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Revan
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Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 10:11 pm Post subject: So what are you reading? (Survey/Discussion) |
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Wala lang, survey. What are you guys reading these days? Comics, books, plays, non-fic, school readings, manga, webcomics, gamebooks, whatever! Titles? Raves, rants and reviews? Pimp your books right here!
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His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman
-Very cool twist on Milton's Paradise Lost, and makes for a fine reading for young adult literature, sci-fi, and fantasy. There's a movie trilogy in the works, and I sincerely hope they don't mangle it...
Star Wars: Legacy & Knights of the Old Republic comics (Dark Horse)
-These appeal to the star wars fanboy within, as well as exploring the Star Wars galaxy four millenia before the movies (KotOR) and a century after (Legacy). Art and story is okay so far, and it's still fairly easy to jump in at the start of the series.
Ang Mundo Ni Andong Agimat by Arnold Arre
-Folk Catholicism and Filipino Mythology meet FPJ! Mythology Class this ain't! Grittier art style and a more street urban story make this comic a great tribute to the Philippines' agimat myths, Pinoy action movies, and the late great Fernando Poe Jr. _________________ Words are the only bullets in truth's bandolier. And poets are the snipers.
-George Wu (The Hyperion Cantos, Dan Simmons) |
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Xtian
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Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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Order of the Stick. It's a comdey webcomic based on D&D. The author knows his rules and humors. |
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princessa
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Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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is that new arnold arre novel any good? i saw it, but was turned off cuz it was in tagalog. reading tagalog makes me dizzy. i thought after eden was too mushy (too mushy for my tastes, anyway). although i AM a closet romantic...
moving on...
try reading (or at least skimming) david mack's kabuki: metamorphosis. eye candy, cuz it's PAINTED page after page, and heavily inspired by bill sienkiewicz (yes, the spelling is correct). it's very inspirational, psychological, whatever.
back when we were members of UP-GRAIL *cough*, we had this "bring-comics-to-share" day or something....
webcomics....i read frank cho's adult themed comic strips (get your mind outta the gutter, young 'un) ----> http://www.libertymeadows.com/uncengal/index.htm
and highly recommended: bleedman's stuff ----> http://grim.snafu-comics.com/ and http://ppg.snafu-comics.com/ (but I'm sure you already know about these)
Eragon. Sucked. Don't even try it. Kind of a Star Wars/LoTR ripoff. Imagine reading a fanfiction that's just bookbound nicely. Saw the movie trailer, and I must say, the dragon design looks cool.
I am looking for the book, Two Hearts by Peter S. Beagle. It's the sorta sequel to The Last Unicorn. So if anyone has it....borrow? _________________ Expected, really.
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Revan
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Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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princessa wrote: | is that new arnold arre novel any good? i saw it, but was turned off cuz it was in tagalog. reading tagalog makes me dizzy. i thought after eden was too mushy (too mushy for my tastes, anyway). although i AM a closet romantic...
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Yup. It takes some getting used to if you're stuck thinking in english (like me), but it's really a fun read. There are characters and plot threads here and there that feel like they really need more space in the novel for exploration, but all in all, it's nicely done. Remind me to bring it next week if you want a preview.
Quote: | back when we were members of UP-GRAIL *cough*, we had this "bring-comics-to-share" day or something.... |
Why not? Let's see what we can cook up. Jaykie brings the occasional Sandman anyway, and I'll be packing my SW comics at least until the end of this year.
Quote: | Eragon. Sucked. Don't even try it. Kind of a Star Wars/LoTR ripoff. Imagine reading a fanfiction that's just bookbound nicely. Saw the movie trailer, and I must say, the dragon design looks cool.
I am looking for the book, Two Hearts by Peter S. Beagle. It's the sorta sequel to The Last Unicorn. So if anyone has it....borrow? |
Hehe...Noted and noted. I'll see if I can spot a copy in Booksale. Unlikely, but you never know.
Oh, and thanks for the link, Xtian, woot! All hail OOTS! _________________ Words are the only bullets in truth's bandolier. And poets are the snipers.
