tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post115816890638429721..comments2024-03-26T18:28:06.391-04:00Comments on Evil Editor: Old Beginnings 18Evil Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03879826770199639420noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1158613845899384552006-09-18T17:10:00.000-04:002006-09-18T17:10:00.000-04:00Okay, I'll play.1. Sounds fun. I like the alchemis...Okay, I'll play.<BR/><BR/>1. Sounds fun. I like the alchemists.<BR/><BR/>2. Nah. Not my style. Not that I wouldn't like it if there were more to read, but I haven't warmed up to it in that short excerpt. (Sorry about the "short.")<BR/><BR/>3. Awesome. I love it. <BR/><BR/>4. Nah. Slow getting off the ground. Maybe a person needs to have health problems before this whole scene becomes funny. <BR/><BR/>5. Hah! Douglas Adams! I loved the Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and even liked the Dirk Gently stories (of which this is one). Big fun. <BR/><BR/>SaraleeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1158507794818900252006-09-17T11:43:00.000-04:002006-09-17T11:43:00.000-04:00Recognized #1 immediately. Still suffering through...Recognized #1 immediately. Still suffering through THUD! - going on a month now, when it usually takes me only 2-3 days to read a novel.<BR/><BR/>Robbins and Douglas are on my TBR, but after what JTC said, I'm not in a rush now.Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17083327647412477394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1158269331243115732006-09-14T17:28:00.000-04:002006-09-14T17:28:00.000-04:00#1. I live in fear that one day I will actually r...#1. I live in fear that one day I will actually read one of these. Then I'll like it as much as everyone else does, and I'll have to buy the other 137 of them.<BR/><BR/>#2. Short jokes. No thank you.<BR/><BR/>#3. Author telling me how clever he is or isn't. Possibly both. No thank you.<BR/><BR/>#4. I have heard nothing but raves about this book, but the beginning doesn't grab me. Possibly because people going on about their medical problems is not high on my list of entertainments.<BR/><BR/>#5. I've read it and liked it. Not recently enough, really.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1158246346907348932006-09-14T11:05:00.000-04:002006-09-14T11:05:00.000-04:00A friend reccommended that I read Tom Robbins. I ...A friend reccommended that I read Tom Robbins. I suffered through two chapters before I tossed the book aside. I think it was the worst shtuff I have ever read. -JTCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1158239224271186172006-09-14T09:07:00.000-04:002006-09-14T09:07:00.000-04:00"Three Men in A Boat" - Yes, Excellent.Do yourselv..."Three Men in A Boat" - Yes, Excellent.<BR/><BR/>Do yourselves a favour, at no risk: it's available for free at Project Guttenburg...<BR/><BR/>http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/308Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1158238655310514482006-09-14T08:57:00.000-04:002006-09-14T08:57:00.000-04:00Xiqay - sorry I didn't read the comments before le...Xiqay - sorry I didn't read the comments before leaping to add mine but these aren't old guys - they're young. And Montmorency is a dog. Give the book a chance!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1158238263511495502006-09-14T08:51:00.000-04:002006-09-14T08:51:00.000-04:00Oh! MY! God! Three Men In a Boat! This is one ...Oh! MY! God! Three Men In a Boat! This is one of my all-time favorite books - absolutely hilarious. I read this when I was in my teens and I still have it along with its companion Three Men on a Bummel. I still laugh out loud when I reread them every few years. <BR/><BR/>Oh and I liked No. 1 as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1158238203001708942006-09-14T08:50:00.000-04:002006-09-14T08:50:00.000-04:00Pratchett and Adams totally rule!I adore British h...Pratchett and Adams totally rule!<BR/><BR/>I adore British humor. Gonna have to find that #4 somewhere...s.w. vaughnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102544611773720262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1158237671994897012006-09-14T08:41:00.000-04:002006-09-14T08:41:00.000-04:00Hurrah for Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams.Hurrah for Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1158207857644745032006-09-14T00:24:00.000-04:002006-09-14T00:24:00.000-04:00How can anyone not like the fourth book in a trilo...How can anyone not like the fourth book in a trilogy?Dave Fragmentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985158361431606939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1158207512128776582006-09-14T00:18:00.000-04:002006-09-14T00:18:00.000-04:00Recognized #1 immediately (before Ankh-Morpork, ev...Recognized #1 immediately (before Ankh-Morpork, even). One of my favorite authors ever.<BR/><BR/>Ashamedly I did not recognize #5 right away, despite having read it several times. Sigh.<BR/><BR/>I'd read on for all the others, but I wasn't particularly excited by #2 or #3. I'm really intrigued by #4, though, especially after all the recommendations here. Maybe I'll have to check it out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1158186655340057542006-09-13T18:30:00.000-04:002006-09-13T18:30:00.000-04:00What? No Stephen Leacock? His writing was similar ...What? No Stephen Leacock? His writing was similar to the style of #1. He was one of Canada's most famous humourists. Check him out sometime.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1158185688050773602006-09-13T18:14:00.000-04:002006-09-13T18:14:00.000-04:00#4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I love that book. It's quintessen...