What are we reading?

Started by Martok, March 05, 2012, 01:13:59 PM

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Longdan

I love Dilbert...the total summation of corporate dysfunction.
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Martok

Calvin & Hobbes, The Far Side, Bloom County, and Dilbert formed my personal comic strip quadrumvirate in the days of old.  Nowadays it's just Dilbert and Zits for me. 

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JasonPratt

Quote from: MetalDog on January 31, 2013, 08:13:53 PM
I believe there to be a triumverate at the top: Calvin and Hobbes, Bloom County and FoxTrot.  Honorable mention to The Far Side.

Ditto but (as noted subsequently by others) I'd include Dilbert in the quadrumverate. Or quadruminate. One of those.

(Far Side I respect for its contributions to the culture, but I wouldn't rank it higher than honorable mention.)
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GDS_Starfury

Far Side no higher then honorable mention?!?!

buncha frakin heretics ya are!
Toonces - Don't ask me, I just close my eyes and take it.

Gus - I use sweatpants with flannel shorts to soak up my crotch sweat.

Banzai Cat - There is no "partial credit" in grammar. Like anal sex. It's either in, or it's not.

Mirth - We learned long ago that they key isn't to outrun Star, it's to outrun Gus.

Martok - I don't know if it's possible to have an "anti-boner"...but I now have one.

Gus - Celery is vile and has no reason to exist. Like underwear on Star.


mirth

Quote from: MetalDog on January 31, 2013, 08:13:53 PM
I believe there to be a triumverate at the top: Calvin and Hobbes, Bloom County and FoxTrot.  Honorable mention to The Far Side.

Full agreement on your top 3, MD. Those are my all time favorites and in that order.
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besilarius

"Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out until too late that he's been playing with two queens all along".  Terry Pratchett.

During filming of Airplane, Leslie Nielsen used a whoopee cushion to keep the cast off-balance. Hays said that Nielsen "played that thing like a maestro"

Tallulah Bankhead: "I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late, start without me."

"When all other trusts fail, turn to Flashman." — Abraham Lincoln.

"I have enjoyed very warm relations with my two husbands."
"With your eyes closed?"
"That helped."  Lauren Bacall

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Gusington

Just finished Neuromancer. I skimmed the 2nd half. I can see how influential and visionary it is, but TBH I didn't find it to be that entertaining. It felt kind of too-cool-for-school, and I wasn't invited to the party. All of these neat little pioneering techs but a little more explanation of wtf was going on would have been nice.


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MetalDog

I never got into cyberpunk.  Not a fan of Blade Runner or Shadowrun either.  But it's a classic, so, you gotta read it.  Having said that, I liked it better than you. 
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Gusington

Well at least I can claim I tried. Onward.


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We can't live under the threat of a c*nt because he's threatening nuclear Armageddon.

-JudgeDredd


Bison

Finished The Forever War.  It was ok.  I'm not sure what I was expecting but whatever it was I'm pretty sure I didn't get it.  Overall I felt pretty meh about it.

GDS_Starfury

Quote from: MetalDog on February 03, 2013, 10:37:32 PM
I never got into cyberpunk.  Not a fan of Blade Runner or Shadowrun either.  But it's a classic, so, you gotta read it.  Having said that, I liked it better than you.


not a fan of Blade Runner?

the Grognati must convene to discuss your fate.
Toonces - Don't ask me, I just close my eyes and take it.

Gus - I use sweatpants with flannel shorts to soak up my crotch sweat.

Banzai Cat - There is no "partial credit" in grammar. Like anal sex. It's either in, or it's not.

Mirth - We learned long ago that they key isn't to outrun Star, it's to outrun Gus.

Martok - I don't know if it's possible to have an "anti-boner"...but I now have one.

Gus - Celery is vile and has no reason to exist. Like underwear on Star.


DoctorQuest

Picked up "Childhood's End" by Arthur C. Clarke at the library today. Been awhile.......
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besilarius

Wow, Doc, haven't looked at a Clarke piece since Rendezous with Rama.
Never warmed to him, quite like Heinlein and Asimov.  Maybe worth a look now that I'm old and Groggy.
"Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out until too late that he's been playing with two queens all along".  Terry Pratchett.

During filming of Airplane, Leslie Nielsen used a whoopee cushion to keep the cast off-balance. Hays said that Nielsen "played that thing like a maestro"

Tallulah Bankhead: "I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late, start without me."

"When all other trusts fail, turn to Flashman." — Abraham Lincoln.

"I have enjoyed very warm relations with my two husbands."
"With your eyes closed?"
"That helped."  Lauren Bacall

Master Chiefs are sneaky, dastardly, and snarky miscreants who thrive on the tears of Ensigns and belly dancers.   Admiral Gerry Bogan.

MetalDog

Quote from: GDS_Starfury on February 10, 2013, 02:29:59 AM
Quote from: MetalDog on February 03, 2013, 10:37:32 PM
I never got into cyberpunk.  Not a fan of Blade Runner or Shadowrun either.  But it's a classic, so, you gotta read it.  Having said that, I liked it better than you.


not a fan of Blade Runner?

the Grognati must convene to discuss your fate.

For my sins, I will write a beginners AAR for Warlock Master of the Arcane (going on now in the Digital AAR section).
And the One Song to Rule Them All is Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones


"If its a Balrog, I don't think you get an option to not consent......." - bob