-George Wu (The Hyperion Cantos, Dan Simmons) |
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princessa
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Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 11:41 pm Post subject: |
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I do have some witchblade, fathom and ah my goddess manga lying around (sold most of my ah my goddes comics, which i am now regretting), not to mention old x-men, my prized sandman collection and david mack, of course. just to keep things eclectic.
I highly doubt Mon will bring his Spawn collection. Seeing as he wants to keep everything in mint condition.
I still say toys, action figures (be it mcfarlane or whatever) shoud be opened and held. _________________ Expected, really.
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Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 12:50 am Post subject: |
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oooh, comic books! well, most of my stuff is *cough hack illegal hurmh hack*... i.e. i have tons and tons of bootleg comics/manga. heeheehee... standouts in my e-collection right now include completed series of Battle Royale, Hikaru no Go, One Piece, and Death Note. i *used* to have Bleach up to like the latest, but i was forced to delete that and a bunch of Naruto, Eyeshield 21, and yes, Prince of Tennis volumes to free up some disk space. i, erm, i'm not allowed to post the links of where i got 'em (it's against the code of conduct, which, as of this writing, does not exist yet), but anybody interested just send me a PM, i'll lend you the CD's.
i do have some "real" comics, too. my collection of sandman, swamp thing, and AoA X-Men series, as well as "one-ofs" of Fables, Crisis of Infinite Earths, Infinite Crisis, and assorted stuff by Alan Moore (Watchmen and V for Vendetta). I bought this one awesome vampire manga, Blood Sucker. name is kinda lame, but it's pretty good. not as gory as battle royale, but still nice and gory anyway. too bad i can't find volumes 2 up. >< i also have genshiken up to volume 6. pretty interesting manga about the otaku life, but nothing totally extraordinary.
as for other books, aside from MtG cycle stories, i'm currently reading Storm of Swords, book 3 of the Song of Fire and Ice series. pretty interesting stuff. i, ahh, don't have too many other books, truth be told, but if anyone has any recommended reading, i might check it out, hehehe. XD
oh, and of course, http://www.penny-arcade.com/ is a MUST read webcomic. too funny! older stuff in particular. speaking of which, I actually have their first book, Attack of the Bacon Robots. it's their oldest stuff, but not their best. i think the second book should be much better, but unfortunately i can't track down a copy. _________________ And I'm still, still longing. Still cold... so cold. |
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Revan
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:40 pm Post subject: Webcomic goodness |
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princessa
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Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 12:52 pm Post subject: |
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Review of Ang Mundo ni Andong Agimat.
Good read. Fast paced (I finished it in an hour) You won't get bored. And good take on Pinoy Pop Culture Superheroes. The names were kinda cheesey (Andong Agimat, Boy Bato, Tonio Baga), but hey, it's recognizably pinoy. Kinda got dizzy reading Tagalog, though, but I stuck it out because the story was okay.
Didn't get why Maria Makiling became blond, though. _________________ Expected, really.
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Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 10:12 pm Post subject: |
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zomg! Pet Shop of Horrors manga! XDDD
It's a little, well... it's a little queer, I'll give you that, but it's still pretty good imho. Lurved teh anime, too bad my DVD copy is nerfed. But oh well. _________________ And I'm still, still longing. Still cold... so cold. |
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Revan
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Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 10:55 pm Post subject: |
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princessa wrote: | Didn't get why Maria Makiling became blond, though. |
Actually, I think they dyed her hair blue? I don't remember clearly, but I think somewhere, the druggie extracting her blood mentioned something about "asul" in relation to her hair, I think. _________________ Words are the only bullets in truth's bandolier. And poets are the snipers.
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Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 10:19 am Post subject: |
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Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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Emo Boy
it's an interesting take on the emo kid culture, and it's kinda funny... for me, anyway, since it was not so long ago when i was but a weepy emo boy myself. but it's an interesting book regardless. check it out if you can. _________________ And I'm still, still longing. Still cold... so cold. |
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Eris
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Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 10:17 am Post subject: |
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right now i'm reading Men Are From Mars and Women Are From Venus...
la lang... sharing lang... haha! _________________ "in the shadows of the valley
i walk, endlessly...
shouting for mercy, for what i have come to be."
