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 Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 1:02 pm
lets see I'm currantly not ensconced in any book but I just finished reading 3 books by terry pratchett (in my oppinion the best fantasy comedy writer in the world ever!)
I just read, reaper man, soul music and Mort
I borrowed them off of a friend in work whos as nutty as i am frankly XD!
all three of these books are based around DEATH (you have to say it in capitols) or should I say the anthromorphic pwersonification of death. he has a facination to his job, or should I say he's facinated by the people in his job, he also loves a curry and rides a real white horse called binky (cause he tried those skeleton horses, they wwere uncomfortable, and the whole flame ridden horse, they';d just stand there and look sheepish when thei burnt all of their bedding up, no death likes a good old real horse!)
I highly reccomend them! and tho it doesn't matter what order you read pratchetss books in really (theres 47 disc world nocvels i think O.o) the order should be mort - where death highers an apprentice cause he gets a bit bored in hsi job, heer we find out death has a daughter who's a 35 year old 16 year od, just read it it's fasb and it'll make you giggle!
In the second book along - Reaper man - death is forced out of his job by 'the auditors' and goes to work ona farm taking on the name of 'bill door' people just look at bill door and just think he's skinny the fact that he's a 'skelington' as said by one little girl who can acctually see him, seems not to bother the town folk, they just ignore it.
And finally soul music, we discover that death has a grand daughter and well she sems to be inheriting her grandfathers buisness while death takes up a life long ambition to forget.
hehe mah friends let me borrow 5 more I'm hoping I can read through them all this week whoile i'm off heers hoping I'll let yas know how they go ^-^!!
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Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 2:19 pm
i've just read the DEATH trilogy myself too. Death is one of my favourite Pratchett characters, he has so many hangups and totally no idea of how to mingle with live people! Terry Pratchett is a very good writer, highly cynical with a dry wit, he's bang on the nail with most of his observations on human behaviour, here's an example, taken from Hogfather-a novel about Death having to do the job of the discworlds Santa -
'And there's the sign,Ridcully,' said the Dean.'you HAVE read it, i assume. You know? The sign which says "Do not, under any circumstances, open this door"?'
'Of course i've read it,' said Ridcully. 'why do you think i want it opened?'*
with the accompanying footnote* This exchange contains almost all you need to know about human civilization..
read Mr.Pratchett, he's well worth it biggrin
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Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 2:36 pm
my current book is My Family and Other Aminals by Gerald Durrell.
i love this book. Gerald Durrell was an animal collector who opened a zoo on Jersey and travelled around the world collecting specimens for himself and others. he wrote many books about his travels, all very entertaining.
this particular book is set in the mid 30's when Gerry was 10 and his family went to live in Corfu for 5 years. his family was highly eccentric and the book is full of laughter and never ceases to make me smile. Mr.Durrell also has a very discriptive prose, you can practically feel the Corfiot sun seeping from the pages and under your skin.
Another author i recommend highly biggrin
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Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 2:37 pm
heheindeedy I'm about to read the watch quadrilogy. I'm a bit nutty and have read some later novels first (monstrous regiment and night watchmen and the theif of time) before i read the earlier ones . i was kinda surprised that susan didn't end up with imp, tho i reacon h will roll around to soemthing involving 'the theif of time' and susan in the futre which will be fun. i think I'm gunna read carpajugular next hehe i wanna know what hapend with the warewolves from reaper man ^-^! I'm a sucker I really am. I love pratchett he's just so whitty and the one liners if ya dun laugh ye must be like the saddest person in the world really, yay for DEATH
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Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 11:11 am
Talencia Does anyone here read fantasy? I do. I'ma huge fan of Piers Anthony, Tolkein and Anne Bishop.
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Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 11:12 am
Right now, I'm not reading anything since I'm trying to get a cross-stitch and get some religious study done. But I have _The Silmarillion_ by Tolkein and _Black House_ by King waiting patiently for me.
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Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:21 pm
Oh my, I have so many half-read books, or books waiting to be read that I'm not sure I'll ever get around to. Right now I'm attempting Cry, The Beloved Country which is about South Africa, where my dad was born and raised and where my grandma and some other relatives still are. It's not very interesting to me though, and definitely is not a page-turner. It doesn't leave me wondering what will happen next, and they way they talk is kind of unanimated, but that is kind of how I remember them talking there when I was little.
I want to read Angels and Demons, but I have to borrow it from the library first, now that we have a library and are in a small town again.
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Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:42 pm
EternalHearts Right now, I'm not reading anything since I'm trying to get a cross-stitch and get some religious study done. But I have _The Silmarillion_ by Tolkein and _Black House_ by King waiting patiently for me.
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Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 3:47 pm
EternalHearts Talencia Does anyone here read fantasy? I do. I'ma huge fan of Piers Anthony, Tolkein and Anne Bishop. OMG I LOVE Piers Anthony! Some of my favorite books as i was growing up. Been trying to convince Kevinto purchase them for me wink Just read Blackwood farm by Anne Rice (love her!) looking forward to getting Blood Canticle. Starting on Chuck Palahniuk "Lullaby" (he also wrote Fight Club) I love him as well! So twisted and original! OH! And for a great short horror story every week (must warn you tho, some are pretty F***ed up and racist and gory) GO HERE. He wrote Bubba Ho-Tep (movie starred Bruce Campbell and Ossie Davis) He's great!...but definitely not for the weak.
