travo said:Ravenprose said:Hmm, I don't consider them "teen fiction" at all. They're dark and disturbing books. Great series, though!
Sorry, my wife, the high school media specialist calls them "young adult/ teen" so I'm just used to calling them that. You're right though, they are quite dark.
They are classified under Teen Fiction at the book stores. My sister loves those types of books.
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She calls them young adult/teen because that's exactly what they are...
Besides, it's not nearly as dark and disturbing as Watership Down which is a children's story. 
Foolz said:She calls them young adult/teen because that's exactly what they are...
Besides, it's not nearly as dark and disturbing as Watership Down which is a children's story.
That book is creepy. So is the cartoon.
I prefer the term Young Adult, but I don't care for the "Teen" label because many people seem to think that it means it's only for teens, which is complete nonsense. As long as they are good, I'll read books from any age group.
travo said:Foolz said:She calls them young adult/teen because that's exactly what they are...
Besides, it's not nearly as dark and disturbing as Watership Down which is a children's story.
That book is creepy. So is the cartoon.
Why have I never heard of this book? *adds it to reading list*
travo said:Is World War Z in the new section? I heard the book is good. I haven't read it, but I do have it.
I already finished it, very good book.
Ok, I'll recommend a few southern authors for anyone interested.
James Dickey, author of Deliverance, the book the movie is based on ( yep, the banjo music movie). A very suspenseful tale.
I'll also recommend most anything by Pat Conroy, a native of Charleston and Citadel alumnus. He's well known for The Lords of Discipline, The Great Santini (semi biographical), The Prince of Tides ( a fantastic page turner), Beach Music and The Water is Wide(autobiography).
I'm sure none of these would be new in airport book shops, but all are must buys.
A friend gave me Stephen King's Under The Dome hardcover edition. This book is fucking HUGE! It's around 1200 pages, and weighs more than a sack of potatoes. Kindle > sack of potatoes. 
I checked out The Wind through the Keyhole yesterday. It's a part of the Dark Tower series so it should be good
I'll be reading Ender's Game after 451. Yeah I know douchebag author but the movie looks cool so I might as well read the book.
I actually read and thouroughly enjoyed all the books in the original Ender's series...
...BEFORE learning what a douche-bag the author was!
Ender's Game is awesome, but I honestly didn't care for the rest of the series on Ender. Ender, young and fighting battles, is fun. Ender, old and discussing politics, is not. I did like the spinoff book about Bean though.
If you are a fan of The Dark Tower series, you must give The Wind Through the Keyhole. It's a great little side story about Roland's younger days.
I am almost done with Ender and am enjoying it quite a bit but I dont know if it will make for a good movie...
For such a homophobic author it's strange how many naked boys there are in this book. Naked boy shower fight is probably not going to make it into the movie without changes.
I just finshed The Road by Cormac McCarthy. It was a good read, had to be since I don't usually read fiction. Basically a modern day Robinson Crusoe and except for the monster closet moments it actually read like a diary of a homeless person. Which underscored the tragedy of involuntary homelessness in our societies (understanding that some, perhaps most, are willingly homeless).
The author went out of his way to use archaic and uncommon words, which made the kindle instant dictionary feature very useful (and made it more likely for me to introduce those words into my vocabulary.
I finished Ecology of the Planted Aquarium by Diana Walstad a couple of days ago, and it was pretty fucking great. Just as (if not more) interesting as an exploration of aquatic ecology than as a practical guide to setting up an aquarium, as much of the advice is pretty simple and obvious stuff unless you're an idiot that wants to waste a lot of money and time---which is exactly what most people who make aquariums are, I suppose. Or at least that's what they're told to do, and they're stupid enough to do it. But yeah, a masterpiece of scientific presentation, and when it was originally (self) published it was pretty brave given that it went against hobby aquarium orthodoxy. Now it's becoming something of a movement, and turning into the same dogmatised BS, which doesn't really make sense given the ethos of the book. Oh well, people are arseholes whether they're following a doctrine that works, or one that doesn't.
aspro said:I just finshed The Road by Cormac McCarthy. It was a good read, had to be since I don't usually read fiction. Basically a modern day Robinson Crusoe and except for the monster closet moments it actually read like a diary of a homeless person. Which underscored the tragedy of involuntary homelessness in our societies (understanding that some, perhaps most, are willingly homeless).
The author went out of his way to use archaic and uncommon words, which made the kindle instant dictionary feature very useful (and made it more likely for me to introduce those words into my vocabulary.
I totally loved this and McCarthy's previous one "No Country for Old Men". I also really love the film versions of both of them. They are actually a lot more readable than some of McCarthy's old stuff like "Blood Meridian" etc.
What I want to ask you is does the end of the world vibe of The Road remind you of The Last of Us? It's kind of what I'm hoping from that game (with the addition of zombies).
Favourite quote from The Road: "There is no God and we are his prophets"
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bugsonglass said:aspro said:I just finshed The Road by Cormac McCarthy. It was a good read, had to be since I don't usually read fiction. Basically a modern day Robinson Crusoe and except for the monster closet moments it actually read like a diary of a homeless person. Which underscored the tragedy of involuntary homelessness in our societies (understanding that some, perhaps most, are willingly homeless).
The author went out of his way to use archaic and uncommon words, which made the kindle instant dictionary feature very useful (and made it more likely for me to introduce those words into my vocabulary.
I totally loved this and McCarthy's previous one "No Country for Old Men". I also really love the film versions of both of them. They are actually a lot more readable than some of McCarthy's old stuff like "Blood Meridian" etc.
What I want to ask you is does the end of the world vibe of The Road remind you of The Last of Us? It's kind of what I'm hoping from that game (with the addition of zombies).
Favourite quote from The Road: "There is no God and we are his prophets"
Very much so. TLOU is influenced by the novel, clearly, but you could not say the game is based on teh book, but the whole time I read it I pictured The Man as looking like Joel from TLOU. I have started ready All the Pretty Horses, intend to read NCFOM after that (once I finish my current book).
Sorry, my wife, the high school media specialist calls them "young adult/ teen" so I'm just used to calling them that. You're right though, they are quite dark.