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What's a classic book that is very famous and read by many people (such as in schools, etc.) but that you have never read?
I'll somewhat embarrassedly admit that I have read neither Adventures of Huckleberry Finn nor The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. I was never required to read either of them in school, and I never got around to reading them on my own (although I do plan on reading them both sometime in the future). How about you? What famous, classic book(s) have you never read?
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Many. I've never read To Kill a Mockingbird, or A Tale of Two cities. Most Charles Dickens books I have never read.
Why did you have to ask this question? Now I feel like a crappy reader...
Many. I've never read To Kill a Mockingbird, or A Tale of Two cities. Most Charles Dickens books I have never read.
Why did you have to ask this question? Now I feel like a crappy reader...
Never read a comic book before.?
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Ive never read a comic book before. Ever. Should i read one ? lol. If so, give me some suggestions on which ones i should read, and tell me a little bit about them.
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Yes, you should read them =]
I would suggest you start with comic book writers such as Warren Ellis, and Alan Moore. Warren Ellis wrote Nextwave, Transmetropolitan, The Authority, Planetary, etc. Nextwave is a comic book with two volumes that parodies the Marvel universe-its absolutely hilarious. Transmetropolitan is a cyberpunk comic book set in the future about a journalist fighting against corrupt presidents-again, absolutely hilarious, great political humour. The Authority is about a group of superheroes, two of whom are very transparent stereotypes of Superman and Batman-and who also happen to be a couple. Besides those two, there is also a scientist who replaced her blood with nanotechnology, a man who, as a result of experiments done on him by aliens, can only survive in urban habitats and can also control them, a junkie who also has the spirits of hundreds of generations of shamans in him, and a Tibetan woman with wings.
Planetary is about a group of superpowered archaelogists tracking down the world's secret history-a twist in the plot, great suspense.
Then there's Alan Moore, who wrote Watchmen, V For Vendetta, The Killing Joke, Top 10.
Watchmen is about a group of superheroes from an alternate universe where the Cold War is still going on and Richard Nixon is president.
V For Vendetta is also set in an alternate universe, (Watchmen and V for Vendetta are both part of a limited series of graphic novels DC released through Vertigo, about alternate universes.) In V For Vendetta, the British government has become an autocratic dictatorship, and V is an anti-hero who is fighting against the tyranny.
The Killing Joke is one of the best Batman stories ever, about a (possible) Joker origin story.
And finally, Top 10 is a comic book in which every single citizen of Neopolis has a superpower and superhero name, and the series revolves around the police force of the city.
Both Warren Ellis and Alan Moore's comic books are very thought-provoking, while Warren Ellis also tend to satirize comic books and politics.
Some other good comic book series are
Spawn-about an assassin for the US government who dies and goes to hell, and is brought back to life by a demon in the agreement he will see his wife again-but come back to life four years later, in a deformed body to find his wife married to his best friend. Todd McFarlane, the creator, loses the plot after about the 150th issue, the first 100 issues or so of Spawn, however, are amazing.
Hellblazer-about a streetwise British magician called John Constantine. Very funny-often satirizes British politics and culture.
Sandman (not the Spiderman villian, the series by Neil Gaiman)-often dubbed a 'comic book for intellectuals,' its a comic book about the anthropomorphic personification of dreams. Basically, a god.
Hellboy-Comic book about a half demon, half human who fights supernatural threats. Has a very Lovecraftian feel.
Y: The Last Man-A graphic novel about all of the men in the world suddenly dying, with only an escape artist and his pet monkey surviving (all male animals were also killed off.) It might sound like some adolescent boy's fantasy, but its actually very interesting.
If you're interested in reading any of these, you can read Spawn and Sandman on this website: http://comicoo.com/
And The Authority, V For Vendetta, Y: The Last Man, Watchmen and Hellboy here: http://www.maleos.com/
Yes, you should read them =]
I would suggest you start with comic book writers such as Warren Ellis, and Alan Moore. Warren Ellis wrote Nextwave, Transmetropolitan, The Authority, Planetary, etc. Nextwave is a comic book with two volumes that parodies the Marvel universe-its absolutely hilarious. Transmetropolitan is a cyberpunk comic book set in the future about a journalist fighting against corrupt presidents-again, absolutely hilarious, great political humour. The Authority is about a group of superheroes, two of whom are very transparent stereotypes of Superman and Batman-and who also happen to be a couple. Besides those two, there is also a scientist who replaced her blood with nanotechnology, a man who, as a result of experiments done on him by aliens, can only survive in urban habitats and can also control them, a junkie who also has the spirits of hundreds of generations of shamans in him, and a Tibetan woman with wings.
Planetary is about a group of superpowered archaelogists tracking down the world's secret history-a twist in the plot, great suspense.
Then there's Alan Moore, who wrote Watchmen, V For Vendetta, The Killing Joke, Top 10.
Watchmen is about a group of superheroes from an alternate universe where the Cold War is still going on and Richard Nixon is president.
V For Vendetta is also set in an alternate universe, (Watchmen and V for Vendetta are both part of a limited series of graphic novels DC released through Vertigo, about alternate universes.) In V For Vendetta, the British government has become an autocratic dictatorship, and V is an anti-hero who is fighting against the tyranny.
The Killing Joke is one of the best Batman stories ever, about a (possible) Joker origin story.
And finally, Top 10 is a comic book in which every single citizen of Neopolis has a superpower and superhero name, and the series revolves around the police force of the city.
Both Warren Ellis and Alan Moore's comic books are very thought-provoking, while Warren Ellis also tend to satirize comic books and politics.
Some other good comic book series are
Spawn-about an assassin for the US government who dies and goes to hell, and is brought back to life by a demon in the agreement he will see his wife again-but come back to life four years later, in a deformed body to find his wife married to his best friend. Todd McFarlane, the creator, loses the plot after about the 150th issue, the first 100 issues or so of Spawn, however, are amazing.
Hellblazer-about a streetwise British magician called John Constantine. Very funny-often satirizes British politics and culture.
Sandman (not the Spiderman villian, the series by Neil Gaiman)-often dubbed a 'comic book for intellectuals,' its a comic book about the anthropomorphic personification of dreams. Basically, a god.
Hellboy-Comic book about a half demon, half human who fights supernatural threats. Has a very Lovecraftian feel.
Y: The Last Man-A graphic novel about all of the men in the world suddenly dying, with only an escape artist and his pet monkey surviving (all male animals were also killed off.) It might sound like some adolescent boy's fantasy, but its actually very interesting.
If you're interested in reading any of these, you can read Spawn and Sandman on this website: http://comicoo.com/
And The Authority, V For Vendetta, Y: The Last Man, Watchmen and Hellboy here: http://www.maleos.com/
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