A cool collage composition from the Disney film:Silent Majority wrote: ↑27 Jan 2022, 12:31pm17) Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll. 1865. Audiobook read by Scarlett Johansson. There are times when Johansson sounds like Leanne from King of the Hill when she does her religious puppet show, but that's no downside. I haven't read this since I was in single figures and it's still a bundle of imagination, good and very playful prose, and genuinely funny jokes, though the ending was weak. And I definitely get some of those famous nonse vibes at times.
Whatcha reading?
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Very cool.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑27 Jan 2022, 12:39pmA cool collage composition from the Disney film:Silent Majority wrote: ↑27 Jan 2022, 12:31pm17) Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll. 1865. Audiobook read by Scarlett Johansson. There are times when Johansson sounds like Leanne from King of the Hill when she does her religious puppet show, but that's no downside. I haven't read this since I was in single figures and it's still a bundle of imagination, good and very playful prose, and genuinely funny jokes, though the ending was weak. And I definitely get some of those famous nonse vibes at times.
And you simply cannot beat that old Disney style. So imaginatively fluid.
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I think I've mentioned this before, but that movie—that version—always makes me physically uncomfortable. Like stomach knots. I feel like a kid and in peril. I have no recollection of anything bad happening to me when I watched it as a kid, yet it does evoke some childlike fear. Maybe it's just the nature of the story, I dunno.Silent Majority wrote: ↑28 Jan 2022, 10:57amVery cool.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑27 Jan 2022, 12:39pmA cool collage composition from the Disney film:Silent Majority wrote: ↑27 Jan 2022, 12:31pm17) Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll. 1865. Audiobook read by Scarlett Johansson. There are times when Johansson sounds like Leanne from King of the Hill when she does her religious puppet show, but that's no downside. I haven't read this since I was in single figures and it's still a bundle of imagination, good and very playful prose, and genuinely funny jokes, though the ending was weak. And I definitely get some of those famous nonse vibes at times.
And you simply cannot beat that old Disney style. So imaginatively fluid.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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There's a definite sense of danger in the narrative and particularly the film. All the creatures are quick to anger and unpredictably erratic.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑28 Jan 2022, 11:05amI think I've mentioned this before, but that movie—that version—always makes me physically uncomfortable. Like stomach knots. I feel like a kid and in peril. I have no recollection of anything bad happening to me when I watched it as a kid, yet it does evoke some childlike fear. Maybe it's just the nature of the story, I dunno.Silent Majority wrote: ↑28 Jan 2022, 10:57amVery cool.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑27 Jan 2022, 12:39pmA cool collage composition from the Disney film:Silent Majority wrote: ↑27 Jan 2022, 12:31pm17) Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll. 1865. Audiobook read by Scarlett Johansson. There are times when Johansson sounds like Leanne from King of the Hill when she does her religious puppet show, but that's no downside. I haven't read this since I was in single figures and it's still a bundle of imagination, good and very playful prose, and genuinely funny jokes, though the ending was weak. And I definitely get some of those famous nonse vibes at times.
And you simply cannot beat that old Disney style. So imaginatively fluid.
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And there's a psychedelic darkness to it all. Fantastical but threatening to Alice's very survival.Silent Majority wrote: ↑28 Jan 2022, 11:17amThere's a definite sense of danger in the narrative and particularly the film. All the creatures are quick to anger and unpredictably erratic.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑28 Jan 2022, 11:05amI think I've mentioned this before, but that movie—that version—always makes me physically uncomfortable. Like stomach knots. I feel like a kid and in peril. I have no recollection of anything bad happening to me when I watched it as a kid, yet it does evoke some childlike fear. Maybe it's just the nature of the story, I dunno.Silent Majority wrote: ↑28 Jan 2022, 10:57amVery cool.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑27 Jan 2022, 12:39pmA cool collage composition from the Disney film:Silent Majority wrote: ↑27 Jan 2022, 12:31pm17) Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll. 1865. Audiobook read by Scarlett Johansson. There are times when Johansson sounds like Leanne from King of the Hill when she does her religious puppet show, but that's no downside. I haven't read this since I was in single figures and it's still a bundle of imagination, good and very playful prose, and genuinely funny jokes, though the ending was weak. And I definitely get some of those famous nonse vibes at times.
And you simply cannot beat that old Disney style. So imaginatively fluid.
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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I'm in the middle of a graphic novel called Alice in Sunderland by Bryan Talbot which examines the history of Sunderland, Lewis Carroll, and weaves the Alice books throughout. Pretty interesting so far.Silent Majority wrote: ↑27 Jan 2022, 12:31pm17) Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll. 1865. Audiobook read by Scarlett Johansson. There are times when Johansson sounds like Leanne from King of the Hill when she does her religious puppet show, but that's no downside. I haven't read this since I was in single figures and it's still a bundle of imagination, good and very playful prose, and genuinely funny jokes, though the ending was weak. And I definitely get some of those famous nonse vibes at times.
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Does the Mad Heston make an appearance?Kory wrote: ↑28 Jan 2022, 3:36pmI'm in the middle of a graphic novel called Alice in Sunderland by Bryan Talbot which examines the history of Sunderland, Lewis Carroll, and weaves the Alice books throughout. Pretty interesting so far.Silent Majority wrote: ↑27 Jan 2022, 12:31pm17) Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll. 1865. Audiobook read by Scarlett Johansson. There are times when Johansson sounds like Leanne from King of the Hill when she does her religious puppet show, but that's no downside. I haven't read this since I was in single figures and it's still a bundle of imagination, good and very playful prose, and genuinely funny jokes, though the ending was weak. And I definitely get some of those famous nonse vibes at times.
