If you collect all the masterworks is that essentially the whole series? Is there any point of getting the master collections, or epic collections? Is there any difference between the masterworks or the master collections?
EDIT: I do see theres certain issues in the epic collections like Villian team up, and Marvel annual. Cant these still be obtained in a compilation?
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I'm really looking to get into some indie titles, I just don't want anything with nudity or graphic violence in them. Anything sci-fi or action adventure would be a bonus!Is there anything you would recommend
Hi! I've been thinking about growing my comic book collection these holidays, and I'm getting really interested in Batman and Robin's dynamic. The question is: should I read Morrison's run (with Grayson as Batman) or the New 52 Tomasi's one?
I really enjoy Morrison as a writer but I've only read Arkham Asylum, Batman and Son, The Black Glove and R.I.P. so, should I buy Final Crisis too if I wanted to fully enjoy his run? However, the New 52 are also growing on me lately (I'm about to buy Endgame and Geoff's run on Justice League); and maybe Tomasi's B&R would be a better choice then.
I'm really confused about which one should I start with, so thank you for taking your time to help me!
Edit: I'll definitely go with Morrison's run first all the way to Batman Inc and its conection with Tomasi's Batman and Robin. Thank you so much for your help, I should've asked you before!
I’d like to get one and would prefer to not buy one online
If it’s not in stock should my local comic shop be able to order it?
I was picking this up when it released but then after issue 4 (iirc), it kept getting delayed, and I’ve been unable to find any recent or relevant news regarding the continuation of the series.
I gifted myself the first volume of Saga for Christmas and omg it's fantastic, I can't wait to read more of this universe. Please tell me it continues to be amazing
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I read this wasn’t a very good series & boy was the ending a disappointment, but i found it really fun to read. spoiler but when deadpool came into it, it was a pleasant surprise and one that really gave the story a bit more life.
I’ve never read a comic with Doom as the bad guy, I’m unsure if they got the best out of him. I wish there was more of a backstory to his infection of Wakanda (unless it was not collected in tpb) and a little bit more action from him. I feel like the abrupt ending didn’t do him any justice nor did the lack of retribution.
Are there stories where Doom is portrayed better?
Its not always overt but its always just there from the handling of black and asian people, marc putting women in their place as it were, and other such instances all throughout the run so far. I know it cant be helped now, but godamn. I hve to cringe so often to read the early works of a hero I enjoy.
I’d like to get one and would prefer to not buy one online
If it’s not in stock should my local comic shop be able to order it?
I was picking this up when it released but then after issue 4 (iirc), it kept getting delayed, and I’ve been unable to find any recent or relevant news regarding the continuation of the series.
I gifted myself the first volume of Saga for Christmas and omg it's fantastic, I can't wait to read more of this universe. Please tell me it continues to be amazing
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I read this wasn’t a very good series & boy was the ending a disappointment, but i found it really fun to read. spoiler but when deadpool came into it, it was a pleasant surprise and one that really gave the story a bit more life.
I’ve never read a comic with Doom as the bad guy, I’m unsure if they got the best out of him. I wish there was more of a backstory to his infection of Wakanda (unless it was not collected in tpb) and a little bit more action from him. I feel like the abrupt ending didn’t do him any justice nor did the lack of retribution.
Are there stories where Doom is portrayed better?
Its not always overt but its always just there from the handling of black and asian people, marc putting women in their place as it were, and other such instances all throughout the run so far. I know it cant be helped now, but godamn. I hve to cringe so often to read the early works of a hero I enjoy.
In the vein of sharing progress on book goals, I wanted to tell you guys about the goal I set for myself this year which was to read 17 books in 2017. This came after a very hectic 2016 where I finished an embarrassing 6 books (and put down probably a dozen more without finishing them). Here's my list:
(I try not to include things like graphic novels on these lists but Fun Home felt like an exception, as did the entirety of Y: The Last Man.)
Probably the biggest stopper for me on this list was The Savage Detectives--IIRC it took me something like 2-3 months to finish it and for a while there I wasn't even sure if I would.
My favorite was probably Wolf in White Van, though I definitely wanted more of it by the time the (very) slim book was over. The Secret History is a close second. My least favorite is probably Storm Front. I really love the idea of Dresden and the series, but the writing was just too sloppy for me. I've been told to jump ahead a few books in the series and I may still do that but it was a little too genre for me.
Now to up the ante and try to beat this goal in 2018...
To consolidate all the "What I Read in 2017" posts, put your list in a comment below. The previous posts are in the following table.
Greetings fellow redditlings :)
Backstory: I've heard the phrase "The bird rights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a world. The bird flies to God. That God's name is Abraxas." in different occasions for now, and it always resonated within me, so the last time I've heard it I decided to google it and found out about the book, and how much different translations/editions are there, so I decided to read a sample of the ones I could (the prologue) so far I've read 3 "The Penguin 2013 Damion Searls" "The Dover edition 2000 Stanley Applebaum" and the third one I came across Wattpad (the whole thing was there), which is for now the most interesting but I don't know which edition it is...
Here are samples from each version: (please warn if I should remove)
*The Penguin: "All I wanted to do was try to live the life that was inside me, trying to get out. Why was that so hard? To tell my story, I have to start very far back. In fact, if I could, I would have to go back much farther—to the very first years of my childhood, or even farther back, into the distant reaches of my origins."
*The Dover: "All I really wanted was to try and live the life that was spontaneously welling up within me. Why was that so very difficult? To tell my story I have to start far in the past If I could, I'd have to go back much farther yet, to the very earliest years of my childhood and even beyond them to my distant origins."
*The Wattpad: "I wanted only to try to live in accord with the promptings which came from my true self. Why was that so very difficult? I cannot tell my story without reaching a long way back. If it were possible I would reach back farther still—into the very first years of my childhood, and beyond them into distant ancestral past."
