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Post by earthman on Dec 20, 2007 14:48:05 GMT -4
Yesterday I finished reading Stephen King's Dark Tower series, and now I don't know what to do with myself. I loved those books so much I still believe bits of them to be true.
Now all I want to do is sit down with a pot of coffee and maybe a few smokes and explain to someone the plot of the whole 7-book series, to the best of my recollection. I'm sure one of my uncles will leave my place on Christmas Day with much more information about the Path of the Beam than they could have ever wanted.
In fact, now's as good a time as any to tell you that I fully plan on making an entire album's worth of Dark Tower related songs. I know that will pretty much make me the King of the Über-dorks, but I don't even care.
So there!
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Post by Hunter60 on Dec 20, 2007 18:15:06 GMT -4
Yeah, I kinda felt the same way when Hunter Thompson blew his brains out. Now what? Well, there are plenty of really great writers out there. You just gotta go look for them.
Speaking of great writers, where's Jolly been?
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Post by aschleman on Dec 22, 2007 0:23:03 GMT -4
someone who i enjoy reading is chuck klosterman..... the new hunter s thompson bio is great too...
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Post by Rustee on Dec 22, 2007 1:59:45 GMT -4
I've read a few King novels, but I haven't ever tried that series. I'll give it a look. My latest few have been Michael Connelly murder/mysteries. They're fairly good, but not totally awesome. I'd never read that genre before him, so I can't really compare. But so far he's presented some good plot twists you won't see coming. They're just worth the momentary escapism...nothing life changing for sure.
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Post by fenderalltheway on Dec 23, 2007 18:38:18 GMT -4
Yesterday I finished reading Stephen King's Dark Tower series, and now I don't know what to do with myself. I loved those books so much I still believe bits of them to be true. Now all I want to do is sit down with a pot of coffee and maybe a few smokes and explain to someone the plot of the whole 7-book series, to the best of my recollection. I'm sure one of my uncles will leave my place on Christmas Day with much more information about the Path of the Beam than they could have ever wanted. In fact, now's as good a time as any to tell you that I fully plan on making an entire album's worth of Dark Tower related songs. I know that will pretty much make me the King of the Über-dorks, but I don't even care. So there! I know....exactly...how you feel. We should start a support rehab group.
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Post by thesmitchens on Dec 29, 2007 21:30:06 GMT -4
I'm currently reading Bram Stoker's Dracula. I'm almost done and I've got an abundance of books to take its place, so who knows what'll be next. In fact, now's as good a time as any to tell you that I fully plan on making an entire album's worth of Dark Tower related songs. I know that will pretty much make me the King of the Über-dorks, but I don't even care. I'll see your uber-dork and raise you an entire band based around the Myst video game series.
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Post by earthman on Dec 30, 2007 2:38:39 GMT -4
I'll see your uber-dork and raise you an entire band based around the Myst video game series. Oh man, that game ruled. Next time I go home, I'm totally gonna swipe the disc from my brother.
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Post by Mr. G. on Dec 30, 2007 10:01:23 GMT -4
I'm currently reading Bram Stoker's Dracula. That is one of my favorite books! I'm currently reading Slash's autobiography, and playing The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion on the PS3.
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Post by thesmitchens on Dec 30, 2007 21:31:09 GMT -4
I'm currently reading Bram Stoker's Dracula. That is one of my favorite books! Is it just me or is half of the book spent around Van Helsing on a soap box? I'm currently reading Slash's autobiography, and playing The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion on the PS3. I'm playing that on XBox 360. Good game.
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Post by Mr. G. on Dec 31, 2007 11:44:24 GMT -4
It's been years since I last read the book, but I do remember it spending an awful lot of time on Van Helsing when it could have spent more time developing some of the other characters.
Oblivion is a good game, but I'm not completely sold on it yet. It's not exactly the type of game that I normally get into. I'm more of a FPS than a RPG person. The problem I'm finding with the FPS's that are coming out, is the lack of a good story/plot. I think all the on-line multiplayer stuff is what's killing the single-player parts of the games. At the moment, I care nothing about getting online to play with other people. I just want an objective based campaign with a good story... is that too much to ask for?
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Post by Skeleton Keys on Dec 31, 2007 21:22:09 GMT -4
Uum in terms of books... I'm reading The Boston Strangler, by Geroldf Frank. That, and some V.C. Andrews. And I re-read The Deathly Hallows a month ago... Fun fun fun... Ooooooh, and I beat Perfect Dark (N-64) a few weeks ago for probably the 50th time. And I've got nothing else.
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Post by Hunter60 on Dec 31, 2007 21:32:29 GMT -4
Hmmm. Well let's see. What am I currently reading? 1) Practicing: A Musicians Return to Music - Glenn Kurtz (this is a beautifully written book by a classical guitarist) 2) Remberance of Things Past - Marcel Proust 3) Butterfield 8 - John O'Hara I usually have two or three books working at one time. Since I rarely watch television, I have to keep myself entertained some how!
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Post by Rustee on Dec 31, 2007 21:43:19 GMT -4
1) Practicing: A Musicians Return to Music - Glenn Kurtz (this is a beautifully written book by a classical guitarist) I think I've heard about this book awhile back. Didn't he originally progress very high in his playing and career, and then just one day quit, never to pick it up again for years? Until much later that is...when he had to re-learn everything, but coming back with a different perspective. If so, I heard about it on some totally unrelated radio show who was mentioning it for its inspirational value. Sounded good, but I didn't think to write it down. I'll be on the lookout for it.
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Post by Hunter60 on Dec 31, 2007 21:53:52 GMT -4
1) Practicing: A Musicians Return to Music - Glenn Kurtz (this is a beautifully written book by a classical guitarist) I think I've heard about this book awhile back. Didn't he originally progress very high in his playing and career, and then just one day quit, never to pick it up again for years? Until much later that is...when he had to re-learn everything, but coming back with a different perspective. If so, I heard about it on some totally unrelated radio show who was mentioning it for its inspirational value. Sounded good, but I didn't think to write it down. I'll be on the lookout for it. Yup. That's the one. It really is a good book. Very inspirational as well. Two thumbs up. Heck man, I'll gladly send it to you when I finish it. Let me know.
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Post by thesmitchens on Jan 2, 2008 10:32:12 GMT -4
Oblivion is a good game, but I'm not completely sold on it yet. It's not exactly the type of game that I normally get into. I'm more of a FPS than a RPG person. The problem I'm finding with the FPS's that are coming out, is the lack of a good story/plot. I think all the on-line multiplayer stuff is what's killing the single-player parts of the games. At the moment, I care nothing about getting online to play with other people. I just want an objective based campaign with a good story... is that too much to ask for? Bioshock is your go to game, then... if you have a PC or an XBox. I don't know about the PC version, but the XBox version doesn't have a multiplayer.
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Post by Mr. G. on Jan 2, 2008 11:36:57 GMT -4
I wish I could play Bioshock, but my stepson's 360 is staying over at his fathers house, and we don't have a computer that would be able to run it ... I heard a rumor that it would be coming to the PS3, but I'm not keeping my hopes up.
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