ON my side im enjoying the last week of summer vacation before i start summer classes, next semester i will officially be a third year student and will be tackling the harder subjects such as gross anatomy, histology, essential physiology, physical therapy modalities dealing with heat and light and basics of health care.
So not much really...
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R_O, that was the book to which I was referring. I thought it was well written and the plot was interesting. The book is very hard to put down, but I felt it was anticlimatic. The book will leave you wanting more at some points, and bore you at others. It's worth the read, but be warned, it isn't Stephen King's greatest work (at least from what I've heard, I've only read a handful of his books.)
To be quite honest, that is how most of his books are. Particularly the better ones for some reason. Not that I do not love them anyway.
EDIT: It played with my emotions a lot more than the average ho-hum story did. The 400+ pages seems very daunting at first, but you just feel the need to keep reading the book for most of it.
Only 400 pages, huh?
Three words: Under. The. Dome.
I felt connected with the main character during the book, which is also something new for me.
I feel that this is one his strengths as a writer, and what keeps me reading (and re-reading) his work. That and the insane amount of descriptive detail.
If you do decide to read it, please be in touch, so I can hear the opinion of others.
Will see if the library has it soon, and definitely let you know what I think.
So I had my Poultry Coroner thread moved from regular Creative Writing to the NSFW Creative Writing. And I'm shocked they didn't redact the post in our thread that gave me a suspension.
I read through it, and there is some impressive stuff in there.
The Wind Through the Keyhole is a new book he's writing, a new book in the series. Unfortunately, I'm having trouble remembering where in the storyline it takes place (r_0 told me all this, but I've slept since then, and he's lost internet connection at home, so can't be here himself. :() but I think it gives you more storyline with Cuthbert and Jamie.
Though, I suppose I could have just read the wiki page myself, haha.
Then for the benefit of anyone being as lazy as yourself, it is supposed to take place during the span of time between the ka-tet leaving the Emerald City (end of Wizard & Glass) and their arrival at the edge of Calla Bryn Sturgis (beginning of Wolves of the Callas). Other than that, no idea what it is about.
Special edition has already been released, regular printing comes out next month.
Also, small nitpick dear, but but Roland's first ka-tet was with Cuthbert and Alain. Jaimie DeCurry was mentioned in the books but never appeared (I think he was one of the gunslingers who made the last s tand with them at the Battle of Jericho Hill).
Sorry, I know way too much about this stuff.
Only 400 pages, huh?
Three words: Under. The. Dome.
Seriously. So many pages, but so ****ing worth it!!
I feel that this is one his strengths as a writer, and what keeps me reading (and re-reading) his work. That and the insane amount of descriptive detail.
Agreed.
Then for the benefit of anyone being as lazy as yourself, it is supposed to take place during the span of time between the ka-tet leaving the Emerald City (end of Wizard & Glass) and their arrival at the edge of Calla Bryn Sturgis (beginning of Wolves of the Callas). Other than that, no idea what it is about.
Thanks, baby!
Special edition has already been released, regular printing comes out next month.
Wait, really? I didn't realize it was so soon!!!
Also, small nitpick dear, but but Roland's first ka-tet was with Cuthbert and Alain. Jaimie DeCurry was mentioned in the books but never appeared (I think he was one of the gunslingers who made the last s tand with them at the Battle of Jericho Hill).
Sorry, I know way too much about this stuff.
Haha, it's ok. I often correct you on Harry Potter and easily could Twilight if you ever talked about it.
I just read Horns by Joe Hill, and thoroughly enjoyed it.
You know whats annoying? Several years ago i read a book that was over 3000 pages long, it was a rather good Alternative Chronology book, i know it had to do with the Norse gods (Rig in particular) but i just simply cant remember what the title was and looking around gives me no matches... it really infuriates me because that was perhaps one of the most influential books i ever read while growing up (as well as being over 3000 pages long!!!).
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That is not dead which can eternal lie. And with strange eons even death may die.
Ugh, I have books of my own I've been meaning to read but can't for whatever reason. Sometimes reading sucks that way. I just finished 'If on a winter's night a traveler', it was ... pretty bad really. The Gift of Death is next on the list but I might not get there. ...
As far as doing things, basically same old. Had spring break. Trying to justify buying a drum set at the moment, with limited success. So many books. Bought pokemon again? And a new phone. And a few stories [that hopefully won't be as bad as others I submitted]. Have to start looking for work but I really don't want to. ... Dammit, graduating. Ughhh.
