|
Bob Lovecraft
|
 |
« Reply #255 on: March 29, 2012, 12:31:21 PM » |
|
Bob, you wouldnt happen to be an air spirit in a skull would you?
Nah, just your average, horny little devil.  Bob |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
If someone ever dares you to read the Necronomicon out loud... just say no.
|
|
|
|
catamount
|
|
« Reply #256 on: March 29, 2012, 02:55:02 PM » |
|
I'm just about finished with Brian Lumley's Tarra Khash: Hrossak!: Tales of the Primal Land. I'm usually not a big fan of Lumley's writing, however, I have to say this collection of stories about the wandering adventurer from the Steppes is pretty entertaining and a nice tribute to Howard's Conan tales, which I am a big fan. Some Mythos related creatures pop up in some of the stories but Lumley doesn't over do it.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
'Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.'
Robert E. Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"
|
|
|
|
Inner Prop
|
|
« Reply #257 on: April 01, 2012, 01:20:36 AM » |
|
does listening to an audio book count as reading? 'cause I'm listening to George R.R. Martins Game of Thrones.
Oh yes, it very much counts as reading. By the way, is this your first time reading "the Song of Ice and Fire" books? If so, brother, do you have a lot of listening to do. Oh, and I got a copy of the "Malleus Malefecarum" the other day and am starting on it now. Holy crap that is some dry-ass reading. I really have to wonder about a person's ability to absorb the content of this book, even at the time of it's publication. I think i will be going back to this book quite a lot for the next few months, just reading little bits and then trying to digest them. Bob yes it is my first time - all together the series is over 50 hours long. considering my bike ride to work is about 15 minutes, four times a day, that's an hour of listening a day, it probably will take me half a year to finish (assuming I strictly listen to it, which there are other things I may listen to some days as well - like this wonderful podcast!). Bike as in bicycle? I never listen to anything when I ride to work, it's too dangerous. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Genus Unknown
Cultist
Committed for Life
Posts: 1185
Spam Buster
|
|
« Reply #258 on: April 01, 2012, 11:24:03 AM » |
|
Yesterday I devoured two Dunsany works, 51 Tales and The Book of Wonder, and thoroughly enjoyed both. Oddly enough, they're like somewhat better-written Dreamlands stories. Who'da thunk it, right?
I'm also working on Clive Barker's Imajica, which reminds me of Neil Gaiman way more than I thought it would. It's good so far.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
reberclark
|
|
« Reply #259 on: April 01, 2012, 10:21:53 PM » |
|
Yesterday I devoured two Dunsany works, 51 Tales ...
51 Tales is a great book. I especially like The Food of Death, What We Have Come To and Charon. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
TransconaSlim
|
|
« Reply #260 on: April 02, 2012, 11:44:38 AM » |
|
does listening to an audio book count as reading? 'cause I'm listening to George R.R. Martins Game of Thrones.
Oh yes, it very much counts as reading. By the way, is this your first time reading "the Song of Ice and Fire" books? If so, brother, do you have a lot of listening to do. Oh, and I got a copy of the "Malleus Malefecarum" the other day and am starting on it now. Holy crap that is some dry-ass reading. I really have to wonder about a person's ability to absorb the content of this book, even at the time of it's publication. I think i will be going back to this book quite a lot for the next few months, just reading little bits and then trying to digest them. Bob yes it is my first time - all together the series is over 50 hours long. considering my bike ride to work is about 15 minutes, four times a day, that's an hour of listening a day, it probably will take me half a year to finish (assuming I strictly listen to it, which there are other things I may listen to some days as well - like this wonderful podcast!). Bike as in bicycle? I never listen to anything when I ride to work, it's too dangerous. Bike as in Bicycle. It sounds worse then it is: I work 20 mins away from my work and there is a bike path pretty much from my house to work, so I don't have to share the road with any cars. Also, I'm a rebel http://youtu.be/xm5DPlNCmtk |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
starblazie
|
|
« Reply #261 on: April 05, 2012, 07:47:56 PM » |
|
I just a hardback copy of the "The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul" by Douglas Adams which I plan to tuck into tonight. And I am comtemplating rereading some of the stuff I have by Jasper Fforde.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
"...prayers without sacrifices are only words." - Sallustius
|
|
|
|
bitoyo
|
|
« Reply #262 on: April 06, 2012, 03:10:57 AM » |
|
Dust of Dreams-Steven Erikson. Massive series, but I like them.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Bob Lovecraft
|
|
« Reply #263 on: April 09, 2012, 08:18:19 AM » |
|
I have re-opened my battered old copy (circa 1989) of Barbara Hambley's "Silent Tower". One of the sequences in it is PURE Lovecraft, and when I get to it, I will make sure to record it here verbatim.
