MPK
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Post by MPK on Feb 22, 2004 16:50:22 GMT -5
Whoa, was a sec Elita!
Harley didnt run Arkham, she just made visits there as she was a Psychologist-type-woman!
Huntress was always the kid of Bruce and Selina, although in some of the comics she was Helena Wayne, but that changed in the Birds Of Prey comic.
As for the whole metahuman thing, yes that was b*ll*cks, but they wanted to follw in Smallville's steps! The series actually wasnt bad towards the end, though would have liked to have seen Batsy make some kind of apperance!
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Post by Joe Grocott-James on Feb 27, 2004 17:43:00 GMT -5
I have recent;y read 'Northern Lights' by Philip Pullman and quite enjoyed it (though it was fairly complicated and I sometimes found it difficult to understand).
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Post by ringmasterrob on Feb 28, 2004 5:58:43 GMT -5
I am currently reading " Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition Player's Handbook" because my friend was supposed to pick me up so we could go to a gaming society 20minutes ago!
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Post by Elita on Mar 15, 2004 22:35:08 GMT -5
Whoa, was a sec Elita! Harley didnt run Arkham, she just made visits there as she was a Psychologist-type-woman! Huntress was always the kid of Bruce and Selina, although in some of the comics she was Helena Wayne, but that changed in the Birds Of Prey comic. As for the whole metahuman thing, yes that was b*ll*cks, but they wanted to follw in Smallville's steps! The series actually wasnt bad towards the end, though would have liked to have seen Batsy make some kind of apperance! Well, I was so disgusted by the pilot that I never watched another episode. (along with most of the Bat-fans I know. and the ones who DID watch it didn't think much of it) The fact that they have Harley working as a psychologist while ALSO being a villian is just stupid. And they totally butchered her character. No, Huntress was the kid of Catwoman and Bruce Wayne in an 80's alternate universe that's now tagged as an Elseworld. (just as well, since it was such a stupid idea) In canon DC she's from a leading Gotham criminal family and is called Helena Bertinelli. (at least according to the Ultimate Guide to the Dark Knight, which mentions no other origin for her) In conclusion, to quote a good friend of mine: "The only good thing about Birds of Prey is that they got Mark Hammill to voice the Joker." And as a nod to the actual thread topic, I'm currently reading Charles Dicken's David Copperfield. |
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Post by Wills Of Doom on Mar 20, 2004 18:41:35 GMT -5
'The Last of the Mohicans', only because I have to. It is arguably the most boring book I've ever had the pleasure of hating. Even if it is 'literature'.
Anything by Angela Carter or Anne Rice usually floats my boat.
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Post by Romana on Mar 21, 2004 12:29:55 GMT -5
I'm still reading The Two Towers, but as well as that I've been re-reading my old Fighting Fantasy books (yay for Wizard Books who are re-issueing them!).
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Post by Willowherb on Mar 21, 2004 20:23:13 GMT -5
Love that Tolkien thang! Have you ever done any of the Fabled Lands adventures? They haven't been published since the late 90s, but you can sometimes come across them in places like Bargain Books. It was a pretty complex, in-depth world and certainly none too easy.
At the moment I'm reading Fidelis Morgan's newest Ashby de la Zouche mystery - the series is set in the 1690s and the books are all comic murder mystery romps. Great fun! ;D
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Post by Skarkill on Mar 21, 2004 21:01:40 GMT -5
Arrrgh. Lord Of The Rings. Is there no were I can get away from it.  |
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MPK
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Post by MPK on Mar 22, 2004 17:07:52 GMT -5
The Shire, maybe! ;D
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Post by Drassil on Mar 22, 2004 18:42:24 GMT -5
Arrrgh. Lord Of The Rings. Is there no were I can get away from it. If there is such a place, I'm hoping that on the same bus route, there's a place for getting away from Harry Potter. Hoping, in vain.  |
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Post by Romana on Mar 26, 2004 16:00:42 GMT -5
I have recent;y read 'Northern Lights' by Philip Pullman and quite enjoyed it (though it was fairly complicated and I sometimes found it difficult to understand). Lol, I just bought that yesterday and I've read 3 chapters...so no-one else who's read it let on what happens 'cause that'll spoil things for me...you've been warned! ;D |
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Post by PhoenixFlame on Apr 11, 2004 15:45:45 GMT -5
Hmm, Knightmare, Lord Fears domain and Dean Koontz's From The Corner of His Eye.
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Post by Drassil on Apr 28, 2004 14:12:37 GMT -5
The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time. Uniquely and powerfully narrated.
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Post by Romana on Apr 29, 2004 15:32:50 GMT -5
I'm on the last book of the His Dark Materials trilogy - The Amber Spyglass. I've got to say that all of the three are excellent reads, they really enthrall me! The thing is though, how come they're aimed at children? They're WAY too complicated for children!  |
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Post by Joe Grocott-James on Apr 30, 2004 6:03:08 GMT -5
The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time. Uniquely and powerfully narrated. Yes, I've read that too, and incidentally, I have Asperger's Syndrome. |
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