hylian_elf wrote:Ooh I want to read that! Let me know how it is.
mistercrayon wrote:My overall sentiment is that I kind of hate this kind of Non-Fiction books now. They feel so earnestly partisan with a self assuredness which is at once both necessary (to make the point stick) but completely dishonest (there’s no way things fit neatly into these narratives).
I'm reading the fourth at the moment.Gremill wrote:12. The Hod King (Josiah Bancroft)
A re-read of the third in the Babel series in preparation for the fourth and final book. I absolutely love this series, it's got so much texture and life to the characters and the mysteries they are surrounded by.
tigersgogrrr wrote:I'm reading the fourth at the moment.Gremill wrote:12. The Hod King (Josiah Bancroft)
A re-read of the third in the Babel series in preparation for the fourth and final book. I absolutely love this series, it's got so much texture and life to the characters and the mysteries they are surrounded by.
I should have reread the third one as a reminder of where we were!
davyK wrote:Judge Dredd:The Cursed Earth(uncensored)
There's nostlagia and then there's this. Only by going back to this (a glossy all-in-1 volume with some cover art repros etc) do I realise that certain sequences and panels are burned into my brain from reading this week to week in the late 70s, breathlessly waiting to see if it was in my local newsagent yet (we had it reserved).
Boy is the art good in this. Bolland is favourite with his super clean lines, but all of it is iconic. And the detail to this day gives one plenty to chew on. This retains the banned episodes (that I still remember) with the burger wars and there's even a repro of the little 6 panel strip they agreed to print to make the Jolly Green Giant look like a good guy.
The dialogue is what it is but it has its charm. The star is the underlying narrative and ideas which are way ahead of its time. Great stuff. Was wonderful burning through this again after so long.
poprock wrote:You have some treats ahead of you Shabs. It’s good to start from the beginning, but Pratchett really starts to hit his stride 10 or so books in.
davyK wrote:poprock wrote:You have some treats ahead of you Shabs. It’s good to start from the beginning, but Pratchett really starts to hit his stride 10 or so books in.
Have only read one Pratchett - Mort. Loved it.
Gremill wrote:davyK wrote:Judge Dredd:The Cursed Earth(uncensored)
There's nostlagia and then there's this. Only by going back to this (a glossy all-in-1 volume with some cover art repros etc) do I realise that certain sequences and panels are burned into my brain from reading this week to week in the late 70s, breathlessly waiting to see if it was in my local newsagent yet (we had it reserved).
Boy is the art good in this. Bolland is favourite with his super clean lines, but all of it is iconic. And the detail to this day gives one plenty to chew on. This retains the banned episodes (that I still remember) with the burger wars and there's even a repro of the little 6 panel strip they agreed to print to make the Jolly Green Giant look like a good guy.
The dialogue is what it is but it has its charm. The star is the underlying narrative and ideas which are way ahead of its time. Great stuff. Was wonderful burning through this again after so long.
Fuck yeah Davey! You got a link to buy it?
Wookienopants wrote:I'm sat in hospital and decided to give Judge Dredd a go for the first time. Got through "Year One" and "Volume 1" last night. Pretty damn good indeed! Thank you Kindle UnlimitedFuck yeah Davey! You got a link to buy it?Judge Dredd:The Cursed Earth(uncensored) There's nostlagia and then there's this. Only by going back to this (a glossy all-in-1 volume with some cover art repros etc) do I realise that certain sequences and panels are burned into my brain from reading this week to week in the late 70s, breathlessly waiting to see if it was in my local newsagent yet (we had it reserved). Boy is the art good in this. Bolland is favourite with his super clean lines, but all of it is iconic. And the detail to this day gives one plenty to chew on. This retains the banned episodes (that I still remember) with the burger wars and there's even a repro of the little 6 panel strip they agreed to print to make the Jolly Green Giant look like a good guy. The dialogue is what it is but it has its charm. The star is the underlying narrative and ideas which are way ahead of its time. Great stuff. Was wonderful burning through this again after so long.
Cos wrote:1. Colourless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
I've thoroughly enjoyed most of what I've read from Murakami but this was the first in several years and it was a timely reminder of why I love his work. For such a relatively simple story to be so unputdownable is testament to the characters and detail of their lives. The descriptions of daily routines or wrestling with self identity and existential crises are presented with the same amount of care, and there were points where the most mundane sentence is lifted in such a way it made me smile and marvel.
The only downside was it felt like it was cut short but perhaps that's partly because I just wanted to carry on reading about the characters I'd come to care about so much. He'll be appearing again in my list this year I suspect.
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