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Post by markoda on Aug 12, 2007 14:46:38 GMT -5
Currently I am reading Marvel's Civil War storyline crossover. Not sure I have an opinion on it yet as I have only read the first few Road to Civil War comics.
All 104 issues in no particular order is a lot to read, but so far I do like it.
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Post by stephenvegas on Aug 12, 2007 16:17:01 GMT -5
I've started a few books: National Wrestling Alliance: The Untold Story of the Monopoly That Strangled Pro Wrestling by Tim Hornbaker Postmodernism or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism by Fredric Jameson Orwell's Essays by: the incomparable George Orwell I really want to read Hornbaker's book but I have been unable to find it in the bookstores. I'll probably order it. Isn't Las Vegas part of that book's setting? |
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Post by hofclemens on Aug 12, 2007 20:47:57 GMT -5
I have the NWA book and will be reading it soon. heard nothing but good things about it
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Post by stephenvegas on Aug 25, 2007 23:56:44 GMT -5
Before I went to the bar last night, I finished Terry Funk's book.
On the way to the gym tonight, I stopped at Borders where I finally found and bought a copy of Tim Hornbaker's "National Wrestling Alliance: The Untold Story of the Monopoly That Strangled Pro Wrestling" that Highway61Revisited and hofclemens also mentioned earlier in this thread.
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Post by Wildfire on Aug 26, 2007 8:39:42 GMT -5
I read "pagan Babies' by Leonard (based on people here liking him).. I thought it was pretty good, I'd defintately pick up another book or two of his if I come across them.
I also read the "His Dark Materials" trilogy.. I didn't really think the similarities to CS Lewis made sense, but it was a pretty interesting story.. it COULD make a good movie, as long as they don't dumb it down too much.
Next for me I'm re-reading '1632' by Eric Flint so I can get the newest book in the series.
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Post by JamieOD on Aug 26, 2007 16:37:25 GMT -5
I'm rereading all the volumes I have of Eyeshield 21, an American Football manga, in preparation for the upcoming NFL season. It's my favourite manga and probably the only one I have that doesn't involve heavy doses of fanservice.
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Post by Knapik on Aug 27, 2007 1:18:04 GMT -5
Warren Ellis has a novel out I'd like to read.
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Post by stephenvegas on Aug 31, 2007 7:37:57 GMT -5
Instead of Hornbaker's book about the NWA, I decided to start reading Greg Oliver and Steven Johnson's book "The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Heels."
Sometime over this 3 day weekend, I also have to go to this bookstore in town where they are holding me a copy of "The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Tag Teams."
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Post by rawhide on Aug 31, 2007 12:14:37 GMT -5
NOTHING BUT WESTERNS.
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Post by Thad Killian on Aug 31, 2007 13:39:43 GMT -5
At the moment I am reading the rise and fall of ECW
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Post by stephenvegas on Aug 31, 2007 16:30:18 GMT -5
At the moment I am reading the rise and fall of ECW I read that book earlier this year and liked it. |
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Post by cakejedi on Aug 31, 2007 19:27:57 GMT -5
I just finished Stardust by Neil Gaiman. It is what he calls a "fairy story" for adults. It was EXCELLENT!!!! One of the best books I have read in a long time.
Avoid the movie, thought. It was a huge disappointment.
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Post by Wildfire on Aug 31, 2007 20:45:14 GMT -5
Gaiman and Warren Ellis are both awesome  |
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Post by Gunslinger on Sept 3, 2007 10:26:47 GMT -5
I started The Hot Kid by Elmore Leonard about an hour ago. I like it so far. Anyone read the Bruiser Brody bio yet?
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Post by stephenvegas on Sept 3, 2007 10:47:17 GMT -5
I started The Hot Kid by Elmore Leonard about an hour ago. I like it so far. Anyone read the Bruiser Brody bio yet? The Hot Kid is a good book. I actually almost bought Brody's book on Friday but since that store also had "The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Tag Teams" I bought the tag teams instead because I've been having trouble for along time finding it. But Brody's book will probably be the next wrestling book that I get. |
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Post by Highway61Revisited on Sept 3, 2007 18:07:25 GMT -5
I just *started* re-reading Kerouac's On the Road today and just finished the first part. It's the first time since I was fifteen or sixteen and really, I should have let the nostalgia do the trick for me.
The older I get the only beat writers I really appreciate are Ginsberg and Burroughs. Burroughs because he was experimental without a forced feeling to it and his attempts at prose aren't mid-bogglingly tedious. The characters in On the Road are are all so unbelievably pretentious and one-dimensional if it's your first exposure to beat, so I don't see how most make it through.
It's fine if you're an angst-ridden adolescent who finds it hard to operate within the social structures that have been set before you. Anything beyond that and you just want to rip the benzedrine out of their hands.
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Post by Knapik on Sept 3, 2007 19:08:54 GMT -5
wieners
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Post by hofclemens on Sept 10, 2007 21:48:15 GMT -5
Just read Jerry Tarkanian's book which was awesome. blew through Howard Stern's second book because only a few certain parts of it really interested me. I think I am going to start Clyde Gentry's No Holds Barred book about the history of MMA next.
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Post by stephenvegas on Sept 10, 2007 22:48:58 GMT -5
Just read Jerry Tarkanian's book which was awesome. blew through Howard Stern's second book because only a few certain parts of it really interested me. I think I am going to start Clyde Gentry's No Holds Barred book about the history of MMA next. Even though I am a Rebel (UNLV graduate) and have lived in Las Vegas for years, I learned alot from Tarkanian's book. One of my personal favorite stories was how he succesfully recruited Sidney Green  while preventing UCLA from getting Green. Remember Tarkanian's quote about how he recruited Eddie Owens (still UNLV's all-time scorer) whose mother wanted him to sign instead with Oral Roberts: "Here I am trying to sell Las Vegas to her while Oral Roberts is selling God." What did you think about the story that the Vegas mob was rumored to be responsible for the murder of Tarkanian's friend to prevent Tarkanian from taking the Lakers job the same year Magic Johnson would have been a rookie? Tarkanian also did a great job describing how he recruited the players that led UNLV to winning the NCAA Championship in 1990 (and the championship season itself along with the 1991 season in which UNLV went undefeated until the Final Four). Another story that Tarkanain did an excellent job describing was how he successfully forced the NCAA to pay him $2.5 million. The NCAA still hates UNLV for this. Last season during the tournament seedings, UNLV was then ranked 19th in the nation and the NCAA selectuon committe (it is believed here in Las Vegas) said "UNLV- a 4 seed? a 5 seed? [censored] them, give them a 7 seed." But UNLV proved they really deserved the higher seed by advancing to the Sweet Sixteen and almost to the Elite 8. Tarkanian still attends lots of UNLV games and often has public signings for his book on The Strip and at other places around town. Next time he has one off these signings, I think I am going to get my copy of his book signed. Excellent reading choice hofclemens! |
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Post by kthcompton on Sept 11, 2007 13:26:54 GMT -5
Right now Im reading the last Harry Potter and then Im probably going to start rereading the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter books by Laural K Hamilton.
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while preventing UCLA from getting Green.