What Book/Comic/Short Story/Poem you read last?

[IMPYEMU]

Why not?

It's self explanatory really.

I know this is a community of gamers and film buffs, but I figured to see if there were any other literary enthusiasts like myself.

I read books all the time, I read comics every once in a while, I rarely read short stories, and I only read Poetry as an assignment.

Last Book:

Title: Lockdown

Series: Escape From Furnace (Book I)

Author: Alexander Gordon-Smith

Genre: Horror/Thriller

Fiction


Last Comic:

Title: The Hard Goodbye

Series: Sin City (Book I)

Author: Frank Miller

Genre: Horror/Action/Neo-Noir

Fiction


Last Short Story:

Title: The Pit and the Pendulum

Series: None

Author: Edgar Allen Poe

Genre: Horror

Fiction


Last Poem:

Don't remember


Sorry if no one likes this thread but I figured I'd give it a try.

EDIT: Currently reading The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich, the novel that Aaron Sorkin based his Academy Award Nominated The Social Network Screenplay off of.

[gnrGrievous]

This new thread is the bait to lure Slash right back into the forum , yes ? ...

*hides in the bushes* ...
*the one in the middle of a highway* ...

[IMPYEMU]

*hides in the bushes* ...
*the one in the middle of a highway* ...

*Looks through Big Black Binoculars*

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

*Hears giggling from a shaking bush in the middle of a highway*

Hmm, nothing out of the ordinary.

[JackGordon]

I actually just ordered Ambrose Bierce's 'The Devil Dictionary'. It's been on my wishlist for over a decade. Yes, I'm serious.

The last book I read was Marilyn Manson's autobiography entitled 'The Long Hard Road Out of Hell'. Good read and I could identify with many situations described from his youth.

The last poem I read was by myself; I've been working on it for quite a while. Eventually it will become one of my lyrics. Maybe one day I will share my art with you fine gentlemen. For now, its fuction is strictly therapeutic.

[gnrGrievous]

Marilyn Manson's autobiography

and I could identify with many situations described from his youth.

Awe for **** sake ...

*facepalmheadexplodeJohnsonlaughs* ...

[IMPYEMU]

Maybe one day I will share my art with you fine gentlemen. For now, its fuction is strictly therapeutic.

Keep us posted, don't hold out on us.

*Cracks knuckles and headbutts cinderblock*

And I don't have gripes with Song Lyrics, I enjoy music, I just never enjoyed reading Poetry, Song Lyrics are sung and mostly contain music to help progress them, Poetry I just find bland and unappealing.

EDIT: When is that Kane & Lynch Comic coming out? Surely everyone here's going to read that, yeah?

[JackGordon]

Will do, Imp.

Awe for **** sake ...

*facepalmheadexplodeJohnsonlaughs* ...What is it now, Charlie? :nut: Dog Man wasn't always Dog Man, you know. I too had parents raising me in the same way that they were raised. Instead of becoming the lawyer, which they've obiously wanted me to be, I became a musician.

[gnrGrievous]

Good thing you didn't plan to become a lawyer , one of my old friend/brother who wants to work on the fence of the law is on mah list ...
*flips out a notebook out of nowhere* ...
And i like each of the men occupying my list to be ... 'unique' ...



Whoa i'm losing it again am i ? ...

When is that Kane & Lynch Comic coming out? Surely everyone here's going to read that, yeah?

The first five issue already came out fool ! and IO said on twitter that the sixth and final one "is awesome" ... just like all the others ...

Meanwhile local cave man has said That He Will BE WRITING HIS DAMN BIG PLOT INSTEAD OF FRAKING AROUND !!!! ...

[IMPYEMU]

The first five issue already came out fool ! and IO said on twitter that the sixth and final one "is awesome" ... just like all the others ...

Did you read 'em? Or anyone else for that matter?



Meanwhile local cave man has said That He Will BE WRITING HIS DAMN BIG PLOT INSTEAD OF FRAKING AROUND !!!! ...

Lies.

[gnrGrievous]

I've already written sixteen pages on Word and its probably only five percent or less than everything i have to write, the problem now being that i'm not fully satisfied with a couple of character handling so now i have to 'rethink' before i can start writing again...
And i'm even if i was getting paid for this i would still be doing it in my current pace ...

Our friend Ward shoved up something in three months, whereas i care for my masterpiece
Did you read 'em?

I'm waiting for the sixth issue to come out so that i can get a bundle of all six together...

And that's IF i really give a damn ...