Who pfaffed the pfaff? Who got pfaffed tonight?
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I'll let you know, I'm only halfway through.Olaf wrote: ↑28 Jan 2022, 4:14pmDoes the Mad Heston make an appearance?Kory wrote: ↑28 Jan 2022, 3:36pmI'm in the middle of a graphic novel called Alice in Sunderland by Bryan Talbot which examines the history of Sunderland, Lewis Carroll, and weaves the Alice books throughout. Pretty interesting so far.Silent Majority wrote: ↑27 Jan 2022, 12:31pm17) Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll. 1865. Audiobook read by Scarlett Johansson. There are times when Johansson sounds like Leanne from King of the Hill when she does her religious puppet show, but that's no downside. I haven't read this since I was in single figures and it's still a bundle of imagination, good and very playful prose, and genuinely funny jokes, though the ending was weak. And I definitely get some of those famous nonse vibes at times.
Hey I just realized the Mad Hatter and the March Hare have the same initials.
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18) The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho. 1988. Audiobook, read by Jeremy's Iron. This is a fairytale dressed up as a self-help book. I don't mind its spoonfeeding me its philosophy, which takes a lot from the zen that brings me comfort and allows me to feel present. The story is good enough to keep you interested, though I suspect the writing is probably better in the original Portuguese.
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There must be hundreds of thousands of people out there who are no longer capable of pronouncing his name any other way.Silent Majority wrote: ↑31 Jan 2022, 2:13pm18) The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho. 1988. Audiobook, read by Jeremy's Iron. This is a fairytale dressed up as a self-help book. I don't mind its spoonfeeding me its philosophy, which takes a lot from the zen that brings me comfort and allows me to feel present. The story is good enough to keep you interested, though I suspect the writing is probably better in the original Portuguese.
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That was a rectum style sop to you, there.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑31 Jan 2022, 2:29pmThere must be hundreds of thousands of people out there who are no longer capable of pronouncing his name any other way.Silent Majority wrote: ↑31 Jan 2022, 2:13pm18) The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho. 1988. Audiobook, read by Jeremy's Iron. This is a fairytale dressed up as a self-help book. I don't mind its spoonfeeding me its philosophy, which takes a lot from the zen that brings me comfort and allows me to feel present. The story is good enough to keep you interested, though I suspect the writing is probably better in the original Portuguese.
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Darn near killed me!Silent Majority wrote: ↑31 Jan 2022, 3:36pmThat was a rectum style sop to you, there.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑31 Jan 2022, 2:29pmThere must be hundreds of thousands of people out there who are no longer capable of pronouncing his name any other way.Silent Majority wrote: ↑31 Jan 2022, 2:13pm18) The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho. 1988. Audiobook, read by Jeremy's Iron. This is a fairytale dressed up as a self-help book. I don't mind its spoonfeeding me its philosophy, which takes a lot from the zen that brings me comfort and allows me to feel present. The story is good enough to keep you interested, though I suspect the writing is probably better in the original Portuguese.
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19) Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Tales - Bram Stoker. 1914. Audiobook, read, I'm pretty sure by the guy who plays Jerry on Rick and Morty and Dr. Spaceman on 30 Rock. The title piece is a very fun short story. I could have taken a good few more cash-ins set in that extended universe. Stoker is like Lovecraft, but instead of forbidden knowledge or encroaching hostile forces, the terror tends to spring from ever leaving the South of England. Nearly all of these has an arrogant tourist, dressed in white, menaced by Europeans. Some of the stories are mediocre and dull, but it's still worth a flick.
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cool cool, it's been a while, is that the one where Harker was on his own on the trail and wolves chased him but something, likely Dracula, rescued him? I think It was an early, left out chapter of the book. Don't know why he'd leave it out.Silent Majority wrote: ↑01 Feb 2022, 5:26pm19) Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Tales - Bram Stoker. 1914. Audiobook, read, I'm pretty sure by the guy who plays Jerry on Rick and Morty and Dr. Spaceman on 30 Rock. The title piece is a very fun short story. I could have taken a good few more cash-ins set in that extended universe. Stoker is like Lovecraft, but instead of forbidden knowledge or encroaching hostile forces, the terror tends to spring from ever leaving the South of England. Nearly all of these has an arrogant tourist, dressed in white, menaced by Europeans. Some of the stories are mediocre and dull, but it's still worth a flick.
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That's the one. As it sat separately, I didn't read the main guy as Harker but another dim Englishman that Drac got in as a dry run.tepista wrote: ↑01 Feb 2022, 5:55pmcool cool, it's been a while, is that the one where Harker was on his own on the trail and wolves chased him but something, likely Dracula, rescued him? I think It was an early, left out chapter of the book. Don't know why he'd leave it out.Silent Majority wrote: ↑01 Feb 2022, 5:26pm19) Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Tales - Bram Stoker. 1914. Audiobook, read, I'm pretty sure by the guy who plays Jerry on Rick and Morty and Dr. Spaceman on 30 Rock. The title piece is a very fun short story. I could have taken a good few more cash-ins set in that extended universe. Stoker is like Lovecraft, but instead of forbidden knowledge or encroaching hostile forces, the terror tends to spring from ever leaving the South of England. Nearly all of these has an arrogant tourist, dressed in white, menaced by Europeans. Some of the stories are mediocre and dull, but it's still worth a flick.