Thread Tools

KatMagenta
Starlet on the rise
39129.22
KatMagenta is offline
 
#8301
Old 03-19-2010, 10:49 PM

The novel. It's the film tie-in edition.

I haven't read the comic books, they're on my ridiculous comics to-read list. >.<

LaVida
On Semi-Hiatus
Penpal
7320.50
LaVida is offline
 
#8302
Old 03-19-2010, 10:51 PM

I actually only watched the movie (which my mom surprisingly loved) and read the picture book. Does the pictures in the graphic novel look any good? and did Neil Gaiman draw it?

KatMagenta
Starlet on the rise
39129.22
KatMagenta is offline
 
#8303
Old 03-19-2010, 11:05 PM

Charles Vess was the artist. ^^

I think the 'story book' is just the comics collected in one volume; I've read that's how Gaiman imagined it in the first place.

LaVida
On Semi-Hiatus
Penpal
7320.50
LaVida is offline
 
#8304
Old 03-19-2010, 11:19 PM

story book? what's a story book? are you talking about a picture book? :S

KatMagenta
Starlet on the rise
39129.22
KatMagenta is offline
 
#8305
Old 03-19-2010, 11:25 PM

Quote:
sto·ry·book   [stawr-ee-book, stohr-]
–noun
a book that contains a story or stories, esp. for children
(from dictionary.com)
.
Sorry, you're right, picture book is probably a more appropriate description in this case.

LaVida
On Semi-Hiatus
Penpal
7320.50
LaVida is offline
 
#8306
Old 03-19-2010, 11:42 PM

lol, nice XD hmmm...is it really? the storybook/picture book illustrations looked like....well......paintings :d like, those paintings you find in regular picture books :d they so do not look like comic book pictures XD

KatMagenta
Starlet on the rise
39129.22
KatMagenta is offline
 
#8307
Old 03-19-2010, 11:52 PM

Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess' Stardust (at HTML Comics). The art does look lovely but I don't want to read any further ahead than I am with the book. ^^;

Charles Vess also did some art for Sandman. Comics can be pretty too.

LaVida
On Semi-Hiatus
Penpal
7320.50
LaVida is offline
 
#8308
Old 03-20-2010, 08:26 PM

lol, comic pretty and painting pretty are two types of pretty XD...well, usually anyways XP the paintings usually take longer and it gives off more of a dreamy effect (for me anyways :P) and it has more words than pictures.

The story book/ picture book I was talking about was in a different format with 1 page words and 1 page large picture (or something close to it :d) The pictures were bigger, but less than the one in the URL.

Knerd
I put the K in "Misspelling"

Assistant Administrator
8553.39
Knerd is offline
 
#8309
Old 03-20-2010, 11:31 PM

I really need to start reading more graphic novels/comics. I've read so much Art Spiegelman and Charles Burns that I've got to branch out more?

Anyone have some suggestions?
For now, I'd like to avoid serial manga. I'm too poor. :lol:

LaVida
On Semi-Hiatus
Penpal
7320.50
LaVida is offline
 
#8310
Old 03-21-2010, 12:29 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by KatMagenta View Post
Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess' Stardust (at HTML Comics). The art does look lovely but I don't want to read any further ahead than I am with the book. ^^;

Charles Vess also did some art for Sandman. Comics can be pretty too.
Knerd>> clicky linky.

shinigamikarasu
(^._.^)ノ

Penpal
11567.91
shinigamikarasu is offline
 
#8311
Old 03-21-2010, 06:31 PM

... I've read all my books.

Anyone know any really good novels? All I've had to read lately are a couple of manga I got a few days ago.

Guivre
(^._.^)ノ
30218.89
Send a message via AIM to Guivre Send a message via Yahoo to Guivre
Guivre is offline
 
#8312
Old 03-21-2010, 06:35 PM

Hmm. I'm still reading World War Z, and I just returned to the library a really bad short novel I couldn't keep reading. It was just so much more dull than a novel about a private detective trying to find a unicorn in New York City on New Year's Even should be. That sounds like an exciting premise, doesn't it? The book was called Stalking the Unicorn, by the way.

Normally I give books till page 100 before I give up on them, but this time, I really just couldn't. :/

LaVida
On Semi-Hiatus
Penpal
7320.50
LaVida is offline
 
#8313
Old 03-21-2010, 06:41 PM

shinigamikarasu>> try some Tamora Pierce books ;) especially Terrier and Bloodhound :)

Guivre>> lmao, "Stalking the Unicorn?" doesn't that sound wrong? XD

shinigamikarasu
(^._.^)ノ

Penpal
11567.91
shinigamikarasu is offline
 
#8314
Old 03-21-2010, 06:54 PM

@ Guivre: I've heard of that one. I have his other book, The Zombie Survival Guide, and it's really cool.

@ LaVida: I think I've heard of that author. I haven't read any of their books yet, though. I'm trying to make a list of books to look out for next time I go to the library.

