Graphic Novel Reading Group discussion

Currently, I'm reading A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin.

Speculation

Just finished The Sisters Brothers. Excellent, violent, thoughtful fun.

Started reading Low Flying Aircraft And Other Stories by J.G. Ballard.

So far I only read the first story "The Ultimate City" and it was really, really good. Looking forward to read the rest.

Necroscope II: Vamphyri! by Brian Lumley.

Just finished Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell and it was fantastic! The guy's an incredible writer. He pulls off writing 6 different styles of novel effortlessly all within this same book.
And it will be a movie coming out in October!

I'm enjoying very much reading The Age of Reason by Jean-Paul Sartre.

I'm about a quarter of the way through Catching Fire, and liking it very much. Also about halfway through Charles deLint's Memory & Dream, an urban fantasy about paintings that serve as vehicles to allow supernatural creatures to access our world. Good, if you like that sort of thing (which I generally do).

My wife and I just starting The Pale King by DFW for our book club. I've only finished three chapters so I won't know what to think of it for some time. It's so far a mix of boring and genius.

Peter: We also loved Cloud Atlas. A movie adaptation that isn't at least six hours long seems pretty much impossible, but I guess we'll see.

Seth wrote: "We also loved Cloud Atlas. A movie adaptation that isn't at least six hours long seems pretty much impossible, but I guess we'll see. "

Seth, I agree, I don't see how a movie adaptation could work. But the long 6-minute trailer looks pretty amazing. It looks like several different movies. Check it out.

I'm re-reading The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon. I think I might be a bit obsessed with it. Besides, it's about comic books which makes it all the more awesome.

Xandra wrote: "I'm re-reading The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon. I think I might be a bit obsessed with it. Besides, it's about ..."

I enjoyed that book. It was pretty cool how it wove a lot of historical people and events through the story of these guys, and talked a lot about the real guys who created the first superhero comic books like superman and batman.
I thought the prose in the book seemed like it was written to evoke comic-book style images when reading it.
Great book.

I thought the prose in the book seemed like it was written to evoke comic-book style images when reading it.

Exactly. It really felt like a comic book and the insight into the comics industry during WWII was an interesting experience for me because I didn't know much about the subject.
I was surprised to see that this book wasn't mentioned anywhere in this group since I think this is the closest a non-comic book gets to the real thing.

I'm alternating between reading short stories from Ward nº6 and other stories by Tchekov and reading an old, trashy sci-fi anthology called The Golden Age of Science Fiction.

I'm expecting this to be a rollercoaster between high and low-brow literature.

Now I'm reading The Woman Destroyed by Simone de Beauvoir.

I'm reading Game of thrones and, time permitting, Star Trek Vulcan's Glory

So many. Need to finish the first Sookie Stackhouse before it's due back to the library. But also various SF, a book on Martian exploration, one on David Bowie and the 70s, one on the history of candy ...I'm a bit omnivorous in my reading habits.

I finished The Wrong End of Time by John Brunner today morning. It was very reminiscent of Philip K. Dick but kind of boring.

I'm planning to read The Affirmation by Christopher Priest next.

At the moment i am occasionally reading The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings #1. I've been interested in it for a while and a friend of mine LOVES it.

Unfortunately I have little time at the moment because of exams, but I will definitely finish it soon. :)

I am reading CALEB'S CROSSING by Geraldine Brooks, but it is not clear whether I am not going to fall off the sled.

Black Boy, Richard Wright

just finished Live By Night by Dennis Lehane good follow up to The Given Day

Nine Stories by J D Salinger.

The Mage in Black, the sequel to Jaye Wells' Red-Headed Stepchild.

I am currently reading through the entire works of Arthur Conan Doyle

I'm about to embark on Tom Wolfe's latest magnus opus, "Back to Blood". Loved his last 2 novels, have big hopes for this one.

Moxyland by writer of the current Fairest storyline, Lauren Beukes. A young adult novel in the style of Jeff Noon.

Working rapidly through all the novels of Josephine Tey.

The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester

I am reading too many books at once:
Happier at Home,
Speechless
Starers
Thumbprint
Hemlock Grove
Crossed
Little Green God of Agony
Zom B
Message to Adolf Part 1

I Saw Zombies Eating Santa Claus by S.G. Browne. A favorite author of mine. I was thrilled when he made this one, I'd discussed it with him a few years ago when I met him at ZomBCon.

Tom Wolfe's "Back to Blood" is baaaaad. Gave up on that long before the end. I'm now starting Muriel Spark's "Symposium" and hoping its awesome.

Currently working through George R. R. Martin's A Storm of Swords (too damn long) and Lawrence Block's Getting Off and Phyllis Gotlieb's The Kingdom of the Cats.

If you think "Storm of Swords" is too damn long, wait'll you encounter the extended yawn that is "Feast for Crows" and the coma inducing "Dance for Dragons". Book 6 should be called "Pillows for Ponies".

lol!

Dominick wrote: "Currently working through George R. R. Martin's A Storm of Swords (too damn long) ... "

Wait until you get to book 4 "Feast for Crows"... that is where I quit reading that series... loved the books up until that one... just boring. Couldn't force myself to continue.

Heard book 5 is good, so maybe I'll pick it back up and slog through the rest of book 4 eventually.

Bel-Ami by Guy de Maupassant

, Cinda Williams Chima's The Crimson Crown, .

A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks. :) http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34...

"Weird Science" from "Complete EC Library"
I prefer the luxury album from Russ Cochran.
They are great stories and very nice drawings. Several album are included in each book, and several books in each casette, here are some of the stories:

Antaeus wrote: ""Weird Science" from "Complete EC Library"
I prefer the luxury album from Russ Cochran.
They are great stories and very nice drawings. Several album are included in each book, and several books in..."

well I evny U mate. I've only had the chance of holding a couple of these copies ( when a friend bought from an unsuspecting re-tailer practically for free)
* I was also amazed from the drawings, I thought it wuold be, more "basic" and I was literary blown away , even the colour ( in contrast to Creepy)

Dan's wrote: "Antaeus wrote: ""Weird Science" from "Complete EC Library"
I prefer the luxury album from Russ Cochran.
They are great stories and very nice drawings. Several album are included in each book, and ..."

The Russ Cochran edition is in black and white (except cover) and larger than the original. The old magasines from the 50es and the new edition are both in color. The new edition is also very nice, but I prefer the large black/white Russ Cochran edition in a slipcase.
http://www.jlcomicart.de/ECLibrary.htm

Hey guys. This topic is for NON-graphic novels. :/

Just started Prime Suspects: A Clone Detective Mystery. Really good so far and a neat concept - clones of a homicide detective are tasked with solving the murder of the original.

Horns by Joe Hill

Now, I'm reading TWO BOOKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


01. The Crimson Crown, by Cinda Williams Chima, and I'm about to start Chapter 14/59.
Then there's the Epilogue.

02. Betrayed, by P.C. Cast, , but I have not started, yet.

Currently on the last pages of

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. It's a pretty big challenge (seeing how boring the beginning has been so far, but it is picking up).

Non-graphic-novels I'm reading right now:

Valdez Is Coming, by Elmore Leonard. It's a Western. Only one chapter in, so in no poision to judge yet.

J. Meade Falkner's the Lost Stradivarius, a Gothic ghost tale about a particular piece of music that if played with sufficient romantic extatic exaltation of mind will summon up a ghost. Only just got the titular lost violin so not sure how it'll play in, but pretty clearly, things will not go well.