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| Kitiara |  RE: What are you reading now? IIII |
  Member Since: May 2000  RK: 6 MP: 1,452     | Monday June 22, 2009 10:02 PM Clan of the Cave Bear is a fantastic book. Anyone you can describe as chipper is to be avoided. You never know when they'll crack. Eventually, they're gonna start gnawing on the nearest thing they can, whether it's a hood ornament or wristwatch, wrist still attached; a moment when that uniform they've made for themselves breaks down and they fall to pieces, right out of it. Give me the life-haters any day. They'll play you straight. -Oobie |
| TheShadowlord | RE: What are you reading now? IIII |
 Member Since: October 2000  RK: 14 MP: 7,202 | Tuesday June 23, 2009 12:35 AM Housewife porn as a friend's sister described it. I wasn't impressed by it. "Day Watch" was good. I stayed up late reading it, then got up early and finished it. I'm going to be dead at work later. I feel happy...I feel happy! "I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen Roberts |
| Aeramae | RE: What are you reading now? IIII |
 Member Since: December 2003  RK: 10 MP: 3,277 | Wednesday June 24, 2009 11:36 PM AvA, don't forget to read all the follow up books in her series. I love those books, so well written. And Ayla just gets better and better it seems.Leader of the Amazonian Army, and fighter for the Female Initiative.
Bitchy since 1999. |
| DarkDalamar20 | RE: What are you reading now? IIII |
 Member Since: April 2002  RK: 13 MP: 6,311 | Thursday June 25, 2009 7:19 AM Well, considering the final book has been split up into three books because it was too massive...yeah, five years would be about right. By the way, the first of these three books, The Gathering Storm, comes out in November. Am I a bad person doing good things...or a good person doing bad things... - Dexter |
| Avenging_Angel | RE: What are you reading now? IIII |
  Member Since: July 2003 RK: 13 MP: 6,290  | Thursday June 25, 2009 9:41 AM If you consider THAT to be housewife porn, there must not be many Norwegian harlequins... So, finished Clan and I'm inclined to agree more with the "fantastic" group here. It had flaws - the writing style was pretty weak - and I can understand why a lot of people probably wouldn't like it, but I found it hard to put down. Always been a sucker for prehistory and historical fiction in general, and while I question some of the author's embroidering on the Neanderthal culture and behavior, by and large it was very well researched. Been a while since I made it through a book that long in two days and can't wait to get the rest of the series. Though, it reminded me a LOT of another book called The Island of the Blue Dolphins. Still fairly different, and IMHO a generally better book, but I'd recommend it to anyone who liked Clan. Also, Clan of the Cave Bear = the favored read of RPGC Amazons everywhere? If she becomes less of a Mary Sue, that'll solve one of my biggest complaints against it.  [[Edited by Avenging_Angel on Thursday June 25, 2009 9:45 AM]] Everywhere I go I repeat: I do not belong here. Who will bring me hemlock in their own hands? - Renee Vivien Reality is an illusion that occurs with a lack of alcohol. |
| nanuk | RE: What are you reading now? IIII |
 Member Since: February 2007  RK: 8 MP: 2,373 | Thursday June 25, 2009 4:19 PM I want to blithely say it's not as bad as I expected it to be- but I'm actually kind of loving it, lol. It's not as good as the books, and there are a lot of niggly and pointless differences (Tara is now a token black friend, Eric is nowhere near as much of a hard ass as he should be- this week Pam was giving him highlights), but it's a lot of fun- even ignoring the copious amounts of man-behind on show (there is a lot of sex in it, Ryan Kwantan's rear should get its own credit). There are enough differences in the story, as well, that it stays interesting even if you've read the books. Hmm.I'm feeling left out...  "Just imagine the headlines 'Howard Moon, Colon, Explorer'. Got a ring to that don't it?" "Colon Explorer?" "You know what I'm saying." |
| Aeramae | RE: What are you reading now? IIII |
Member Since: December 2003 RK: 10 MP: 3,277 | Thursday June 25, 2009 6:42 PM As the series grows, so does she. I honestly don't consider her a Mary Sue.Leader of the Amazonian Army, and fighter for the Female Initiative.
Bitchy since 1999. |
| SisqAlpha | RE: What are you reading now? IIII |
 Member Since: April 2007  RK: 5 MP: 953 | Friday June 26, 2009 4:07 PM Please. Someone had to birth the pussies. I think they're the effete bastard offspring of a tryst gone horribly, HORRIBLY wrong between Louis and some random Gothic princess. I heard it referred to as "Caveman Porn".... I'm inclined to agree with that, don't remember a whole lot about the book but I remember it made decent material for the midnight spank session. "Tuna and bread. Tuna and bread."----- "Fuck tuna and bread. Star Trek is on." ------------------------------------------------- "If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking." ~George S. Patton |
| Avenging_Angel | RE: What are you reading now? IIII |
Member Since: July 2003 RK: 13 MP: 6,290 | Sunday June 28, 2009 12:09 PM Interesting. I'll have to check it out. Though, I'd like to submit that half of Eric's appeal is that he's secure enough to do things like that. I mean, c'mon, his act for the party at the end of Living Dead in Dallas? From a Mary Sue checklist: - Tragic past (extra points if orphaned or past is enigmatic due to memory loss of some sort) - Loved by everyone she meets (corollary that if a Girl Power Sue, she'll be unjustly persecuted by everyone) - Unusually beautiful (extra points if unaware of it or thinks she's ugly) - Good at everything she does - Special powers to further distinguish how special and wonderful she is Sound familiar? You're assuming that he's interested in anything female. Which I suspect is assuming a lot. I'm perplexed as to where all this porn stuff is coming from, considering how little sex there was in the book, and it certainly wasn't explicit. Though the only part that really had much was describing violent rape, which makes your last bit there -highly- disturbing. About to start (duh) The Valley of Horses by Jean M. Auel. Held off on actually beginning it until I got everything I needed to do this weekend done, since I know I'll have no attention span for much else once I do. [[Edited by Avenging_Angel on Sunday June 28, 2009 12:12 PM]] Everywhere I go I repeat: I do not belong here. Who will bring me hemlock in their own hands? - Renee Vivien Reality is an illusion that occurs with a lack of alcohol. |
| TheShadowlord | RE: What are you reading now? IIII |
Member Since: October 2000 RK: 14 MP: 7,202 | Wednesday July 1, 2009 11:53 AM Just started John Brunner's "Stand on Zanzibar". A bit tough going at first, what with the tons of new terms and words being thrown around, but I'll probably get into it after another chapter or so.I feel happy...I feel happy! "I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen Roberts |
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