Whats everyone reading?

[grthink]

If that includes 'Zenith', 'JLA: Rock of Ages' and 'WE3' then I will pray for your immortal soul grthink!

By the way- I don't rate Arkham Asylum too highly either!

haha No, I've not actually read those. The Filth was borderline, but only really becasue Chris Weston's art was SO incredible. The actual 'I'm going to offend you'/'I'm going to screw your head' writing was a major turnoff, though.

[Zarjazzer]

Legion of the Damned a Wh40 k book. Not surprising for me but have nothing but praise for it even though it' s a giant deux ex machina. the characters are a bit different in that the main protagonist is frankly a failure. His troops know it and he feels it but the Emp doesn't. Thunderously good fun some of the images are burned into my head the inquisitor waving his ID at a Space marine Thunderhawk at the beginning and some amazing stuff at the end.

Bloody good.

[Hawkmumbler]

Legion of the Damned a Wh40 k book. Not surprising for me but have nothing but praise for it even though it' s a giant deux ex machina. the characters are a bit different in that the main protagonist is frankly a failure. His troops know it and he feels it but the Emp doesn't. Thunderously good fun some of the images are burned into my head the inquisitor waving his ID at a Space marine Thunderhawk at the beginning and some amazing stuff at the end.

Bloody good.

I was actualy going to ask you where would be a good place to start reading 40K material. I loved the mythos, but could just never bring myself to complete and army (got about 20 Tyranid Genestealers done before I realised I had glued most of them shitely) but love the backstory. Any good Crimson Fist or Salamander storys?

[Zarjazzer]

Bit of a difficult one Hawkmonger as it depends what you like. There are Imperial Guard stories (all more human and more relatable) like the Gaunts Ghost series, Inquisitors (like detectives vs Cthulhu on steroids) such as  Eisenhorn or Ravenor and the "stars" the Space Marines. Space Marine books are basically split into the Horus Heresy (a "historic" stories of how the current 40k Imperium came about) and the tales of current Space Marine chapters like the deamon hunting Grey Knights,Iron Snakes  or the Ultramarines. Maybe a short story book about Space Marines might give you a taste.

http://www.blacklibrary.com/

Salamanders Chapter
http://www.blacklibrary.com/warhammer-40000/tome-of-fire.html

Short stories Space marines (and some of their Chaos opponents)
http://www.blacklibrary.com/warhammer-40000/heroes-of-the-space-marines-ebook.html

I'm an addict so I can't really be all that over-critical.

I hope you find somehtign you like the look of.

[Hawkmumbler]

Thanks Zarjazzer.

[Dredd Head]

Bit of a difficult one Hawkmonger as it depends what you like. There are Imperial Guard stories (all more human and more relatable) like the Gaunts Ghost series, Inquisitors (like detectives vs Cthulhu on steroids) such as  Eisenhorn or Ravenor and the "stars" the Space Marines. Space Marine books are basically split into the Horus Heresy (a "historic" stories of how the current 40k Imperium came about) and the tales of current Space Marine chapters like the deamon hunting Grey Knights,Iron Snakes  or the Ultramarines. Maybe a short story book about Space Marines might give you a taste.

http://www.blacklibrary.com/

Salamanders Chapter
http://www.blacklibrary.com/warhammer-40000/tome-of-fire.html

Short stories Space marines (and some of their Chaos opponents)
http://www.blacklibrary.com/warhammer-40000/heroes-of-the-space-marines-ebook.html

I'm an addict so I can't really be all that over-critical.

The first step is admitting you have a problem.

