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>>675310315
Great book. Have you read this book is full of spiders also?
>>675310315
Great book. His new one (Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits) is fun also. Has a few flaws, but largely enjoyable.
>>675310633
I actually just got it in the mail today and am looking forward to reading it, i heard it is extremely dark compared to jdate but i also think that wouldnt be a bad thing,I'm looking to get his most recent book Future violence and fancy suits its appearently jdate but scifi
Fucking great book, although it is not perfect, i have a ton of things i got annoyed of in John Dies
But i must recommend The Silmarillion
>>675310995
Spiders is similar to jdate in a lot of ways. I mean, same characters and world and all.
There are definitely recurring themes and habits throughout all of his works.
>>675310900
I though Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits was great. JDATE is an instant classic, movie left a lot to be desired though, and I feel that FV&FS would do better as a film. Like it seemed written in defined acts and such
>>675311153
What about it annoys you?
>>675311214
I enjoy his wise ass writing style while also painting a good picture of a situation it's why i like the books so much although the ending kills me with what was in the shed I wanted to know more about it, the ending felt rushed to me even though i love the book
>>675310315
this is god tier to me
>>675311503
I saw the movie first to find out that it was a book first and even though the movie was good it was a bummer how they left out alot of the best parts of the book, the part that annoyed me the most was they combined jennifer and amy into one character,while amy is superior
>>675311535
Wise ass is nice. And yeah, the motherfuck of a Red Herring that is the first book's title killed me.
>>675311834
not going to lie i fucking loved that book in highschool still think of lenny as sloth as i read it
>>675310995
I wouldn't call futuristic violence and fancy suits JDATE but SciFi. Not at all, in fact its such a different premise I would say its on its own; perhaps ever as a genre. If anything it is a whole new subsec of SciFi. David Wong is fantastic I would recommend all his books.
>>675311841
Oh my fucking god the reveal with book Amy killllllllllllllllled me.
Oh, and there's an evil little reveal in the second book, too. ;)
>>675310633
Spiders was great. Can't wait for part 3
>>675311834
Pretty much any Steinbeck is god-tier. See Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden, and so on
>>675311153
I enjoyed reading this as well.
>>675311535
i love the "holy shit where did he think of this shit" things he comes up with, but then he'll suddenly drop them like they never existed a few pages later.
Like the Wig Monsters, they seemed like a pretty big chunk of the story, until half way through they never really appear ever again.
its just things like that, another example is near the end. He has another soy sauce "vision" of him being inside of a plane, with no context as to what will happen. Last example is the scene with the giant floating jellyfish.
its been a good 4 years since ive read it so cut me a little loose if i totally described something wrong
>>675311834
That one was great, Grapes of Wrath was my fav though. Although I did skip the philosophical pieces, the story of the Joad family was wonderful
>>675311925
George is also fucking awesome, motherfucker can crush skulls with his bare hands
>>675311970
so far i only know of jdate spiders and fv fs i would love to read anymore books of his i know he is a writer on cracked.com havent looked into that stuff though
>>675312020
i swear id like to keep it as spoiler free as possible man
>>675312000
is it a research about autists ?
>>675312166
He's great. Ass Gangsters 4 was certainly his best work, but it gets so little love.
Everyone I lend JDATE to loves the book, but I haven't found anyone who has already read the book. Kinda cool to see there are DW fans on /b
>>675312234
i got the names mixed up but thats what i meant hahaha
>>675312166
currently reading Grapes of Wrath. Struggling a little with some words though, being french, im reading the original language
Tommo and Hawk by Bryce Cortney
>>675312199
You should re-read the book. You might have missed some things with time.
>>675312199
the wig monsters i can see why they were dropped the problem was solved in vegas,and thats when he started to see the shadow men, the jellyfish was what norths kind turned into when they died and yeah the airplane annoyed me
>>675312372
Oh yeah man, he's great.
For what it's worth what got me to read it was his cracked article where he drops "this is coming from the guy who wrote a book about a guy with severe psychological problems who, in a twist ending, finds out that he is his own rapist",
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House of Leaves
>>675312571
yeah i have it on my book shelf as i type this, its such a rollercoaster of a book i could easily re-read it with joy
>>675312584
what about the scene in the abondoned mall? i cant really remember, but it seems like that was another pointless 12 pages or so
>>675312372
I'm a huge fan of him and sadly i dont know people who are so i decided to op the thread because fuck its a good book and i need to talk about it man i enjoy discussing books but sadly people dont read much anymore id make a /b/ook club or some shit if i could
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Every /b/tard should read this. Much better than the movie.
>>675312907
the movie was pretty fucking funny though
>>675312819
which scene are you talking about exactly?
>>675310633
I didn't like tbifos very much. Lots of build up without much to show for it.
