Jack Squat's Justlessly Juxtaposed Random Banter #101

[Tempest Fennac]

I've never read them. Would you say they are as good as the Harry Potter and Shaeshifter serises? (I really like those). I really ought to find some of the Animorph books as well (I was told that I'd probably like those if I like The Shapeshifter series).

[Rockphed]

Asimov is pretty awesome. Except for Foundation and Earth, which was a pretty loopy book. All ye writers out there: do not try to bring all you stuff together. It will jump the shark and leave us with problems. And send angry mobs after you.

[Skippy]

*ahem*

THE GOLDEN COMPASS IS NOT A BOOK. IT IS MERELY THE AMERICANISED NAME FOR SOME STRANGE REASON.
THE BOOK IS CALLED THE NORTHERN LIGHTS AND IS THE FIRST IN A TRILOGY OF BOOKS.
THERE IS NO BOOK CALLED THE GOLDEN COMPASS AND THERE'S NO COMPASS IN THE BOOK.
It's some kind of truth-o-meter or something.

And I don't even like the series.

I know, I know. Here in Mexico it is called "The Golden Compass" (Northern Lights). What I wanted to say is that I want to read the whole "Dark Matter" trilogy and that reading the first book is always a good idea when doing something like that.

[Kaelaroth]

I've never read them. Would you say they are as good as the Harry Potter and Shaeshifter serises? (I really like those). I really ought to find some of the Animorph books as well (I was told that I'd probably like those if I like The Shapeshifter series).

Billions of times better. Although, they might not be "magic" enough for you, Tempest, even though they're fantasy novels.

[Skippy]

Huh. Weird thing. I swear Tempest's post was the first of this page, and not the last one of the last page...

But it has happened before in the past, right?

Edit: And as I posted this, Calamity and Tempest swapped places again...

[Calamity]

Yeah, now that you've pointed it out my post has swapped places with Tempest.

[Tempest Fennac]

I notidced that as well, radikalskippy (I'm not sure what caused it). Thanks for the recommendation, Kaelroth (to be fair, magic isn;t an essential requirement for me enjoying books).

[Thufir]

I know, I know. Here in Mexico it is called "The Golden Compass" (Northern Lights). What I wanted to say is that I want to read the whole "Dark Matter" trilogy and that reading the first book is always a good idea when doing something like that.

It's 'His Dark Materials'. The thing which is not a compass is an alethiometer, from the greek aletheia, truth.
I believe the title was changed to fit the theme of naming the books after a significant object in them (The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass). But Northern Lights just sounds much better.

[Skippy]

I think that was brought up before, once in a SMBG... My guess is that you both posted at the exact same time (guess the odds of that happening) and so the forum just got kinda confused and doesn't know which post goes first...

[CurlyKitGirl]

Me and Skippy rock so much! Seven posts to start a game.
And I was right calling it a truth-o-meter then. Just missed out the Greek. And the Northern Lights is an appropriate name for the book considering it's the whole catalyst for the plot, and then the reason for the kidnappings and the whole rest of the series.

[Eldpollard]

I agree that it should be Northern Lights instead of The Golden Compass. The main bugbear for me was the fact that it wasn't a compass. A good series though. I'll need to read some of his other books. Once I work through the large pile I still have to read. I mean pile literally. They're heaped up against my wall.

[CurlyKitGirl]

Pile is good!
If it weren't for the books I'm reading online I'd have a pile shoulder high on me waiting to be read.
Including the books I'm reading/have yet to read on the internet (roughly guessing their thickness) it'd be about two feet above my head easy.

[bosssmiley]

"He's not mine...is he?
His madness...
His madness keeps him sane."

"And do you think he is the only one, my sister?"

"Three Septembers and a January" ftw.

I now have a blog. Have a look if you wish.

Oooh, RSS feed *clicky*
(Eggy's public page google.com/reader/shared/13965816818182080802 for those interested)
...

I'm currently doing your bold, italicize, underline, strikethru thing on the 100 books list. It's...enlightening about my own tastes in books.

Likes: heroism, irony, fantasy, killer rabbits and Jane Austen
Dislikes: American 'literature' and books about whiny, self-absorbed women who need to buck their ideas up
Intends to read: lots of stuff about early 20th c. fops and dilettantes

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Postscript (so as 1) not to bloat postcount and 2) fill this post brimful with Eggy goodness)

edit: Grognardia tells it like it is, again.

Get off Mr Maliszewski's lawn!

v-- Agree with Dr.Bath on Pullman's opus. A noxious raft of floating detritus with some poor, confused armoured bears stranded upon it. The whole mess swarmed by croaking, garbage-guzzling seagulls of fandom in search of the next Harry Potter.

