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Literature Corner
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I love reading, books, short story's. anything. I think literature is way better than TV (except porn ) in all ways. A great short story is Harry Turtledove's "The Road Not Taken" which explores the idea of what hyperdrive capable aliens may be like. I loved it as it was a great thought experiment. Here is a link to the story: http://pastebin.com/aJQfubrK Spoiler alert! I will paste in some text: Quote:
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I love me some SciFi/Horror. This usually translates to video game novelizations. Hard core nerd over here, and that's why I have the Camaro to balance out my coolness level.
My current fave is this one. Decently creepy. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00CSD...&pi=SY200_QL40 |
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Glad you liked it! Great short story.
Check out Poul Anderson's "Tau Zero" for a really cool and short read.
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Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron" is a great short story worth a look:
http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/harrison.html Snippet: Quote:
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Ever read R.E. Howard's Conan stories? Only one of them is really a novel- 'The Hour of the Dragon', but they are all good.
Howard's Conan is very different from the John Milius/Oliver Stone version of Conan in the 1982 film 'Conan the Barbarian'. Howard's Conan is cunning, intelligent, and multi-faceted. Howard was possibly insane- he thought Conan stood over him as he wrote according to some reports. But his stories are intriguing. best part- you can read all those stories for free: http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks13/1303751h.html#stories
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I will tell you what, I love sharing books, poems, etc. If this thread has any takers I can update daily.
Here is a tease from one of my most favorite stories: Quote:
Jack Finney's "Time and Again":
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A new novel that I believe is well worth a look is Daniel H. Wilson's "Robopocalypse":
http://www.amazon.com/Robopocalypse-.../dp/0385533853 The book chronicles (in a non-Terminator way!) an idea about machines becoming self aware and what that would mean. If you liked Max Brooks' "World War Z" chances are you will like this book as it's told in a person narrative form as well. An excerpt? A creepy part is when a little girl's doll (Buttercup) that has adaptive intelligence becomes "alive" and begins to talk to her, and calls her by her name: Quote:
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Well, sometimes a film is better than the book.
From "The Grey"; enjoy this scene:
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From Stephen King's (about banned everywhere) short story "Rage":
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Thomas Harris is famous for "The Silence of the Lambs" but a far superior novel is "The Red Dragon" which was made into two films; an old one in the 80's starring William Petersen (awesome flick!) and the new one with Edward Norton (film sucked).
As the serial killer's next moon phase comes into play, Will Graham gets deeper and deeper into truing to find the killer and into his mind. He is watching the home movies of previous victims when he figures out how the killer is finding them..... he has access to the video tapes because his company transfers them to tape for the consumer. Remember this was a LONG time ago Quote:
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