Walsingham Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 I just finished Jasper Fforde's book 'Lost in a Good Book'. In it the protagonist jumps into books. Inside them, the characters have to act their parts, but supposing it is written in the third person retain their indepndence of thought. Moreover, when not actually needed they can gad about as they choose in their environment. I don't want to give any more spoilers, but it got me thinking. If YOU had to hide in a book for about a year which would it be? I was thinking I'd probably choose Raymond Chandler's 'The Little Sister', although I'd be worried that Chandler's quirky descriptions might make the experience uncomfortably patchy. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taks Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 i don't read unless i can help it so i have no idea how to respond. why i even replied, is a mystary. taks comrade taks... just because. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baley Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Easy, The Sun Also Rises. Although, I have to admit, Midnight's Children would be one hell of a ride - same goes for Valis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walsingham Posted October 24, 2006 Author Share Posted October 24, 2006 Easy, The Sun Also Rises. Although, I have to admit, Midnight's Children would be one hell of a ride - same goes for Valis. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ooh ooh! You just reminded me When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger. Twould be awesome. Plenty of drugs, great food, sunshine, and mind altering cyber implants. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atreides Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 That's a good question. I haven't been reading as much as I'd like to recently, and while the stories I've read have some appealing elements they're not totally happy happy joy worlds where I'd like to spend a year in. Spreading beauty with my katana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blarghagh Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 You know, I don't want to come across as a pervert, but I'd totally hide in a cheesy sex novel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pidesco Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Perhaps, The Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Or Good Omens. Or the Valerian comic books. "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian touristI am Dan Quayle of the Romans.I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands.Heja Sverige!!Everyone should cuffawkle more.The wrench is your friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kor Qel Droma Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Me myself, I'd chill out in the world of Irvine Welshs' Trainspotting. Gotta love the Scottish life. Jaguars4ever is still alive. No word of a lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyCrimson Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Do you get to choose what character to be when you jump in the book, or is that magically random? If "yes", then any book where I can have superpowers because that'd be, like, fun. If the answer is "it's randomly chosen for you", then scratch that and instead, any book that doesn't involve evil wizards/leaders/dasterdly plans, Ultimate Evil (the Ring! oh noes!), or world or galatic wars of a fantastical or even 'normal' nature, etc. Hmm....I don't read many books without such things in them. Perhaps Asimov's Robot novel series. “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lare Kikkeli Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Some murakami book, or akira if comics count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElNino Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Anne Rice, Queen of the Damned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musopticon? Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Or Good Omens. Or the Valerian comic books. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> "We...think alike" Another great one would be Strange and Mr Norrel. Low magic, low key and so lovely Victorian. kirottu said: I was raised by polar bears. I had to fight against blood thirsty wolves and rabid penguins to get my food. Those who were too weak to survive were sent to Sweden. It has made me the man I am today. A man who craves furry hentai. So let us go and embrace the rustling smells of unseen worlds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pidesco Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 You know Val "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian touristI am Dan Quayle of the Romans.I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands.Heja Sverige!!Everyone should cuffawkle more.The wrench is your friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Drabek Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Xanth ... now, that would be a world to jump into! Man, I read all those books when I was a kid. Probably the cause of my warped sense of humor and irrational love of verbal puns. baby, take off your beret everyone's a critic and most people are DJs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 You know, I don't want to come across as a pervert, but I'd totally hide in a cheesy sex novel. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Honestly, that was the first thought that came to my mind as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musopticon? Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 (edited) You know Val Edited October 24, 2006 by Musopticon? kirottu said: I was raised by polar bears. I had to fight against blood thirsty wolves and rabid penguins to get my food. Those who were too weak to survive were sent to Sweden. It has made me the man I am today. A man who craves furry hentai. So let us go and embrace the rustling smells of unseen worlds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkreku Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Am I allowed to hide in a porno magazine..? Swedes, go to: Spel2, for the latest game reviews in swedish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pidesco Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 I know, I know. God, I picked up one old album I had and still went "wow" after all these years. Probably the best scifi-comic ever, beats even Halo Jones. In "Living Weapons", I think. Edit: Wait, there's an anime about it? LINKY Not the same thing. "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian touristI am Dan Quayle of the Romans.I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands.Heja Sverige!!Everyone should cuffawkle more.The wrench is your friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musopticon? Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 (edited) It's loading, I read some of the comments(francais est tres difficile :'() and I'm not terribly hyped. Oh, the comic artist is awesome, just look at this: Edit:Yeah, it looks ok. Sorta cowboybepobish, as the comments said, but I don't think I can stomach the odd Japano-Francais look. Not to mention, I doubt that the sense of wonder and almost palbable grandiousness is going to be in there too. Edited October 24, 2006 by Musopticon? kirottu said: I was raised by polar bears. I had to fight against blood thirsty wolves and rabid penguins to get my food. Those who were too weak to survive were sent to Sweden. It has made me the man I am today. A man who craves furry hentai. So let us go and embrace the rustling smells of unseen worlds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ummi Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 I would gladly be a random citizen in any of Iain M. Banks's Culture novels. 300 years of sex, booze and travelling the galaxy. Yup, good times (w00t) Might get old after a while though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Raven Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Dante's Inferno. Hades was the life of the party. RIP You'll be missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musopticon? Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 I would gladly be a random citizen in any of Iain M. Banks's Culture novels. 300 years of sex, booze and travelling the galaxy. Yup, good times (w00t) Might get old after a while though. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The Player of Games was awesome. kirottu said: I was raised by polar bears. I had to fight against blood thirsty wolves and rabid penguins to get my food. Those who were too weak to survive were sent to Sweden. It has made me the man I am today. A man who craves furry hentai. So let us go and embrace the rustling smells of unseen worlds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letsryde23 Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 You know, I don't want to come across as a pervert, but I'd totally hide in a cheesy sex novel. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thats awesome! I could easily get lost in R.A. Salvatores veiw of the Forgotten Realms, although, Anne Rice's vampire chronicles would be just as good, except like, all the dudes making out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkreku Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Aren't there any books about long lost islands full of super-horny amazon women with fantastic bodies?! DAMN THIS WORLD. Swedes, go to: Spel2, for the latest game reviews in swedish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sand Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Considering the material that I read I don't think I want to jump and hide in any of them. Murphy's Law of Computer Gaming: The listed minimum specifications written on the box by the publisher are not the minimum specifications of the game set by the developer. @\NightandtheShape/@ - "Because you're a bizzare strange deranged human?" Walsingham- "Sand - always rushing around, stirring up apathy." Joseph Bulock - "Another headache, courtesy of Sand" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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