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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2022 23:48:05 GMT 1
The Silmalarion
You all would be better off reading this amazing epic instead of watching Beezoos funded fanfic.
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Post by Merv on Sept 18, 2022 0:09:33 GMT 1
The Silmalarion You all would be better off reading this amazing epic instead of watching Beezoos funded fanfic. I might actually put it on my to read list. The amazing Rings of Power show has ignited my interest in going back to Tolkiens novels. Because of how amazing and enjoyable a show it is.
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Post by Merv on Nov 22, 2022 17:09:33 GMT 1
Fairy Tale by Stephen King....Kings newest novel. It's about a boy and his dog...and a world under ours with giants and talking crickets and cthulu monsters. My biggest gripe, and Ive had this feeling with a few other King novels, is that it feels like two different stories. The first 1/3 of this novel takes place in normal Illinois and is very much a drama...then halfway through the book we are thrust down the well and into a whole other land where even the main character isn't acting like himself. Both sides of this story are entertaining but they felt disjointed. King took a lot of obvious inspiration here from various fairy tales and HP Lovecraft. He even directly thanks those authors in the beginning. It fits right in next to his stuff like Talisman and Dark Tower. "There are other worlds than these."
Next Up: Kings of the Wyld....a mercenary fantasy version of bringing the band back together.
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Post by Merv on Nov 29, 2022 20:18:12 GMT 1
Part of the way through Kings of the Wyld and...its great. The group was just almost robbed by a band of mercenaries wearing white face paint and one had stars over their eyes while another had a cat design. Kiss got their asses kicked. Lol
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Post by Merv on Dec 16, 2022 21:27:23 GMT 1
Finished Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames...Very entertaining, fast paced fantasy adventure. It's ripped from the pages of a DnD campaign so if you've ever played and enjoyed DnD then you'll probably love this.
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Post by Lord Death Man on Dec 16, 2022 22:25:01 GMT 1
Just finished Gun, with Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem… Handguns with threatening violin soundtracks. Hilarious… Gun… is an impressive act of literary dexterity, its equal parts grim social commentary, bizarre travelogue, and neo noir murder mystery.
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Post by Lord Death Man on Jan 9, 2023 22:11:19 GMT 1
Cyborg by Martin Caidin - 1973 Over the holidays, a visiting relative shoved an aging copy of Cyborg in my face and said, "you like science fiction; you should read this." I couldn't disobey this most urgent request out of respect for my elders. Based on the bombastic hand-illustrated cover art, I assumed the book would be one of those terrible, low-quality sci-fi novels you used to be able to get at your local pharmacy for three or four bucks. After repairing some damage to the book (pages were falling out), I read it late one evening and finished it by the time the sun came up the next day. Cyborg is an unrelentingly bleak novel about an astronaut named Steve Austin. Austin suffers a near-fatal accident during a space mission and has both legs, an arm, and an eye destroyed and replaced with enhanced prosthetics. For a good part of the novel, all Steve wants to do is kill himself. It actually becomes unintentionally funny at some points. As I was reading the book, about midway through, I suddenly started thinking, this all sounds very familiar… Had I read this book before? More on this later. Anyway, Caidin goes into a fair amount of detail about creating the type of man/machine hybrid depicted in the book. It's interesting to read the retro take Caidin had on the Terminator concept. Some of the pseudo-science is weirdly compelling, if not wholely plausible. After Austin acclimates to his new situation, uncle sam springs it on him that they're looking for a return on their investment in upgrading him, and there is no installment plan. Steve will have to work for the government for the foreseeable future. He is then sent on a mission to retrieve some stolen tech from enemy agents - and boy, does he ever get the job done. That said, the book suffers from some stilted characterizations (including the main character) and a fair amount of misogyny that was likely acceptable at the time but would never pass today. Cyborg is an engaging read and proof that you should never judge a book by its cover. If you ever run into a copy, I highly recommend it. It's a relatively quick read and has enough action to keep you turning the pages. Be prepared for some bizarre violence and one-dimensional depictions of women. Shortly after finishing the book, I discovered it was the basis for the 1970s TV show The Six Million Dollar Man (the exact price tag for Steve's upgrades). I don't know why but I always thought that show was about a James Bond type dude with a lot of money and gadgets sponsored by the government; I only made the Cyborg connection recently. I'm also aware that the show had a contemporaneous spin-off called the Bionic Woman, and oddly enough, I knew that show was about a female cyborg. There were no books about her (as far as I can tell). In any event, you'll likely be hard-pressed (that's an inside joke) to find a copy of this book (as it's been long out of print), but if you do happen to have an obnoxious relative who shoves it in your face one overcast Christmas morning, don't be so quick to relegate it to the trash heap. Death Grade: B- I still have no idea what this cover art is supposed to represent.
