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[MAG-SI]

T. Capote, In Cold Blood.

[Maglorfin]

Hey, MAG-SI, man!

J. K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (for my HP reading marathon )

[MAG-SI]

OMG! You are here?
He's my friend and I didn't notice him (you have already 132 posts!) ..... need to pay more attention!

[Composer_Fan]

I'm rereading Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. It's a very flawed book, plotwise.

[JWfangirl1992]

Blink by Malcom Gladwell or something like that (not entirely sure about the last name). Very good book on psychology. It discusses how we can judge people and things, in a blink of an eye, correctly.

[Goldsmithfan]

I just finished Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd. It was written by the band's drummer Nick Mason. There were many passages which were obviously trimmed, either to prevent lawsuits or for other reasons, but it was a pretty good read overall. And before that book I never knew that Michael Kamen ever scribbled, "I must not fuck goats," in his notepad over and over again. Who knew Roger Waters could have such an effect on people?!?

Now I'm almost finished with Rutger Hauer's autobiography All Those Moments. (Where'd THAT quote come from? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?) And today I just began re-reading Legion by William Peter Blatty. It's a shame to think that the footage of the real ending to the film is lost.

[Luke Skywalker]

The Neverending Story.

I should have read this years before...Its somewhat childish for now...

[Morlock]

Just got four Kurt Vonnegut books (Mother Night, Slaughterhouse Five, Man Without a Country and Breakfast of Champions), A Confederacy of Dunces, and John Alton's Painting With Light, a textbook on cinematography. Started on the Alton book, will work my way through the Vonneguts.

[QuestionMarkMan]

Working my way through William Goldman's Adventures in the Screen Trade

[Marian Schedenig]

The Neverending Story.

I should have read this years before...Its somewhat childish for now...

I did read it years ago, but I barely remember it. I want to read it again someday.

[Luke Skywalker]

The Neverending Story.

I did read it years ago, but I barely remember it. I want to read it again someday.

That happens me with the movies.

Were those the book told in three movies or One movie based in the book and two film sequels without book?

[Mr. Breathmask]

It's an awesome book.

The first movie was basically the first half of the book.
The second one only partially drew from what was left.
I didn't see the third one.

I still love that book, though. Who cares if it's a children's book? So's The Hobbit.

[Luke Skywalker]

there is no comparison to the hobbit... I suppose since i havent reaid it..

[Marian Schedenig]

The first movie was basically the first half of the book.
The second one only partially drew from what was left.
I didn't see the third one.

Neither have I, and the first two were a long time ago. From what I recall, the second one rather sucked, although even the first one wasn't very good, and hardly an adequate representation of the novel (particularly considering that it just ends in the middle).

[Red Rabbit]

The first film is something of a classic as I understand.

[John Crichton]

I enjoyed The Neverending Story film as a kid. I haven't seen it in forever, though, so I don't know how well it's aged.

I still remember the song, though.

[Marian Schedenig]

The first film is something of a classic as I understand.

Well yes, there are classics and there are classics.

The song is... very dated, but kinda cool.

Marian - who just started re-reading the book.

[John Crichton]

It's always hit or miss when you revisit your favorite childhood movies. I love Transformers: The Movie more than ever today since I appreciate it on a whole new level, while on the other hand I could barely sit through Spacecamp when I tried to watch it a few years ago, even with the Williams score.

John- who needs to revisit The Last Starfighter

[indy4]

I'm re-reading the Harry Potter books(for the fourth time). Right now I'm on Order of the Phoenix.

[Red Rabbit]

It's always hit or miss when you revisit your favorite childhood movies. I love Transformers: The Movie more than ever today since I appreciate it on a whole new level, while on the other hand I could barely sit through Spacecamp when I tried to watch it a few years ago, even with the Williams score.

John- who needs to revisit The Last Starfighter

If Family Guy has parodied it, then there's a good chance that it has had some cultural impact.

[Mr. Breathmask]

Marian - who just started re-reading the book.

Excellent.

Do you have the red/blue text edition, with the nice colored initials at the start of every chapter? I heard not all editions are actually in color.

[Marian Schedenig]

I have the paperback version with the red/green text and page-sized capital letters at the chapter beginnings, but with a cover that doesn't really fit the description in the book.