>>675312893
Really good book and author
>>675312975
this is more than fucked up
>>675312893
i've seen the movie but didnt actually know it was a book, does it add more,well how does it add more to the story?
>>675312975
Edgy
It was a good book though
And fuck anyone that thinks otherwise.
>>675312819
I feel like the mall scene was there only because he had the video game tie-in idea and wanted to make it happen.
>>675313032
I think hes talkking about shitload and the ghost door where you were talking about the vortext where the stole the 7th(?) character from history
>>675313032
there is a scene where the main charecter (jesus its been a while) john and the redheaded girl venture into an old abondoned shopping mall, i think to go retrieve something? anyways, they shoot down some weird moose/demon thing, grab some ammo, and i remember for sure that david (i think thats his name?) is sent up a secret elevator by accident
saying all that made me realize how batshit crazy this book is
>>675312584
>>675312199
The airplane gas tank scene was a warning to David of an alternative future that could play out if they wanted. D-did you guys not get that part?
>>675312975
Muh Nigga.
>>675313246
Please anon, I'm still fragile.
>>675313322
dub dubs checked
You got shells!
A beautiful head. John the b
>>675312782
That books fucking hreavy man
>>675313327
again its been like 4 years since ive even opened that book. That book had me going "what?" dozens of times, i should probably re-read it though
>>675313327
i did but but it stilled annoyed me i love amy and it fucking hurt when i thought she would die and when they threatened it again that was just another kick in the groan i know what it meant it just made me regret the college scene that i thought was his one moment of happiness i thought it would just be taken away and i hated that
>>675313213
It adds a bit more to the story with some more details and things cut out. I saw the film before I read the book and that will always affects my interprentation of the book. But reading the book really gave another level
>>675313322
oh that was for him to find out about the dopplegangers and the ghost doors man
>>675313758
oh yeah thats right, i really wish he had gone deeper in to robert marley's story, his trailer was my favorite scene in the book
Don't have pic, but I know most of us have read A Clockwork Orange.
I had a copy with a nadsat glossary in the back. Also the original(?) ending. Where instead of just haveing the ludovico technique reversed it extends to him growing up and having a son of hs own so his child can get into the crazy shitt he used to get up to. It was guud
>>675312355
>ass gangsters 4
This needs to be a porno
>>675313671
So the book gave you feels? Lol, dude that's what books are suppose to do to you. Its unfair to say it wasn't warrented/annoying/didn't make sense. In the terms of a horror novel it fit.
>why the fuck would anything good ever happen?
Bitches don't know about Matt Richter
>Zombie
>private Detective
>Lives in modern world populated by a society composed of every mythological beast or monster imaginiable
Trilogy is $10 on Google Play/Amazon. Fucking do it
>>675313681
see thats the reason why i always regret finding out about a book through a movie its always the same feeling they could have adapted the source material better and you are just left wishing they could have done it all,well, thats at least how i feel
>Superheroes are a thing
>suddenly zombie apocalypse
>Basically Avengers meets Walking Dead
Fucking amazong series
>>675313918
His trailer was so fucked. I think that its good that they didn't delve deeper into it then as it would take away a lot of the mystery before the series even began, but, not that I know anything, but the third book might shed a little light on Robert.
>>675314083
I agree. That's why I read The Rum Diary before watching the flick :)
HST
Vonnegut
Jim Carrol
>>675310315
This is my favorite book, OP. My nigga.
>>675314253
Are we talikng superheroes vs zomb's? or like. Marvel zombies vs. Army of Darkness??
>>675314401
The Rum Diary was shit.
That's why he never wanted the book released.
Prince Jellyfish was far superior (unfinished)
>>675313918
yeah that was way better in the book really going into his flashback was much more gratifying and the mural was great
>>675314042
i mean i being completely honest even though jdate is bat shit crazy david is one of the first characters i relate to in books that i read most stuff i read in my free time stephen king lovecraft homages and vincent v cara they just dont have as realistic characters as jdate and thats why i love the book so much you route for david because of the shit hes going through and you know how he feels man
>>675314253
that does sound badass, is it a graphic novel?
>>675312554
Ausfag?
>>675314401
never seen or read it the movie kind of interested me but not enough to invest my time into it unfortunately
>>675314731
>>675314731
So what is the deal with kafka? I've heard hes weird or has a weird way of looking at things. like hes a Machieavellion or something
Favorite 1/3
Favorite 2/3
Favorite 3/3
>>675314735
Yeah the movie was crap, but I actually enjoyed reading it. Not the best book I've read but still pleasant.
I haven't heard about Prince Jellyfish. This I must explore
I'm guessing Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy is mentioned but I'll drop it anyway.
The only god tier I can think of right now. One or two of the song of ice and fire books is/are also god tier but I can't remember which one(s).
