Cadence said:I'd seen similar comments but was hoping otherwise. I picked up the first collected volume as part of reading through Appendix N in the 1e DMG. I've read all of Lovecraft, Conan, Middle Earth, and the Dying Earth books. Any recommendations on which ones to do next?
Gibson said his script for the film (yeah, he wrote that) was butchered by Hollywood producers). For example, the idea of a heroine addicted dolphin was a bit too much for some of them. You do not want to shock the US public.Johnny Mnemonic is awesome. Go Molly Millions.
I think Johnny Mnemonic has the same problem The Postman does (except The Postman is much, much worse off) - a great story, but a crummy movie. The book The Postman is excellent. The movie....David Brin should have sued.
Ender's Game
I was more talking about this critique of the messages and themes of the book. War is good, so are genocide and child soldiers.is a good book. It didn't click for me as much as it did for many other people, and I didn't get into the later books at all, but it is a good book. Try that, Starship Troopers, and The Forever War to tick a few SF war commentary books off the list.
Yup, yup and yup. Post Office still is my favorite, cause he does all of what you mentioned while working for the guberment. Somehow it touched a cord.
I usually read exclusively History/ Military History, but my step-mom recently got me into detective books.
Right now I am reading The Drop by Michael Connelly.
I need to make a trip to the discount bookstore and get a few military history books.
Cool, thanks!If you like Roman history, try Colleen McCullough's Masters of Rome series; they're historical fiction about the last Republic, and follow the history pretty closely.
The first one, focusing on Gaius Marius, is the First Man in Rome. It's followed by the Grass Crown, Fortune's Favorites, Caesar, Caesar's Women, the October Horse and Antony and Cleopatra. They're pretty darn excellent, IMHO.
How can I trust a man that has a pug for an avatar?