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Soupdragon
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What did you make of Cryptonomicon, DW?

I loved his Snow Crash and Diamond Age.

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I found it really interesting, I studied Modern History for my second degree, and did a lot of reading about the Second World War. I loved the parallel storyline in the novel between the enigma code cracking story and Bletchley Park and the modern cryptographic storylines. If you liked Snow Crash, you'll like Cryptonomicon I think.

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Oh, I have read it!


Loved it. I gather that there should be a sequel in the works, but that was a while ago, now. I may have even been completed.

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Ahhh cool :) I also love The Diamond Age, but that was more poststeampunk stuff than his other works....

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Currently reading World War Hulk and Marvel 1602.

I've also heard Sandman is pretty solid, so it looks like that's next.

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I just finished "Alice in Wonderland," and now I'm about a third of the way through "At the Mountains of Madness." Next up are "Neuromancer" and "Atlas Shrugged."

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Alan Moore's W.I.L.D.CATS :D

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it was tying it into the rape-revenge stories and making light of a verys erious sub-genre that kind of offended me.
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Dr. StrangeOne wrote:
Currently reading World War Hulk and Marvel 1602.

I've also heard Sandman is pretty solid, so it looks like that's next.


I was reading Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials (book 1 is otherwise known as 'The Golden Compass'/'Northern Lights'), and before that I polished off Jim Butcher's Codex Alera series (it's not done yet, but I've read up the the most current book).

Jim Butcher, btw, is a fantastic writer. His other series, The Dresden Files, is wholeheartedly kickass. The sci-fi network rendition of the novels did them zero justice. Dresden files is a fantasy/urban fiction/detective cross genre piece, but Codex Alera is straight up epic fantasy at it's finest.

What sucks is that in between each book is the mind numbing span of about a year. Totally worth the wait, though.

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comics Im currently reading...
Locke & Key - by joe hill (stephen kings son)
Hex - a great post-apocalyptic/western by micheal fleisher, rereading an old collection
Y: the last man - well known, but I havent picked it up till last week, im already on the 3rd collection
Scalped - an crime/mob series set in a south dakota indian reservation, brutal
and the old X-Files topps series - good 24 pg spooky stories.

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Dr. Brooklyn wrote:
I am currently reading...
+ Watchmen (rereading it so I can discuss better on this forum)
+ Hush: Volume II
+ And Marvel: Civil War (All that that entails)

And I about to start House of M and DC: The New Frontier


you finished civil war yet? the punisher tie ins are the best.

...and i'm looking forward to discussing the new frontier!

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finally started with preacher, and enjoying it...

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I finished "At the Mountains of Madness" today. Good, but slightly over-rated, in my opinion.

I followed this by reading the first 80-odd pages of "Atlas Shrugged" in one sitting. That one is truly a masterpiece and I can't wait to keep reading.

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I am on book 4 of Sin City, I can't remember the name of it, but I'm going by publication order.

I just finished The Big Fat Kill, it was really good.

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c'mon, do I have to say it? I only found my copy last Sunday.

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Invisibles volume 2.

Still scratching my head over this one. Interesting read!

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Invisibles volume 2.

Still scratching my head over this one. Interesting read!


Once you've worked your way through that series, give The Filth a shot (if you haven't already).

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