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[A Rebel and a Runner]

I'mma recommend another comic book: Prez by Mark Russel (art by Ben Caldwell). It's a political satire set in 2036 that just finished the front half of its run. The first six issues are collected in the trade paperback Corndog-in-Chief.
It is exceptionally hilarious.

[nickslikk2112]

Norwegian Wood, Chopping, Stacking and Drying Wood the Scandinavian Way - Lars Mytting

[Moving Target]

Leave it to Psmith by PG Wodehouse.  I am on a bit of a Wodehouse kick at the moment.  He's so light and deft, and so funny.

[nickslikk2112]

The Book of Opeth.

 

Does exactly what it says on the padded hardback. It's got my name in it too.

[Soddy]

Just finished Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul by James McBride

 

Now reading Room by Emma Donoghue.

[pjbear05]

Finishing: Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story, by Rick Bragg

Starting: The Gangster, by Clive Cussler & Justin Scott (Isaac Bell series.)

[pjbear05]

Over The Top and Back: The Autobiography, by Tom Jones.
Boys In The Trees: A Memoir, by Carly Simon.

[A Rebel and a Runner]

Recommending another comic, published by Image, written by Tim Seeley, about zombies (kinda) in Wisconsin.  It's called Revival, and it's an interesting look at how our culture responds to and copes with death.

It's currently on sale for a couple of days if you are okay reading digital.

[A Rebel and a Runner]

Interesting.  The comic I mentioned that I'm reading has a Rush sighting.  
It's a little thing, but the medical examiner in issue 4 is wearing a Rush t-shirt.  It's stylized like the debut album.

[Moving Target]

2017:  War with Russia by General Sir Richard Shirreff.

 

Not the greatest literary work, but a cracking good fast read, plausible and bloody scary.

[The-Spirit-Of-Rush]

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[A Rebel and a Runner]

Finished A Dance With Dragons, book 5 of A Song of Ice and Fire series and need to tear through a large pile of comic books now.

The book I'm currently reading ties into both of these.  

Currently reading a comic book series called Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and FIona Staples about a family in a shithole of a galaxy.  The best description I've heard of the series, and one that I use myself now when selling the series is "A Song of Ice and Fire meets Star Wars."

Warning: This is not a comic for kids, but it certainly is a comic for parents.  It follows a mother and father, both fugitives, as they try to find a place for their baby daughter, try to give her an exciting, meaningful childhood, and how she grows.  The series really follows their baby as she grows up.  
It is also, at times quite gratuitous. Graphic sex and brutal violence help to underscore the state of the galaxy around Hazel and her family.  As one friend put it, "It's a comic that, in the same issue, can follow up a beautiful, touching scene about the importance of family with a gloriously-drawn two-page spread of a dragon laying on its back sucking its own dick."
So right up most of our posters' alley.
The comic's got 36 issues out so far, and Brian and Fiona usually take a few months off between six-issue arcs, so now's a great time to catch up.  You can find the stuff digitally on Comixology if you have a Kindle/similar device.

[SJS]

I just finished the Lord Of The Rings trilogy (again).  Spoiler alert: it's really good.

[Bones]

http://www.bostonher...rending_stories

[Soddy]

Started Far and Wide by Neil. I hadn't read any of his "Far" books because the work was mainly collected from his site, and I figured I could go there. Looks like NeilPeart.net is on hiatus right now.

 

I'm thinking of a full Neil re-read, like I attempted with Carrie Fisher after she died.

[sbach66]

Started Far and Wide by Neil. I hadn't read any of his "Far" books because the work was mainly collected from his site, and I figured I could go there. Looks like NeilPeart.net is on hiatus right now.

 

I'm thinking of a full Neil re-read, like I attempted with Carrie Fisher after she died.

Interesting, I was thinking about doing the same. Yesterday evening, the SiriusXM Rush channel (Deep Tracks) played an interview NEP did with Jim Ladd right before the R40 tour kicked off, and he was talking about his writing, specifically in the "Far" books, and I realized I never read them either. Unfortunately, I'll have to go the ebook route for them, looks like the hard copies just aren't out there except on ebay, and I'm not dropping that $.

I did buy the Book of Bass when the priced dropped, as well as Wandering the Face of the Earth. The bass book is simply gorgeous, with unbelievable photography. I haven't taken the time to read in depth, but the stories I've skimmed are great. The tour compendium is ridiculous - so much data. I skimmed it to look at the shows I attended, but wow, what a resource. Very cool stuff.

[pjbear05]

Acid for the Children: A Memoir, by Flea.

[Wandering Pixie]

Looks like NeilPeart.net is on hiatus right now.

Not quite. Just add "/index.php" after neilpeart.net and Presto: http://www.neilpeart.net/index.php

For my reading, just started again on Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road. How apropos.