>>675314673
No, there are superheroes, and you get some flashback chapters of when it was superheroes vs villains, but then zombies happen, and superheroes band together to try to stop the world from ending. This all happens before the book starts, so basically the remaining heroes are starting a settlement in Hollywood on an old movie set lot, playing guardians/police and trying to restart society with what they think are the last remaining human survivors. Sometimes villains from the past show up. Sometimes these villains are leading gangs of raiders. sometimes they are zombies themselves. Like the sorcerer who can take the form of a giant humanoid lizard beast, he was zombified in beast form. Badass stories
>>675314898
Chapter book. Like graphic novels but for people who actually have a goddamn brain
>>675311834
hipster faggot
>>675315236
Read this a year or so back. Very interesting.
God Tier.
>>675315078
Well the only similarity I can think of is that they both drescribes some obscure
>>675315308
those are both series i need to read i loved the hitch hikers movie and i was going to pick up the book at one point but i was poor at the time and i just need to steal the song of ice and fire books from my brother
>>675315367
kewl
>>675315529
like that sentence?
>>675314253
My fucking nigga.
>>675315308
Some guy in Straya is building a one off pinball based on the books/films.
facebook /The-Hitchhikers-GUIDE-to-the-Galaxy-Pinball-a-work-in-progress-845939408818989/
>>675315367
this is something i am thinking about picking up now it sounds like a interesting concept
>>675314253
I'm sold too, sounds bad ass
>>675315179
Very good book. World Without End as well.
I liked one, loved one. Don't remember which was which.
Anyhow, will write up your other favorites.
>>675315675
Be ready. I got the first book for $1 on a google Play sale one morning, something about finding new series.
Suddenly it was night and I had finished the first book and bought all the others. The Most recent one just came out last month.
to be honest, the 4th book in the series is kind of a slow read if you've read all the others, but overall the series is A+
>>675316125
i mean if i could get the 1st for a buck now that would be great but i do enjoy having physical copies of books and its sadly where most of my paycheck has been going its probably going to sit in my wishlist until i buy it then binge read it
>>675316049
>Update
Cool, I think you will like them
>>675316125
>>675316432
would you be able to give the names of the other books as well im going to be giving this series a go man
Slaughterhouse Five was fucking amazing.
This and anything by Asimov.
>>675316604
Chronolgically:
EX-Heroes
EX-Patriots
EX-Communication
EX-Purgatory
EX-Isle
Still have yet to crack open the last one
>>675316914
When you say "last one" does the series end or is that just the latest of the series to be released?
>>675317010
Not sure, haven't had a chance to read it yet, been moving the last few weeks.
So I guess it's the latest, may be the last, who knows. I hope it's not. This concept has the option for sooo many different stories. And since they are all original heroes/villains, they can introduce new ones at any time. Fucking amazing.
>>675317417
With the success of Walking Dead and all the super hero movies I wonder if it would be considered for a franchise of movies or shows?
>>675316914
I thought EX-Isle was a little rushed, but still really good.
im going to drop my skype here because its genuinely been a good time talking to you /b/ros about books and if any of you want to hit me up to continue at some later point just hit me up im always in for a discussion and finding a new book to read - rmckiee
>>675315532
You should def take the time to read Hitch Hikers.
The whole trilogy (of 5 books, despite the name) is only around 5-600 pages.
So you can read the first book and then choose if you want more.
It's not a 1000 page mission you will have to spend hours and hours on to waiting for it to be good just because you've heard it's good.
>>675317868
i know the books are relatively cheap to pick up and they are on my list i know from stuf it does start out slow which i dont mind but the seemingly lorecentic story around it is what makes it lower on my list of books that i want to read
In horror/scary genre I must mention this book.
So very good.
>>675318172
>lorecentic
What does that mean?
>>675318567
played the games didnt know this was a book series fuck man
>>675318682
looking back at what i said i dont know to be honest just a big story im hesitant to hop into just because im not really in the mood for it
>>675318953
Okey. Yeah I get that fully.
That's why it's good the first book is so short. It won't be a burden if it's meh.
If you read a lot, wait for the mood. But I've waited for mood for years for some books, and that's just to long. If I wait for years I might die before I read them - and Hitchhikers Guide is something I think most people should read before they die.
>>675319528
yeah man it seems like a great story that doesnt have a cancerous fanbase like alot of fantasy books i can think of and the premise and light hearted comedy of it is what draws me to it im invested in david wongs work right now but im thinking this is the series i will pick up after i finish up his books
>>675318710
You're kidding? The books are actually scattered around the game world. Fun little easter egg.
But yeah, would absolutely recommend picking up the books, they're fantastic.
>>675320899
i didnt really get deep into the game to be honest working full time is a bitch
