Book Nerd’s Comments (group member since Dec 20, 2018)

Book Nerd’s comments from the Never too Late to Read Classics group.

Graphic novels are definitely books and have value but I really think kids need to be taught to appreciate the written word more than ever these days. Not just the words typed on their cell phones.

I've only read a couple so far.
Question: Does Polaris really belong in the dream cycle?
It talks about 26,000 years ago and the ice descending from the north. And the Inutos they're afraid of are Eskuimaux-Eskimos-Inuits.
I think it was supposed to be something that happened 26,000 years ago and he was either remembering a past life or living lives in different time periods simultaneously.

It's great if you don't have a problem with lots of sex and violence. I'd compare it to something like a Tarentino movie.

I'm not that big on superhero comics.
My favorites are:

Sin City
Watchmen
Locke and Key
Star Wars Legacy

I don't know of any graphic novels that would be considered classics.

Patrick wrote: "Why do I feel like there's a few missing?"

There are some well known stories that are collaborations. Also you may be thinking of some by August Derleth.

I'm going to read them in chronological order throughout the year.

By the dugong? Maybe. It was acting completely unlike it's species anyway.
A human definitely wouldn't have had the strength.

One thing I didn't get. (view spoiler)[Why did Top come flying out of the water when he was fighting a dugong(Which don't really fight anyway)? Nemo apparently saved him but what, then he threw him out of the water? (hide spoiler)]

The biggest change, of course, is that (view spoiler)[Oz is real. It's also interesting to get the tin man's backstory. In the movie I always just assumed he was a robot somebody built to chop wood. (hide spoiler)]

I just listened to it. Nice little ghost story. Christmas needs more scary stories.

That was a really good one.

The ending was (view spoiler)[a lot like the ending of The Fur Country but pretty cool. I'm glad the gave Captain Nemo a proper send off. (hide spoiler)]

Patrick wrote: "Did I read that a few people wanted to read all of HP Lovecraft's stories next year?"

That's a goal. They're mostly short stories so I figure I can read a couple on each of my days off in between books.

I like scientific details.

At the end of part 2 I have a theory.
(view spoiler)[Since Aryton is there I'm thinking all the weird things are caused by Captain Nemo. (hide spoiler)]

Oh give me a break!
(view spoiler)[They dressed an orangutan up in a monkey suit and made him into a waiter! (hide spoiler)]

I've read the first six. They're the books with Dorothy and they kind of come to a conclusion. The rest go off into the other characters.
They're interesting stories.

Yeah, I'm planning to read Lovecraft next year.

I'm up to part 2 now. I really like stories of survival like this.
It's the longest Verne book so far but one I've been wanting to read for a while.

not major spoilers, just survival stuff:
(view spoiler)[I can't believe they threw away their knives. They don't weigh a pound!
I'm also surprised they didn't make any flint tools and it seemed way too easy that they just made iron.
Also, I don't know why they didn't tan any skins. They had a hard time in the winter. (hide spoiler)]

More spoilerish:
(view spoiler)[Okay, I want to know what the hell this sea monster is!
I would think it was some prehistoric creature or something but I know Verne likes to keep things as realistic as possible. (hide spoiler)]

Maybe people can tell me why this book is so highly thought of.

I know the gender thing was an unusual idea at the time but as I remember it it was barely relevant to the plot.

And Larry Niven is just a unique writer. It's not exactly like any sci-fi you've read before.

But the ringworld is unstable.

So what does everybody think of rishathra?