What are you reading right now?

Terrible Lizard · 12-24-2008, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Anteater

Riveting story? Really now? Stephanie Meyer couldn't even do herself the service of reading either Dracula or Salem's Lot because she was afraid of her ****ty universe being "contaminated" by other influences, yet isn't scared of creating vampires that operate like a mediocre crossbreed between Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, with some teen angst thrown in to get the Harry Potter crowd to shift gears and open their wallets for this kind of excrement.

What this generation needs is a vampire novel that brings the concept back to its pre-Victorian roots in an original way, not rehashing the same urban contemporary werewolf vs vampire BS that has been propagating itself through bookstores over the last decade.

Amen my furry comrade.

Arya Stark · 12-24-2008, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Anteater

Riveting story? Really now? Stephanie Meyer couldn't even do herself the service of reading either Dracula or Salem's Lot because she was afraid of her ****ty universe being "contaminated" by other influences, yet isn't scared of creating vampires that operate like a mediocre crossbreed between Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, with some teen angst thrown in to get the Harry Potter crowd to shift gears and open their wallets for this kind of excrement.

What this generation needs is a vampire novel that brings the concept back to its pre-Victorian roots in an original way, not rehashing the same urban contemporary werewolf vs vampire BS that has been propagating itself through bookstores over the last decade.

Storyline.

Storyline.

Ahem.

I hated the characters.

Vampires will always be given a bad name to today's generation because of this novel.

I understand that.

I'm saying I couldn't put it down because I wanted to know what would happen to the characters.

Trust me, I'm a vampire fan if you've ever met one.

I didn't like it because of the "vampires."

Arya Stark · 12-24-2008, 05:40 PM

Trust me, I agree with you.

I'm not a lover of the novel.

But I couldn't stop reading it.

o.o;; I kept hoping Bella/Edward would die in some huge accident. I haven't read the last one, but I'm assuming they're still alive. I think Meyer's gotten to loving her characters too much.

I'm not one for loving mainstream without a reason.

I've no reason to be a generic fangirl of a story with no real zest.

*shrugs* Truthfully, I wouldn't reccommend, nonsubmissivewife, it's not something you want to read if you're an avid reader.

cardboard adolescent · 12-25-2008, 01:33 AM

so far only cat´s cradle and slaughterhouse five

FireInCairo · 12-25-2008, 01:38 AM

Naked Lunch again

cardboard adolescent · 12-25-2008, 01:55 AM

once was enough for me. id really like to read nova express though. a bit hard to find.

sleepy jack · 12-25-2008, 04:18 AM

Have you guys read the book he did with Kerouac yet, And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks?

I've only read Naked Lunch twice, I was confused as hell the first time but the second time I just sort of went with it and enjoyed it much more.

Anyway, I'm reading Peter Singer's How Are We to Live?

Wifey Boozer · 12-25-2008, 06:39 AM

^ Burroughs<3

PaperHurricanes got me awesome Christmas presents... including...

Black Sparrow Press was the small publication that first published my favorite author/poet, Charles Bukowski. So in this pamphlet beholds,

If You Let Them Kill You, They Will - Charles Bukowski, original publishing, 1989, Black Sparrow Press.

lucylamppost · 12-26-2008, 10:32 AM

what the **** is this twilight thing I have been hearing about what makes it so great?

TheBig3 · 12-26-2008, 12:35 PM

I'm reading Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power.

and when I'm on the bus, Sin in the Second City. I have some weird fascination with Chicago.

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FireInCairo Later on... Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,235	Naked Lunch again __________________ O G MUDBONE: Only You can prevent forest fires.

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12-24-2008, 05:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
Arya Stark "Hermione-Lite" Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: New York. Posts: 3,084	Trust me, I agree with you. I'm not a lover of the novel. But I couldn't stop reading it. o.o;; I kept hoping Bella/Edward would die in some huge accident. I haven't read the last one, but I'm assuming they're still alive. I think Meyer's gotten to loving her characters too much. I'm not one for loving mainstream without a reason. I've no reason to be a generic fangirl of a story with no real zest. shrugs Truthfully, I wouldn't reccommend, nonsubmissivewife, it's not something you want to read if you're an avid reader.

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cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,511	so far only cat´s cradle and slaughterhouse five

12-25-2008, 01:55 AM	#6 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,511	once was enough for me. id really like to read nova express though. a bit hard to find.