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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I have a lot of things on queue right now. Hee. But I'm gonna start with Vampire-freakin'-Hunter D, soon as I finish with A Feast for Crows. Gonna get me A Dance with Dragons soon as I can... prolly gonna read Immortality (which I got for Christmas), as well as lotsa comic books, in between. _________________ And I'm still, still longing. Still cold... so cold. |
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Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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okay i know prolly nobody reads this, but has anyone here heard of Eyeshield 21? it's a manga about american football. anyway, the latest chapter as of this writing is 216, and the entire thing was a crock. i mean, he caught the ball right, but he landed out of bounds. he got one foot inbounds, the other out. that should count as out of bounds, but nooo... they scored a touchdown! that's not how it works! he needs both feet inbounds, not just one.
ahh well, just ranting. -___- _________________ And I'm still, still longing. Still cold... so cold. |
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Makunouchi
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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 12:00 am Post subject: |
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Currently reading scans of Sandman graphic novels. |
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Revan
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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 12:27 am Post subject: Re: Sandman |
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How far have you gotten? And you do know that boy bakal has the hard copies, right?
Just finished reading:
The Light Brigade: The war in heaven fought out in World War 2.
Marvel 1602: A really cool Neil Gaiman take on the Marvel Universe four centuries early.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic #11: New story arc, with an unusual galactic bank, two clumsy Ithorian bounty hunters, and a character from Zayne Carrick's past. I'll be hauling it along tomorrow.
@boy_bakal:
How's A Feast for Crows so far? Major changes are coming in the south. Info on Daenerys and Jon Snow will be forthcoming in A Dance with Dragons, as Feast focuses more on the south. _________________ Words are the only bullets in truth's bandolier. And poets are the snipers.
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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 12:40 am Post subject: |
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@Makunouchi: yeah, what Revan said. i've got the hard copies at home; tell me if you wanna borrow one or two.
@Revan: A Feast for Crows is pretty good. It expands on the stories of Jaime, Brienne, Samwell, and *gasp* Cersei. There's a touch of the Starks in there, with a few chapters devoted to Sansa and Arya (a shame, since Arya's story is getting really interesting, although I hear there will be more of her in A Dance with Dragons), and a few chapters devoted to Dorne. I think I still like A Storm of Swords slightly better than Feast, but I haven't finished reading yet. What bugs me is the absence of Tyrion, Daenerys, Jon, and Bran, but as you've mentioned that stuff is gonna be tackled in Dance (which is why I anticipate it even more). Hopefully Dany will cause some serious Targaryen pwnage on Westeros soon, because at this point she's turned into one of the more interesting characters. Oh, and I'm hoping beyond hope that the one character in Dance that is as yet unconfirmed turns out to be Catelyn. XDDD _________________ And I'm still, still longing. Still cold... so cold. |
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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:06 am Post subject: |
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anyone have a copy of Neil Gaiman's new book Fragile Things? It's not a novel but somewhat like Smoke and Mirrors. A collection of short stories and poems.
And I somewhat mislike Neil Gaiman's novels, except Stardust (and that's borderline fairytale). Sandman is still his best stuff.
Guys, check this out. It's from Neil Gaiman's Smoke and Mirrors, entitled Babycakes. Illustrated by some random guy...
http://ljconstantine.com/babycakes/page1.htm _________________ Expected, really.
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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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that story was somewhat disturbing, though, babycakes was...
the thing i liked most from smoke and mirrors is snow, glass, apples. i like gaiman's work on sandman by far, of course, although to a lesser extent now that i've read the work of alan moore, whose work has clearly influenced gaiman (who readily admits that fact btw). moore's work is less polished at times, but in a grittier, darker way, which makes it seem that much more fascinating. _________________ And I'm still, still longing. Still cold... so cold. |
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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 9:16 pm Post subject: |
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Sadly, I didn't start out right. I've read hard copies of Season of Mists and Doll's House before acquiring the scans.
Just finished Preludes and Nocturnes yesterday. I'm still missing a few volumes because my USB couldn't contain all of them at once. The rest that I currently have are Dream Country, Fables and Reflections, A Game of You and World's End.
