The 'Now Reading' thread

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 5:45 pm

So it's a 'no', then.

Rodr-Evil · Post by **Rodr-Evil** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 8:00 am

The horror in literature now.

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 9:44 am

Kurt Vonnegut on page 23 wrote:Here is a lesson in creative writing.
First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college.

then on page 134 he breaks the rule, just to show that 'rules only take us so far, even good rules.' that made me feel a little jerked-around. does he think semicolons are pretentious or not? i can't tell; he's too busy being cute.

the other main problem i had was when he referred to earth as the only inhabitable ecosystem in the milky way galaxy, which (as far as i know) has not been fully surveyed by the census bureau yet.

i was kind of sorry to see those things in there

odin2 · Post by **odin2** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 3:03 pm

JJ Burke wrote:
Kurt Vonnegut on page 23 wrote:Here is a lesson in creative writing.
First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college.
then on page 134 he breaks the rule, just to show that 'rules only take us so far, even good rules.' that made me feel a little jerked-around. does he think semicolons are pretentious or not? i can't tell; he's too busy being cute.

the other main problem i had was when he referred to earth as the only inhabitable ecosystem in the milky way galaxy, which (as far as i know) has not been fully surveyed by the census bureau yet.

i was kind of sorry to see those things in there

What about Yuggoth?

Hodgson · Post by **Hodgson** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 2:31 pm

The Aenied & In a Lonely Place (Karl Edward Wagner). The latter is not bad, although I haven't run across a story as good as "Sticks" yet.

Also, the other night I listened to recordings of "The Voice in the Night" (WH Hodgson) and "The Willows" (Blackwood)--and they're both still excellent.

Enkil · Post by **Enkil** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 7:12 pm

now i've moved onto the Narrative of G. Pym by Poe. Which is quite good.

Goldfinger was the best, most suspensful, story I've read since the Ninja Turtles had childrens books. Everyone should go read it.

Diocletian · Post by **Diocletian** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 10:00 am

I just finished "The Dunwich Cycle", which I thoroughly enjoyed - a lot more than I did "The Itaqua Cycle" which got old pretty fast although individual stories were not bad, far from it - just too much as a package IMO.

Also reading "The Chronicles of Castle Brass" by Michael Moorcock and a book about Druss the Legend by David Gemmel.

Rodr-Evil · Post by **Rodr-Evil** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 10:06 am

Diocletian wrote: Also reading "The Chronicles of Castle Brass" by Michael Moorcock and a book about Druss the Legend by David Gemmel.

that book is part od the Elric cycle?

Diocletian · Post by **Diocletian** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 10:32 am

Rodr-Evil wrote:
Diocletian wrote: Also reading "The Chronicles of Castle Brass" by Michael Moorcock and a book about Druss the Legend by David Gemmel.
that book is part od the Elric cycle?

Nah its a collection of three books that follow directly on from events in "The History of the Runestaff". No Elric, Dorian Hawkmoon is the main protagonist in these books. I don't actually ever remember enjoying any Elric books, or, for that matter any Moorcock books other than the Runestaff ones (and the Castle Brass ones I'm reading now)!

Eternities End · Post by **Eternities End** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 12:58 pm

Im reading "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

Hodgson · Post by **Hodgson** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 8:30 am

I'm still reading the Aeneid, but just finished Five Years, Four Fronts by Georg Grossjohann and have started The Firestorm at Peshtigo by Denise Gess and William Lutz. I've also returned to poetry lately, especially DG Rossetti.

And, although I'm in no position to start it now, I finally got a copy of Night has a Thousand Eyes by Cornell Woolrich.

Rodr-Evil · Post by **Rodr-Evil** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:18 am

Diocletian wrote:
Rodr-Evil wrote:
Diocletian wrote: Also reading "The Chronicles of Castle Brass" by Michael Moorcock and a book about Druss the Legend by David Gemmel.
that book is part od the Elric cycle?
Nah its a collection of three books that follow directly on from events in "The History of the Runestaff". No Elric, Dorian Hawkmoon is the main protagonist in these books. I don't actually ever remember enjoying any Elric books, or, for that matter any Moorcock books other than the Runestaff ones (and the Castle Brass ones I'm reading now)!

Yes? I do not know anything about Runestaff

, the only thing that I have read is Elric!

Diocletian · Post by **Diocletian** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:55 am

Rodr-Evil wrote:
Diocletian wrote:
Rodr-Evil wrote: that book is part od the Elric cycle?
Nah its a collection of three books that follow directly on from events in "The History of the Runestaff". No Elric, Dorian Hawkmoon is the main protagonist in these books. I don't actually ever remember enjoying any Elric books, or, for that matter any Moorcock books other than the Runestaff ones (and the Castle Brass ones I'm reading now)!
Yes? I do not know anything about Runestaff , the only thing that I have read is Elric!

I read the "High History of the Runestaff" when I was 16 (13 years ago) and it's one of the books I've kept to this day as it was so good. Maybe it'd be a crap if I re-read it now as an adult, I don't know.

E.A. Lovecraft · Post by **E.A. Lovecraft** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:29 pm

Diocletian wrote:No Elric, Dorian Hawkmoon is the main protagonist in these books. I don't actually ever remember enjoying any Elric books, or, for that matter any Moorcock books other than the Runestaff ones (and the Castle Brass ones I'm reading now)!

Elric rocks. Such a tragic figure. Awesome sword.

Isn't Dorian Hawkmoon supposed to be another incarnation of the eternal champion?

I'm reading the Iliad, BTW. Might have to revisit the Elric books after this.

Diocletian · Post by **Diocletian** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 1:01 pm

E.A. Lovecraft wrote:
Diocletian wrote:No Elric, Dorian Hawkmoon is the main protagonist in these books. I don't actually ever remember enjoying any Elric books, or, for that matter any Moorcock books other than the Runestaff ones (and the Castle Brass ones I'm reading now)!
Elric rocks. Such a tragic figure. Awesome sword.

Isn't Dorian Hawkmoon supposed to be another incarnation of the eternal champion?

I'm reading the Iliad, BTW. Might have to revisit the Elric books after this.

You could be right about Hawkmoon being another incarnation of Elric - there was just a little sequence in one of the Castle Brass books about Dorian dreaming of himself as being other people which may be connected to what you're saying. Is there one book, or collection, about Elric that I should read?