tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post3401605887630122642..comments2023-11-17T11:08:31.857-06:00Comments on Michael May: 10 Novels I Read in 2017Michael Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-83865009882132970012018-01-02T10:46:58.518-06:002018-01-02T10:46:58.518-06:00Siskoid, I should put quotation marks around "...Siskoid, I should put quotation marks around "read," since 6 of those 10 were audiobooks. I'm a horribly slow reader, so being able to listen to books on my commute is super helpful.<br /><br />Your friend's not wrong about Ready Player One and I expect you're right about the movie. I enjoy those kinds of reference hunts, so they're usually worth my time, but that's a very different thing from reading a well-told story.<br /><br />Erik, a Kringle Canon would be awesome! I kind of hinted at wanting to develop something like that on the latest Dragonfly Ripple when David and I were talking about Ernest Saves Christmas. I agree with David that contradicting that canon would never affect my love for a good Santa story, but it would be a lot of fun to put together a list of what I considered canonical movies and TV specials. Might be a fun topic for the blog next year!Michael Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-87851348474817620942018-01-01T21:06:40.799-06:002018-01-01T21:06:40.799-06:00Thanks for sharing your book recommendations Micha...Thanks for sharing your book recommendations Michael! I've been fortunate to read quite a bit this summer (its easy to pick up were you left off with a book than TV) but I typically tackle non fiction/biographies. So I perked up when I saw L Frank Baum's book about the Life of Santa Claus, which is a figure that probably has more reinterpretations and reimaginings than most superheroes. I would love to see an annotated book that compares and cross references the Kringle Canon. Erik Johnson Illustratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11184274387021011687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-39081341699822152232018-01-01T07:04:42.487-06:002018-01-01T07:04:42.487-06:00I'm kind of jealous that you managed to read s...I'm kind of jealous that you managed to read so much this year. I got into some real bricks that really reduced my own pace, especially non-fiction books. Got a lot of novels sitting on my shelf begging me to pick them up in 2018.<br /><br />Heart of Darkness with a Mike Mignola cover? Wow, that's cool of you Penguin Classics! (I also like their We Have Always Lived in the Castle" cover.)<br /><br />As for Player One, I've had the reverse experience as my friend who tried to get through it warned me well away. Not just because of the characterization but because it reads as a ton of gratuitous references in search of a story. The pages I've glanced at bear this out, and I feel like the movie will be an exercise in pausing the DVD to spot characters and cars in the background, sort of a Roger Rabbit for action movie nerds. We'll see, but it kind of looks like Tron Legacy with licensed characters pasted into the background. Not that I didn't like Tron Legacy, cuz I liked it fine.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.com