Hmm, the one that I'm most interested in is The High Cost of Living.
Anyway. Civil War #6 came out some days ago, but I haven't gotten hold of a copy yet. |
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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | he thing i liked most from smoke and mirrors is snow, glass, apples. i like gaiman's work on sandman by far, of course, although to a lesser extent now that i've read the work of alan moore, whose work has clearly influenced gaiman (who readily admits that fact btw). |
ah, yes. snow glass apples. loved that story the best of the collection. Tastings was pretty risque, almost...porn. but artistic porn nonetheless. yikes.
Chivalry and Changes is good. and that poem, Virus.
Quote: | Hmm, the one that I'm most interested in is The High Cost of Living. |
i've got a copy of this. as well as Time of Your Life. but i can't let you bring them home, i'm afraid. had a LOT of issues in the past wherein people borrowed books and never returned (my 4-part large size mythology class series comes to mind). not that i'm saying you wouldn't return, but i've been burned one time too many. _________________ Expected, really.
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Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 12:30 pm Post subject: |
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recently i read the light brigade which was so cool hahaha i never thought it existed before it was so fun that even when we were having a campaign i couldn't stop reading it. _________________ Only by confronting your darkest fears can you find the light...
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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@Revan: since you're the only other person I know who reads A Song of Fire and Ice, check this out. seems kinda interesting, but dramatic? i dunno... but we'll see i suppose. _________________ And I'm still, still longing. Still cold... so cold. |
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Revan
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Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 12:20 am Post subject: RE: Song of Ice and Fire |
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OMBFG...
An HBO series? First thing I thought was crap! No!
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Then I again, I suddenly remember how Rome came out. And how Troy came out. It just might work! We'll see.
On a tangential note, have you heard anything about a GRR Martin novela/short story called "The Hedge Knight"? Set about a century before "A Game of Thrones." A division of Marvel, the Dabel Brothers, is busy converting it into a comic book series. _________________ Words are the only bullets in truth's bandolier. And poets are the snipers.
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Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 2:17 am Post subject: |
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oh yeah, i've heard of that. sounds interesting. i'll keep an eye out for any copies i might find, of either the comic or the novel, hehe. _________________ And I'm still, still longing. Still cold... so cold. |
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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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i just wanna comment about megatokyo..
it's an interesting manga.. well, its a story of two american guys stranded in Japan.. the story (i've read) so far is that their journeys just keep getting weirder and weirder..
hehe _________________ There is happiness for those who accept their fate. There is glory for those who defy their fate
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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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Have you checked out the newer pages recently? MT volume 4 ends at strip# 742, so check out 743 onwards. I linked it earlier above. _________________ Words are the only bullets in truth's bandolier. And poets are the snipers.
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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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just finished a grisham...
anybody here reads terry goodkind? nobody?... just me?... okay then...
i'm planning on writing an adaptation of shakespeare's hamlet, but i'm transposing the story to modern philippines instead of denmark. tapos kaysa king yung erpats ni hamlet, his a provincial governor who gets whacked by his vice governor who also happens to be his cousin in law. very controversial and appropriate. _________________ By the Power of Truth, I, while living, have conquered the Universe!
-Faust
The strong take from the weak, but the smart take from the strong.
-The Rule of Four
Man's ego is the fountainhead of human progress.
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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 11:56 pm Post subject: |
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RA Salvatore, all the way! You just gotta love his devotion to his characters (Drizzt Do'Urden, Bruenor Battlehammer, Catti-Brie, Wulfgar, and so on). Plus, he moves his plots well.
Books by Salvatore:
* Streams of Silver, Book 2 of the Icewind Dale Trilogy
* The Hunter's Blades Trilogy (The Thousand Orcs, The Lone Drow, and The Two Swords)
Also, Michael Moorcock. Again, another fanatic for his own characters. Author of the Elric Saga, he's got a full-fledged page-flipper: Elric the Albino, last sorcerer-king of Melniboné, wielding the sword Stormbringer. What else to say?
Books by Moorcock:
* The Elric Saga
* The Dreamthief's Daughter: A Tale of the Albino _________________ A little surprising, really...
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