books
[a bit of] The Doomsday Book, Connie Willis, 1992.
Extremely poorly written. I could only make it through about eight pages before I couldn't take it anymore.
Batman #683 (What the Butler Saw), Grant Morrison, 2009, 24 pages.
4/10. Cluttered mess, impossible for a casual reader to follow.
Superman: Red Son, Mark Millar, 2003, 151 pages.
10/10. Wow -- amazingly good. The premise is what if Superman landed in the USSR and was raised by socialists instead of the Kents -- sounds promising, but what's really great about the book is, while it could have worked as just a gimmick, Millar's taken it and used it to write a really strong, well-crafted story, whilst (and at the same time) hitting on every aspect of this universe that the reader wants to see. Geektastic.
Watership Down, Richard Adams, 1972, 484 pages.
10/10. The best book I've read in a really long time. Everything you could want from great storytelling.
Total pages: 3,900/10,000 (39%)
Time left: 8 months, 2 days (67%)
Extremely poorly written. I could only make it through about eight pages before I couldn't take it anymore.
Batman #683 (What the Butler Saw), Grant Morrison, 2009, 24 pages.
4/10. Cluttered mess, impossible for a casual reader to follow.
Superman: Red Son, Mark Millar, 2003, 151 pages.
10/10. Wow -- amazingly good. The premise is what if Superman landed in the USSR and was raised by socialists instead of the Kents -- sounds promising, but what's really great about the book is, while it could have worked as just a gimmick, Millar's taken it and used it to write a really strong, well-crafted story, whilst (and at the same time) hitting on every aspect of this universe that the reader wants to see. Geektastic.
Watership Down, Richard Adams, 1972, 484 pages.
10/10. The best book I've read in a really long time. Everything you could want from great storytelling.
Total pages: 3,900/10,000 (39%)
Time left: 8 months, 2 days (67%)