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Post by Bannanachair on May 23, 2017 11:52:26 GMT -4
I don't buy into fashion trends, but I'm not stylistically stupid; as a rule of thumb it's a good idea to buy something that would work sixty years ago and will probably hold up sixty years from now. like jeans? Jeans were a symbol of youth rebellion in America the 1950s; not a staple in the wardrobe of the everyman (and certainly not common in Britain until somewhat later than in America because Britain managed to hold onto proper etiquette rules for longer than America did). |
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Post by Death on May 23, 2017 11:57:19 GMT -4
Jeans were a symbol of youth rebellion in America the 1950s; not a staple in the wardrobe of the everyman (and certainly not common in Britain until somewhat later than in America because Britain managed to hold onto proper etiquette rules for longer than America did). you mean managed to hold on to outdated bullshit that made you look like you were from the late 1800s? |
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Post by Bannanachair on May 23, 2017 12:01:09 GMT -4
Jeans were a symbol of youth rebellion in America the 1950s; not a staple in the wardrobe of the everyman (and certainly not common in Britain until somewhat later than in America because Britain managed to hold onto proper etiquette rules for longer than America did). you mean managed to hold on to outdated bullshit that made you look like you were from the late 1800s? People who were adults in the 1950s were born at least in the 1930s, and many working people from the 1950s were born in the 1890s and even the 1880s. |
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Post by katt on May 23, 2017 12:02:13 GMT -4
Jeans were a symbol of youth rebellion in America the 1950s; not a staple in the wardrobe of the everyman (and certainly not common in Britain until somewhat later than in America because Britain managed to hold onto proper etiquette rules for longer than America did). you mean managed to hold on to outdated bullshit that made you look like you were from the late 1800s? tim, in some erie way you remind me of artemis fowl. fashion sense and attitude alike |
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Post by Bannanachair on May 23, 2017 12:04:58 GMT -4
you mean managed to hold on to outdated bullshit that made you look like you were from the late 1800s? tim, in some erie way you remind me of artemis fowl. fashion sense and attitude alike Artemis Fowl was actually one of the first fantasy series I got really into when I was seven and I kept reading when new books came out until I was twelve (when the last book was released). I haven't reread it in years, but god, that comparison brings back childhood memories. EDIT: I just checked my bookshelf; I still have my entire collection, plus the first graphic novel version (though I went onto other things before they finished making graphic novels of the series so I don't have all the graphic novels). |
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Post by Bannanachair on May 23, 2017 12:07:55 GMT -4
Jeans were a symbol of youth rebellion in America the 1950s; not a staple in the wardrobe of the everyman (and certainly not common in Britain until somewhat later than in America because Britain managed to hold onto proper etiquette rules for longer than America did). you mean managed to hold on to outdated bullshit that made you look like you were from the late 1800s? Also, at the very least my daily attire doesn't make me look like I'm constantly on my way to the horse races. |
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Post by katt on May 23, 2017 12:12:37 GMT -4
tim, in some erie way you remind me of artemis fowl. fashion sense and attitude alike Artemis Fowl was actually one of the first fantasy series I got really into when I was seven and I kept reading when new books came out until I was twelve (when the last book was released). I haven't reread it in years, but god, that comparison brings back childhood memories. same actually, holly short was my favourite heroine all the way through middle school. have you read any of colfer's other books? |
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Post by Bannanachair on May 23, 2017 12:15:17 GMT -4
Artemis Fowl was actually one of the first fantasy series I got really into when I was seven and I kept reading when new books came out until I was twelve (when the last book was released). I haven't reread it in years, but god, that comparison brings back childhood memories. same actually, holly short was my favourite heroine all the way through middle school. have you read any of colfer's other books? I think I have his Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy sequel somewhere but I was way too young for that when I got it and only recently did I read through the first few Hitchiker's books. Aside from that, it makes sense that he wrote other books, but I haven't really been following it. I just googled his other books and now I have a long shopping list for the next time i go to the bookstore. |
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Post by katt on May 23, 2017 12:20:53 GMT -4
same actually, holly short was my favourite heroine all the way through middle school. have you read any of colfer's other books? I think I have his Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy sequel somewhere but I was way too young for that when I got it and only recently did I read through the first few Hitchiker's books. Aside from that, it makes sense that he wrote other books, but I haven't really been following it. i did receive the first in his WARP series but i never got invested enough to buy the rest, however i do own all of the artemis fowl books and the second graphic novel. there's actually been a casting call for artemis now, it looks like disney might actually be making a movie out of the first book |
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Post by katt on May 23, 2017 12:21:55 GMT -4
have you read ender's game tim? it seems up your street
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Post by Bannanachair on May 23, 2017 12:22:23 GMT -4
I think I have his Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy sequel somewhere but I was way too young for that when I got it and only recently did I read through the first few Hitchiker's books. Aside from that, it makes sense that he wrote other books, but I haven't really been following it. i did receive the first in his WARP series but i never got invested enough to buy the rest, however i do own all of the artemis fowl books and the second graphic novel. there's actually been a casting call for artemis now, it looks like disney might actually be making a movie out of the first book They've been saying that at least since I was eight, and there have been delays since long before then. |
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Post by Bannanachair on May 23, 2017 12:23:48 GMT -4
have you read ender's game tim? it seems up your street I stopped reading after Ender's computer used her brain powers to accidentally bring Peter back to life because that is complete fucking bullshit. That said it took me until halfway through Children of the Mind to realize how bullshit the bullshit pseudoscience is and that it can be used to justify literally anything that Card wants in his books so unfortunately I also read lots of that stuff about the Chinese girl who spoke with Taoist gods that happened to be a government conspiracy. |
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Post by Death on May 23, 2017 12:24:21 GMT -4
If there's a series of books I can suggest it is LITERALLY EVERYTHING TERRY PRATCHETT HAS WRITTEN.
