What are you reading?

[Partymember]

Originally Posted by Nathander

Both are great reads, and I would suggest reading Jenseit Von Gut und Bose before Also Spracht Zarathustra. Of all of Nietzsche's work, however, my favorite book by him so far has been Die Frohliche Wissenschaft ("The Gay Science"), which was his book preceding "Beyond Good and Evil" and "Thus Spoke Zarathustra".

I'm currently reading God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut. Earlier this week, I got Slaughterhouse Five from my library on Monday. I finished it Tuesday. Fantastic book.

will do, thanks man. And yeah, Slaughterhouse 5 is great

[koosie]

Originally Posted by Partymember

will do, thanks man. And yeah, Slaughterhouse 5 is great

Yes I'll second that motion, it's so excellent that Martin Amis shamelessly spun out 1 paragraph of it into a novel of his own.

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater too is a great favourite of mine with some great Kilgore Trout moments and an enlightened examination on the effects of money on individuals and society.

[jekylljuice]

I’m now nearing the conclusion of Northen Lights and, you know, I quite take back what I previously said about my having seen the movie in advance having a diminishing effect upon the novel’s ability to completely enthral me. Those chapters set in the Bolvangar labs were utterly magnetic, I honestly couldn’t put the book aside until that stage of the story had reached completion. Unsettling stuff, but really fascinating.

The mistakes made by the big-screen adaptation are also becoming a bit more transparent, notably their decision to re-arrange the structure of the story so as to adhere to a more crowd-pleasing formula, with a big dramatic LOTR-style battle forming the climax...which is all well and good, only it left the latter half feeling strangely disjointed. I can vouch that the transition from one plot point to another is much more skillfully done within the novel and that there's more of a cumulative effect. Oh, and Sarafina Pekkala is here much more of a justified character (all the same, I dare you to try saying that name with a straight face...it can't be done )

I have a few more chapters left to read, and then onto "The Subtle Knife" we go.

[Government Man]

I just finished reading "A Short History of the Anglo-Saxons". Everybody died at the end. That tends to happen in the books I read.

[Pawbah]

Just finished reading From the Dust Returned. Now I'm reading Twilight, because a friend said I should.

[jekylljuice]

Originally Posted by Government Man

I just finished reading "A Short History of the Anglo-Saxons". Everybody died at the end. That tends to happen in the books I read.

Oh jeez, now you've ruined the ending for me.

[Medikor]

I finished "I Am America (And So Can You)" not too long ago. Now I can catch up with my Naruto reading! I'm on volume 20 right now.

[some guy you dont know]

Originally Posted by Government Man

I just finished reading "A Short History of the Anglo-Saxons". Everybody died at the end. That tends to happen in the books I read.

thats because you have a good taste in books

touching spirit bear, again.

Spoiler Below

cole got mauled by a bear and almost died. but that was a while ago and now he is back at the detention center. he is going back to island next chapter, so that is kinda cool.

[jekylljuice]

The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman

I'm now about 2/3 of the way through. Brilliant stuff, it surpasses Northern Lights, I'd say, whilst taking the storyline in a highly intriguing and completely unexpected direction.

Actually, it's painfully obvious by now where the adaptation of The Golden Compass went wrong, for not only did they rearrange a huge portion of the original narrative (clumsily, I might add), but they omitted quite possibly the most powerful and dramatic scene, which takes place at the end of the book. They...er...I...grrrr...I have no idea how they expect to handle things if they're intending to go on and adapt the Subtle Knife.

Well, don't let the Spectres bite.

[AerostarMonk]

Originally Posted by jekylljuice

The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman

I'm now about 2/3 of the way through. Brilliant stuff, it surpasses Northern Lights, I'd say, whilst taking the storyline in a highly intriguing and completely unexpected direction.

Actually, it's painfully obvious by now where the adaptation of The Golden Compass went wrong, for not only did they rearrange a huge portion of the original narrative (clumsily, I might add), but they omitted quite possibly the most powerful and dramatic scene, which takes place at the end of the book. They...er...I...grrrr...I have no idea how they expect to handle things if they're intending to go on and adapt the Subtle Knife.

Well, don't let the Spectres bite.

They filmed the last part of the book. The studio cut it out for fear of turning off audiences cut it out. What's funny is had they actually had left well enough alone and let Chris Weitz go with his original vision the movie probably would've been quite successful And don't worry, you'll never see anything adapted from His Dark Materials on the big screen again. Flop doesn't even begin to cover how much New Line lost from this venture.

For what it's worth I still think they were better with a failed first movie than a franchise that pissed off a ton of people by movie 3.