(mixed metaphor is mixed)

[Dr. Bath]

Best thing about His Dark Materials? Giant armoured fightin' bears.
Not so good things: pretty much the rest. But still.

Giant armoured fightin' bears

Why do they insist on putting pineapple in burgers? It just...It just didn't make any sense. It doesn't add anything, it's just weird.

The last zoo I went to was in Lisbon. There were monkeys. And Peruvian spectacled bears (so cute).

[Uncle Festy]

\Why do they insist on putting pineapple in burgers? It just...It just didn't make any sense. It doesn't add anything, it's just weird.

Hey! Some people actually like pinapple!
… though since I've never actually tried it with a burger, I shouldn't talk.

[wadledo]

Pineapple on anything is amazing.

The person who first put pineapple on pizza should be shot, but still.

[Phase]

The person who first put pineapple on pizza should be shot, but still.

Personally, I think anyone who invents something should be shot. It would stop people from trusting them to make something else good.

[happyturtle]

Yeah, they should have scrapped the whole god story and just made it a story about armoured bears. That would have been cool!

For reading, I'm in a serious Science fiction phase. I've recently re-read all my Niven and Asimov, and could do with a Culture binge. (Although the most recent Culture novel, Matter, was disappointing.)

[Eldpollard]

"Three Septembers and a January" ftw.



Oooh, RSS feed *clicky*
(Eggy's public page google.com/reader/shared/13965816818182080802 for those interested)
...

I'm currently doing your bold, italicize, underline, strikethru thing on the 100 books list. It's...enlightening about my own tastes in books.

Likes: heroism, irony, fantasy, killer rabbits and Jane Austen
Dislikes: American 'literature' and books about whiny, self-absorbed women who need to buck their ideas up
Intends to read: lots of stuff about early 20th c. fops and dilettantes

v-- Agree with Dr.Bath on Pullman's opus. A noxious raft of floating detritus with some poor armoured bears stranded upon it. The whole mess swarmed by croaking, garbage-guzzling seagulls of fandom in search of the next Harry Potter.

(mixed metaphor is mixed)

Hurrah! I got someone else to read my misinformed rants on nonsensical jibber jabber. Truly what the internet is for.

You poor poor soul.

[bosssmiley]

Yeah, they should have scrapped the whole god story and just made it a story about armoured bears. That would have been cool!

For reading, I'm in a serious Science fiction phase. I've recently re-read all my Niven and Asimov, and could do with a Culture binge. (Although the most recent Culture novel, Matter, was disappointing.)

happyturtle has taste.

Re-read "Consider Phlebas" and "Player of Games". You know you want to!

Unrelated: Dragon Warriors, free. Why did no-one tell me of this goodness earlier?!?!

*fanboi squeeeeeee!*

[happyturtle]

Re-read "Consider Phlebas" and "Player of Games". You know you want to!

Yes. Yes I do.

[Charity]

I <3 the bridge.

[Destro_Yersul]

The person who first put pineapple on pizza should be shot, but still.

Someone else would still do it. Pineapple on pizza is delicious.

[wadledo]

Someone else would still do it. Pineapple on pizza is delicious.

No, just the first person.
Because anyone thinking that pizza needs to be better should be thrown from the edge of a very high cliff.

[Jack Squat]

Wadledo, what's your idea of a perfect pizza then?

I would say my favorite is Meat Lover's, but I also enjoy salmon and artichoke hearts on it.

[Uncle Festy]

I would say my favorite is Meat Lover's, but I also enjoy salmon and artichoke hearts on it.

Meat? On a pizza?
Blasphemy!
I'd say my favorite is Sicillian. You know, the really thick square ones? Those are delicious
Unless the question wasn't directed at me. Then, you know, never mind.

[happyturtle]

You know what's good on pizza? Broccoli. Peas. Carrots. Seriously... yum!

[Phase]

You know what's good on pizza? The souls of the innocent! Yum!

[wadledo]

Pineapple, onion, garlic, and extra cheese.

[RabbitHoleLost]

You know what's good on pizza? Broccoli. Peas. Carrots. Seriously... yum!

Yum indeed!
I like vegetables on my pizza. I like vegetables on my everything.
Souls are good, too.

So, today, I was working, and I could have sworn I saw Trog. My mind, as it was pretty early in the morning, didn't register the improbability of this until I was half-way to the guy >>
I had to pretend I was straightening some cans on a shelf.

Don't you hate it when you call out to someone, thinking they're someone else?