Shit I've read since last yammering in dis her' threaduh:
From Hell by Alan Moore
Pretty god damn amazing, first I've read from him. Always liked the movie, didn't even know it was based on a graphic novel. This is like reading a Lovecraft future-prediction story, but one that nailed it right (having the foresight of writing in the 1980's would do that I suppose). Either way, Alan Moore really is the genius everyone else already knew him to be.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
I read this one too fast, so didn't absorb a whole lot of it. I'll have to go through it again rather soon, although not until the weather gets cooler because this heatwave shit is unbecoming of Hogwarts.
Togari, volume 1
Apparently volume 2 was out in Japan years ago but there is no English translation yet. I doubt I'll pick it up, thought this being my first manga I've ever read, I enjoyed it.
Y: The Last Man
Really good, although the humour takes away from the main story. Read the first two TPB of this, will get some more eventually. The concept isn't new (at one particular moment in time, all men, except one, suddenly die), but they way it is done is quite good.
30 Days of Night
Fucking stupid waste of money.
Black Metal
Entertaing fucking stupid waste of money.
Visions of Gerard by Kerouac
Quite depressing, but happy. Sort of. Gerard was quite a ray of light, that wee one. Diving through the Duluoz Legend is quite a feat, especially since I began with the simpler ones like On The Road and Dharma Bums. Quite a dark, depressing, love realm Jack lived in/through.
Slapstick by Vonnegut
One of his better ones, definitely. Vonnegut always says so much more than many others, by using as few words as possible.
Post Office by Bukowski
Fucking hilarious, this was the first novel I read from him after reading 2 collections of short stories. I wish I had the balls to be Bukowski, if only but for a few weeks even.
Vineland by Pynchon
Finished it, finally. Great at times, bad at others, okay overall.
Persepolis
Considering my Persian woman went through pretty much the exact thing this girl did, this was quite insightful. Very well done.
Sandman, volume 5
Still working my way through. Awesome stuff as always, I don't think of this one ever really having an end. Or beginning or middle for that matter. Never yet disappointed.
The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Wierd Stories by Lovecraft
Not as good as the Cthulhu collection, but still has some great ones. At The Mountains of Madness and The Case of Charles Dexter Ward in particular were grand.
Transmetropolitan
Starting this one again, although I read bits and pieces years ago. Great shit, very pertinent today.
Gravity's Rainbow is going to take awhile. Will likely space it out with some Nabokov just for good measure.
Also still hammering through Gates of Fire. I avoided that one for years because I knew I'd lose interest long before finishing it, and well, that has proven to be true. Even though I quite like it when I do actually sit with it.
From Hell by Alan Moore
Pretty god damn amazing, first I've read from him. Always liked the movie, didn't even know it was based on a graphic novel. This is like reading a Lovecraft future-prediction story, but one that nailed it right (having the foresight of writing in the 1980's would do that I suppose). Either way, Alan Moore really is the genius everyone else already knew him to be.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
I read this one too fast, so didn't absorb a whole lot of it. I'll have to go through it again rather soon, although not until the weather gets cooler because this heatwave shit is unbecoming of Hogwarts.
Togari, volume 1
Apparently volume 2 was out in Japan years ago but there is no English translation yet. I doubt I'll pick it up, thought this being my first manga I've ever read, I enjoyed it.
Y: The Last Man
Really good, although the humour takes away from the main story. Read the first two TPB of this, will get some more eventually. The concept isn't new (at one particular moment in time, all men, except one, suddenly die), but they way it is done is quite good.
30 Days of Night
Fucking stupid waste of money.
Black Metal
Entertaing fucking stupid waste of money.
Visions of Gerard by Kerouac
Quite depressing, but happy. Sort of. Gerard was quite a ray of light, that wee one. Diving through the Duluoz Legend is quite a feat, especially since I began with the simpler ones like On The Road and Dharma Bums. Quite a dark, depressing, love realm Jack lived in/through.
Slapstick by Vonnegut
One of his better ones, definitely. Vonnegut always says so much more than many others, by using as few words as possible.
Post Office by Bukowski
Fucking hilarious, this was the first novel I read from him after reading 2 collections of short stories. I wish I had the balls to be Bukowski, if only but for a few weeks even.
Vineland by Pynchon
Finished it, finally. Great at times, bad at others, okay overall.
Persepolis
Considering my Persian woman went through pretty much the exact thing this girl did, this was quite insightful. Very well done.
Sandman, volume 5
Still working my way through. Awesome stuff as always, I don't think of this one ever really having an end. Or beginning or middle for that matter. Never yet disappointed.
The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Wierd Stories by Lovecraft
Not as good as the Cthulhu collection, but still has some great ones. At The Mountains of Madness and The Case of Charles Dexter Ward in particular were grand.
Transmetropolitan
Starting this one again, although I read bits and pieces years ago. Great shit, very pertinent today.
Gravity's Rainbow is going to take awhile. Will likely space it out with some Nabokov just for good measure.
Also still hammering through Gates of Fire. I avoided that one for years because I knew I'd lose interest long before finishing it, and well, that has proven to be true. Even though I quite like it when I do actually sit with it.