#4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<BR/><BR/>I love that book. <BR/><BR/>It's quintessentially British though. I can see why people from other countries would be put off even from the first few lines.Nikkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05987196833492236832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1158185285385363272006-09-13T18:08:00.000-04:002006-09-13T18:08:00.000-04:00#3. When I got to the cowgirl, I thought this was ...#3. When I got to the cowgirl, I thought this was Tom Robbins, but then I was pretty sure it wasn't Even Cowgirls Get the Blues..so I was too chicken to say in my post (before checking) what I suspected. Such a wimp I am. (At least that vague recollection of reading it, and #5, was correct.)<BR/><BR/>Going to check out #4 after the recommendations (and my initial yes).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1158184704941661342006-09-13T17:58:00.000-04:002006-09-13T17:58:00.000-04:001. This was okay, but except for Ankh-Morpork as a...1. This was okay, but except for Ankh-Morpork as a name and the discovery of fire insurance, it's not particularly funny. As a set-up for comedy to come, it's working. But I'm not sure I'd read on.<BR/><BR/>2. Circus midgets--not my thing. Even the addition of perverts doesn't make me laugh. Unless the author is someone I want to read from past experience, I would stop here.<BR/><BR/>3. I have the feeling I've read this (eons ago, when a Remington SL3 would have been new!). I don't actually remember this bit, but find that it's hilarious as written. The leap in technology has taken some of the shine off. I'd keep reading though.<BR/><BR/>4. Old people sitting around complaining about their ills--can be a pain or can be humorous. Here it's funny and I just know something more is going to happen. Not sure why this works, it seems so simple, but maybe that's it.<BR/><BR/>5. I may have read this one, too. It has a charming start. Love the quadrupeds and their reaction. I'd keep reading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1158179299411572752006-09-13T16:28:00.000-04:002006-09-13T16:28:00.000-04:00I recognized #5. I thought they all were funny but...I recognized #5. <BR/>I thought they all were funny but I wouldn't have read #4.Dave Fragmentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985158361431606939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1158181220456248872006-09-13T17:00:00.000-04:002006-09-13T17:00:00.000-04:00I hadn't read #1, but said to myself, "gotta be Te...I hadn't read #1, but said to myself, "gotta be Terry Pratchett." By the end of the first sentence -- seriously.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1158180579187625752006-09-13T16:49:00.000-04:002006-09-13T16:49:00.000-04:00Eighteen years since I read #4 and I recognized it...Eighteen years since I read #4 and I recognized it by the tenth word. It was damn funny. I should read it again. It's British though, so not everyone's kind of humour. Thought I recognized #5, too. The movie cut out my favourite part.<BR/><BR/>For the rest, I'm intrigued by #1. #2, no. Anything that involves the word "pervert" isn't my cup of tea. #3... Too much talk, not enough funny.HawkOwlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08506953701159624542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1158178474011996132006-09-13T16:14:00.000-04:002006-09-13T16:14:00.000-04:00I liked #5.I liked #5.RainSplatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07597344714799412549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1158175705363273282006-09-13T15:28:00.000-04:002006-09-13T15:28:00.000-04:00I liked them...but I almost never read comedy on i...I liked them...but I almost never read comedy on its own...funny mystery writers are great, though;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1158175333813440462006-09-13T15:22:00.000-04:002006-09-13T15:22:00.000-04:00We lost a great satirist when Douglas Adams died.*...We lost a great satirist when Douglas Adams died.<BR/><BR/>*sniff*Ann (bunnygirl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04938134750150653386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1158175485929710242006-09-13T15:24:00.000-04:002006-09-13T15:24:00.000-04:00The funniest thing up there is that little birdie....The funniest thing up there is that little birdie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1158174263643552652006-09-13T15:04:00.000-04:002006-09-13T15:04:00.000-04:00I've read #2, #3, and #5. I think I may have even ...I've read #2, #3, and #5. I think I may have even read #4 - it's strangely familiar. However, I don't want to read #4.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02425554097061286483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1158173958149660082006-09-13T14:59:00.000-04:002006-09-13T14:59:00.000-04:00#1 and #5 I've read, and enjoyed. Great authors in...#1 and #5 I've read, and enjoyed. Great authors in both cases.<BR/><BR/>#3 made me snicker. #2 made me curious; #4 didn't.<BR/><BR/>*creeps off to check the answers*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791026.post-1158171517037903852006-09-13T14:18:00.000-04:002006-09-13T14:18:00.000-04:00Is there something wrong with me if I didn't find ...Is there something wrong with me if I didn't find any of these funny? No, wait... #5 made me smile briefly. I'd read on in #5 or #4. <BR/><BR/>The others were trying way too hard. Absurd does not necessarily mean funny, authors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com