In the last months, I have read:
Dodsworth - Sinclair Lewis (a 1929 novel about an American businessman trying to find himself on a trip to Europe!) Red Harvest - Dashiell Hammett (1929) - a detective gets an entire town to murder itself Books 1 - 4 of the Game of Thrones (Song of Fire and Ice) series! Still in the middle of 4. What a series! Compelling! Porny! Glorious! Caw! -----Original Message----- From: James Peluso <[email protected]> To: theuniquegeek <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Mar 15, 2012 1:54 pm Subject: Re: [The Unique Geek] Re: What Are You Reading - 2012 If you get time go down to Newport to see the sites it's beautiful and historic. Even just a car road down ocean drive. On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: Well, I have been working more than anything else up here. I have not had a day off in Rhode Island yet. So while the state has been more than welcoming, I have not seen much of it. I did take a car ride down to Judith Point a few weeks ago to see the lighthouse, though. On Mar 15, 3:54 pm, James Peluso <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm glad to see you enjoyed two great books visiting the greatest place on > earth... > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: > > During my business trip to Rhode Island, I have read the novelizations > > of both Iron Man and Iron Man 2. > > > Iron Man is handled by Peter David, and is a very, very cool > > novelization. David fleshes out the characters using information from > > the comics and the whole thing reads very organically. (Happy Hogan, > > for instance, has little more than an extended cameo in the movie but > > is given some nice moments in the novel.) The action is well written > > and the characters all have a good "voice." > > > Iron Man 2 is adapated by Alexander Irvin, and is somewhat rougher > > going. A lot of the action scenes are more sumarized than described, > > which makes it harder to appreciate what is happening. There are also > > some editorial wonkiness. For instance: the scene where Natalie beats > > up Happy Hogan is referred to several times, but is never actually > > depicted as happening! So while it was alright it's not as good as > > the first one. > > > Since I picked the pair up for a buck total, I definitely got my > > money's worth. > > > Now I am about 90% through Doctor Who And The Tenth Planet (thanks, > > Shag!), and adaptiuon of the last First Doctor serial, The Tenth > > Planet. > > > On Feb 11, 11:57 am, Van <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Shag-- back in high school, some friends and I all read Julian May's > > > four-part series that ties into that trilogy you mentioned. It's > > > called the "Saga of Pliocene Exile," and includes "The Many-Colored > > > Land," "The Golden Torc," "The Nonborn King," and "The Adversary." It > > > was a very fun read, as I recall. But I never read the trilogy you > > > mention, which either comes before or after those and includes some of > > > the same characters and background. Curious to see what you think. > > > > --Van > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "The Unique Geek" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > -- > Jim > > blog <http://jimpeluso.wordpress.com> > "Keep moving Forward"- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. -- Jim blog "Keep moving Forward" -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