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my mouth is full of winsome lies -
and eyes are full of death besides
but luckily the soul is wise -
it sees beyond my blindness and
forced failure makes a better guise,
so as i come again alive,
it feels like life's a decent plan
I read "If on a winter's night a traveler..." for a creative writing class. It actually isn't that bad. It's not meant to be a groundbreaking or 'good' novel. It's just an interesting experiment in second person writing (which is usually a grand no-no for creative writing, "meant only for technical manuals") and in meta writing.
It amuses me that 400 pages is considered a 'long' book. Battlefield Earth is 1000, Journey to the West is 2000+ (I don't have an exact figure on that). Depending on font size and if it's trade paperback, most of the Lord of the Rings ones reach at least that size, I believe.
I'm working on a novel about a a very young civilization (think amongst the first old) that has gotten through a rough struggle for power. The people aren't so happy so the King sends out a warrior to win the favor of 9 Gods. He's rather archetypal, but over the course of the novel as he's being taken advantage by the Gods he kinds wises up to what's important to life, and tries instead to find personal retribution for his wrong doings, and to find his wife in the afterlife, (what they call the afterworld.)
Anyway, very simplified summary.
I'll take those 5 cookies, I did work on it a bit the other day, need to work on it some more.
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I read "If on a winter's night a traveler..." for a creative writing class. It actually isn't that bad. It's not meant to be a groundbreaking or 'good' novel. It's just an interesting experiment in second person writing (which is usually a grand no-no for creative writing, "meant only for technical manuals") and in meta writing.
It's an interesting experiment, but one that lacks coherency and is a real chore to get through. I love - love! - the idea of it, but the execution is ... lacking.
It amuses me that 400 pages is considered a 'long' book. Battlefield Earth is 1000, Journey to the West is 2000+ (I don't have an exact figure on that). Depending on font size and if it's trade paperback, most of the Lord of the Rings ones reach at least that size, I believe.
My benchmark for Long Books is 700+, but then again I usually go by the standard of "anything half the size of Infinite Jest is long", and that's one of the top 10 longest books ever written. So.
Offtopic: my birthday today, wee.
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my mouth is full of winsome lies -
and eyes are full of death besides
but luckily the soul is wise -
it sees beyond my blindness and
forced failure makes a better guise,
so as i come again alive,
it feels like life's a decent plan
And yes, it's a little hard to get through. But I believe that was done intentionally. It is definitely hard to write a second person book. You have to be able to let the reader fit into the story. Which means not a lot of detail in may cases.
.emosewa ytterp s'tI. romra enobnogarD :dnif ot 05 level a rof erar s'taht tnempiuqe retcarahc 52 level ym evag taht hctilg emosewa na otni naR .citsatnaf llits s'ti dna ,ti morf ffo shtnom wef a gnikat retfa mirykS otni kcab tog tsuj I oS
Everything scares me... kitties scare me... squirrels scare me... corpses....corpses bring forth a pletora of confusing feeling which i prefer not to dwell on...:p
And of course I completely forgot about Pick A Card with the work I've got to do. I suppose it's too much to hope I can do that in addition to learning somewhere close to a semester's worth of shaders in two weeks. (Of course, it had to be the hardest class that I had to procrastinate on due to nothing in it being particularly pressing.)
Still have one week on that, so I'm going to vanish again.
.citsatnaf si "evac moorhsum gniwolg dnuorgrednu nautnagrag" ot "ardnut dloc ,hsrah ,kaelb" morf egnahc ehT .semag fo yrotsih eht ni saera tsetaerg eht fo eno si hcaerkcalB dnA .tnaillirb tsuj si dlrow nepo citnagig s'mirykS fo leef dna kool eht tub ,s'mirykS naht retteb si tabmoc s'rulamA
Everything scares me... kitties scare me... squirrels scare me... corpses....corpses bring forth a pletora of confusing feeling which i prefer not to dwell on...:p
I'll remind everyone that this is the last day for Pick A Card. We do have next month's challenge already lined up, however.
Journey to the West is increasingly feeling like 'monster of the week'. Not that this is necessarily a bad thing, but it's kind of amusing to recognize that structure that we expect from TV shows in a book. I realize it was gathered from a series of stories going around, but... Still. Hilarious.