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Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 2:21 pm
I'm a huge Stephen King fan although I have yet to read Talisman, Tommyknockers (saw the horrible movie tho), Everything's Eventual, Bag of Bones, Roadwork, or any of the Dark Towers yet. Am curious to know how these rate against the classics like Christine, Carrie, The Stand, It, and Cujo. I am also slowly getting into Patricia Cornwell and dabbling in Dean Koontz. Don't really allow myself much time to read books as I am much more into periodicals but am really wanting to read all of King's work and maybe also start getting into Anne Rice. I also have lots of the generic classics like The Scarlet Letter, Catcher in the Rye, Night to read as I'd like to say I've read them in their entirety (as opposed to a chapter here and there like I did in junior high/high school). Just my ramblings. *hugs* heart
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Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 2:34 pm
you seem to like a lot of the authors that i do, i have most of the Stephen King books and the Dark tower series are one of my favourites of his. along with Rose Madder, It and the Talisman, i have a number of Patricia cornwell, she's very good.
Dean Koontz is a bit variable, some of his books are fantastic, whilst others are really lame. my faves of his are The Bad Place, Lightning and Watchers. Watchers made me sob in places it was that moving and well written.
Anne rice is good too, i've read the vampire chronicles and quite a few others by her, she's very prolific!
i'd really like to read some classics, the only one i have read is Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier, i saw the film one rainy sunday afternoon and was transfixed by it. i had to read the book after that and it was enthralling. i'd like to build a library of the really good classics, but i want them to be proper old books, slightly tatty hardbacks that have that lovely smell that old books get. then i'd shut myself away and finally give myself a rest from the internet!!
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Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 2:52 pm
Oooh yes, I loved Rose Madder as well. There was a time I was actually reading his non-series books as fast as he was throwing them out (while skipping a few of his older ones). I didn't really enjoy Insomnia. *LOVED* the Green Mile. That was the last one I've actually read straight through. Gotta get back on track. My favorite King books thus far are "The Stand", "It", and "Needful Things". Tell me, what do you think of his movies? I really enjoyed "The Shining", "Misery", and "The Stand". "Cujo" wasn't bad either although it missed a few parts. I could (obviously) go on about King forever. LOL A friend of mine got me into Patricia Cornwell a few years ago, she *is* very good. I enjoy the whole mystique she portrays. I haven't really read a lot of Dean Koontz, maybe 2 or 3 (and that was awhile ago, I'd have to re-read the few books of his I have in order to give an opinion). But, I'll definitely have to check out the ones you have listed so I can obtain a better view of his work! I've always wanted to read an Anne Rice novel, probably because of the Vampire Chronicles and how much I enjoyed the films. I do believe I have a book of hers at home, The Vampire Lestat. I haven't yet read Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier, nor have I seen the film. Again, will have to check it out. Some of the books I have were hand-me-downs from my father, especially the Scarlet Letter. It's slightly tatty with that old attic smell but still in remarkable shape. I also have an old copy of "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farms" that my mother bestowed upon me but I received it back in my butterfly catching phase so its pages are littered with (albeit beautiful) several butterfly pressings. smile heart
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Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 3:55 pm
now the thing with me and'horror' is i can read it but i can't watch it! even something that isn't that scary will keep me awake scared of what might be coming through the door, daft i know but that's just me...i think if i watched The Shining it would scare me silly, some of his books i don't like to read again, Cujo is one, it's ok until he starts to really suffer from the rabies, then it goes back on the shelf, another is Gerald's Game, that's just too creepy for me to want to read again. i really like the Stand too, there has been a televised version of that over here, but it was rubbish, missed so much out.
i recently re-read the vampire Lestat, and Queen of the Damned which follows it, both great books.
i need a new author to get into though, i'm a bit of a coward when it comes to trying someone new so i need some helpful hints smile
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Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 4:27 pm
Gerald's Game, zoinks! Totally didn't appreciate the whole premise of that one! I don't think it's daft that you don't like scary movies... I don't really like them either. I've only seen a handful outside of those based on Stephen King movies and the only reason I am intune with those is because I want to see how closely they portray the novel. I forgot to mention that I loved Tom Hanks in "The Green Mile". I still think the best adaptation is "Shawshank Redemption". Have you read that novella? It's part of the "Different Seasons" collection. It's actually entitled "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption", excellent story. Regarding "The Stand", it's hard to fit such a huge book into a movie without skipping parts but I thought the job wasn't half bad. "The Shining" was indeed a very scary movie, I remember seeing it before I even knew who Stephen King was and boy did it scare the bejesus outta me! The never could get the shrubbery scene quite right in either the original film or the remake featuring Rebecca Demornay (sp?). *LOVED* "Queen of the Damned" the movie with Aayilah, need to purchase the books. Thanks for conversing with me about books, I don't think you post too much by the way, enjoy the chatter! heart wink
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 12:24 pm
Well, at the moment I'm being a total trekkie and reading a couple books by Christie Golden. There all about the crew of Star Trek's Voyager and what happens to the characters after they get home. She's got several books out now about them and I loved the show and now I love having them right there where I can hear them talking in my head as I read about them. Sounds really geeky huh?
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