity and you know that
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: June 14 2012 at 07:26 |
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Anyone added as a friend by a pimping Euler, that would be me.
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"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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Ughhghghhghgh. Mark Danielewski. Soo goooooooodd. You read Only Revolutions?
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Posted: June 14 2012 at 07:30 |
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 Looking forward to digging into it. Any favorite characters from the series?
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: June 14 2012 at 07:32 |
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I usually can't stomach any fantasy besides Tolkien. I'm thinking about checking out GoT when I find a used copy at one of the stores I frequent.
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BaldFriede
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I certainly know what you mean. In Germany it is all about Goethe and, to a lesser extent, Schiller and in more modern times Thomas Mann,, but I put my money on Georg Büchner, who sadly died too young (at age 23) and Heinrich Heine. and in more modern times on Thomas Mann's brother Heinrich.
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BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
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