What are you reading?

[etz 78]

Neil Gaiman fans would disagree.

 

And they would be wrong, according to Pratchett fans. It's not an argument worth having though, because they're both far better than JK Rowling.

Edited September 6, 2014 by etz

[Evil Gringo 279]

Neil Gaiman fans would disagree.

 

When a lot of you're work requires guest spots from existing real world people rather then creating your own characters then it marks you down. His comic work however is excellent and Spawn would not have been as good as it was if not for him but as good as he is (and he blows Rowling away its just she is more mainstream so people hype her more) Pratchett is the better author.

 

Seriously people take him for granted, when he sadly passes they'll rediscover the love they had back in the early 90's.

[Guest John Hancock]

"Please Kill Me", the history of the creation of the punk movement, telling the sort of duelling narratives of the birth of "proto-punk" in the New York art scene in the 60s, and the refinement and commercialisation of "punk-rock" by the London music industry in the 70s. It's a really cool story, but, considering the pretentious arty topic, it's presented in a particularly pretentious, arty way. There's no prose at all, it's all snippets from interviews of people who were around at the time vaguely talking about the same thing. It takes some getting used to, but it sort of works after a few pages, and you get used to it, although I'd probably have preferred something a bit more traditional on the same subject, because it's a really cool topic that isn't really written about much. Chapter one was on the relationship between Andy Warhol's Factory and Lou Reed's Velvet Underground, sort of setting the stage for what's to come. Chapter two is about the rise of Iggy Pop, and that's where I'm up to so far. So far I've learned that everyone involved in proto-punk was a self-obsessed a*sehole, and everyone who had anything to do with any of them ended up dead or miserable. It's an uplifting read.

[Guest Jayfunk]

The Stand by Stephen King, I am continuing my Stephen King quest, finished The Shinning and Night Shift recently.

[dsrchris 190]

The Stand by Stephen King, I am continuing my Stephen King quest, finished The Shinning and Night Shift recently.

 

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Sorry, couldn't help myself. :lol

[Guest Eddie]

Read Snuff on Gringos advice it's easily my favourite discworld novel and for anyone who likes Pratchett Id say read it asap! Absolutely brilliant

[Guest Dazzberry]

I re-read my favorite book 1984