[Zarjazzer]

Bit of a difficult one Hawkmonger as it depends what you like. There are Imperial Guard stories (all more human and more relatable) like the Gaunts Ghost series, Inquisitors (like detectives vs Cthulhu on steroids) such as  Eisenhorn or Ravenor and the "stars" the Space Marines. Space Marine books are basically split into the Horus Heresy (a "historic" stories of how the current 40k Imperium came about) and the tales of current Space Marine chapters like the deamon hunting Grey Knights,Iron Snakes  or the Ultramarines. Maybe a short story book about Space Marines might give you a taste.

http://www.blacklibrary.com/



Salamanders Chapter
http://www.blacklibrary.com/warhammer-40000/tome-of-fire.html

Short stories Space marines (and some of their Chaos opponents)
http://www.blacklibrary.com/warhammer-40000/heroes-of-the-space-marines-ebook.html

I'm an addict so I can't really be all that over-critical.

The first step is admitting you have a problem.

But I don't think it's a problem. That's the problem.

[Charlie boy]

Just finished Grant Morrison's Supergods.
I really liked it to begin with; he was talking about old comics and it was obvious to see he had a lot of enthusiasm for the medium. Nearing the end it lost its way in my opinion, it became a bit Grant Morrison's How Great is Grant Morrison?!
And then, even nearing the end, he'll slip in here and there that he's punk or he'll say how these anti-authoritarian characters were on 'our' side. I can't help but think those three letters that follow his name nowadays (CBE) would put me on a different 'side' to Grant. Maybe we have a different idea to what 'punk' is as well. I also had no idea he had designed content for a Robbie Williams album or that he has/had a column in The Sun newspaper.
But anyway- good start, lousy finish.

[Davek]

Just finished re-reading Ragemoor after getting it last Xmas. I would reccomend - great art style with a gothic Lovecraftian vibe. Can anyone recommend anything similar?

[Tjm86]

Finally finished Reamde.  Was a bit apprehensive after Anathem but still rate Cryptonomicon as a first rate tome.  This is much more in that territory.  Totally off the wall at times.  Sort of like Monty Python crossed with Tom Clancy and a heavy dose of acid.  Not the worlds greatest characterisation but the pace is so fast that you don't always notice.  Now onto the latest Courtenay Grimwood.

[JayzusB.Christ]

I'm reading The Boys.

Bumrape:  Check.
Drinking:  Check.
Irish Bar in the US: Check.
The 'Nam: Check.
Cruelty to cats:  Check.
Castration:  Check.
Macho non-gay man-love: Check.


Still no Pogues quotes, Northern Irish troubles, or last scenes of Unforgiven, but I haven't finished it yet. 

(Smart-arse comments aside: I like it.)

[Sideshow Bob]

Hi All,
Just finished reading the entire series of The Boys ( again ). 12 volumes in all..
For me ( anyway ) it's got it all......Great artwork, humour, gratuitous violence, conspiracies, politics, sex..Gratuitous violence, ( did I mention that ?) sex, corrupt superheroes, etc....And all that JaysusBChrist included as well !!.....
How on earth can you not like something like that ????.......I loved it...

And the question....If you wanted to join the 'elite' superhero team on earth..What would you do to get in ??...Answer in volume 1......A great series and highly recommended.
Cheers

[mogzilla]

the art of todd mcfarlane -lovely big book loads of text and piccies great read!

[JayzusB.Christ]

If I may quote myself:

Still no Pogues quotes, Northern Irish troubles, or last scenes of Unforgiven, but I haven't finished it yet. 

Nearly there... two more for a Garth Bingo full house.

[spoiler]Last page of the Butcher miniseries:[/spoiler]

[spoiler][/spoiler]

[judgefloyd]

I love The Boys, me, but haven't read any after [spoiler]the punch up at the White House[/spoiler].  Does it continue good after that?
  I've just finished a bit of Muslim stuff one of my students loaned me, a very wholesome and uncritical account of the life of Bilal, the first person to do the call to prayer (spoiler, he triumphs over oppression and turns out to be a wonderful person and a credit to Islam) and am now trying to get through a backlog of my London Review of Books subscription.  Mostly good stuff apart from the odd bad book review (the kind that just describes what happens in the book, assuming that you share the reviewer's assumption that the book is awesome).