.citsatnaf si "evac moorhsum gniwolg dnuorgrednu nautnagrag" ot "ardnut dloc ,hsrah ,kaelb" morf egnahc ehT .semag fo yrotsih eht ni saera tsetaerg eht fo eno si hcaerkcalB dnA .tnaillirb tsuj si dlrow nepo citnagig s'mirykS fo leef dna kool eht tub ,s'mirykS naht retteb si tabmoc s'rulamA
Hey im not going to deny that its a good game but from what i have seen Dragons Dogma is giving Skyrim a very big run for its money in the openness department and look as well, again im not saying Skyrim isnt good, it just doesnt grip me as much as Amalur does or as DD is doing so far with the previews and streams.
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Call me old fashioned, but an evil ascension to power just isn't the same without someone chanting faux Latin in the background.
Oreo, Glazing people better than Dunkin' Donuts since 2009
That is not dead which can eternal lie. And with strange eons even death may die.
Hey im not going to deny that its a good game but from what i have seen Dragons Dogma is giving Skyrim a very big run for its money in the openness department and look as well, again im not saying Skyrim isnt good, it just doesnt grip me as much as Amalur does or as DD is doing so far with the previews and streams.
Well to be fair I only played the demo of Amalur, and that was only to unlock special weapons and armor in Mass Effect 3. The cartoony WoW/Fable style just isn't my thing, which makes me gravitate toward Skyrim more.
Dragon's Dogma looks interesting. I'm not much of a JRPG fan though, even "western" JRPGs. The only JRPG I ever played all the way through was The Last Remnant. I might give Dragon's Dogma a try after it comes out and I see some reviews. It certainly looks pretty.
Also, I love the viking-esque theme of Skyrim's world. Being of Scandinavian descent on both sides of the family probably explains that.
PS: Nai, could you please post in the MTGRPG thread? Just waiting on you, I believe.
Everything scares me... kitties scare me... squirrels scare me... corpses....corpses bring forth a pletora of confusing feeling which i prefer not to dwell on...:p
Thank all of you for the birthday wishes, hehe.
@Nai: It's hard to write a second-person book, sure. I just didn't feel like it was really pointing to anything that it didn't make seem elementarily obvious. I mean, it's an experiment, and it was vaguely interesting when considered as an experiment, but it was a failed experiment.
In any case, I'd been reading it for two years [took a massive break, discovered it with a bookmark half-in and remembered where I was] so. Finally done. Only ... 15 or more books left on the pile. Maybe I'll read The Clown next, or A Wizard Abroad, or The Stars My Destination ... ugh. I know they're all fantastic and I know I shouldn't read any of them since I'm supposed to be making friends/influencing people/graduating/etc. but screw that, I'm an english major. I read. 'tis what I /do/.
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my mouth is full of winsome lies -
and eyes are full of death besides
but luckily the soul is wise -
it sees beyond my blindness and
forced failure makes a better guise,
so as i come again alive,
it feels like life's a decent plan
I guess I just have to disagree with you there. I read it for my class and analyzed it later on. Now, keep in mind, I was prepped on it when I started, knowing it was fairy-tale-esque (the class was based on them) and wouldn't be incredibly satisfying. It's basically what I expected. The idea was fairly good, and, while incredibly dry, each of the openings of the story were interesting and lead you to wanting more. And the 'twist' at the end was enjoyable as well.
So what all is everyone up to?
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So not much really...
To be quite honest, that is how most of his books are. Particularly the better ones for some reason. Not that I do not love them anyway.
Only 400 pages, huh?
Three words: Under. The. Dome.
I feel that this is one his strengths as a writer, and what keeps me reading (and re-reading) his work. That and the insane amount of descriptive detail.
Will see if the library has it soon, and definitely let you know what I think.
I read through it, and there is some impressive stuff in there.
Then for the benefit of anyone being as lazy as yourself, it is supposed to take place during the span of time between the ka-tet leaving the Emerald City (end of Wizard & Glass) and their arrival at the edge of Calla Bryn Sturgis (beginning of Wolves of the Callas). Other than that, no idea what it is about.
Special edition has already been released, regular printing comes out next month.
Also, small nitpick dear, but but Roland's first ka-tet was with Cuthbert and Alain. Jaimie DeCurry was mentioned in the books but never appeared (I think he was one of the gunslingers who made the last s tand with them at the Battle of Jericho Hill).
Sorry, I know way too much about this stuff.
I did not know that. I think you just blew my mind a little.
What is the novel?
I just read Horns by Joe Hill, and thoroughly enjoyed it.
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Seriously. So many pages, but so ****ing worth it!!
Agreed.
Thanks, baby!
Wait, really? I didn't realize it was so soon!!!
Haha, it's ok. I often correct you on Harry Potter and easily could Twilight if you ever talked about it.