[Hitch]

I'm currently reading 2 books:

Michael Crichton's "PREY" - I see Sam Neill and Laura Dern in the title roles. Cartright, just a minute.

James Frey's "A MILLION LITTLE PIECES" - I see Haley Joel Osment playing James. "I see dead people again"

[Luke Skywalker]

I have the paperback version with the red/green text and page-sized capital letters at the chapter beginnings, but with a cover that doesn't really fit the description in the book.

I think i have a crappy edition then.



On topic:

YAY! They Finally reprinted 'The andromeda strain' here (OOP for more than 10 years...) Already bought it. At last i have all Crichton novels i hope the novel lives up to the expectation

[Drax]

Currently reading The Creature From Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve by G. Edward Griffin. Intriguing book about the debt-based fiat monetary system that the United States and other nations have become addicted to, which will inevitably lead to the economy's destruction through skyrocketing inflations and the downward spiral of borrowing and debt.

[Mr. Breathmask]

I have the paperback version with the red/green text and page-sized capital letters at the chapter beginnings, but with a cover that doesn't really fit the description in the book.

I have a hardcover, but my cover unfortunately doesn't fit the description either. I wish they'd paid more attention to that.

BTW, Ende's Momo is great as well.

[indy4]

I'm rereading Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. It's a very flawed book, plotwise.

Ummm...how?

[pixie_twinkle]

The Salmon of Doubt: Douglas Adams. I'm enjoying it very much. He died about 30 years and at least 4 books too soon.

[Drax]

The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere by Jürgen Habermas.

This book was a tedious exercise in seeing how long you can go without pulling your hair out and screaming louder than a monkey in a microwave. This was the worst form of intellectual masturbation I have ever read because of the German socialist intellectual's back-tracking and constant annoying double-speak about public opinion and the public sphere, they almost sound like they're the same damn thing, all-the-while, he leaves out the individual element and dismisses the private sphere as non-influential; I honestly don't think even Habermas knew what the hell he was talking about.

I can't believe I had to write a 3500 word essay on this bullshit.

[Marian Schedenig]

The Salmon of Doubt: Douglas Adams. I'm enjoying it very much. He died about 30 years and at least 4 books too soon.

I loved it. Wonderful collections of articles (some of which I knew, but most of them were new to me), and I thought the Gently fragment was great. I also don't see how it would be better suited as Hitch Hiker material, it seemed to perfectly fit the Gently character, from what I recall.

[Romão]

The Demolished Man, by Alfred Bester.

After reading the absolutely fantastic The Stars, My Destination, I must say Bester has become one of my favorite writers.

[Luke Skywalker]

Mine is the Driving license manual.

Man.. I'm bored

[Mark Olivarez]

John Feinstein's A Good Walk Spoiled and The Majors.

[AI]

The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere by Jürgen Habermas.

I can't believe I had to write a 3500 word essay on this bullshit.

Oh come on, you know you liked it on some level.

[Drax]

I admit that the idea of the bourgeois public sphere as a counter-public to the state is a fascinating idea, and it has phenomenal implications to institutions such as APEC on a global scale, but I felt it was a theoretical concept that was much better explained by Nancy Fraser and Brian McNair, who critiqued the concept and added their own historical comparisons post-1962.

[Morlock]

Read Painting with Light, by John Alton, fantastic book on cinematography.
A Confederacy of Dunces, terrific read, weak ending.
Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut. Of course, I loved it.
And I am currently reading Easy Riders, Raging Bulls by Peter Biskind, about the 'New Hollywood' of the 70's. Almost through- Heaven's Gate just went into production.

[Drax]

You find time to read all those books and watch movies?

[Morlock]

Well, that's over the last six weeks or so. I'm not Superman. And I don't watch nearly enough movies. I'm sure that the vast, vast, vast majority of the time I've spent watching movies were movies I'd seen before. I gotta watch more new stuff (new to me, that is. Not more 2007 films).

[Hitch]

I'm reading a book about myself at the moment. Quite amusing in places.

[Elmo Lewis]

A Confederacy of Dunces, terrific read, weak ending.
Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut. Of course, I loved it.