
Books and Literature.
#121
Posted 23 December 2011 - 11:42 PM
#122
Posted 24 December 2011 - 12:05 AM
#123
Posted 24 December 2011 - 06:49 AM
Neuromancer
The Winner Stands Alone
About to start reading The Crisis of Islam.
#124
Posted 24 December 2011 - 04:43 PM
How was Neuromancer?I just read
Neuromancer
The Winner Stands Alone
About to start reading The Crisis of Islam.
#125
Posted 24 December 2011 - 05:32 PM
It was freaking great!How was Neuromancer?
The descriptive language is very techincal and imaginitive. This is the author who wrote Johnny Mneumonic you know, so it has a very mmm futuristic/technical/surreal (that's the only was I can describe it) feel. The dialogue is scummy and realistic, like a crime novel. I reccomend it.
#126
Posted 24 December 2011 - 09:02 PM
I'll look into it man!It was freaking great!
The descriptive language is very techincal and imaginitive. This is the author who wrote Johnny Mneumonic you know, so it has a very mmm futuristic/technical/surreal (that's the only was I can describe it) feel. The dialogue is scummy and realistic, like a crime novel. I reccomend it.
#127
Posted 25 December 2011 - 01:49 AM

Very fun read. I expect M Bison would really enjoy it.
#128
Posted 25 December 2011 - 02:15 AM
#129
Posted 25 December 2011 - 02:45 AM
Has anyone namedropped The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay yet? It's a fictionalized account of two creators who, help usher in the age of the Superhero by creating one of the most popular characters of all time.
Strong first post, but might I advise you to SHUT UP. Frikkin noob.
Upon scanning the Wikipedia page, it does seem like it'd be interesting. A novel about creating superheroes.
#130
Posted 25 December 2011 - 08:07 AM
...Ok...this is gonna be a little weird. So...if I use Ivan in a match and it's this Ivan and not "Ivan" Ivan, what then?Has anyone namedropped The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay yet? It's a fictionalized account of two creators who, help usher in the age of the Superhero by creating one of the most popular characters of all time.

#131
Posted 25 December 2011 - 09:00 AM
I believe my University Library has that. I'll check it out.
Very fun read. I expect M Bison would really enjoy it.
#132
Posted 30 December 2011 - 07:49 PM
#133
Posted 13 January 2012 - 05:03 AM
#134
Posted 16 January 2012 - 04:19 PM
#135
Posted 16 January 2012 - 07:34 PM
#136
Posted 17 January 2012 - 02:33 AM
Apart from the racist bits.
#137
Posted 18 January 2012 - 01:01 PM
This is what I would consider 'generic' fantasy. They are good and all, well written, but the main flaws I see in them are:
They are very 'back and white'; The hero is selfless, courageous, his moral failing is that he turns into this unstoppable killer (wow convenient, what a drawback.../sarcasm).
And the other is that they are, worst of all.. Predictable. Example, in keeping with the very slight Christian overtones, Drizzt grants mercy to this guy who has been tracking him across several countries; committing murders; framing him and basically hell-bent on revenge. C'mon now... I read that and I was like.. Wow.. what a swell guy Drizzt is!
There is a series by Dan Abnett and some other guy who write about a dark elf 'hero' who is totally evil. That's why I love Dan Abnett so much, his writing is completely and utterly unpredictable above all else.
#138
Posted 18 January 2012 - 01:13 PM
#139
Posted 18 January 2012 - 02:35 PM
As much as I think Abnett is decent, that is at this point as utterly predictable as any other character type.There is a series by Dan Abnett and some other guy who write about a dark elf 'hero' who is totally evil.
#140
Posted 18 January 2012 - 02:41 PM
Yea it kind of was, he said the whole series was sort of his take on the Drizzt series, with less black/white 'heroic' bias or whatever behind it.As much as I think Abnett is decent, that is at this point as utterly predictable as any other character type.
Some of his books are like "blah blah... the main hero dies!" You're like "WTF?? How's he going to explain this???"
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