The artist had posted pages from the first few comics on his blog: it's missing the dialogs but judging from the pictures alone you really don't need a litterary man to compose the lines...
http://www.mittenworks.com/default.asp?WebsiteID=9213&GalleryID=77407&MediaID=&GELB=&theIF=%2Fportfolio%2Easp%3FWebsiteID%3D9213%26GalleryID%3D77407%26MediaID%3D%26GELB%3D

[IMPYEMU]

Ah. I'm just going to wait until all 12 issues are done and hope that they combine all 12 and make a Graphic Novel outta it, more convienant that way.

[BeardedHoplite]

I ordered The Dogs of War by Frederick Forsyth. I'm also replaying Far Cry 2 to get in the mood of overthrowing a country.

[JackGordon]

How about the US, Beardy?

[BeardedHoplite]

How about the US, Beardy?

Just when (if) the teabaggers take over and have monster truck rallies on the White House lawn.

[JackGordon]

What are these "teabaggers", "monster trucks" and "white houses" that you speak of? Are you on drugs?! You're still game, right?

[BeardedHoplite]

I'm just on hash 24/7. But yeah, let's roll. I'll get my chinese rocket launcher

[IMPYEMU]

Everybodies a War-Obsessed Maniac with plans for World Domination.

Yep, nothing out of the ordinary.

'Cept that bush did just move 'bout 3 centimetres to the left just now, huh? I could've sworn I saw -- No, nothing.

Nothing out of the ordinary indeed.

[IMPYEMU]

I haven't decided what to read through next once I've finished TAB, but here's what I got on my shelf, some leftover from Christmas that I haven't gotten to yet.

The Disciple by Stephen Coonts, supposedly some kind of Political/War Thriller involving Iran, the U.S. and Nuclear Missiles an' all that good stuff. Got it as a gift, never heard of it, but it itrigued me, but also it's 500 Page legth is why it wasn't a top priority read, I'll get to it eventually.

Kickass, the Graphic Novel. Of course it wasn't written as a Grpahic Novel, but as a 12-Issue (I think) Comic Series that was reprinted in a collection once completed. I asked for it purely because I was a fan of the movie so it should prove to be awesome.

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin, thank Slash for that one.

The next two books in the Wheel of Time series, specifically The Great Hunt & The Dragon Reborn both by Robert Jordan.

My step-sister lent me the first Harry Potter book, The Philosopher's (A.K.A. Sorcerer's) Stone I figured it was high-time I finally read them and learned what the fuss has been about so I'll get to that sooner or later.

I got Michael Herr's Dispatches because I heard about it's influence on Apocalypse Now, Shakespear's King Lear just because I loved Ran so freaking much, the LOTR books because I never read them, and that's about it.

As far as things on my shelf I'm waiting for, that's not to mention things that haven't come out yet, don't own or aren't available at the library yet.

[Bevacur]

My last book i read was a Horrible History 4-5 years ago. I loved those books, always was fascinated with the Egyptians.

[gnrGrievous]

You ...

Make the strangest of cameos ...

[IMPYEMU]

A Game of Thrones, thank you Slash for bringing ASoIaF to my attention.

[UhUh]

Been reading a small trilogy of samurai adventure's by Dale Furutani, quite fun, highly inspired by Kurosawa's movies.

[BeardedHoplite]

I picked up three volumes of Punisher: Max by Garth Ennis.
Good times, good times.

[MxOAgentJohnson]

Title: Pimps, Hoes, Playa Hatas and all the rest of my hollywood friends.

Author: John Leguizamo

Genre: Autobiography


Last Comic: Kane and Lynch #6

Title: Kane and Lynch #6

Series: Kane And Lynch

Author: Dont remember

Genre: Action

[IMPYEMU]

The Andromeda Strain, Michael Crichton

[Morphilms]

Title: The Gift

Series: Hellblazer

Author: Mike Carey

And the Kane & Lynch comic book will be out 21 Jun, I wrote a review of it in the reviews section if you want a teaser

[BeardedHoplite]

We got To Kill a Mockingbird in English. I didn't expect too much, but other than a slow 8 chapters, it's not bad.
I'm just waiting for summer, because we have to read One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Which is a great book and one of the top 2 best moveis ever.

[Icedog]

Title: The Sellouts

Series: Powers

Author: Brian Michael Bendis

Art: Michael avon oeming

[MxOAgentJohnson]

Book

Title: Karlology

Author: Karl Pilkington

[JackGordon]

I got Dmitry Glukhovsky's Metro 2033 (English translation) this week and I'm about seventy pages in now. The translation is awful. I literally have to re-read certain sentences to understand what is being said.
Apart from that, I'm enjoying it quite a bit and having played through the game several times recently, it really makes me 'feel at home', if you catch my drift?

