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Jul 18 2007, 09:19 AM |
Hmm... this will be like a time travel back to the 70's, 80's and a brief touch down in the 90's.
Hallowed by thy name - Iron Maiden. Great voice, simple and interesting story. A man is to be executed and he stops for the few minutes he has left to think of his life, realizing and accepting the fact that he has to move on to another world. When you know that your time is close at hand Maybe then youll begin to understand Life down there is just a strange illusion. This ends the lyrics and the reminder of this story is told only with music and you can clearly follow his steps towards his destiny, his thoughts can be read through and feelings the music then the final death struggle. And the finest part is that it's up to each and everyone to interpret things the way they like. Theasy guys are so professional and really don't do things randomly, it's all though throug and delivered like a play at the theater. There are more storis told by Maiden but this is one of the first I got stuck with. And after listening to this for 25 years it's still as interesting as ever. Star Trek - The old stories, a TV series, I grew up with them and back then this was huge. To us geeks at least. How fantastic to travel in space with a bunch of cool guys like Spock etc. Space 1999 - Well, that too. A TV series. Moon slinged out of it's orbit, you see the strings attached to the space ships, a simple model of the base, ships flying at a non steady motion. How charming At that time this was hi-tech and I was sold, bought it all straight off. Phantoms - Book by Dean R Koontz. Read it in the early -90's. I was scared for real and I just couldn't stop reading. -------------------- My bands homepage
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Jul 18 2007, 10:21 AM |
Star Wars without a doubt.
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Jul 18 2007, 12:17 PM |
Greatest story every told... Changes for me frequently Some that have stuck for 10 years or more, though:
Jorge Luis Borges: The Library of Babel; The Garden of Forking Paths; Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius - Just to mention three of his stories. He never wrote any books, only short (sometimes very short) stories, yet each of them holds enough concepts and relevance that another author would probably write an entire book. There's an English translation of The Library of Babel here. It's not the most fluid or enjoyable translation outthere - the best I've found are in this collection (you'll find a lot of disagreement on the translation on amazon - but this is, in my view, translated pretty much the way Borges himself would have translated it) Philip Pullman: His Dark Materials - To me, the most relevant, human, piece of fantasy in existence. By extension, John Milton: Paradise Lost too. Neil Gaiman et al: Sandman - All-encompassing. 75+ comics telling a story about stories, life, death... The one comic that everyone ought to read Dave McKean: Cages - Another comic, more "arty" and less fantasy-inspired than Sandman, but in the collected ca. 500 pages it describes an entire cosmos, dealing profoundly with just about everything that matters in life. That's quite an achievement And the graphic art in this book is sublime, as always from McKean (who also wrote the story - a one-man project). Those 4 stories (if we count Borges as one story) have a thing in common: They're modern myths. Mythical stories in the same way as Norse or Greek or Egyptian mythology, exploring major themes (life, death, identity, love, art etc.) directly, through fantasy stories. The difference to the ancient mythologies is that they are told in a modern setting - with people who could be your friends, family or people you meet on the street. I was never a big fan of Lord of the Rings or Star Wars (which are often termed modern myths too), and it just now occurs to me it's probably because they're not modern myths to me, in the sense of the people involved - the characters of LOTR and Star Wars just never seemed quite human to me Interestingly, if we ignore Borges a bit, such great stories are mostly found in "children's books" and comics (Pullman himself discussed that once). I've read Dante, James Joyce, Homer etc., but none of them stuck with me - as stories - the way that those 4 did. I could probably add Harry Potter too, actually, but I'll wait until Saturday before doing that. This post has been edited by Kaneda: Jul 18 2007, 01:19 PM |
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Jul 18 2007, 02:40 PM |
Ive only read the first 5 books, are the other ones just as good? and any idea when it ends, its probablt the longest series of book out there now. I gave up at about book 6 - I am in awe at the landscapes he paints, the rich characters and the political interactions, but in my opinion he pads it out too much. If he had made the series just 6 books I would have been on the edge of my seat, as it was I lost interest in all of the political machinations. Maybe I'll try again when they are all written so I can take them in order with no breaks - part of the problem is that you forget who all the characters are after waiting a year for the next book! -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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Jul 18 2007, 03:12 PM |
Star Wars without a doubt. I am beating myself up with a brick right now cause i forgot that!! AHH!! HOW COULD I !?!?! |
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Jul 18 2007, 03:26 PM |
Ok, my picks would be (and some of these have already been mentioned)
Tolkien, Lord of the Rings Eddings, The Belgariad, the Mallorean, The Elenium and the Tamuli Star Wars of Course Star Trek TOS & TNG Terry Pratchet - any and all books Robert Heinlein - any and all books I could go on, but those are my standouts! This post has been edited by Andrew Cockburn: Jul 18 2007, 03:26 PM -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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Jul 18 2007, 03:56 PM |
Greatest story every told... Changes for me frequently Some that have stuck for 10 years or more, though: Jorge Luis Borges: The Library of Babel; The Garden of Forking Paths; Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius - Just to mention three of his stories. He never wrote any books, only short (sometimes very short) stories, yet each of them holds enough concepts and relevance that another author would probably write an entire book. There's an English translation of The Library of Babel here. It's not the most fluid or enjoyable translation outthere - the best I've found are in this collection (you'll find a lot of disagreement on the translation on amazon - but this is, in my view, translated pretty much the way Borges himself would have translated it) Philip Pullman: His Dark Materials - To me, the most relevant, human, piece of fantasy in existence. By extension, John Milton: Paradise Lost too. Neil Gaiman et al: Sandman - All-encompassing. 75+ comics telling a story about stories, life, death... The one comic that everyone ought to read Dave McKean: Cages - Another comic, more "arty" and less fantasy-inspired than Sandman, but in the collected ca. 500 pages it describes an entire cosmos, dealing profoundly with just about everything that matters in life. That's quite an achievement And the graphic art in this book is sublime, as always from McKean (who also wrote the story - a one-man project). Those 4 stories (if we count Borges as one story) have a thing in common: They're modern myths. Mythical stories in the same way as Norse or Greek or Egyptian mythology, exploring major themes (life, death, identity, love, art etc.) directly, through fantasy stories. The difference to the ancient mythologies is that they are told in a modern setting - with people who could be your friends, family or people you meet on the street. I was never a big fan of Lord of the Rings or Star Wars (which are often termed modern myths too), and it just now occurs to me it's probably because they're not modern myths to me, in the sense of the people involved - the characters of LOTR and Star Wars just never seemed quite human to me Interestingly, if we ignore Borges a bit, such great stories are mostly found in "children's books" and comics (Pullman himself discussed that once). I've read Dante, James Joyce, Homer etc., but none of them stuck with me - as stories - the way that those 4 did. I could probably add Harry Potter too, actually, but I'll wait until Saturday before doing that. Nice selection Kaneda. Mine would be (at least at the moment) : Italo Calvino - If on a winter's night a traveller... Georges Bataille - Story of the eye Norman Mailer - The executioner's song James Joyce - The dead WB Yates - collected poems Philip K Dick - The man in the high castle Augustine - The City of God against the pagans Cheers, Tony -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
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Jul 18 2007, 06:13 PM |
Cool someone allready mentioned it ! Eddings, , the Mallorean , i dont read alot . Barely at all actually but those 5 or was it 4 books? were really exciting And The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ofcourse ! Belgariad and Mallorean were 6 (smallish) books each - reread them every 2 years or so and always enjoy them! Duh ! How could I have forgotton about H2G2 ??? -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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Jul 18 2007, 06:46 PM |
This is funny - we have the SciFi Fantasy heads going one way, and the Literary Critics another
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