So I've got an Amazon gift certificate and only a vague sense of what I want. So rec me ONE book/manga/whatever you think I should read/watch/whatever.
(ok, maybe 1 or 2 more if you can't limit yourself to one.)
I really enjoyed Yoshinaga's Flower of Life 1 earlier this summer, and I wish my library would get around to processing volume 2, which has been stuck in collection management for weeks. It's funny, silly, and sweet, and the bit about the main character's parents makes me laugh and laugh.
HTDM: Sketching Manga Style Volume 1. It's not really about sketching, but about the internal workings of human anatomy and how to draw people in any and all poses from your head, no photo references needed. I think you would like it a lot. (Vol 2 is nowhere near as good.)
My other recent book reads have been very meh.
Unless you've never read Madhur Jaffrey's World Of The East cookbook, in which case go forth and buy now! Lots and lots and lots of excellent, non-dairy recipes.
Ode to Kirihito (http://www.amazon.com/Ode-Kirihito-Osamu-Tezuka/dp/1932234640/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-8175345-6851863?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1185207521&sr=8-1) - you get 700+ pages - interesting story - supposed to be the comic he liked the most - I was so sucked into it that I actually read this comic before I read Harry Potter =ppppp
To Terra... by Keiko Takemiya -- the third volume (of three) just came out. It's about a future where ecologically-minded computers control human behavior for the good of Mother Earth, and only a telepathically-gifted, emotionally-unstable minority can resist the brainwashing. The story is fairly typical science fiction, but the art is so seventies -- completely psychedelic -- and both sides of the struggle, human and Mu (from Mutant), receive equal attention/criticism. The author said she was inspired by the sixties Left (the Japanese student movement) to write a story about the damage caused by extremists on both sides.
The plot is really typical though. XD;; Keiko Takemiya also wrote Song of Wind and Trees -- she was one of the 49ers.
Errrg, I know so little of what you've read, and I haven't read anything new lately that I liked except rachelmanija's memoir and assorted manga, most of which you're already reading.
On the off-chance that you somehow, maybe haven't read some of my old favorites: you might enjoy The Witches of Karres by James K. Schmitz (extremely silly, pleasant, and good-natured space opera) or Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner ("fantasy of manners" adventure, featuring several characters that qualify for Bishounen of the Apolcalypse status, despite the fact that this isn't a manga). I've confirmed that they're both still available on Amazon (and as it happens, both are in shiny new editions).
I have no idea if this would interest you, but the most recent book I purchased was Sex With the Queen (http://www.amazon.com/Sex-Queen-Virile-Passionate-Politics/dp/0060846747/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-9920624-6786464?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1185227737&sr=8-1), and I liked it tremendously. I don't usually read nonfiction, but this was just pulp-ish enough to be entertaining. It's very well-researched too, and it's a really fascinating look at sex and sexual politics in different parts of the world.
Hmm, books... Well, I've recently been told that Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising series is godlike, which is enough of a recommendation for me to go and find it when I can.
I nearly always recommend anything by Katherine Kerr Diane Duane. Despite being for kids I like Tamora Pierce's Song of the Lioness and Immortals series. I wouldn't say they're particularly deep or epic, but they're a nice read and I like the characters in them. It's been a long time since I last read either of them though, so they may be better or worse than I remember them to be.
W.G Beasley's The Japanese Experience is a surprisingly good non-fiction read about the history of Japan. Surprising only because it was a compulsory buy for university and in my previous experiences they are very rarely interesting to read recreationally. I enjoyed reading it far more when I didn't feel like I had to for the sake of my degree.
I can't think of anything else really amazing that I've bought relatively recently that I'd recommend. Not unless you enjoy screaming in frustration at idiotic 2 dimensional characters, threadbare plots and their associated plot-holes and a clumsy style of writing. Even then I'm not entirely sure I want to admit to anyone who just happens to stop by what kind of rubbish I've been reading! :D
If you're in the mood for nonfiction, Freakonomics. Otherwise, if you haven't read it yet, Cantarella, a fucking gorgeous manga with a young and hot Cesare Borgia.
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(Apologies if you've read this already.)
because I loves the manga
Flower of Life by Fumi Yoshinaga. Also laugh-out-loud funny (the second volume moreso than the first) and what slice-of-life fiction *should* be.
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My other recent book reads have been very meh.
Unless you've never read Madhur Jaffrey's World Of The East cookbook, in which case go forth and buy now! Lots and lots and lots of excellent, non-dairy recipes.
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- you get 700+ pages
- interesting story
- supposed to be the comic he liked the most
- I was so sucked into it that I actually read this comic before I read Harry Potter =ppppp
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http://coffeeem.livejournal.com/36458.html
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The plot is really typical though. XD;; Keiko Takemiya also wrote Song of Wind and Trees -- she was one of the 49ers.
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Errrg, I know so little of what you've read, and I haven't read anything new lately that I liked except rachelmanija's memoir and assorted manga, most of which you're already reading.
On the off-chance that you somehow, maybe haven't read some of my old favorites: you might enjoy The Witches of Karres by James K. Schmitz (extremely silly, pleasant, and good-natured space opera) or Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner ("fantasy of manners" adventure, featuring several characters that qualify for Bishounen of the Apolcalypse status, despite the fact that this isn't a manga). I've confirmed that they're both still available on Amazon (and as it happens, both are in shiny new editions).
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Hmm, books... Well, I've recently been told that Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising series is godlike, which is enough of a recommendation for me to go and find it when I can.
I nearly always recommend anything by Katherine Kerr Diane Duane. Despite being for kids I like Tamora Pierce's Song of the Lioness and Immortals series. I wouldn't say they're particularly deep or epic, but they're a nice read and I like the characters in them. It's been a long time since I last read either of them though, so they may be better or worse than I remember them to be.
W.G Beasley's The Japanese Experience is a surprisingly good non-fiction read about the history of Japan. Surprising only because it was a compulsory buy for university and in my previous experiences they are very rarely interesting to read recreationally. I enjoyed reading it far more when I didn't feel like I had to for the sake of my degree.
I can't think of anything else really amazing that I've bought relatively recently that I'd recommend. Not unless you enjoy screaming in frustration at idiotic 2 dimensional characters, threadbare plots and their associated plot-holes and a clumsy style of writing. Even then I'm not entirely sure I want to admit to anyone who just happens to stop by what kind of rubbish I've been reading! :D
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(Anonymous) 2007-07-24 04:12 am (UTC)(link)Ghost Hunter by the same author is also pretty cool. It's a manga.
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Thanks!
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