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Post by Merv on Jan 9, 2023 23:20:44 GMT 1
Cyborg by Martin Caidin - 1973 Over the holidays, a visiting relative shoved an aging copy of Cyborg in my face and said, "you like science fiction; you should read this." I couldn't disobey this most urgent request out of respect for my elders. Based on the bombastic hand-illustrated cover art, I assumed the book would be one of those terrible, low-quality sci-fi novels you used to be able to get at your local pharmacy for three or four bucks. After repairing some damage to the book (pages were falling out), I read it late one evening and finished it by the time the sun came up the next day. Cyborg is an unrelentingly bleak novel about an astronaut named Steve Austin. Austin suffers a near-fatal accident during a space mission and has both legs, an arm, and an eye destroyed and replaced with enhanced prosthetics. For a good part of the novel, all Steve wants to do is kill himself. It actually becomes unintentionally funny at some points. As I was reading the book, about midway through, I suddenly started thinking, this all sounds very familiar… Had I read this book before? More on this later. Anyway, Caidin goes into a fair amount of detail about creating the type of man/machine hybrid depicted in the book. It's interesting to read the retro take Caidin had on the Terminator concept. Some of the pseudo-science is weirdly compelling, if not wholely plausible. After Austin acclimates to his new situation, uncle sam springs it on him that they're looking for a return on their investment in upgrading him, and there is no installment plan. Steve will have to work for the government for the foreseeable future. He is then sent on a mission to retrieve some stolen tech from enemy agents - and boy, does he ever get the job done. That said, the book suffers from some stilted characterizations (including the main character) and a fair amount of misogyny that was likely acceptable at the time but would never pass today. Cyborg is an engaging read and proof that you should never judge a book by its cover. If you ever run into a copy, I highly recommend it. It's a relatively quick read and has enough action to keep you turning the pages. Be prepared for some bizarre violence and one-dimensional depictions of women. Shortly after finishing the book, I discovered it was the basis for the 1970s TV show The Six Million Dollar Man (the exact price tag for Steve's upgrades). I don't know why but I always thought that show was about a James Bond type dude with a lot of money and gadgets sponsored by the government; I only made the Cyborg connection recently. I'm also aware that the show had a contemporaneous spin-off called the Bionic Woman, and oddly enough, I knew that show was about a female cyborg. There were no books about her (as far as I can tell). In any event, you'll likely be hard-pressed (that's an inside joke) to find a copy of this book (as it's been long out of print), but if you do happen to have an obnoxious relative who shoves it in your face one overcast Christmas morning, don't be so quick to relegate it to the trash heap. Death Grade: B- I still have no idea what this cover art is supposed to represent. When you said the book was titled Cyborg and about a man named Steve Austin I thought....isn't that the Six Million Dollar Man? Lol Ive never really seen the show but I was aware of it. Also the basis for Stone Cold Steve Austins name...as he started in the WWF under the umbrella of the Million Dollar Man's stable.
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Post by Merv on Jan 9, 2023 23:43:52 GMT 1
Im currently about halfway through Nicholas Eames Bloody Rose. Its a sequel to Kings of the Wyld that focuses on a different band of mercenaries as they trek across the world searching for fame and glory. I'm not as into it as I was KotW but Im still enjoying it.