So here are the questions (finally)
1-Which one is the Wattpad edition that I referenced?
2-How many other variations are there that you are aware of and/or read,?
3-Which one do you think is the most fidèle to the source material if you are into thes kind of things?
Reasons for asking:
Other than the the bird phrase, I've heard also other passages of the book (in the WINGS short film videos by BTS) which sounded the same as what I've found in wattpad, which had that kind of mysterious feeling to them, but the other two "especially The Dover" were pretty much explanatory (or that is the feeling that I just had when I read it).
Thanks for reading this mess of a post and apologies in advance for any frustration caused. XD
and I hope this is the correct subreddit.
I'm currently reading an ARC of Josh Malerman's UNBURY CAROL (Del Rey), and I'm loving it.
Which leads me to my question: what are some of the BIGGEST differences you've seen between a book's ARC and the wide-release version?
Hopefully the differences are miniscule; maybe just copy edits? To be safe, I'm going to buy the book anyway when it comes out to support the author. But how often do plot changes occur between releases?
Thanks for your help!
On the book, I understand how honor or vengance motivated some of the fights, but what I have problem understanding is the importance of the bodies and the armors of the fallen as the motivation to fight. Even in the thick of a battle heroes will stop to gather enemies armors, or will rush to defend the body of a fallen friend. What's the reason for this? How those scenes come to be?
Focusing on books by women in 2018. Here's my current list (not including new releases or book-festival discoveries that may intervene).
Speedboat, by Renata Adler
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
Slow Days, Fast Company, by Eve Babitz
Dawn, by Octavia Butler
Down Below, by Leonora Carrington
The Expendable Man, by Dorothy B. Hughes
Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston
We Have Always Lived in the Castle, by Shirley Jackson
The Pumpkin Eater, by Penelope Mortimer
The Red Parts, by Maggie Nelson
Night Film, by Marisha Pessl
Imagine Wanting Only This, by Kristen Radtke
The Mountain Lion, by Jean Stafford
Blood in the Water, by Heather Ann Thompson
The Quest for Christa T., by Christa Wolf
The Wallcreeper, by Nell Zink
Admittedly still weak in the non-fiction department, so eyes remain open.
Thoughts?
Does anyone have a good outline or set of talking points when they write book reviews?
I'm thinking of something similar to what some some car reviewers do where they cover the same points: 1) Philosophy Of Use (POU), 2) basic stats of car, 3) Ergonomics, 4) Value, 5) Durability and Reliability, 6) Track Record, 7) would they buy it
I never had the mindset that I wouldn't enjoy books like I know some my friends have but I never imagined I would love them THIS much, I seriously CAN NOT stop reading, in just 2 months I have finished 11.5 books, the entire Harry Potter series, The first Mistborn trilogy and Elantris books one + 1.5. all in all thats about 6500 pages.
I literally sacrificed sleep to finish The Hero of Ages and went to uni without sleep, that was not an experience I want to repeat.
I'm not trying to dish on people who set goals for themselves, because that's completely your choice, but I just feel that reading should be about enjoyment and pleasure; not about meeting a quota.
Hey guys, I’m a high schooler, busy with school and all that. I’ve always been told that to get smarter, I have to read a lot of books. The problem is that I feel like I can never find any good books? Books that I come across these days don’t really interest me at all (science fiction/dystopian all sounds the same, romance always distracts from the plot etc) Even if I do find a good book, I’m always thinking of other things I could be doing. I mean the last time I read a REALLY GOOD BOOK was probably like the ones who walk away from Omelas but that wasn’t even a book it was like six pages long Is reading like this for everyone or do I have to train myself to just read and not get distracted? Also some book recommendations would be appreciated! As a New Years resolution I want to try and read more books Thanks guys!
Just wanted to throw out there for all my bibliophiles, if you are reading a lot look at used book stores. I was able to buy over 40 books this holiday season (some for me, some as gifts) for around $30-35. It makes reading so much better If you're on a budget! All the books i got were in great condition. Some of the older books i was able to get original cover art as well! Happy New Year's and happy reading my friends!
So my great-grandmother's journal was recently translated from Russian to English, and she mentions a book. It's easier to show you the journal entry, so here you go:
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He got married to Anastasia Pyschola. They lived in the house, that stayed in a low place. The present names of the streets - Ahtyrskaya and Sumskaya. Their house was in between these streets. My grandpa was working as a bread maker, shoemaker. Only rich people would be his clients - this shows he was making very good shoes. Sometimes he would paint pictures as well.
My grandpa was protecting Russian lands in this place from Polish and Swedish. The description of it is in the book of Dudchenko, who took historical materials and described it in his book “Lebedyn”, 1965. And the second edited book in 1974.
This may be an odd question, but does anyone have any suggestions for apps, or websites, that provide sounds/atmospheres to enjoy while reading? I’ve seen plenty that offer weather ambience, but are there any out there specifically for reading soundscapes?
I am really blown away by the detail inherent in the author's world-building, the imagination behind each of the vignettes, and the fascinating story of the Shrike and the Time Tombs. I haven't really read a lot of science fiction (sans your good ol' dystopian scifi i.e. Hunger Games), though I had read The Time Machine which I absolutely loved, and perhaps another older classic here and there. I know that the book has three sequels, one of which, The Fall of Hyperion, is a direct sequel, and the other two being set farther in the future as I understand. Should I take a break and read something else before I jump into the sequel? I recently started a new fantasy series so I think I'll make some progress with that before I close out the story of the Pilgrims.
Personally for me, I would love to experience the magic of the Harry Potter series as a first-time reader. Also, books like Gone Girl are ones I would love to experience again, just to have that moment where the plot-twist is so unexpected it leaves my head spinning.
