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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2015 22:41:33 GMT
Making this for the same reason as the General TV Show Discussion Thread; at the moment, most people just make a thread for a book, and then no one acknowledges it. No discussion about it takes place, and it's just clutter. If everything were to be more centralized, then maybe that would garner more discussion. That's the idea, anyway.
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Post by Autobot Sonic on Apr 7, 2015 1:28:43 GMT
I used to be a big fan of the Silverwing books. They're a trilogy of books for kids ages 9-12 by Canadian author Kenneth Oppel, and focuses on a war between bats and owls. The series was so good it had its own cartoon for awhile back on Toon Disney when it still existed. If any of you are willing to sit down for over 4 hours, here's the entire series in one video.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2015 3:28:43 GMT
I used to be a big fan of the Silverwing books. They're a trilogy of books for kids ages 9-12 by Canadian author Kenneth Oppel, and focuses on a war between bats and owls. The series was so good it had its own cartoon for awhile back on Toon Disney when it still existed. If any of you are willing to sit down for over 4 hours, here's the entire series in one video. That reminded me of that book series about the owls, that I totally forgot about and really only had a passing interest in, anyway.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2015 3:34:41 GMT
I figure this might start some conversation: Anyone else here a Stephen King Fan? I think the best things about his books are their diversity, not only in their concepts(anywhere from straight up horror, to a Time-Travel romance, to a post-apocalyptic epic, to a spaghetti-western styled post-apocalyptic fantasy series spanning multiple times and dimensions, and then right back to vampires and possessed cars), but also in their style. The style of writing in The Stand is drastically different from that in 11/22/63, which is different to The Dark Tower Series, which is different to The Shining Series, and so on and so forth.
Also, he's just a really good writer. Like, really good. Even some of his worst stories(in my opinion, Pet Semetary and The Shining) are still better than most books. And his short stories are fantastic, most of them are the horror he's known for.
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Post by sos on Apr 7, 2015 3:45:14 GMT
The only Stephen King book I've come close to reading (I don't mean that as an insult) is The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. How fucking random is that?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2015 3:56:06 GMT
The only Stephen King book I've come close to reading (I don't mean that as an insult) is The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. How fucking random is that? I've seen that one a bunch, but never even bothered reading it, or even picking it up. I have no idea what it's about. I'm currently alternating Stephen King and A Song of Ice and Fire books now. So once I finish A Game of Thrones, I'll read Mr. Mercedes. Then A Clash of Kings, then Wolves of the Calla(or Black House. I'll have to check which one comes first in the "King Universe", since I know Black House is connected to The ark tower, but i'm not sure if reading Black House will spoil stuff from Wolves of the Calla or the last two Dark Tower books.
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Post by Bioshock Infinite WD on Apr 7, 2015 17:32:29 GMT
The only Stephen King book I've come close to reading (I don't mean that as an insult) is The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. How fucking random is that? I've seen that one a bunch, but never even bothered reading it, or even picking it up. I have no idea what it's about. I'm currently alternating Stephen King and A Song of Ice and Fire books now. So once I finish A Game of Thrones, I'll read Mr. Mercedes. Then A Clash of Kings, then Wolves of the Calla(or Black House. I'll have to check which one comes first in the "King Universe", since I know Black House is connected to The ark tower, but i'm not sure if reading Black House will spoil stuff from Wolves of the Calla or the last two Dark Tower books. Sounds alright, word to the wise, SOIF book 4 will likely be a drag at times, you'll understand once you read it why, and if you had read that book in 2005, you probably would have tossed it out the window.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2015 19:30:58 GMT
I ordered this book off of amazon. Looks interesting.
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Post by Bioshock Infinite WD on Apr 18, 2015 19:42:57 GMT
I ordered this book off of amazon. Looks interesting. Isn't that the book by the Cinema Sins guy?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2015 20:12:57 GMT
I ordered this book off of amazon. Looks interesting. Isn't that the book by the Cinema Sins guy? Yep.
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2015 13:18:04 GMT
Started reading The Ables... It's pretty good.
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Post by Bioshock Infinite WD on May 3, 2015 17:42:54 GMT
My teacher gave me a book called The Martian, it's actually pretty fascinating.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2015 23:48:38 GMT
Another book trailer for the book I finished reading, The Ables.
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Post by Tormundo on May 7, 2015 1:48:34 GMT
I started reading Stephen King's 11/22/63. Really fucking awesome! And also it involves time traveling which is very interesting Edit: Ehh... didn't notice there was a thread for this book...
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2015 1:57:16 GMT
I started reading Stephen King's 11/22/63. Really fucking awesome! And also it involves time traveling which is very interesting Edit: Ehh... didn't notice there was a thread for this book... That's a fantastic book! Probably one of my favorite books ever. Also, the 11/22/63 thread and others like it are kind of why this thread was made. To decrease the number of threads that don't go beyond one page and don't generate any discussion. So... ignore it, basically. Which point of the book are you at? I think them middle part is my favorite. When it becomes less about time-travel and stopping the JFK Assassination, and becomes the most human, emotional book I've ever read. I really liked 11/22/63 when you kind of forgot that the time-travel element was even a thing and it just became about the characters.
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