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Jul. 18th, 2008 12:20 amNovels/prose books:
Gibson, William: Neuromancer
(the man has no sense of humor. After being so bored by the lack of even a glimmer of a sense of humor in this book on the T ride to work that I spent the whole time staring out the window at the black concrete walls, I actually bought another book at work to have something to read on the ride home. Needless to say, I did not finish this. Sad, since I like cyperpunk, and Gibson's the granddaddy of it. But he has no sense of humor!).
Kipling, Rudyard: Just So Stories
(a man of infinite resource and sagacity will never forget his suspenders).
Graphic novels:
Rich, Jamie S, and Joelle Jones: 12 Reasons Why I Love Her
(I can't say any of the reasons convinced me. Oni Press).
Klein, Grady: The Lost Colony Book 1: The Snodgrass Conspiracy
(I have never been so happy to finish a book, look back the cover, and see "Book 1"--not because it ends on a cliffhanger, but because the experience of reading it was so delightful that I am thrilled to think they'll be more. First Second puts out a nice book, oh but they do).
Manga:
Kanari Yozaburo, story, Sato Fumiya, art: Kindaichi Case Files: The Opera House Murders
(it felt even more formulaic than the others. I think that's because this is the first one, and therefore the one that establishes the formula, and so it lacks any of the ornamental flourishes that the others use to distinguish themselves. And of course, no Akechi. I enjoyed it, though. I now enjoy Kindaichi Case Files enough that I can't make fun of it for being popcorn--it's just too reliably entertaining!--and enough to be wicked depressed that Tokyopop's dropping it).
BOOKS OF A NEW CATEGORY INVENTED JUST TO THWART MY PRIMITIVE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM:
Schade, Susan, and Jon Buller: The Fog Mound Book 1: Travels of Thelonious
( Now here's a graphic novel that can honestly claim to be like a comic book, but with more words... )
Gibson, William: Neuromancer
(the man has no sense of humor. After being so bored by the lack of even a glimmer of a sense of humor in this book on the T ride to work that I spent the whole time staring out the window at the black concrete walls, I actually bought another book at work to have something to read on the ride home. Needless to say, I did not finish this. Sad, since I like cyperpunk, and Gibson's the granddaddy of it. But he has no sense of humor!).
Kipling, Rudyard: Just So Stories
(a man of infinite resource and sagacity will never forget his suspenders).
Graphic novels:
Rich, Jamie S, and Joelle Jones: 12 Reasons Why I Love Her
(I can't say any of the reasons convinced me. Oni Press).
Klein, Grady: The Lost Colony Book 1: The Snodgrass Conspiracy
(I have never been so happy to finish a book, look back the cover, and see "Book 1"--not because it ends on a cliffhanger, but because the experience of reading it was so delightful that I am thrilled to think they'll be more. First Second puts out a nice book, oh but they do).
Manga:
Kanari Yozaburo, story, Sato Fumiya, art: Kindaichi Case Files: The Opera House Murders
(it felt even more formulaic than the others. I think that's because this is the first one, and therefore the one that establishes the formula, and so it lacks any of the ornamental flourishes that the others use to distinguish themselves. And of course, no Akechi. I enjoyed it, though. I now enjoy Kindaichi Case Files enough that I can't make fun of it for being popcorn--it's just too reliably entertaining!--and enough to be wicked depressed that Tokyopop's dropping it).
BOOKS OF A NEW CATEGORY INVENTED JUST TO THWART MY PRIMITIVE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM:
Schade, Susan, and Jon Buller: The Fog Mound Book 1: Travels of Thelonious
( Now here's a graphic novel that can honestly claim to be like a comic book, but with more words... )