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Post by Shevy on Mar 7, 2005 12:19:39 GMT -5
We used to have a Now Reading thread around here, but I don't know what happened to it. So here's the sequel.
Now reading: Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
I just finished Angels & Demons, by the way. Not as good as The DiVinci Code, but it wasn't bad. Well written with great characters, subject matter/conspiracy theories were awesome, but overall it made Indiana Jones seem believable. I'd give it a B-.
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Post by sc00ts on Mar 7, 2005 12:23:56 GMT -5
i just finished prince otto by robert louis stevenson. i haven't started a new book cause i started playing baldur's gate on my pc and it's better to not have to agonize whether to play for an hour or read for an hour at night.
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Post by unclemeat on Mar 7, 2005 13:35:59 GMT -5
I thought Angles & Deamons was better than DaVinci Code. Speaking of Davinci CodeNR:The Great and Secret Show |
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Post by Shevy on Mar 7, 2005 14:13:48 GMT -5
Jim Carey as a giant, hulking albino? What the...? He's one of the last people I would pick! I bet when he kills that nun in the church, he's going to stand up, fart, and laugh into the camera. Cinematic gold.  |
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Post by unclemeat on Mar 7, 2005 14:26:43 GMT -5
Maybe he'll use his ass to talk
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Post by Shevy on Mar 7, 2005 14:34:05 GMT -5
Maybe he'll use his ass to talk Oh yeah, that's right up Ron Howard's alley. Best thing to ever happen to cinema! "I think I shall ass-sk God forgiveness through my cilice belt! Ar ar ar ar ar!" I can't get over Jim Carey for that role. Who the hell is his competition for the role? Emmanuel Lewis? |
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Post by 1:( on Mar 7, 2005 15:18:38 GMT -5
What the fuck is reading? ;D
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Post by sc00ts on Mar 7, 2005 15:33:45 GMT -5
books are only second to records on my coolness scale, i love reading. i probably even own more books than records, i have an entire room in my house that is basically our library, it's sweet.
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Post by Shevy on Mar 7, 2005 16:02:16 GMT -5
On my coolness scale, I would place books right in between kung-fu flicks and tacos.
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Post by OneEye on Mar 7, 2005 16:47:25 GMT -5
Tacos are definately high on the list, only topped by carne asada burritos loaded with all the goods. This place down the street makes a 4 pound burrito for $9.00. Enough for 2 meals, fucking awesome.
I started Stranger in a Strange Land. One I found in a box that had had an opened bottle of motor oil spilled into it in a storage space move. All the binding glue is eaten away so after I read a page it falls out and I have a nice little stack of oily pages going. I don't know why I didn't read it before, but it is old, early 60's.
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Post by Shevy on Mar 7, 2005 16:50:32 GMT -5
Jesus Christ man! A four pound burrito gives me the shits just thinking about it.
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Post by sc00ts on Mar 7, 2005 17:57:31 GMT -5
i read stranger in a strange land last year, it was ok, didn't really knock me out the way everyone said it would.
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Post by unclemeat on Mar 8, 2005 7:47:19 GMT -5
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Post by sc00ts on Mar 8, 2005 8:14:46 GMT -5
hahaha... nice LARP pics accompanying the article
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Post by unclemeat on Mar 10, 2005 8:28:57 GMT -5
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Post by unclemeat on Mar 22, 2005 7:56:12 GMT -5
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Post by Shevy on Mar 22, 2005 8:10:45 GMT -5
Silly Christians. Somebody threw a rock at the nest, and now all the hornets are buzzing around looking for something to kill.
Why so vocal about a fictional book? Many people have said much worse things about the Christian religeon. Did this actually strike a nerve or something? Has the whole concept of "faith" been threatened so much that they can't simply wave a lazy hand and comment, "That book is nothing to us"?
Kind of makes one wonder why one fictional book can keep this defensive fire burning for so long...
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Post by Satanic Ninja on Mar 22, 2005 8:13:44 GMT -5
CHRISTIANS ARE WEAK MAGGOTS WHOSE BLOOD WILL OIL THE ENGINES OF HELL.
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Post by 1:( on Mar 22, 2005 10:48:19 GMT -5
I eat Christians for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. They're full of protein.
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Post by 1:( on Apr 8, 2005 22:25:21 GMT -5
I read this book for school called Speak about some whiny bitch who's bitter and has no friends because she got raped and was misunderstood because nobody knew. It was like watching one of those crappy Lifetime movies. Thumbs down.
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