What book(s) are you reading now?

[cardero]

Title: Modern Masters Volume 19: Mike Ploog
Author-Eric Nolen Weathington
Paperback: 120 pages
Publisher: TwoMorrows Publishing (October 1, 2008)
ISBN-13: 978-1605490076

In the 1970s, horror comics were huge - and no one drew werewolves, swamp creatures, and demonic motorcyclists better than Mike Ploog! Though already well established in the fields of magazine illustration and animation, Ploog endeared himself to comics fans with his creepy yet beautiful artwork on such titles as Werewolf by Night, Ghost Rider, and Man-Thing. After an all-too-brief stint at Marvel Comics, Ploog returned to the world of animation and film, working on such classics as Ghostbusters, Ralph Bakshi's animated The Lord of the Rings, Dark Crystal, and Labyrinth. Now he's back in comics with the children's fantasies Abadazad and The Stardust Kid, as well as The Spirit, and proving he still has the chops. Roger Ash and Eric Nolen-Weathington proudly present a true Modern Master: Mike Ploog! This book features a career-spanning interview and discussion of the artist's creative process, complete with both rare and unseen art, including an enormous gallery of commissioned work, and an 8-page color section!

 

[TurkeyOnRye]

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.

 

[.lava]

the last book i bought is first aid from A to Z. i really want to learn but i hardly read it cos it is terrible to perceive human body that way.

.

 

[cardero]

Title: The Warren Companion
Author: Jon B. Cooke
Hardcover: 288 pgs
Publisher: TwoMorrows Publishing; Limited edition (July 1, 2001)
ISBN 13: 978-1893905092

The hardcover version of the Warren Companion is a limited editon, signed and numbered by James Warren, with 16 extra pages not found in the softcover version, plus an extra Bernie Wrightson plate! Few publishers throughout history can boast the extraordinary work of as many great artists and writers as Warren, and this book—featuring a complete reprinting of the out-of-print, Eisner Award-winning Comic Book Artist magazine #4, plus dozens of new interviews and features—covers the entire history of the company from 1956 to 1983, examining all the titles including Creepy, Eerie, Vampirealla, Blazing Combat, Help!, The Spirit, and many more! Including the most definitive (and indispensible) checklist ever compiled on the company (with cross-indexed artist and writer listings), this tome also features a new painted cover by Alex Horley, reams of unpublished art, archival photos, examinations of Warren’s competition, plus exhaustive details on Warren merchandise, conventions, top strips, most prolific contributors, foreign publications, and many other fascinating oddities! Also featuring new articles on Richard Corben, Frank Frazetta, Steve Ditko and others, and interviews with Bernie Wrightson, Jim Warren, Will Eisner, Neal Adams, Gene Colan and many more, this volume is the last word on Warren Publishing!

 

[Quagmire]

I'm reading Crime and Punishment by some Russian guy who's name I can't spell or pronounce.

 

[dawny0826]

The Merry Gentry series by Laurell K. Hamilton.

 

[Joe_Stocks]

The Church and the Market: A Catholic Defense of the Free Economy by Thomas Woods

 

[ChristineES]

I just finished Too Close To Home by Linwood Barclay- a good mystery. I am reading Captain's Peril (a Star Trek novel) by William Shatner.

 

[Yerda]

Just a Theory by Moti Ben-Ari. It has more typos than anything I've ever read. The aim of the book is to give an account of the nature of science and show why the pejorative "just a theory" is silly or meaningless. If you come across it, give it a bash.

I've also been flicking through a compilation of scientific essays put together by Richard Dawkins. John Maynard Smith, Fred Hoyle, Francis Crick, Julian Huxley, Robert Oppenheimer, Albert Einstein, Erwin Schrodinger, Steven Hawking, Alan Turing and so on. It's called The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing. If you like science, I recommend it.

And I've just finished The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Anyone else read that one?

 

[stacey bo bacey]

East of Eden by John Steinbeck. :bounce

 

[3.14]

beschermers van ringwereld
part 3

SFseries.nl | Lijst van series : Ringwereld


supposedly the unofficial source for the halo concept

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I got Stephen King's Duma Key, and Anne Rice's The Vampire Armand, Blood Canticle, and Merrick for Christmas. I'm starting with The Vampire Armand.

