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Post by Robyn on May 7, 2005 20:54:05 GMT -5
Eh?
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Post by Quites on May 8, 2005 13:04:35 GMT -5
HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy
HHGG
H2G2.
TaDa.
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Post by Robyn on May 8, 2005 14:55:38 GMT -5
*blinks* Woooooooww.......
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Post by Skiv on May 8, 2005 15:28:43 GMT -5
HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy HHGG H2G2. TaDa. I thought that might be it, but... Hitchhiker is one word, no? HGttG. Or, if you're daring, HHGttG. |
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Post by Canela on May 9, 2005 22:57:55 GMT -5
Don't question the great mind that was Douglas Adams, yo. He was Douglas Adams, he could do whatever the hell he wanted. Such as spell 'hitchhiker' incorrectly, or write a trilogy with five parts. ;D
Has anyone read 'The Salmon of Doubt? It's a collection of interviews, short stories, memoirs, and newspaper columns, as well as the novel he was working on before he died. You really get to see into his mind, and appreciate him as a person, instead of just for his books. If you take the time to get to know his writings beyond H2G2, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
I love his sense of humor.
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Post by Canela on Jan 2, 2006 1:45:51 GMT -5
*Prods thread* How did we let this die?
What have y'all been reading?
Neil Gaiman and Jane Austen are now on my list of personal gods. I read the first volume of Sandman. Loved it.
Can anyone reccomend some fantasy titles/authors? I'm in the mood for urban fantasy, 'specially urban fantasy with a good romantic subplot that's not too cheesy or sentimental, though TEO said, "There isn't any. You're going to have to write it yourself."
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Post by Quites on Jan 2, 2006 10:46:18 GMT -5
If you want urban fantasy, I can give you a coupla webcomics that fit into that box decently well, though none of them are as exactly Gaiman-ish as you might like. If you're interested, though... just ask or something, I guess...
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Post by The Evil Overlordess on Jan 3, 2006 9:03:39 GMT -5
I'd be interested, Quites.
I bought Reaper Man and Night Watch with my Christmas money. Haven't finished Reaper Man yet. It occured to me that while Pratchett is great at satire and little cookies hidden in his work, his descriptions aren't that great. I feel the urge to read something a bit less pared-down and more flowery, now.
M'also working my way through Dragonfly, by Frederic S. Durbin. It's scary as all get-out, despite (or maybe because of) being told from the POV of a ten-year-old. It's rather like one of Canela's NaNo ideas-- every monster children ever feared exists. It rather reminds me of the movie Labyrinth. Basically, a little girl goes into the underworld when monsters start to build a stairway to the world called Harvest Moon under her uncle's mortuary. The pacing annoys me a little bit, but pacing annoys me in lots of things. I'm too ADD, I guess. One of the most memorable lines, so far: "It's easier to navigate down here now that they've put up a moon."
I also got some new manga-- volume one of Azumanga Daioh, which is hilarious (Canela, I'm FORCING you to read it! Forcing!), and volumes one and two of the ASW's beloved Sakura Taisen, which is beautiful. I rarely go in for mecha and the like, but ST does it pretty well, and there's surprising character depth.
I'm still amused that Canela now owns a real comic book, while I only own manga. Is it possible that she's outstripping me in dork-dom? How sad.
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Post by Skiv on Jan 3, 2006 11:04:30 GMT -5
Ok let me just make a point...
A WEBCOMIC IS NOT A BOOK.
*eye twitch* Sorry, had to get it out.
Sheep says he hates you. And it's horrid. And webcomics aren't books.
Duh. (That wasn't Sheep, that was souly me)
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Post by Canela on Jan 3, 2006 11:38:31 GMT -5
The lines between book and not-book aren't as clear-cut as they used to be. Are comics still books? Sure. Are ebooks still books, though? What if they've only been published online, not like the books on Project Gutenburg? So what about webcomics, then? I'm not saying they are or aren't, but it's interesting. Where do you draw the line?
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Post by Skiv on Jan 3, 2006 15:53:06 GMT -5
Comic books are books, yes, because they're multipul comics compiled together to tell a story, or multipul stories.
eBooks or whatever aren't books, books involve being an object, called a book. A buncha paper or some such thing bound together in some manner, with a cover.
I think it has to have a cover, but that's just me. Even if it's just a cover page.
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Post by The Evil Overlordess on Jan 3, 2006 20:39:09 GMT -5
But there are ebooks of, say, The Blue Castle and print copies as well, and in both versions, it's undeniably a novel. Perhaps that would be a better word. 'Novel' to me implies a lengthy story, usually over 50k words. Do novels necessarily have to be books? 'Book' seems to be a physical things.
Can you have novels without books, if you can obviously have books that aren't novels?
How weird. Webcomics like Men in Hats aren't literature, but what would things like, say, Muted Faith's comic be, since it has lengthy plots and backstory?
My head spins.
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Post by Kirukelgyr on Jan 4, 2006 15:23:56 GMT -5
TEO: Coraline, Heir Apparent (meh, more fantasy than urban, but then Furball is weird like that...)
I personally think the term 'novel' is best left to the author. It's usually defined by a book that is a certain number of pages. I.e. Stephen King has a few longer-than-short-short-stories he calls Novellas. Comic books are also refered to as graphic novels.
(Azumanga Daio, TEO? Sweetness. MA and I giggle at this.)
I'm not sure if webcomics can qualify as novels, but as I said before. I think that only the author can decide on whether or not their work is a 'novel' persay.
In the mean time, this thread is about books. Perhaps we should just stick to that subject and try not to start fights. ^^
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Post by The Evil Overlordess on Jan 5, 2006 8:40:29 GMT -5
Indeed. Maybe we need a comics/webcomics thread...
What's Heir Apparent about? I read Coraline a few weeks ago-- delicious and typical Gaiman. I heart it so.
I'm having a bit of trouble figuring out when 'Reaper Man' takes place in the Discworld timeline. It mentions the Day Watch, so I guess it's around the same time or before 'Men at Arms,' yes? Not that it matters much, I guess.
For those of you who've read Discworld, what's a good one for the ASW to start with? I'm thinking 'Men at Arms,' or perhaps 'Hogfather' or 'Mort.' Not 'Night Watch,' I think, nor, perhaps, 'Thud.' 'Night Watch' can get weird and convoluted. 'Feet of Clay'? Suggestions?
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Post by Kirukelgyr on Jan 6, 2006 14:55:46 GMT -5
Sourcery.
Has Rincewind, Death and it was the first one I read, and see how I turned out?
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Look at the lovely leaf Oz brought me!!