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Post by Lord Death Man on Jan 9, 2023 23:54:48 GMT 1
Cyborg by Martin Caidin - 1973 Over the holidays, a visiting relative shoved an aging copy of Cyborg in my face and said, "you like science fiction; you should read this." I couldn't disobey this most urgent request out of respect for my elders. Based on the bombastic hand-illustrated cover art, I assumed the book would be one of those terrible, low-quality sci-fi novels you used to be able to get at your local pharmacy for three or four bucks. After repairing some damage to the book (pages were falling out), I read it late one evening and finished it by the time the sun came up the next day. Cyborg is an unrelentingly bleak novel about an astronaut named Steve Austin. Austin suffers a near-fatal accident during a space mission and has both legs, an arm, and an eye destroyed and replaced with enhanced prosthetics. For a good part of the novel, all Steve wants to do is kill himself. It actually becomes unintentionally funny at some points. As I was reading the book, about midway through, I suddenly started thinking, this all sounds very familiar… Had I read this book before? More on this later. Anyway, Caidin goes into a fair amount of detail about creating the type of man/machine hybrid depicted in the book. It's interesting to read the retro take Caidin had on the Terminator concept. Some of the pseudo-science is weirdly compelling, if not wholely plausible. After Austin acclimates to his new situation, uncle sam springs it on him that they're looking for a return on their investment in upgrading him, and there is no installment plan. Steve will have to work for the government for the foreseeable future. He is then sent on a mission to retrieve some stolen tech from enemy agents - and boy, does he ever get the job done. That said, the book suffers from some stilted characterizations (including the main character) and a fair amount of misogyny that was likely acceptable at the time but would never pass today. Cyborg is an engaging read and proof that you should never judge a book by its cover. If you ever run into a copy, I highly recommend it. It's a relatively quick read and has enough action to keep you turning the pages. Be prepared for some bizarre violence and one-dimensional depictions of women. Shortly after finishing the book, I discovered it was the basis for the 1970s TV show The Six Million Dollar Man (the exact price tag for Steve's upgrades). I don't know why but I always thought that show was about a James Bond type dude with a lot of money and gadgets sponsored by the government; I only made the Cyborg connection recently. I'm also aware that the show had a contemporaneous spin-off called the Bionic Woman, and oddly enough, I knew that show was about a female cyborg. There were no books about her (as far as I can tell). In any event, you'll likely be hard-pressed (that's an inside joke) to find a copy of this book (as it's been long out of print), but if you do happen to have an obnoxious relative who shoves it in your face one overcast Christmas morning, don't be so quick to relegate it to the trash heap. Death Grade: B- I still have no idea what this cover art is supposed to represent. When you said the book was titled Cyborg and about a man named Steve Austin I thought....isn't that the Six Million Dollar Man? Lol Ive never really seen the show but I was aware of it. Also the basis for Stone Cold Steve Austins name...as he started in the WWF under the umbrella of the Million Dollar Man's stable. LOL RE: the wrestling connection - that's crazy! I've never seen an entire episode of The Six Million Dollar Man, either. I've seen clips here and there, and that's why I didn't fully understand that he was a cyborg (even though if you watch the show's introduction, it's 1000% clear that he is a cyborg that was "rebuilt" after an accident). "We have the technology; we can rebuild him."
It's the same for The Bionic Woman. One of my earliest memories is watching reruns of that show with my dad. We didn't watch a ton of TV in my house, so this was a rare treat. In one episode, I recall two women fighting, and one got punched in the face. When the camera pulled back, the woman's face was gone - it turns out she was a robot! There was all sorts of bizarre machinery underneath her fake face. That scared me as a kid, and I was never keen to watch more of the show after that.
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Post by Merv on Jan 10, 2023 0:21:27 GMT 1
When you said the book was titled Cyborg and about a man named Steve Austin I thought....isn't that the Six Million Dollar Man? Lol Ive never really seen the show but I was aware of it. Also the basis for Stone Cold Steve Austins name...as he started in the WWF under the umbrella of the Million Dollar Man's stable. LOL RE: the wrestling connection - that's crazy! I've never seen an entire episode of The Six Million Dollar Man, either. I've seen clips here and there, and that's why I didn't fully understand that he was a cyborg (even though if you watch the show's introduction, it's 1000% clear that he is a cyborg that was "rebuilt" after an accident). "We have the technology; we can rebuild him."
It's the same for The Bionic Woman. One of my earliest memories is watching reruns of that show with my dad. We didn't watch a ton of TV in my house, so this was a rare treat. In one episode, I recall two women fighting, and one got punched in the face. When the camera pulled back, the woman's face was gone - it turns out she was a robot! There was all sorts of bizarre machinery underneath her fake face. That scared me as a kid, and I was never keen to watch more of the show after that. I think the majority of my knowledge of The Six Million Dollar Man comes from it's legacy in other sitcoms and comedy shows. Its referenced in the Office several times...I think Steve Carells character even had a toy of it in 40 year old virgin...Im sure there were a plethora of other times it got mentioned in other stuff over the years. I definitely didn't put two and two together when I watched the WWf as a kid...it wasn't until later or during one of the many documentaries Ive watched where it became clear that the Steve Austin name was due to it's Million Dollar Man connection.
