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[lilac_jive]

I'm reading Persuader and I'm having a hard time with it. All the sentences are really short and there's too much description, like "The driveway came up to the house. The steps were cracked marble. The door was oak." It's killing me.

[Moejoe]

Just finished Now and Forever by Ray Bradbury, The Tomb and Legacies (Repairman Jack) by F Paul Wilson. Next I'm going to catch up with Robert Rankin's - The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse, The Toyminator, Fandom of the Operator, Web Site Story. Also reading Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes, The Penal Colony by Richard Herley.

[Moejoe]

Originally Posted by lilac_jive

I'm reading Persuader and I'm having a hard time with it. All the sentences are really short and there's too much description, like "The driveway came up to the house. The steps were cracked marble. The door was oak." It's killing me.

A lot of people seem to really like Lee Child's work, but I couldn't make it through Killing Floor. It was like an episode of the A-Team but not as fun. A lot of Macho stuff going on, but it felt fake-macho to me, like someone bragging about how tough they are. If you want something along those lines that rings true, get hold of Richard Stark's (Donald Westlake) "Parker" series.

[lilac_jive]

Originally Posted by Moejoe

A lot of people seem to really like Lee Child's work, but I couldn't make it through Killing Floor. It was like an episode of the A-Team but not as fun. A lot of Macho stuff going on, but it felt fake-macho to me, like someone bragging about how tough they are. If you want something along those lines that rings true, get hold of Richard Stark's (Donald Westlake) "Parker" series.

I didn't expect it to be awesome, but I was hoping for it to be a fun read. But so far it's just bogged down in crap. The Dresden Files is like that, where the main character is not really real, more of what a geeky guy would expect a tough guy to be like. But they're still a ton of fun and easy to read. So far Persuader is not

[Moejoe]

Originally Posted by lilac_jive

I didn't expect it to be awesome, but I was hoping for it to be a fun read. But so far it's just bogged down in crap. The Dresden Files is like that, where the main character is not really real, more of what a geeky guy would expect a tough guy to be like. But they're still a ton of fun and easy to read. So far Persuader is not

I agree, I enjoyed the Dresden series very much. Different fish altogether. If I remember rightly, there's paragraph upon paragraph in the beginning of Killing Floor where he's singing Blues songs in his head...very tiresome.

[lilac_jive]

Originally Posted by Moejoe

I agree, I enjoyed the Dresden series very much. Different fish altogether. If I remember rightly, there's paragraph upon paragraph in the beginning of Killing Floor where he's singing Blues songs in his head...very tiresome.

That's....strange.

[tompe]

Originally Posted by lilac_jive

I'm reading Persuader and I'm having a hard time with it. All the sentences are really short and there's too much description, like "The driveway came up to the house. The steps were cracked marble. The door was oak." It's killing me.

I think the writing style is intentional and works very well for the books. I actually had much more problem with the first two Dresden books that I have read since there think the writing did not add to the book (it was OK but nothing more).

[DixieGal]

I'm giggling my way through the Hal Spacejock series. Each book is funnier than the one before. I just finished a scene where Hal and his faithful robot companion, Clunk, rode down from a space station on a space elevator. There was a terrorist hijacker, but the passengers kicked his butt and the hijacker left the elevator under police escort. It's funnier when you read Simon Hayne's version, I promise!

[paperless]

I'm reading Angels' Blood Nalini Singh. Her books are discounted today at BooksonBoard.com (It's the Daily Steal)

[Moejoe]

I'm just about to start (I think I mentioned earlier) catching up on some Robert Rankin I missed. If you don't know who Rankin is, he's a humorous writer from England and in my estimations about a gajillion times funnier than Pratchett. If you're not familiar with Rankin, here is a picture:



His latest in paperback is The Da-Da-De-Da-Da Code

[weateallthepies]

End of the World Blues - Jon Courtenay Grimwood

Enjoying it so far, got a few more of his lined up but I might snack on another Dresden Files first.

[Dr. Drib]

Sorry, BlackVoid, I actually didn't see your scores.

What you wrote sounds interesting, though.


Don

[weateallthepies]

Originally Posted by Moejoe

I'm just about to start (I think I mentioned earlier) catching up on some Robert Rankin I missed. If you don't know who Rankin is, he's a humorous writer from England and in my estimations about a gajillion times funnier than Pratchett. If you're not familiar with Rankin, here is a picture:

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His latest in paperback is The Da-Da-De-Da-Da Code

It is a well-known fact to those who know it well...that Rankin is a genius, although his running jokes and characters can be a bit a bit much if you haven't read all his stuff.

[Moejoe]

Originally Posted by weateallthepies

It is a well-known fact to those who know it well...that Rankin is a genius, although his running jokes and characters can be a bit a bit much if you haven't read all his stuff.

Yeah, I wonder what a new reader might think of some of those running gags? For anybody here who's new to Rankin I suggest you first read all 8 books of the Brentford Trilogy Here is a primer on the material:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brentford_Trilogy

[ShortNCuddlyAm]

Originally Posted by Moejoe

I'm just about to start (I think I mentioned earlier) catching up on some Robert Rankin I missed. If you don't know who Rankin is, he's a humorous writer from England and in my estimations about a gajillion times funnier than Pratchett. If you're not familiar with Rankin, here is a picture:



His latest in paperback is The Da-Da-De-Da-Da Code

I LOVE that gun. His wife was showing it off on another forum I'm on

Originally Posted by Moejoe

Yeah, I wonder what a new reader might think of some of those running gags? For anybody here who's new to Rankin I suggest you first read all 8 books of the Brentford Trilogy Here is a primer on the material:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brentford_Trilogy

Seconded. Very definitely seconded.