[Brackstone17]

I got Dmitry Glukhovsky's Metro 2033 (English translation) this week and I'm about seventy pages in now. The translation is awful. I literally have to re-read certain sentences to understand what is being said.
Apart from that, I'm enjoying it quite a bit and having played through the game several times recently, it really makes me 'feel at home', if you catch my drift?
I've been looking for an english translation for ages. I didn't even know there was one yet.

[JackGordon]

It was released on march 18th 2010 ;)

[BeardedHoplite]

I rented L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy from my local library.
Based on this and L.A. Noire, I can confirm for sure that Los Angeles has the highest concentrentation of pedophiles ever.
Seriously, so much child love.

[BeardedHoplite]

Come on Brothas! Don't you enjoy the written word?

I picked up the BioShock prequel novel-with the original title of BioShock: Rapture-by John Shirley, and I'm pretty amazed by it. I'm not sure what the standard of quality for videogame tie-in novels is, but Mr.Shirley has gotten the BioShock tone down pat. He found Andrew Ryan's voice particularly well.

[JackGordon]

Ha! I've picked it up myself last week as well :D First I need to finish it ;)

[IMPYEMU]

The only Video Game Tie-In Novel I ever read was Dead Space Martyr, which I thought was great and got pretty disturbed by it at points. And that's no Dead Space Fandom either, I read it before I even touched one of the games.

The first half is a lot like a Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park) novel. A science fiction thriller with a lot of Collaborations between different types of Scientists, along with a whisper about the Military being "up to something shady" here and there. The second half is a lot more like a Psychological Horror story followed by a Grisly Third Act full of Terror.

So yeah, for a VG Book it satisfied the heck outta me. I'd call that the standard.

I implore any of you to check that one out if you can, even if you hate Dead Space.

What is the BioShock one about? What kind of book is it? I honestly don't know how you make a book about the building of rapture and be entertaining without splicers in it. :scratch:

[BeardedHoplite]

What is the BioShock one about? What kind of book is it? I honestly don't know how you make a book about the building of rapture and be entertaining without splicers in it. :scratch:

Have you ever read a Harry Turtledove novel? The structure is similar, with different view points showing the rise of Rapture and how basically Fontaine ****ed it all up
Actually, it turns out that Fontaine is not Fontaine, in a sense. This is the major change to Bioshock canon in the book.
The author managed to capture Ryan's motivation and descent into hypocrisy very well, especially after his control on Rapture's ultra-capitalistic is threatened by the coming of plasmids.
And there are Splicers, oh boy, are there splicers. Plus it makes Objectivism into the biggest joke ever

[JackGordon]

Plus it makes Objectivism into the biggest joke everYou really do loathe Rand, don't you? :D

[BeardedHoplite]

You really do loathe Rand, don't you? :D

Not that she makes it hard to dislike her selfish ideals. I picked up Atlas Shrugged about two years ago, it was the worst thing I've ever read. The only good thing I can say about it was that it was padded to the point where I could beat someone to death with it. That and the opening scens with John Galt reminded me of Andrew Ryan
Didn't you say you were going to read it because of BioShock?

[JackGordon]

Yes, indeed. Bioshock made us do it...

[IMPYEMU]

I don't think I could read a 1,000 Page Political Book simply because a game I love pokes fun at it. You guys are obviously the biggest BioShock fans out there.

Last thing I read was "The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved" by Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. If you haven't head or of the Good Doctor, he's the creator of Gonzo Journalism, or at least accredited as. Gonzo Journalism is essentially when the Journalist retells the story as he/she experienced, making himself/herself a character in a real-life story.

TKDIDAD is a story about Thompson revisiting his home town to cover the Derby in 1973. The story isn't so much about the Race itself but the depraved acts that the people who go to it engage in.

If you're into whacky quasi-political stories filled with drug-addled maniacs this or most anything else of Thompson's work is a good place to look.

[BeardedHoplite]

I don't think I could read a 1,000 Page Political Book simply because a game I love pokes fun at it. You guys are obviously the biggest BioShock fans out there.


And the best part is I still haven't played BioShock 2.

I picked up the Deus Ex novel as a consolation prize for not having enough cash to buy the game. I'm on a roll with these VG prequels books. I think the Dead Space one is up next
And I got The Punisher: Slavers, which is 'prolly the darkest thing Garth Ennis ever wrote. Jesus, it makes Dog Days look like Twlight

[JackGordon]

it makes Dog Days look like Twlight:eek: Now I know why Kane & Lynch's naked arses are so shiny!