tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237936.post115301509577455596..comments2024-03-29T02:20:20.505-05:00Comments on St. Murse: Reading material...Part IISt. Mursehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09931506130470336286noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237936.post-1153403876176108302006-07-20T08:57:00.000-05:002006-07-20T08:57:00.000-05:00This is shaping up to be the most commented post. ...This is shaping up to be the most commented post. Maybe I should always be noting my reading material. As to Choo: After reading over half of it, I'm getting bothered by Azerrad's style. His holier-than-though stance on these bands versus more popular ones (he's got a thing againt REM & U2 seemingly based on the fact that college kids liked them) is annoying. I'll have to sample more Pratchett, I feel the same about Gaiman. I tried the first His Dark Materials and hated it. So reactionary.St. Mursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09931506130470336286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237936.post-1153371525680657582006-07-19T23:58:00.000-05:002006-07-19T23:58:00.000-05:00choo sez:i'm glad you like the azerrad. i like the...choo sez:<BR/>i'm glad you like the azerrad. i like the bands you don't, but i don't like his writing. tea-time of the soul is okay. good omens is unfathomably better than american gods, but i'm a pratchetter and not a gaimanen. gaiman is stilted, as in show, not tell. buh. good omens, the wordplay and footnotes is mostly pratchett, and is more awesome in the discworld series. i have to call the rest in (a moving ocd) before i start loaning them out again. try the philip pullman dark materials series and tell me what you think. the only spoiler i'll give is he wanted this to be his anti-narnia (already an A) and he read way too much blake for it (A+). i'd make kids read it, but it's not on their average level. -ish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237936.post-1153244296862570442006-07-18T12:38:00.000-05:002006-07-18T12:38:00.000-05:00i liked nervous system, although it's probably bec...i liked nervous system, although it's probably because it made me want to read shiva 3000 to see if it was all sorts of crazy. it's probably not, though.mandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07452710476832576650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237936.post-1153112716789352002006-07-17T00:05:00.000-05:002006-07-17T00:05:00.000-05:00Wasn't taken with the 2nd Dirk Gently. And I've re...Wasn't taken with the 2nd Dirk Gently. And I've read both of the other suggestions. American Gods was just okay. Good Omens was funny, but I wanted to laugh out loud. C'mon authors, satisfy my desire for hilarious SF. Cuz it's such a big market.<BR/><BR/>As to the Donna Tartt, back to the pit of hell with you.St. Mursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09931506130470336286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237936.post-1153107335689401502006-07-16T22:35:00.000-05:002006-07-16T22:35:00.000-05:00of course, there's always a donna tartt you could ...of course, there's always a donna tartt you could add to your list...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237936.post-1153023429767829532006-07-15T23:17:00.000-05:002006-07-15T23:17:00.000-05:00After you've finished both Dirk Gentlys, you might...After you've finished both Dirk Gentlys, you might want to try Neil Gaiman's American Gods. And also Good Omens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com