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Post by Indiana Jones on Jan 10, 2023 3:50:37 GMT 1
The Sea Wolves, by Jack du Brul.
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Post by Merv on Feb 25, 2023 20:20:11 GMT 1
Finished The Hunter by Richard Stark (aka Donald Westlake)...Short and sweet and violently delightful. Parker is a force of nature bent on revenge. He's far from heroic as he does it. So we root for him but you can't help but look out the side of your face at him either. The first of many stories apparently so I think I'll check out a few more Parker stories.
Differences from the movie Payback: (spoilers for both) The story is surprisingly accurate. I mean several sections of dialog are even spot on. There are 2 or 3 really big changes tho. First off, Parker isn't redeemable. In Payback Parker (known as Porter) has moments where we see him as an understanding and caring man. His last scene with his dead wife, his relationship with Rose, the fact that he cares for the dog...all these moral upticks are nonexistent in the novels Parker. His wife overdoses on sleeping pills in the novel but before she does Parker leaves her hanging on whether or not he's going to kill her. He smacks around and even inadvertently kills other women in the story. He goes out of his way to kill other people, like Arthur Stegman who he 'owed' for telling Mal Resnick he was back in town and kills him not clean and quick but brutally with throat punch and pistol whips. Same for Mal, who he strangles to death rather than shoots. It makes the kills feel a lot more personal even tho there are far fewer than the film. We root for Parker because he's a badass and seems smarter and tougher than everyone else in the story, but he's not objectively likeable. Secondly, the heist that got him into all this was much bigger. Parker, Mal, and several other criminals all raided an arms warehouse for the cartel or something like that. The details are fuzzy atm but it felt much bigger and more elaborate. Mal had plans to double cross everyone, except Parkers wife Lynn because he wanted her for himself, but Parker also had plans to take Mal out that same night because he figured Mal was a liability and Parker knew how to stop the liabilities. He also intended on taking Mals share of the heist. They never say how he'd explain it to the rest of the guys but it never gets that far as Mal was one step ahead on the doublecross. Speaking of, Parkers wife Lynn didn't doublecross Parker out of hatred for some affair or jealousy or even greed...Mal threatened her life. Said she could either die with Parker or shoot him herself and she'd get out alive. Her hand was forced and her situation really was the most tragic looking back because when she realizes Parker is alive and well, but Parker hates her and wishes her dead, its at that moment she decides to kill herself. Thirdly, the ending is very different. Instead of a torture scene followed by an explosion like in the film it's a planned money swap at a train station. Bronson (the lead of the outfit) keeps sending assassins to this place acting as normal people and Parker keeps spotting them, confronting them by telling them theyll miss their train, and continuing to wait. Eventually he calls Bronsons saying he's letting these guys live for now but if the money isn't here in an hour then he's gonna start killing them. So the money shows up, Parker leaves out the back entrance with it...avoids a driveby with a few assassins who spotted him, gets back to his hotel and regroups with plans on leaving in the morning. In the morning the cops are waiting for him (the detectives from Stegmans gave him up). Parker tries to lie his way out and when that fails gets into a quick scuffle with the two cops...dives into a cab with the briefcase and heads for the airport. Then he realizes the briefcase was the wrong one and he didn't get the money. Too hot to go back he plans on getting to a plastic surgeon out west and changing his face, but to get the money for that he'll need a quick score. He then mulls over hitting the outfit for the money and making a habit of being a thorn in their side. Then theres actually a short scene of him and a new gang robbing an outfit place and Parker making sure that they knew it was Parker who was doing it (since Bronson is still alive in this ending).
Edit: I did love that a lot of Parkers traits were picked up in the movie. He doesn't tip, he hates roundabout conversations preferring to get directly to the point, and he feels like the most perceptive guy in the room. I think I read that a younger Jack Palance was the kind of stand in for the character while it was being written. So i was picturing that as he was going around brutalizing the criminal underworld.
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Post by Merv on Mar 1, 2023 22:04:19 GMT 1
Continuing with the Parker novels...they seem to be pretty short, fast paced reads so im probably gonna just keep burning through them until I get sick of them.