 

[cardero]

The Big Book of the 70's

Author: Johnathan Vankin and Various Artists
Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: DC Comics (May 1, 2000)
ISBN-13: 978-1563896712

Back when irony was just a literary device and people wore bell-bottoms for their own sake, Western civilization reached its zenith and nadir simultaneously. Jonathan Vankin's Big Book of the '70s looks in surprising depth at the trends and the notable figures of that decade, using illustrations from dozens of excellent comics artists like Shary Flenniken and Terry Laban. Richard Nixon, Jane Fonda, Burt Reynolds, and Jimmy Carter all get the Big Book treatment in a delicious combination of behind-the-scenes peeks and easily digested history lessons. Fads and phenomena like disco, running, and the rise of the women's movement are also explained and, in some cases, followed up through modern times. The writing is clear and snappy, the illustration is consistently well-done, and the topics chosen are a thorough, comprehensive mix of lightweight (pet rocks) and serious (Vietnam).

 

[cardero]

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MARVEL VISIONARIES: STEVE DITKO
Hardcover: 344 pages
Publisher: Marvel Comics (May 18, 2005)
ISBN-13: 978-0785117834


Ditko, a Marvel Comics' mainstay in the early 1960s, helped create a line of superheroes that endures to this day. Not the slickest or most dynamic artist, he was indisputably the most individualistic. Whereas Jack Kirby's characters were handsome and larger-than-life, Ditko's awkward, angular figures were decidedly antiheroic. This deluxe, full-color collection showcases Ditko's Marvel work in 27 well-chosen stories. His most famous creation, Spider-Man, dominates in six selections that laid the groundwork for the dozens of artists who have subsequently depicted his exploits. Other tales feature Ditko's next-best-known Marvel creations: Dr. Strange, whose sorcerous exploits gave the swinging sixties their most psychedelic comic-book moments, and the Incredible Hulk. Ditko abruptly left Marvel in 1966, three years after creating Spidey, but later returned to work there intermittently; the volume contains four stories from the 1980s and 1990s. By then the magic was largely gone, yet Ditko's distinctive style remained. Much admired by today's comics artists, Ditko is seldom recognizable as an influence because his approach can't easily be copied or assimilated.

 

[whereismynotecard]

I'm reading various short stories from my Children's Literature book, such as Beauty and the Beast, and other such stories, because I've finally gotten to rent some text books that are more on my level... (joking... just in case someone takes this to mean I'm an idiot) I like children's stories. The older ones, like The Little Mermaid, The Hobbit, and those such things. They're so fun.

Guess what books I got for my children's literature class:

Holes
Harriet The Spy
and then 2 big ones with lots of short stories in them.

Oh what fun!!

 

[Sententia]

Nothing currently. I am 1/4 of way into like 18 different books. None have caught my eye. I read a lot of kids books... to my kids.... Like Ender's Game... hehe...

Seriously... thats a great book.

 

[Circle_One]

Presently reading Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk and Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker (the genius behind the Hellraiser movies).

 

[Falvlun]

Nothing currently. I am 1/4 of way into like 18 different books. None have caught my eye. I read a lot of kids books... to my kids.... Like Ender's Game... hehe...

Seriously... thats a great book.

I will second that!

I just finished Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere. It was alright. I haven't decided whether I like him or not, though I feel that I should. I've been waiting to read American Gods for a while...

 

[Nepenthe]

Just a Theory by Moti Ben-Ari. It has more typos than anything I've ever read. The aim of the book is to give an account of the nature of science and show why the pejorative "just a theory" is silly or meaningless. If you come across it, give it a bash.

I've also been flicking through a compilation of scientific essays put together by Richard Dawkins. John Maynard Smith, Fred Hoyle, Francis Crick, Julian Huxley, Robert Oppenheimer, Albert Einstein, Erwin Schrodinger, Steven Hawking, Alan Turing and so on. It's called The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing. If you like science, I recommend it.

And I've just finished The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Anyone else read that one?

Did you just raid one of my bookshelves!?!?!!?
Reading The Road was like a boot stomping on my throat for hours on end only to stop occassionally to stomp a hole in my chest. Amazing novel. Cormac is one of the best contemporary American authors. No Country for Old Men is worth reading as well. think there's only three of his books I haven't read yet but mean to before long.
Reading vol. 2 of Veitch's Army @ Love. One of the most savage critiques of the Iraq/Afghanistan occupation in a war comic ever! And it's funny as hell too.

And props for mentioning Just a Theory! Such a common phrase that's so little understood.....

 

[lunamoth]

My husband read The Road and reported that it was very 'gritty.' I asked him if it had an uplifting ending and he said no. I asked if it had a glimmer of hope in it. He said no. I asked if it had a glint, gleam or shred of hope. He said maybe a shred. A very tiny shred. I don't think I'll be reading that one.

I just finished book 6 of the Harry Potter series. I just ordered Process and Reality from Amazon. I must be nuts.