Also, there's a surprisingly good 40k book called Gaunt's Ghosts which is like Sharpe in the 40k universe and it's awesome.
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Post by katt on May 23, 2017 12:24:43 GMT -4
i did receive the first in his WARP series but i never got invested enough to buy the rest, however i do own all of the artemis fowl books and the second graphic novel. there's actually been a casting call for artemis now, it looks like disney might actually be making a movie out of the first book They've been saying that at least since I was eight, and there have been delays since long before then. eoin colfer himself advertised the link on social media which makes me think things might be picking up. |
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Post by katt on May 23, 2017 12:26:55 GMT -4
have you read ender's game tim? it seems up your street I stopped reading after Ender's computer used her brain powers to accidentally bring Peter back to life because that is complete fucking bullshit. is that in one of the sequels? i haven't bothered to read them, the first book just seems to work better as a solo story. |
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Post by Bannanachair on May 23, 2017 12:30:13 GMT -4
I stopped reading after Ender's computer used her brain powers to accidentally bring Peter back to life because that is complete fucking bullshit. is that in one of the sequels? i haven't bothered to read them, the first book just seems to work better as a solo story. Speaker for the Dead is pretty good, and though not as good as Ender's Game it doesn't ruin the series. Xenocide is readable if you have the mental fortitude to sit through it, or if you keep the thought that the first book in the series was awesome so maybe it will turn back around in your head. The fourth book was complete bullshit and I haven't read the spinoffs about Bean. |
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Post by Bannanachair on May 23, 2017 12:32:44 GMT -4
Has anyone read The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan? It's a relatively short fantasy series which has an interesting take on how magic works.
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Post by katt on May 23, 2017 12:37:06 GMT -4
is that in one of the sequels? i haven't bothered to read them, the first book just seems to work better as a solo story. Speaker for the Dead is pretty good, and though not as good as Ender's Game it doesn't ruin the series. Xenocide is readable if you have the mental fortitude to sit through it, or if you keep the thought that the first book in the series was awesome so maybe it will turn back around in your head. The fourth book was complete bullshit and I haven't read the spinoffs about Bean. "spinoffs about bean" oh god please no i do actually have speaker for the dead somewhere but it's not that high on my list of after exams reading. |
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Post by Bannanachair on May 23, 2017 12:39:13 GMT -4
Speaker for the Dead is pretty good, and though not as good as Ender's Game it doesn't ruin the series. Xenocide is readable if you have the mental fortitude to sit through it, or if you keep the thought that the first book in the series was awesome so maybe it will turn back around in your head. The fourth book was complete bullshit and I haven't read the spinoffs about Bean. "spinoffs about bean" oh god please no EDIT: This one looks even worse. |
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Post by Death on May 23, 2017 12:45:22 GMT -4
If there is one book I think is complete shit is Flesh and Iron. It was obviously a Vietnam book that was hastily set into the 40k universe to capitalise on the uber popularity it had in 2008. The author was summarily fired after it was found out he had literally copy pasted huge blocks of text from an Iraq War memoir. It was disgusting really.
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Post by katt on May 23, 2017 12:45:43 GMT -4
i can't believe bean named one of his children ender, that's just as bad as harry potter calling his son albus severus |
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Post by katt on May 23, 2017 12:46:27 GMT -4
If there is one book I think is complete shit is Flesh and Iron. It was obviously a Vietnam book that was hastily set into the 40k book to capitalise on the uber popularity it had in 2008. The author was summarily fired after it was found out he had literally copy pasted huge blocks of text from an Iraq War memoir. It was disgusting really. ew ewwwww |
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Post by Bannanachair on May 23, 2017 12:49:00 GMT -4
If there is one book I think is complete shit is Flesh and Iron. It was obviously a Vietnam book that was hastily set into the 40k book to capitalise on the uber popularity it had in 2008. The author was summarily fired after it was found out he had literally copy pasted huge blocks of text from an Iraq War memoir. It was disgusting really. That still sounds better than those Ender's Game spinoffs about Bean. In other news, there's going to be a new book about Bean, which is also a direct sequel to Children of the Mind. |
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Post by Bannanachair on May 23, 2017 12:56:55 GMT -4
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Post by Death on May 23, 2017 13:10:09 GMT -4
In general I'm not a fan of Black Library, because Games Workshop gave them a bit too much flexibility within the lore that it completely contradicts some of the well established lore. I'm all for flexibility, but a Guardsman beating a Chaos Space Marine? To put that into perspective: that's like your run of the mill average joe stormtrooper killing Yoda with no trouble.
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