Galmactima In reply to Bast-et [2012-03-11 20:11:16 +0000 UTC]

Really? Hm, I've been hearing a lot of good things about that series, mostly from people I know Perhaps I'll read it now

Thanks

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Bast-et In reply to Galmactima [2012-03-11 23:01:52 +0000 UTC]

The series is pretty much the best books I've ever read, and I read constantly. There are a few graphic scenes and gore, but it serves a plot purpose. The characters are all very believable, realistic, and actually act like intelligent adults (usually). And most of the messages behind the story are profound and applicable to real life. He is a bit anti-religion, but everyone is entitled to their own opinions, and his work is wonderful anyways. They are long books, and there's about 13 of them (I believe The Omen Machine came out last year, so 14) and they can keep you entertained for quite awhile. Can't recommend them highly enough =]

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Bast-et In reply to Bast-et [2012-03-11 23:04:34 +0000 UTC]

Oh, and I had a question about your poem. Does box of life have any specific meaning? I was wondering why you chose something with edges instead of a sphere and didn't know if there was a reference or deeper meaning I was missing.

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Galmactima In reply to Bast-et [2012-03-13 01:23:21 +0000 UTC]

Haha its whatever you see in it, in a way its a concrete poem, as the poem is a Box, just with differing length X lines to signify a box or any entity or society can be controlled, but rather the box (as general as earth, a city, any thing really with concious thought)is made up only of itself and is completely independent, whatever your looking for is already here.

Stills sounds like an interesting series, Haha yes Im kind of used to atheism in books; (Hitch-hikers guide to the galaxy fanatic)

The box idea was inspired from Mark Z. Danielewski's 'House of Leaves' which I highly respect, though I can't exactly reccomend it either.

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Bast-et In reply to Galmactima [2012-03-13 03:12:06 +0000 UTC]

The more I read this, the more I like it... I finally had to fav it haha.

And YES! A fellow Douglas Adams fan! I love his sense of humor to a ridiculous extent. The falling pot of petunias gets me every time =]

I've never heard of 'House of Leaves', so I should probably go look it up if it inspired you. I love finding other people's inspiration and how it connects to their work.

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Galmactima In reply to Bast-et [2012-03-13 22:10:58 +0000 UTC]

Thank'ee, You have some very nice poetry as well.

One of my favourite authors, glad you like him, haha yes his tads of humor that seeps through an already great series is one of the best

It's rather popular for its genre, its basically an obscure tale in the form of a satire of traditional literature. Uniqueness is beauty, I guess

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