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« Reply #165 on: January 12, 2005, 09:33:27 pm »
Read & loved Life of Pi awhile ago (and yes, the ending is weird), read A Curious Incident over break, and also loved it (I used to babysit an autistic kid, and have a few Aspergers symptoms myself), and I worked my way through Quicksilver last month, which, despite its length and dry passages, kept me reading.

Now I'm in the midst of Fraud by David Rackoff, which is hilarious. Next is either Jonathan Strange or Infinite Jest, unless I read a Terry Prachett novel first.
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« Reply #166 on: January 12, 2005, 09:42:16 pm »
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I worked my way through Quicksilver last month, which, despite its length and dry passages, kept me reading.

It took me almost 2 months to read Quicksilver but about 3 weeks to read Confusion (I'm only halfway, so I'm projecting here). Maybe it's just because I can keep the various Dukes &c straight now.
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« Reply #167 on: January 13, 2005, 12:16:23 am »
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I started reading Fray the other day. Comic book that Joss Whedon did a while back. It's really good. I've been getting the Astonishing X-Men run that he's doing at the moment, which has been damned good so far.


Yeah, his stuff is really good. I never really got into Buffy, but if he writes this well normally, SHOOOO JESUS.

If anyone wants to dip their toe into good comic writing, check out anything by Bendis. He is AWESOME.
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« Reply #168 on: January 13, 2005, 12:24:43 am »
I did just read "Stuck Rubber Baby". The blurb implied it was as good as "Maus" but I didn't think so. Interesting sidelight - it was only like 6 hours after I finished it that I finally got the title. So not only am I the creepy guy, I'm also the sort of oblivious guy as well.
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« Reply #169 on: January 13, 2005, 08:42:28 pm »
I finished "Life of Pi". I thought the ending was actually pretty good, considering I had to deal with the two blind buys having their lifeboats bump into each other in the middle of the Pacific, and also that crazy island. I thought the ending was sort of a breath of fresh, realistic air. I didn't mind starting with the animals in the boat, but I can't be expected to suspend all my disbelief and still view the book in the same way. It's like it turns into a Narnia book otherwise, and I expect to see populations of people that hop around on one giant leg.

As an aside, somebody gave this book to my wife because her first name is Pi.
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« Reply #170 on: January 13, 2005, 08:49:52 pm »
Your wife's first name is Pi?  That's not a nick name or anything?

That is awesome.  Do you call her 3.14159 for kicks?
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« Reply #171 on: January 13, 2005, 08:50:16 pm »
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Yea. I'm getting Powers at the moment, since I never got round to it before.
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« Reply #172 on: January 13, 2005, 08:51:39 pm »
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Your wife's first name is Pi?  That's not a nick name or anything?

That is awesome.  Do you call her 3.14159 for kicks?


No. But she does celebrate her birthday on March 14th.

She'll be 90 this year!
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« Reply #173 on: January 13, 2005, 08:52:38 pm »
I felt like Life of Pi ended like the kind of story you write when you're eight years old - writing yourself into some fantastic situation that you can't think of a way out of and giving up and saying 'it was all a dream.'

My friend thought it was all brilliant and ambiguous and that you really didn't know which was the truth.  Me, I just felt ripped off.
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« Reply #174 on: January 13, 2005, 08:53:46 pm »
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I had to deal with the two blind buys having their lifeboats bump into each other in the middle of the Pacific, and also that crazy island.


In that light you could make anything seem stupid. But yeah, now that you mention it, two blind guys bumping into eachother in the pacific is fucked.
For me I found the ending to be a choice of what you want to believe. At this point you are so comitted to the character and his story you just want to believe the one he told you. SURE! You did survive on a boat with a tiger and that Island that tried to eat you was an asshole.
He tells these crazy stories in such a convincing way you wonder what Pi Partel and Yann Martel have in common. Besides the obvious: their last names.
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« Reply #175 on: January 13, 2005, 09:25:24 pm »
I'm rather disappointed that Nabu's wife isn't actually named "Pi." I had a glorious image for a moment of Nabu and Pi, the best sitcom ever released on the planet Zoborf.

(Also, this thread is sort of making me want to read Life of Pi.)
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« Reply #176 on: January 13, 2005, 09:30:37 pm »
I'm sorry, V. I didn't make that post very clear. My wife is HELL OF named Pi. It's only that simple.

So, even though I haven't met so many cool people as the rest of you, I guess my coolness just skyrocketed, due to being married to a woman named Pi, eh?

My no was in response to Jough's question about whether I call her 3.14~etc.
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« Reply #177 on: January 13, 2005, 09:39:26 pm »
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My wife is HELL OF named Pi.


When come back, bring her.
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« Reply #178 on: January 13, 2005, 09:53:27 pm »
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I'm sorry, V. I didn't make that post very clear. My wife is HELL OF named Pi. It's only that simple.

This is the 2nd coolest name I've ever encountered.
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« Reply #179 on: January 13, 2005, 10:01:05 pm »
I'm waiting, CJ . . .
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