Guivre
(^._.^)ノ
30218.89
Send a message via AIM to Guivre Send a message via Yahoo to Guivre
Guivre is offline
 
#8315
Old 03-21-2010, 06:59 PM

LaVida -- it does, now that I think about it. D=

I looked up the page for the novel on wiki, and I see that later the main character meets "Eohippus," a six inch tall horse, who is an expert on unicorns. ._. You would think that would be only too adorable, but I'm glad I saved myself from a leaden, lifeless portrayal of an adorable thing, lol.

Terrier and Bloodhound look good, by the way. I think the next book I'm going to read is something by Cecilia Holland. I forgot what a good writer she was until I read the dragon short story by her in The Dragon Book last week.

LaVida
On Semi-Hiatus
Penpal
7320.50
LaVida is offline
 
#8316
Old 03-21-2010, 08:27 PM

hmmm...Cecilia Holland...I'll look her up later then :d

and the Terrier and Blookhound books are the first two in a trilogy :3 the third one's coming out soon!!! so totally can't wait for it >.<!!!

Yumeko
ʘ‿ʘ
16051.26
Yumeko is offline
 
#8317
Old 03-21-2010, 11:00 PM

This seems like fun! I'll have to start on my reading once I get caught up on my homework. ^_^ I don't wanna count textbooks....I usually don't enjoy them.

Knerd - The Oath by Frank Peretti is really good! I haven't finished it yet due to said homework, but what I read was really good! If you haven't read his other book he wrote with Ted Dekker called House, you should. It's a very, very good book. So is Ted Dekker's book Thr3e. It has a very good storyline with plot twists and such you don't see coming. ^_^

LaVida
On Semi-Hiatus
Penpal
7320.50
LaVida is offline
 
#8318
Old 03-22-2010, 01:14 AM

Yumeko>> good luck with all the challenge :3 I'm sure you'll find some time here and there to read a book ;3

KatMagenta
Starlet on the rise
39129.22
KatMagenta is offline
 
#8319
Old 03-22-2010, 07:26 PM

Instead of going to bed at a reasonable time last night I stayed up and read about 10 issues of 52... then had to drag myself away from it. -_-
Now I need to add Booster Gold to my comics to-read list too. Gah.

LaVida
On Semi-Hiatus
Penpal
7320.50
LaVida is offline
 
#8320
Old 03-22-2010, 11:02 PM

52....I've been hearing about it for quite a while XD what's it about? :3

Sizzla
Gangsta Biatch
3568.79
Send a message via AIM to Sizzla
Sizzla is offline
 
#8321
Old 03-23-2010, 05:36 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by Roxxxy View Post
@Sizzla: I sooooo have to read this book: Panic in Level 4 - Richard Preston. Didn't even know about it!
Me neither! I just found out about it not long ago... But even the title makes it sound awesome/interesting.
"Panic in Level 4: Cannibals, Killer Viruses, and Other Journeys to the Edge of Science"

Although, take note: It's a series of non-fiction pieces about different science/biology topics, so don't expect it to be like his other books. I didn't realize this until I was reading reviews online. :yes:

Last edited by Sizzla; 03-23-2010 at 05:39 PM..

`Kitami
The girl with kaleidoscope eyes.
16961.24
Send a message via MSN to `Kitami
`Kitami is offline
 
#8322
Old 03-23-2010, 05:47 PM

Hey everyone!
I haven't been around in a while, have I? Haven't had much time to read either. And I keep misplacing library books, which is very bad, because I haven't got that many books that I own, so I rely on the library. @[email protected]; The one I've lost recently is a rather large novel, so I'm not sure how its hidden so well.

KatMagenta
Starlet on the rise
39129.22
KatMagenta is offline
 
#8323
Old 03-23-2010, 07:42 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by KatMagenta View Post
52 was a series intended to fill in the space between the end of Infinite Crisis and the start of 'One Year Later' (where all of the stories jumped a year forward). It focuses more on some 'minor' DC characters too.
Don't want to get in trouble for posting the same thing twice! (from some pages ago)

Hope your library book shows up soon Kita.

Kaidatiger
⊙ω⊙
521.40
Kaidatiger is offline
 
#8324
Old 03-23-2010, 10:44 PM

in the process of reading Shadowmarch by Tad Williams, i've read it before but it's been a few years since and I want to refresh my memory when I read Shadowrise, Tad's newest of the series.

Dream_and_Die
(っ◕‿◕)&...
565.46
Send a message via AIM to Dream_and_Die
Dream_and_Die is offline
 
#8325
Old 03-24-2010, 01:27 AM

Woo! I've made it to book fifteen of the Xanth series! I don't think I'll finish the books by the end of March. Thirty-Two books in less then sixty days was just a little much... Especially Piers Anthony...

 


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 6 (0 members and 6 guests)
 

 
Forum Jump

no new posts