Karen, you were in my dream last night...
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dreaming neon darkspot
natures' retard
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Captain Beard
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I AM LEGEND is an essential read. It's really fast-paced and only 176 pages. You can read it in a couple of hours. Basically, the guy is the last man on earth; by day he breaks into peoples' houses and stakes them through the heart because they're all vampires, and by night he boards himself up in his own house while they try to get in. This goes on for years and years, and it describes more about what's going on in his mind rather than being action-packed. The movie is completely different: it's in New York instead of Los Angeles, the main character is black instead of being white, like the book, and there is very little backstory in the book compared to the movie. In the book, all you know are brief anecdotes of the past; a plague came, everyone started getting sick, then they all turned into vampires.
It also does a great job of putting the vampire into a scientific explanation over mythical. There is nothing magical about this vampire story. They are simply mutants of the plague. Everything is explained.
It's a really good book. I've read it twice.
It also does a great job of putting the vampire into a scientific explanation over mythical. There is nothing magical about this vampire story. They are simply mutants of the plague. Everything is explained.
It's a really good book. I've read it twice.
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No, I say American Gods is an essential read, followed by Pillars of the Earth. Then the Dark Tower Series, Fahfrd and the Gray Mouser, the Elric Saga, etc.
Captain Beard
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The only board member dream I specifically recall involved BWN being dead and her funeral being at the tard house and a bunch of retards as attendees and pallbearers. I still don't find it incredibly funny, if only mildly amused that all the tards got involved.
Lord Foul
I don't spank men
They already adapted this into a movie at least twice, badly ("The Last Man on Earth" and "The Omega Man"). Doesn't sound like third time will be the charm.
Sentient 6
harmless parasite
agreed a fucking great book, it was made into a film with Charlton Heston in the 70's and called "The Omega Man" ...seek out this movie if you can find it, great childhood memories of watching it over and over...Will Smith will ruin the remake for sure.....
So there you have it. If WD thinks it's a good book, then it has a 99% chance of being a good book.
Ok, so it's not Stand on Zanzibar. It's entertaining, nonetheless.
Ok, so it's not Stand on Zanzibar. It's entertaining, nonetheless.
Dark One
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I wish I could dream of Karen. It would be far superior to the surreal and disturbing ones I have now.
Chromatose
Squid pro quo
Last night I dreamt that my cute cuddly kitty Cotton Candy grew up to be a giant rat. He was pink. He had a long wrinkly rat face with little rat teeth. I cuddled him anyway. awwwwwww!
dreaming neon darkspot
natures' retard
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I dream of Karen every night
Needless to say... I dream of Cara *almost* every night as well.
Almost, because sometimes, I dream about Danny Glover too.
...But Cara said she understands.
