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<blockquote data-quote="Jack7" data-source="post: 4950491" data-attributes="member: 54707">I like me some John Carter. Wish more people wrote that kinda stuff nowadays.I'm re-reading the Great Books of the Western World, this time in order.&nbsp; So I'm reading the Iliad now.I'm also listening to an unabridged version of Crossing the Threshold of Hope, by John Paul II.&nbsp; He's my favorite modern Pope (I like Benedict too, but John Paul appeals to me) but he is also, I am finding out, quite an excellent theologian, as well as a formidable historian of philosophy and religion.I'm also reading, Land of the Silver Apples (cause I wanna write a children's book and so I'm reading to see what the market likes nowadays), Proven Guilty by Butcher, and Thin Air, a really interesting Spenser novel by Parker. But that I'm listening to on CD.I also today picked up All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder. I got halfway through the second episode and Miller screwed Batman up so completely that the whole book was a steaming pile of crap. Still, Lee's artwork was so fantastic, and the inking and coloring so good, that I looked at the whole book. I just didn't bother reading Miller's storyline. It was like reading a badly done play by a ten year old trying too hard to have his characters talk and act tough and coming off as a six year old hack as a result. Pretty pathetic writing. I expected better from Miller.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jack7, post: 4950491, member: 54707"] I like me some John Carter. Wish more people wrote that kinda stuff nowadays. I'm re-reading the Great Books of the Western World, this time in order. So I'm reading the [I]Iliad[/I] now. I'm also listening to an unabridged version of [I]Crossing the Threshold of Hope[/I], by John Paul II. He's my favorite modern Pope (I like Benedict too, but John Paul appeals to me) but he is also, I am finding out, quite an excellent theologian, as well as a formidable historian of philosophy and religion. I'm also reading, [I]Land of the Silver Apples[/I] (cause I wanna write a children's book and so I'm reading to see what the market likes nowadays), [I]Proven Guilty[/I] by Butcher, and [I]Thin Air[/I], a really interesting Spenser novel by Parker. But that I'm listening to on CD. I also today picked up [I]All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder[/I]. I got halfway through the second episode and Miller screwed Batman up so completely that the whole book was a steaming pile of crap. Still, Lee's artwork was so fantastic, and the inking and coloring so good, that I looked at the whole book. I just didn't bother reading Miller's storyline. It was like reading a badly done play by a ten year old trying too hard to have his characters talk and act tough and coming off as a six year old hack as a result. Pretty pathetic writing. I expected better from Miller. [/QUOTE]

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