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I actually decided to go back to American Gods and give it a second chance, and I'm really glad I did. Somewhere around page 137 Gaiman found the same kind of poetic rhythm that Sandman had. In a way, his writing reminds me of Stephen King (one of my fav'rit authors), in the sense that King also takes about 100-150 pages to find his groove before his tales really begin to flow. I'm almost done with American Gods and, like Chewy, will prolly pick up Anansi Boys.
While I wait for that to come out though, I'm gonna re-read King's Bag of Bones - haven't read it in years. Bones, IMO, is King's best book to date - it is King's usual horror genre, but with a twist. I personally think that its a love story at heart. Excellent read.
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I'm still reading the X-wing series, once I'm done I'm going to read American Gods. If I like it, I'll review it.
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How many of us are reading American Gods? Would it be possible to resurrect the RKMBs Book Club?
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I've given up on the book club.
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And, to be fair, one of my favorite friends there is blind and I take every opportunity available to make fun of that and we're still friends. That guy never fit there. He never got the spirit of the RKMBs. We're gonna keep an eye on the obits, see if he finally left or if he really did have a heart attack.
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Finished American Gods - loved it. Ended up at the Wall Street Borders after court this morning - very dangerous place for me, as is B&N and any book store come to think of it - I end up spending a small fortune whenever I'm there. Picked up Gaiman's Smoke and Mirrors; King's Desperation; Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen (another one of my fave authors); Empress Orchid by Anchee Min; Latina by various authors; a chick-lit book (junk food for the mind) and a Fodor's for South America, since that's where I'm planning to go next (Brazil? Venezuela? Dunno yet. Whichever has the best diving.) I have no idea when I'm going to find the time to read all of them....
Looked for another book from the Out author - but no others have been translated into English from what I can tell.
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Picked up Gaiman's Smoke and Mirrors
I just finished this book about a week ago. There's some great stuff. "We Can Get Them For You Wholesale" sent shivers down my spine...
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I would think that his shorts would be similar to some of King's short stories too.
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I'm on page 200 of American Gods and I'm still not interested in it. Nothing has happened yet. Is there a point to this book?
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It can't get any worse than the gay taxi driver sex scene.
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It can't get any worse than the gay taxi driver sex scene.
Yeah, that scene seemed to come outta nowhere.
Gaiman's writing in his novels is a bit slow, but WRT American Gods I liked the way he tied everything up in the end. Tres cool - I didn't see the twist coming.
Skinny Dip had me laughing my ass off - funny as hell - totally recommend it.
Read through most of Smoke and Mirrors - not nearly as good as I had hoped it would be - Stephen King does the same thing (Everythings Eventual, Skeleton Crew, Four Seasons etc.), but much, much better. Desperation was a good read, though I think that King's earlier works are better, but I still enjoy his writing immensely. Love that creepy, horror stuff - where the fuck he continuously comes up with these scary ideas, I'll never know. Great writer who seems like a cool guy despite being a Sox fan.
Rex, I'm curious as to whether you change your mind about American Gods once you're done with it.
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Read American Gods last year. Thought it was very inconsistent. Some good stuff, I liked the bits with Odin and Loki, and the other remnants of fallen gods. But there was a lot of other stuff that seemed really pointless (said taxi driver scene, among others).
Dave mentioned once that this story grew out of a treatment Gaiman was working on for relaunching Thor at Marvel. Would've been interesting to see that.
I've noticed in Gaiman's writing that he either cannot or will not do action scenes. This worked to his favor in Sandman, which is a fairly slow paced and methodical series, but works against him in other places (1602 and the end of AG). Perhaps he thinks he'll lose his audience if he condescends to that. Or maybe he just can't do it.
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heh. I think I'll read some of the newer "Redwall" books. Anybody ever hear of 'em? They seem childish at first, but they're quite good.
I just finished "Needful Things" and "Nightmares and Dreamscapes" [respectively].
Good stuff.
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Rex, I'm curious as to whether you change your mind about American Gods once you're done with it.
I read a good chunk of it today at work, and its getting interesting now. I'll write a review of it when I'm done.
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Read American Gods last year. Thought it was very inconsistent. Some good stuff, I liked the bits with Odin and Loki, and the other remnants of fallen gods. But there was a lot of other stuff that seemed really pointless (said taxi driver scene, among others).
It was the Odin and Loki parts that sealed the deal for me - that was what I enjoyed most about the book.
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Rex, I'm curious as to whether you change your mind about American Gods once you're done with it.
I read a good chunk of it today at work, and its getting interesting now. I'll write a review of it when I'm done.
Well...?
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Picked up and finished American Gods today. I liked it. I also picked up Anansi Boys and will burn through that tomorrow.
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Finished re-reading Patriot Games last night, will post my review soon.
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I hope it's as exciting as the American Gods review.
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I just bought the sequel Anansi Boys (about Mr. Nancy's sons).
So far so good.
I just finished that one as well as American Gods. I loved them both. Anansi Boys was funny. I think I'll give Smoke and Mirrors a try next.
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I'm re-reading Atlas Shrugged.
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Reading Smoke and Mirrors now. So far so good. I also picked up The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It has all four novels and fifty-six short stories. That should keep me busy for awhile.
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Thought Smoke and Mirrors was the poor man's King.
I am, however, totally getting the Calvin & Hobbes book you linked to. I love Calvin & Hobbes and that compilation is going to be awesome!
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