Okay. I'll check it out. ---------------------------------------- Have a Better One, Edward Crosby http://about.me/edwardcrosby
On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: > Ed, if you are interested in the 90s Green Lantern comics, can I recommend > a podcast? > > Just One Of The Guys is a podcast by Shawn Engel which focuses on Kyle > Rayner and Guy Gardner, and he is right now in the post Zero Hour era. A > really fun show! > > justoneoftheguys.libsyn.com > > > On Wednesday, April 17, 2013 10:48:32 AM UTC-4, Edward Crosby wrote: > >> Just finished Catching Fire and Mockingjay now on my comic book kick >> reading old comic books from the last 90's. I've been missing Kyle Rayner >> so much I've gone back and started buying all the TPB and back issues not >> in those TPB starting at issue #57 where Emerald Twilight/New Dawn TPB left >> off. And in between reading all the JLA TPBs of the comics that started in >> the late 90's by Grant Morrison and Mark Waid. >> Once I finish with those I plan on reading Orson Scott Card's Ender's >> Game and Stephen King's Carrie before the movies are released this year. >> >> ------------------------------**---------- >> Have a Better One, >> Edward Crosby >> http://about.me/edwardcrosby >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Dug B. <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I just re-read Christopher Golden's "Strangewood". Perhaps a bad >>> choice while my son was in the hospital; but it is a fantastic book. It's >>> the story of a children's book author who has lost his childlike >>> innocence...so he has lost his link with Strangewood (the subject of his >>> books). The characters don't like this; everything in the magical world >>> starts corrupting and the characters come out into this world to abduct the >>> author's son and force him to return to their world. >>> >>> >>> Worth tracking down and reading. >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Decided to update the Subject line and bring the thread back. >>>> >>>> Just finished reading The Black Gryphon by Mercedes Lackey. Lackey is >>>> my wife's favorite author, and she has most all of her books at this >>>> point. This is the first Lackey I have read, and I chose it based on my >>>> appreciation of griffons/gryphons as fantastical beasts. >>>> >>>> The book was actually quite nice. It takes place during a war but >>>> focues on life in the camp of one side. It's all about personalities and >>>> relationships -- personal, professional, parental, romantic, and fraternal >>>> -- with a few scenes of frantic action. The titular Black Gryphon is an >>>> arrogant but loveable egotist named Skandranon, and he and his friens drive >>>> the story. >>>> >>>> I will probably read the other two books in the series -- The White >>>> Gryphon and The Silver Gryphon -- at a later time. >>>> >>>> Up next is going to be a collection of the Lando Calrissian trilogy! >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, September 4, 2012 8:58:14 AM UTC-4, Luke Jaconetti wrote: >>>> >>>>> To add something I forgot to mention: I would really like to see >>>>> Wizards revist the plane of Mercadia. The next block of cards is >>>>> returning to the very popular plane of Ravnica (the first set is >>>>> creatively titled... Return To Ravnica) and they previously have >>>>> revisited the plane of Mirrodan. I think that Mercadia is ripe for >>>>> another look. I really, really liked the setting of this book, and >>>>> after the end of the story events are set in motion which would push >>>>> it still other interesting directions. So I for one want to see it >>>>> again. But alas I don't think it will happen as the Masques block is >>>>> pretty unpopular (due primarily to a lack of powerful cards). >>>>> >>>>> Another oddity: the compliment to the Rebel mechanic in the cards is >>>>> the Mercenary mechanic, which works similarly (not exactly the same >>>>> but close) and is found in Black. The mercenaries get a pretty big >>>>> spotlight in the first half of the story, but the rebels do not. So >>>>> odd. >>>>> >>>>> On Sep 4, 8:54 am, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> > Finished up Mercadian Masques. It was alright. The first half of >>>>> the >>>>> > book is really good, as we get to know both the mercantile >>>>> Mercadians >>>>> > (and their behind the scenes goblin noble masters), their Cateran >>>>> > mercenaries, the pastoral Cho-Arrim, the seafaring Rishadans, and >>>>> the >>>>> > merfolk race from Saprazzo. The second half though gets bogged down >>>>> > as the villain of the piece is revealed. >>>>> > >>>>> > Two things work against the book: the first is that even though this >>>>> > is "book one" of the block it is also continued from the previous >>>>> > Weatherlight