I want to read that.
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As far as doing things, basically same old. Had spring break. Trying to justify buying a drum set at the moment, with limited success. So many books. Bought pokemon again? And a new phone. And a few stories [that hopefully won't be as bad as others I submitted]. Have to start looking for work but I really don't want to. ... Dammit, graduating. Ughhh.
and eyes are full of death besides
but luckily the soul is wise -
it sees beyond my blindness and
forced failure makes a better guise,
so as i come again alive,
it feels like life's a decent plan
It amuses me that 400 pages is considered a 'long' book. Battlefield Earth is 1000, Journey to the West is 2000+ (I don't have an exact figure on that). Depending on font size and if it's trade paperback, most of the Lord of the Rings ones reach at least that size, I believe.
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I'm working on a novel about a a very young civilization (think amongst the first old) that has gotten through a rough struggle for power. The people aren't so happy so the King sends out a warrior to win the favor of 9 Gods. He's rather archetypal, but over the course of the novel as he's being taken advantage by the Gods he kinds wises up to what's important to life, and tries instead to find personal retribution for his wrong doings, and to find his wife in the afterlife, (what they call the afterworld.)
Anyway, very simplified summary.
I'll take those 5 cookies, I did work on it a bit the other day, need to work on it some more.
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It's an interesting experiment, but one that lacks coherency and is a real chore to get through. I love - love! - the idea of it, but the execution is ... lacking.
My benchmark for Long Books is 700+, but then again I usually go by the standard of "anything half the size of Infinite Jest is long", and that's one of the top 10 longest books ever written. So.
Offtopic: my birthday today, wee.
and eyes are full of death besides
but luckily the soul is wise -
it sees beyond my blindness and
forced failure makes a better guise,
so as i come again alive,
it feels like life's a decent plan
(Still counts, it's only 11PM here. )
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And yes, it's a little hard to get through. But I believe that was done intentionally. It is definitely hard to write a second person book. You have to be able to let the reader fit into the story. Which means not a lot of detail in may cases.
I do find the writing rather dry in it.
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And of course I completely forgot about Pick A Card with the work I've got to do. I suppose it's too much to hope I can do that in addition to learning somewhere close to a semester's worth of shaders in two weeks. (Of course, it had to be the hardest class that I had to procrastinate on due to nothing in it being particularly pressing.)
Still have one week on that, so I'm going to vanish again.
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Journey to the West is increasingly feeling like 'monster of the week'. Not that this is necessarily a bad thing, but it's kind of amusing to recognize that structure that we expect from TV shows in a book. I realize it was gathered from a series of stories going around, but... Still. Hilarious.
My helpdesk should you need me.
Hey im not going to deny that its a good game but from what i have seen Dragons Dogma is giving Skyrim a very big run for its money in the openness department and look as well, again im not saying Skyrim isnt good, it just doesnt grip me as much as Amalur does or as DD is doing so far with the previews and streams.
Well to be fair I only played the demo of Amalur, and that was only to unlock special weapons and armor in Mass Effect 3. The cartoony WoW/Fable style just isn't my thing, which makes me gravitate toward Skyrim more.
Dragon's Dogma looks interesting. I'm not much of a JRPG fan though, even "western" JRPGs. The only JRPG I ever played all the way through was The Last Remnant. I might give Dragon's Dogma a try after it comes out and I see some reviews. It certainly looks pretty.
Also, I love the viking-esque theme of Skyrim's world. Being of Scandinavian descent on both sides of the family probably explains that.
PS: Nai, could you please post in the MTGRPG thread? Just waiting on you, I believe.
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Also, Erin really wishes she had Copy Enchantment.
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@Nai: It's hard to write a second-person book, sure. I just didn't feel like it was really pointing to anything that it didn't make seem elementarily obvious. I mean, it's an experiment, and it was vaguely interesting when considered as an experiment, but it was a failed experiment.
In any case, I'd been reading it for two years [took a massive break, discovered it with a bookmark half-in and remembered where I was] so. Finally done. Only ... 15 or more books left on the pile. Maybe I'll read The Clown next, or A Wizard Abroad, or The Stars My Destination ... ugh. I know they're all fantastic and I know I shouldn't read any of them since I'm supposed to be making friends/influencing people/graduating/etc. but screw that, I'm an english major. I read. 'tis what I /do/.
and eyes are full of death besides
but luckily the soul is wise -
it sees beyond my blindness and
forced failure makes a better guise,
so as i come again alive,
it feels like life's a decent plan
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