The Man with the Getaway Face by Richard Stark (aka Donald Westlake)...Overall I might have preferred the Hunter, but I can tell already that I'm going to have a blast following Parker from job to job. He got his new face and plans and executes an armored truck robbery where everything looks like it will go wrong. I don't know if it was a thing, or is a thing, but Parker getting a 'new face' reminded me of Dwight from Sin City. Parker was more of the same here although we do get to see a little bit of a softer side in regards to a character named Stubbs and these Nebraska people. The simplest thing to do wouldve been to kill them but Parker takes the longer road ahead because he thinks that if you start killing for no good reason pretty soon you wind up in the chair. So his logic is that he has to have a pretty good reason for killing most people. Its still hilarious to me to listen to his inner monologue as he has to talk himself out of hurting or killing the idiots that seem to surround the criminal underworld. Handy and Stubbs were really interesting and likeable side characters for the most part. This series is satiating my hunger for noir that Ive had lately.
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Post by Merv on Apr 17, 2023 21:05:08 GMT 1
Started Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman…Gaiman retells several tales of of the gods and adds a bit of his own flair. It’s really good so far. I listed to the tale of how the gods tricked and betrayed Fenrir the Wolf and it’s hard not to sympathize. Knowing he kills Odin during Ragnarök is a bittersweet victory for the wolf.
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Post by Lord Death Man on Apr 17, 2023 22:34:30 GMT 1
Started Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman…Gaiman retells several tales of of the gods and adds a bit of his own flair. It’s really good so far. I listed to the tale of how the gods tricked and betrayed Fenrir the Wolf and it’s hard not to sympathize. Knowing he kills Odin during Ragnarök is a bittersweet victory for the wolf. Norse Mythology was my favorite book that year.
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Post by ])-Kyle "Wild Child" Gibney-([ on Apr 21, 2023 10:09:16 GMT 1
I seriously need to get back into this. I even bought some new books lol. It's weird really
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Post by Merv on Apr 21, 2023 11:53:15 GMT 1
I seriously need to get back into this. I even bought some new books lol. It's weird really Whatcha buy?
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Post by ])-Kyle "Wild Child" Gibney-([ on Apr 21, 2023 12:13:47 GMT 1
I seriously need to get back into this. I even bought some new books lol. It's weird really Whatcha buy? King James Bible, Koran and the Torah but I think I got ripped off
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Post by ])-Kyle "Wild Child" Gibney-([ on Apr 21, 2023 20:31:28 GMT 1
I seriously need to get back into this. I even bought some new books lol. It's weird really Whatcha buy? Kidding aside, I bought: -The Forever War by Joe Haldeman -The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson lol -some quantum computing book
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Post by Merv on May 17, 2023 1:09:08 GMT 1
Finished The Feud by Dean King...its a history on the Hatfield-McCoy feud from about 1863-1891 where two American families let slight after slight fuel revenge until there were murders and even something close to a legitimate battle along the state line of kentucky and west virginia. Really interesting read that tried to be transparent about each side having slightly different versions of many events and the historical accuracy of the 1800s in middle of nowhere Appalachia being subject to debate.
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Post by Lord Death Man on May 17, 2023 3:30:01 GMT 1
Finished The Feud by Dean King...its a history on the Hatfield-McCoy feud from about 1863-1891 where two American families let slight after slight fuel revenge until there were murders and even something close to a legitimate battle along the state line of kentucky and west virginia. Really interesting read that tried to be transparent about each side having slightly different versions of many events and the historical accuracy of the 1800s in middle of nowhere Appalachia being subject to debate. If only they had Facebook.
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Post by Merv on May 17, 2023 10:54:23 GMT 1
Finished The Feud by Dean King...its a history on the Hatfield-McCoy feud from about 1863-1891 where two American families let slight after slight fuel revenge until there were murders and even something close to a legitimate battle along the state line of kentucky and west virginia. Really interesting read that tried to be transparent about each side having slightly different versions of many events and the historical accuracy of the 1800s in middle of nowhere Appalachia being subject to debate. If only they had Facebook. The feud would’ve never died!
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Post by Merv on May 18, 2023 21:54:42 GMT 1
Animal Farm by George Orwell...when I rewatched the Hunt a few weeks ago I thought 'Why haven't i read Animal Farm yet?' So here I am. Really quite great. It's a satirical allegory for major political happenings in Russia in the early 20th century. I know very little about these details but the allegories are easy to understand if you have even an elementary level of understanding of dictatorships. Napoleon was a dick!
