alankin Posted January 29, 2012 Report Posted January 29, 2012 Just for fun and to bring out the inner biker in me. Ah, I used to like Mike Ploog's art... Quote
jazzbo Posted January 29, 2012 Report Posted January 29, 2012 Yes, Ploog worked for a spell with Will Eisner and it really shows in his work. (I'm a huge Eisner fan). Too bad he only penciled four issues of Ghost Rider I think. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted January 29, 2012 Report Posted January 29, 2012 (edited) Yes, Ploog worked for a spell with Will Eisner and it really shows in his work. I'll be damned. That's the influence I couldn't figure out! Now that I've had it pointed out, it's so obvious I feel like an idiot. Edited January 29, 2012 by Jazzmoose Quote
jlhoots Posted January 29, 2012 Report Posted January 29, 2012 Elmore Leonard is an excellent writer, as is currently being recognized: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jan/27/elmore-leonard-great-american-novelist I wonder if Raylan will be good. I know I like the TV series, Justified. Quote
alankin Posted January 29, 2012 Report Posted January 29, 2012 (edited) Elmore Leonard is an excellent writer, as is currently being recognized: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jan/27/elmore-leonard-great-american-novelist I wonder if Raylan will be good. I know I like the TV series, Justified. I just read "Pronto," which is the first book with Raylan. I thought the book was good but there are other Leonard books I've liked better. I haven't seen "Justified." What do other people think of it? Edited January 29, 2012 by alankin Quote
jazzbo Posted January 29, 2012 Report Posted January 29, 2012 Yes, Ploog worked for a spell with Will Eisner and it really shows in his work. I'll be damned. That's the influence I couldn't figure out! Now that I've had it pointed out, it's so obvious I feel like an idiot. LOL! Yes, it's quite visible. Which is not a bad thing. Quote
Leeway Posted January 29, 2012 Report Posted January 29, 2012 Taking a bit of a break from Dickens, with another great Victorian: Quote
Jazzmoose Posted February 5, 2012 Report Posted February 5, 2012 This is embarrassing, but I've never read this book before. I thought I'd read 'em all (up to a certain point), but I now realize I was confusing this one with Dr. Bloodmoney. I'm glad I decided to start rebuilding my PKD library! (Got to find Clans of the Alphane Moon damned fast, though...) Quote
jazzbo Posted February 5, 2012 Report Posted February 5, 2012 I'm ashamed to say I have multiple copies of almost all titles. . . I've been a bit of a PKD nut since I was 13! That is a good one indeed. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted February 5, 2012 Report Posted February 5, 2012 I sold all mine about seven years ago. Along with all my other Ace Doubles, my collection of Archers, etc. It will be nice to have them back again, and in non-first editions that I don't have to be careful with! Quote
jazzbo Posted February 5, 2012 Report Posted February 5, 2012 I hear ya. I don't think of my books or cds as collectibles and just treat them nicely as I try to treat all my things nicely. One interesting thing about the Penultimate Truth for me is the little bit of "The Man Whose Teeth were All Exactly Alike" that were incorporated. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted February 7, 2012 Report Posted February 7, 2012 (edited) Another couple arrived today. One is A Scanner Darkly, which thankfully the book I remember; the other is Wait Until Next Year, which I've never seen before; I was thinking of Counter-Clockwise World. I'm beginning to wonder how many of Dick's books I've actually read. With any other author this would be extremely disorienting, but with Dick it kind of adds to the experience. It's funny how Heinlein seems so dated now, but Dick still seems fresh. edited to fix a sentence that made no sense... Edited February 7, 2012 by Jazzmoose Quote
jazzbo Posted February 7, 2012 Report Posted February 7, 2012 Now Wait for Last Year is a fun one. I agree, Dick seems to be adapting to the Post-Dickian world quite well, blending into the cracks and still making meaningful quips. Quote
johnlitweiler Posted February 7, 2012 Report Posted February 7, 2012 Le Carré's latest. Bill - you're obviously a big fan. I am currently reading "Tinker Tailor" on the recommendation of my wife. I am bored with it - none of it makes sense to me. What am I doing wrong? You're doing nothing wrong. LeCarre was in his depths by then. His best are his earliest 5 or so novels, and he's written better ones (like The Night Manager) in later years. Quote
Dave James Posted February 7, 2012 Report Posted February 7, 2012 As close to actually being there as I'd ever want to get. Quote
paul secor Posted February 7, 2012 Report Posted February 7, 2012 Percival Everett: Assumption The most disturbing Everett book that I've read. Quote