saga books. So I feel as if I am coming in late as far >>>>> > as who the characters are. Some of them get fleshed out quite >>>>> nicely >>>>> > (Orim), others, not so much (Gerard, Sisay). This would have been >>>>> > easierreadinghad the characters been introduced better. >>>>> > >>>>> > Secondly, the second half of the book feels really rushed in certain >>>>> > respects because it has to tie back to the earlier Weatherlight >>>>> > stuff. One of the major mechanics and narrative aspects of the >>>>> > Mercadian Masques card set is the Ramosian rebellion. Essentially, >>>>> > all throughout the provinces and kingdoms of Mercadia there is a >>>>> myth >>>>> > of the "Uniter," Ramos, and there is an insurgency which believes in >>>>> > the prophecy of his return. A LOT of White cards in MM were based >>>>> > around the Rebel mechanic. But the rebellion itself never is >>>>> fleshed >>>>> > out as well as it should be, and instead is sort of just background >>>>> > noise in the second half. This was very disappointing to me, >>>>> > especially when one considers that there is a character in the story >>>>> > who could have been the perfect main character of the story, and >>>>> > focused more on the rebellion. So that was a bit of a letdown. >>>>> > >>>>> > I'll probably read the other two books in the cycle (Nemesis and >>>>> > Prophecy), but they form a cycle in name only, and are not realted >>>>> > beyond the time in which they occur. >>>>> > >>>>> > Up next is Doctor Who And The Cybermen, which is the adapation of >>>>> the >>>>> > second Cybermen serial, The Moonbase. 6 chapters in and really >>>>> > enjoying it; I can really picture this as an early (Patrick >>>>> Troughton) >>>>> > episode of the show. The Cybermen are very adept at sneaking >>>>> around. >>>>> > >>>>> > On Jul 25, 10:24 am, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > > I just a few days ago finishedreading"James Bond And Moonraker" by >>>>> > > Christopher Woods. This is the novelization of Woods' screenplay >>>>> for >>>>> > > Moonraker, which is vastly different from Fleming's Moonraker >>>>> (hence the >>>>> > > novelization). I really enjoyed this one. The novel lacks all of >>>>> the >>>>> > > slapstick humor which ended up in the movie, and, ultimately, mars >>>>> the >>>>> > > viewing experience. There is also an extra action setpiece which >>>>> I will >>>>> > > describe in two words: >>>>> > >>>>> > > Bond EVA. >>>>> > >>>>> > > Your enjoyment will depend entirely on how much you can accept the >>>>> story >>>>> > > for the movie version of Moonraker, whichi involves a nerve gas >>>>> being >>>>> > > rained on the Earth from a space station. I dug it. >>>>> > >>>>> > > I have now startedreadingMercadian Masques by Francis LeBaron. It >>>>> is a >>>>> > > Magic: The Gathering novel, the first in the (evidently loosely >>>>> connected) >>>>> > > Masques trilogy. So far I am enjoying the story, mostly for the >>>>> setting -- >>>>> > > Mercadia is a plane based on commerce and trade, and like the >>>>> expansion >>>>> > > this novel is based on, there is a lot of wheeling and dealing and >>>>> > > bargainig and such going on. So far so good. >>>>> > >>>>> > > On Tuesday, February 7, 2012 8:51:30 AM UTC-5, Luke Jaconetti >>>>> wrote: >>>>> > > > The old thread timed out once again, so here's a new one. >>>>> > >>>>> > > > I just finishedreadingHereticus by Dan Abnett, the final volume >>>>> of >>>>> > > > the Eisenhorn trilogy (and the Eisenhorn Omnibus) last night. >>>>> This >>>>> > > > was an amazing series of books which I wholly recommend to >>>>> anyone who >>>>> > > > will listen. >>>>> > >>>>> > > > Next on the queue: How The West Was Won by Louis L'amour.- Hide >>>>> quoted text - >>>>> > >>>>> > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >>>>> > >>>>> > - Show quoted text - >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "The Unique Geek" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to theuniquegee...@**googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]**. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >>>> group/theuniquegeek?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en> >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>>> . >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "The Unique Geek" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to theuniquegee...@**googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]**. >>> Visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/**group/theuniquegeek?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en> >>> . >>> For more options, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>> . >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. 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