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Post by AQUA RAPTOR! on May 19, 2023 0:07:26 GMT 1
The Prime of Jean Brodie, in which the local "cool teacher" is secretly a Fascist.
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Post by Merv on May 19, 2023 1:01:47 GMT 1
The Prime of Jean Brodie, in which the local "cool teacher" is secretly a Fascist. Not the same story but theres a movie called The Wave that came out of Germany where a class doesn't think a Nazi rise to power could ever happen again and the teacher mimics an authoritarian state in the classroom. Its a really interesting look at how people can use tribalism to fill the voids in their lives and how quickly things can become violent.
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Post by Indiana Jones on May 20, 2023 1:55:41 GMT 1
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Post by AQUA RAPTOR! on May 20, 2023 4:31:20 GMT 1
The Prime of Jean Brodie, in which the local "cool teacher" is secretly a Fascist. Not the same story but theres a movie called The Wave that came out of Germany where a class doesn't think a Nazi rise to power could ever happen again and the teacher mimics an authoritarian state in the classroom. Its a really interesting look at how people can use tribalism to fill the voids in their lives and how quickly things can become violent. There is some of that in Jean Brodie, when the titular "cool" "teacher" managed to radicalize one of her students, Joyce Emily, into supporting the Francos in the Spanish Civil War. The girl ends up running away from home and taking a train ride to Spain, but it killed on the way amid the fighting. Brodie also scapegoats another of her students, Mary Macgregor, and blaming her for anything that went wrong and constantly shooting down anything she had to say, calling her stupid and making it clear the other girls were not to be kind to her. Then when Mary dies young, too, everyone feels terrible about the way they treated her. At one point, when Mary is walking beside one of the other girls as they're lined up following Miss Brodie, the girl tells Mary, "If Jenny were here, I wouldn't be walking beside you." Rarely have I wanted to strangle a fictional character more.
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Post by Merv on Jul 23, 2023 16:50:03 GMT 1
Just finished book 3 of The Dresden Files, Grave Peril by Jim Butcher. Its only book 3 of like a 15 book series but its the best one so far. The world building really expands in a good way in this story adding a lot of political intrigue and various organizations from different vampire courts that all vye for political power over the other to a religious order in Knights of the Cross who wield swords implanted with the nails of Jesus crucifix and harness tons of faith based magics. The villain in the Nightmare, a creature that attacks and possesses you in your sleep and can drive your spirit insane, effectively killing you, was a creepy and effective threat. The real villain behind that one was a nice little mystery. The supporting characters felt deep and plentiful. Michael, the sword wielding 'fist of God' shone through as particularly great to watch work...especially in a room of unsuspecting vampires. Overall im really liking these stories and i think they've gotten better as theyve gone on. Hopefully that trend continues.
I think Im gonna read Danse Macabre by Stephen King next. I was looking at my King list and that one is always the one I jump over chronologically but its about time I got to it.
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Post by Merv on Sept 1, 2023 1:01:48 GMT 1
Finished Danse Macabre by Stephen King...Honestly I thought I would like it more. It's Stephen King talking about horror movies, tv shows and novels...it sounded like an easy win. However a few things worked against it here. For one, it was written in 1980/81. When it comes to pop culture that is a LIFETIME ago and a lot of the state of horror movies and tv shows alone have changed so much since then. It works as a nice little glimpse as to the state of things at that time I guess, but a lot of the doubts King had about horror reaching television properly or interweaving larger themes into horror movies have already been done to a regular degree by this point in time. Secondly...King is a bit rambly. At times it almost reads like a stream of consciousness as he just vomits out annecdotes about this monster movie from 1953 or that episode of the Outer Limits or what have you. Too often I found myself wondering just what we were talking about or if there was a point to bringing all this up other than taking a mental trip down memory lane. On the brightside you do kind of get an idea, a pretty big idea actually, for what inspires Kings writing, especially back then. At the time this was written he'd only had a handful of novels published and compare that to the 60+ novels and 200+ short stories he's written til now...its an interesting look at things before the real boom.
Up next: Ive started an autobiography of Bill Cowher called Heart and Steel. He was head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1992-2006. I also have downloaded the 4th Dresden Files novel in case the autobiography got dry.
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