Author Topic: Do You Read? (Read 16995 times)

ZGDK · « **on:** May 29, 2008, 01:04:44 PM »

I read a lot. Mostly I read Stephen King and weird stuff like that.

missingno · « **Reply #1 on:** May 29, 2008, 01:57:22 PM »

Well, we obviously do if we're on the forums.

Kuromatsu · « **Reply #2 on:** May 29, 2008, 02:09:28 PM »

Do I Read? Not books, if that's what you are talking about.

Glorb · « **Reply #3 on:** May 29, 2008, 02:42:21 PM »

Me? Mostly magazines, short stories and the like.

Koopaslaya · « **Reply #4 on:** May 29, 2008, 02:56:33 PM »

Quote from: ZGDK on May 29, 2008, 01:04:44 PM

I read a lot. Mostly I read Stephen King and weird stuff like that.

Explain how Stephen King is "weird," please.

Ambulance Y · « **Reply #5 on:** May 29, 2008, 03:10:06 PM »

*Sigh*

I've made a thread exactly like this before, but I suppose it's long and gone. I read a lot of Hemingway. I also really like authors from the beat generation, like Kerouac and Bukowski.

ZGDK · « **Reply #6 on:** May 29, 2008, 03:29:09 PM »

Quote from: Koopaslaya on May 29, 2008, 02:56:33 PM

Explain how Stephen King is "weird," please.

I don't mean he's weird, but his books sure are. Then again the supernatural elements are only metaphors.

Ambulance Y · « **Reply #7 on:** May 29, 2008, 03:35:02 PM »

His style of writing certainly isn't weird.

Koopaslaya · « **Reply #8 on:** May 29, 2008, 03:38:33 PM »

I wouldn't call him or his works weird. I would describe both him and his works as "creative."

I think that a major problem in today's society is that we label anything or anyone that is creatively different, new, or nonconforming as "weird." Being weird sounds a lot worse than being creative. You could easily call the works of Stephen King, the music of The Mars Volta, or the art of Andy Warhol "weird," but I honestly do not think that the term give due respect to the artists.

I'd like to say Stephen King's works are creative.

ZGDK · « **Reply #9 on:** May 29, 2008, 03:44:13 PM »

That's what I was trying to aim for, when I call something weird I generally mean uniqe or creative. I like Stephen King because he uses supernatural elements and "weird" going ons as a way to comment on society and the world around us. The Stand IMO is defintley his best followed very closely by Insomnia.

Just wondering, but does anyone here listen to music while they read? I do that all the time. Nothing like a little rock to go along with a story.

Ambulance Y · « **Reply #10 on:** May 29, 2008, 03:53:01 PM »

I try to focus only on reading, but I'm not one to multitask.

ZGDK · « **Reply #11 on:** May 29, 2008, 03:54:16 PM »

Quote from: Ambulance Y on May 29, 2008, 03:53:01 PM

I try to focus only on reading, but I'm not one to multitask.

Oh, I find that music helps me concentrate and get into a new book.

PaperLuigi · « **Reply #12 on:** May 29, 2008, 04:56:12 PM »

I don't really like to read, but sometimes I have no choice because I'm in AP English. A Tale of Two Cities was a great book, but I hated the other books I was forced to read (Metamorphosis, Grendel, Frankenstein, 1984). This does not mean I hate school, I just don't like old literature.

I also read the Bible for spiritual guidance.

SolidShroom · « **Reply #13 on:** May 29, 2008, 05:31:42 PM »

I read 1984 for fun, I really liked it.

As for me, I have a lot of required reading for school, but I try to read on my own but I never seem to be able to. I'm trying to read Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo, but I'm reading that very sparsely. I guess my reading habits are taking a break, like they've done numerous times before.

Bigluigifan1.0 · « **Reply #14 on:** May 29, 2008, 05:43:12 PM »

I need to read 1984... I thought it looked pretty good.

I read a lot more of what I wanted before I got back into school. Now, I haven't been able to do that much... but reading Don Quixote was rather fun in contrast.