Bob
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
If someone ever dares you to read the Necronomicon out loud... just say no.
|
|
|
Genus Unknown
Cultist
Committed for Life
Posts: 1185
Spam Buster
|
|
« Reply #264 on: April 09, 2012, 05:03:09 PM » |
|
Still working on Imajica (it's a doorstopper), while simultaneously working my way through A Pleasing Terror: The Complete Supernatural Writings of M.R. James, which includes all of his ghost stories, the novel The Five Jars, a collection of "12 Medieval Ghost Stories" that he translated, and a bunch of essays he wrote on the proper care and feeding of ghost stories.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
starblazie
|
|
« Reply #265 on: April 10, 2012, 11:17:38 PM » |
|
Still working on Imajica (it's a doorstopper), while simultaneously working my way through A Pleasing Terror: The Complete Supernatural Writings of M.R. James, which includes all of his ghost stories, the novel The Five Jars, a collection of "12 Medieval Ghost Stories" that he translated, and a bunch of essays he wrote on the proper care and feeding of ghost stories.
I agree, Imagica is a brick of a book. I think I got through about half and had to stop for some reason, and found it was hard to pick up again. I might give it another go at some point. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
"...prayers without sacrifices are only words." - Sallustius
|
|
|
RedRetroRobot
Blissfully Ignorant
Posts: 34
Dot Dot Dot
|
|
« Reply #266 on: April 11, 2012, 05:40:03 AM » |
|
I am currently reading "Morphology of the Folktale" by V.Propp (2nd ed translation) and "Ascending Peculiarity" by Edward Gorey. I never knew Gorey was a self-taught reader.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
//“Even as a youngster, though, I could not bring myself to believe that if knowledge presented danger, the solution was ignorance.” Red Retro Robot - WaMoH |
|
|
|
Bob Lovecraft
|
|
« Reply #267 on: April 11, 2012, 08:13:21 AM » |
|
Just a quick interjection here, but it never ceases to amaze me how much nonfiction the members of this podcast read. I know that I generally read strictly for enjoyment/escapism, but it is refreshing to see that so many other read for reasons of scholarship and learning. I may be changing some of my reading habits based solely on this topic thread.
Bob, passive scholar
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
If someone ever dares you to read the Necronomicon out loud... just say no.
|
|
|
|
Inner Prop
|
|
« Reply #268 on: April 11, 2012, 12:27:02 PM » |
|
The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card
King Kong by Merian Cooper
I'm just heading over to the library to pick up a copy of Twilight. I figured it's about time to see what all the hub bub is about.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Bob Lovecraft
|
|
« Reply #269 on: April 11, 2012, 02:01:53 PM » |
|
I'm just heading over to the library to pick up a copy of Twilight. I figured it's about time to see what all the hub bub is about.
NNNOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! Don't be fooled by the glittery vampires! They are not what you think. Read those books and you will devolve into a 12 year-old girl!!  Bob |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
If someone ever dares you to read the Necronomicon out loud... just say no.
|
|
|
|