crisp Posted February 8, 2012 Report Posted February 8, 2012 Le Carré's latest. Bill - you're obviously a big fan. I am currently reading "Tinker Tailor" on the recommendation of my wife. I am bored with it - none of it makes sense to me. What am I doing wrong? You're doing nothing wrong. LeCarre was in his depths by then. His best are his earliest 5 or so novels, and he's written better ones (like The Night Manager) in later years. I couldn't follow Tinker either. Struggled to the end then got rid of the copies of The Honourable Schoolboy and Smiley's People that I had been planning to read next. I consoled myself while reading Tinker with spotting instances of bad grammar and poor sentence construction. A pity, as I liked The Spy Who Came in From the Cold. Quote
ejp626 Posted February 8, 2012 Report Posted February 8, 2012 I finished Pharr's S.R.O. Definitely an underground classic. Some parts are a bit repetitive, but it actually has some interesting echoes of Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London. I am trying to wrap up Ellison's Juneteenth for Black History Month. It certainly has some strong passages, but overall kind of diffuse and unfocused. I suppose that is what happens when a book is written and rewritten and rewritten. I can't even imagine reading the entire thing that came out a couple of years ago. It is supposedly three times as long. On the bus, I am reading Banville's The Sea, which won the Booker Prize in 2005. I find it very much in the spirit and perhaps even style of Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted February 8, 2012 Report Posted February 8, 2012 As close to actually being there as I'd ever want to get. I thought it was a brilliant book. Quote
jlhoots Posted February 8, 2012 Report Posted February 8, 2012 As close to actually being there as I'd ever want to get. I thought it was a brilliant book. So did I. Quote
JohnJ Posted February 9, 2012 Report Posted February 9, 2012 Le Carré's latest. Bill - you're obviously a big fan. I am currently reading "Tinker Tailor" on the recommendation of my wife. I am bored with it - none of it makes sense to me. What am I doing wrong? You're doing nothing wrong. LeCarre was in his depths by then. His best are his earliest 5 or so novels, and he's written better ones (like The Night Manager) in later years. I couldn't follow Tinker either. Struggled to the end then got rid of the copies of The Honourable Schoolboy and Smiley's People that I had been planning to read next. I consoled myself while reading Tinker with spotting instances of bad grammar and poor sentence construction. A pity, as I liked The Spy Who Came in From the Cold. You surprise me Crisp. Those three novels, published collectively as 'Smiley vs Karla' are easily my favourite Le Carre's and are generally regarded as not only his best work but the best of the genre. While they all have complex plots I never found them particularly difficult to follow, just superb storytelling. Quote
BillF Posted February 9, 2012 Report Posted February 9, 2012 Le Carré's latest. Bill - you're obviously a big fan. I am currently reading "Tinker Tailor" on the recommendation of my wife. I am bored with it - none of it makes sense to me. What am I doing wrong? You're doing nothing wrong. LeCarre was in his depths by then. His best are his earliest 5 or so novels, and he's written better ones (like The Night Manager) in later years. I couldn't follow Tinker either. Struggled to the end then got rid of the copies of The Honourable Schoolboy and Smiley's People that I had been planning to read next. I consoled myself while reading Tinker with spotting instances of bad grammar and poor sentence construction. A pity, as I liked The Spy Who Came in From the Cold. You surprise me Crisp. Those three novels, published collectively as 'Smiley vs Karla' are easily my favourite Le Carre's and are generally regarded as not only his best work but the best of the genre. While they all have complex plots I never found them particularly difficult to follow, just superb storytelling. Part of the problem may be that Le Carré deliberately sets out to mystify the reader as part of his narrative method. Very often his central characters don't know what's going on themselves, particularly in the earlier parts of the books. His use of secret service jargon ("lamplighters" etc) without explanation is another factor. But all gets resolved eventually. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted February 9, 2012 Report Posted February 9, 2012 Glad you guys are discussing Le Carre; after seeing the Gary Oldman flick, I'm ready to dive in. Any suggestions as to where to start? Quote
BillF Posted February 9, 2012 Report Posted February 9, 2012 Glad you guys are discussing Le Carre; after seeing the Gary Oldman flick, I'm ready to dive in. Any suggestions as to where to start? In view of the way the discussion has gone, start with a shorter, early one. I think The looking Glass War is great - full of atmosphere from the first page. Quote
JohnJ Posted February 9, 2012 Report Posted February 9, 2012 Glad you guys are discussing Le Carre; after seeing the Gary Oldman flick, I'm ready to dive in. Any suggestions as to where to start? In view of the way the discussion has gone, start with a shorter, early one. I think The looking Glass War is great - full of atmosphere from the first page. Good choice. 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold' would be another. Quote
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