Gormenghast Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 You know what you should do? Add a few lines of comments for each book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delete this account pls Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 I haven't checked out the whole list yet, but I love that you put Preacher up there. ETA; sure, there's better comic works out there, but who cares. Preacher has Arseface for crying out loud. It wins right there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightsnake Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Arseface was an unfunny gimmick from the get go. He mad a juvenile comic borderline unbearable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asjegar Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 The lack of Robert E. Howard and Robin Hobb stand out as glaring to me. (Especially since Lies of Locke Lamora is up there) And if we're adding comics, Lucifer should definitely be on there if Sandman was being considered. Cool points for having Miller's Canticle for Lebowitz on there though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stego Posted February 25, 2009 Author Share Posted February 25, 2009 Lucifer is a horrid little rag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Stego, I'm curious about your entry for Julian May (on the extended list). Did you mean just The Many Colored Land, or the whole 4 book series? I enjoyed the other three of the pliocene exile series much more than MCL and just wondered if you were including the lot or just the one. Stubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stego Posted February 25, 2009 Author Share Posted February 25, 2009 [quote name='Ser Stubby' post='1698848' date='Feb 24 2009, 22.04']Stego, I'm curious about your entry for Julian May (on the extended list). Did you mean just The Many Colored Land, or the whole 4 book series? I enjoyed the other three of the pliocene exile series much more than MCL and just wondered if you were including the lot or just the one. Stubs.[/quote] I meant the series. I suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 [quote name='Stego' post='1698850' date='Feb 25 2009, 12.05']I meant the series. I suck.[/quote] Cheers. Looking through both the short and long version of the lists its clear you've read a truckload more than I have. My wallett is going to get a spanking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightsnake Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 [quote name='Stego' post='1698837' date='Feb 24 2009, 21.54']Lucifer is a horrid little rag.[/quote] Bite your tongue. Lucifer was awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asjegar Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 [quote name='Lightsnake' post='1698900' date='Feb 24 2009, 22.48']Lucifer was awesome.[/quote] In every way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat5150 Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Great list, Stego! :D I may have to post a link to it on the blog to enlighten the masses! By the way, I hear this Wanker Abercrombie guy is pretty good. . . :P Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stego Posted February 25, 2009 Author Share Posted February 25, 2009 Ten favorite authors, ten favorite works... (not a quality thing.) -Heinlein - Starship Troopers -Martin - A Storm of Swords -Moore - Lamb -Wolfe - The Wizard Knight -Morgan - Altered Carbon -McCullough - The Grass Crown -Joyce - The Tooth Fairy -Powers - The Anubis Gates -Newman - Anno Dracula -Haldeman - The Forever War Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlingzen Bill Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 [quote name='Stego' post='1699523' date='Feb 25 2009, 13.04']Ten favorite authors, ten favorite works... (not a quality thing.) -Heinlein - Starship Troopers -Martin - A Storm of Swords -Moore - Lamb -Wolfe - The Wizard Knight -Morgan - Altered Carbon -McCullough - The Grass Crown -Joyce - The Tooth Fairy -Powers - The Anubis Gates -Newman - Anno Dracula -Haldeman - The Forever War[/quote] Thanks for the list. So are our Top Ten authors and favorite books by them a new post? I then had to think of mine. No crossover, but I have read half of the above and really enjoyed all but one of those. I put my authors on my list as to who I went out of my way to get their work, which causes it to skew new which I fear isn't fair to some great authors. Hmm... that makes me think of the top ten alive and publishing and the top ten not so much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord of Oop North Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 [quote name='Stego' post='1699523' date='Feb 25 2009, 13.04']-Heinlein - Starship Troopers -Martin - A Storm of Swords -Moore - Lamb -Wolfe - The Wizard Knight -Morgan - Altered Carbon -McCullough - The Grass Crown -Joyce - The Tooth Fairy -Powers - The Anubis Gates -Newman - Anno Dracula -Haldeman - The Forever War[/quote] Nice. I especially like [i]The Grass Crown[/i] being up there. Fantastic book. Sulla!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigei Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Well it has Zelazny on it twice so it's good. I would prefer This Immortal to Damnation Alley though or A Night in the Lonesome October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stego Posted February 26, 2009 Author Share Posted February 26, 2009 [quote name='Gigei' post='1700810' date='Feb 26 2009, 08.59']Well it has Zelazny on it twice so it's good. I would prefer This Immortal to Damnation Alley though or A Night in the Lonesome October.[/quote] [b]Damnation Alley[/b] may appeal to me so much because it occurs in my hometown. Not sure, but I admit the possibility. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGP Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 [quote name='Lord of Oop North' post='1699603' date='Feb 25 2009, 12.03']Nice. I especially like [i]The Grass Crown[/i] being up there. Fantastic book. Sulla!!![/quote] Yes. The Grass Crown was a great end to the series for me. The only other historical figure of interest that I can think of who might compare with Sulla would be Alcibiades. But really, it's no comparison. Sulla's the man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max the Mostly Mediocre Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 [quote name='Lightsnake' post='1698385' date='Feb 24 2009, 12.45']And you're entitled to 60 issues of listening to Ennis trying to gross you out with how juvenile he can be or show how much smarter he is than his reader. I mean, hell, the man's got talent, but he squanders it.[/quote] You're thinking of The Boys. Or Adventures in the Rifle Brigade. Or the Authority: Kev stuff. Not so much the Preacher. Yeah, he's doing that, but he's also doing [i]other stuff too[/i]. Go read some Preacher, and then some The Boys. Or the other way around. There is a marked difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightsnake Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 I have read the Boys...I read Hitman and Punisher MAX, too. The latter two? Very, very good. Boys and Preacher? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max the Mostly Mediocre Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Funny, I'm of the view that Hitman is vastly less impressive than Preacher. And, for that matter, less serious. Though, yes, it does feature substantially fewer lurid jokes. Punisher MAX is pretty much the best thing he's ever done, with the possible exception of War Stories. Uh. I'll stop hijacking your thread now, Stego. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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