Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.

ONE THING I LOVE TODAY! Moriarty Checks Out Paul Malmont’s Gorgeous New Novel, JACK LONDON IN PARADISE!

First baby,, by The real Jack Bauer	Oct 9th, 2008 07:13:36 AM

Loved CHINATOWN DEATHCLOUD PERIL by RenoNevada2000	Oct 9th, 2008 07:25:00 AM
I really enjoyed CHINATOWN DEATHCLOUD PERIL and was hoping he would be putting out a second book. I'm realizing that I really like stories that weave around real authors' lives like CHINATOWN DEATHCLOUD or Mark Frost's 2 Arthur Conan Doyle books (THE LIST OF SEVEN and THE 6 PROPHETS... too bad that series didn't continue). I'm looking forward to Meltzer's BOOK OF LIES which involves Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel. I know that there are a few short stories featuring HP Lovecraft squaring of Cthulhu-ian horrors. Does anyone have any other recommendations?
NEEDS MORE BREASTFEEDING by ArcadianDS	Oct 9th, 2008 09:43:00 AM
so we can scare Harry. AICN DOOMSDAY CLOCK - 5:15
The real Jack Bauer... by LordPorkington	Oct 9th, 2008 10:04:47 AM
You said 'first', that means you're a stupid cunt baby!
"To Build A Fire' - London's greatest short story.. by fdp60093	Oct 9th, 2008 10:58:08 AM
..and one of the best ever written - search it out, it's worth it.
Wow, what an inspired TalkBack... by AdrianVeidt	Oct 9th, 2008 11:53:32 AM
Anyhoo, "White Fang" was one of the first movies I remember watching as a kid, and it got me into Jack London. Sadly, I haven't read anything by him or cared to look into anything on him for over a decade. Will probably pick this up.
Chinatown Deathcloud Peril/To Build a Fire by Paul Bucciarelli	Oct 9th, 2008 12:03:17 PM
The Chinatown Deathcloud Peril was a fun, breezy read full of in-jokes for pulp fans. I've always wondered why Louis L'amour was the only one of the main characters not to have his actual name used. To Build a Fire is simply a superb story. A must read.
Mori, How Would You Compare it to Carter Beats the Devil? by DKT	Oct 9th, 2008 12:11:55 PM
I really like Glenn David Gold a lot, and I enjoyed quite a bit of that book, but it seemed to drag in the middle for me. OTOH, I thought Kavalier and Clay was amazing... If nothing else, this has really made me want to pick up Chinatown Deathcloud Peril.
RenoNevada2000 by DKT	Oct 9th, 2008 12:19:57 PM
It is a fun subgenre, isn't it? I loved List of 7 (where the HELL is that movie?) although felt like 6 Messiash kinda failed. Chabon's Kavalier and Clay might do it for you, although the real life authors are more secondary/cameo characters than protagonists. William Blake is a prominent character in Orson Scott Card's Alvin Maker series -- at least in Seventh Son, the book I read (although not the protagonist, and it's a pure fantasy/alternate history story). Also, I haven't read it yet, but Nick Mamatas has written a book called Move Underground which is all about Jack Kerouac fights Chuthulu. How could that not be fun.
DKT by Paul Bucciarelli	Oct 9th, 2008 12:22:33 PM
You'll really enjoy CDP. I've heard nothing but good things about Carter Beats the Devil and have been trying to catch up to it ever since it was published. I'm a big fan of novels that feature real people as characters. Some of my favorites are Ragtime (awesome book) and Nicholas Meyer's Sherlock Holmes (fuck, I like Ritchie's stuff but why Meyer be directing a new Holmes film?) pastiches.
How could I forget Caleb Carr? by Paul Bucciarelli	Oct 9th, 2008 12:24:31 PM
The Alienist fucking rules and The Angel of Darkness is pretty damn good too. The sequel would probably make a better movie and would be a perfect star vehicle for Salma Hayek.
Stengah by Paul Bucciarelli	Oct 9th, 2008 01:18:47 PM
=entry level douchebag.
I'm reading this now by DeadPanWalking	Oct 9th, 2008 01:28:42 PM
And I'm floored by how much different it is than Chinatown Death Cloud Peril, but how good it is in completely different ways. Jack London in Paradise really sucks you in to a cool, complicated world built by the characters. I'm about 2/3rds the way through and really digging it.
Paul Bucciarelli by DKT	Oct 9th, 2008 01:57:00 PM
I'm not sure why I haven't read it yet, because everything I've heard from friends or read about it is positive. I'll bump it up a little close to the top of my TBR Pile, erm Shelf.
Moriarty, do yourself a favor and read . . . by lavaboat	Oct 9th, 2008 04:30:34 PM
Jack London's Martin Eden. It's about an illiterate longshoreman who who becomes a writer. Anybody who have ever sat put pen to blank page should read this shockingly unknown classic.
lots of good stuff here by Bloo	Oct 10th, 2008 12:08:39 AM
I'm a big fan of Carter Beats the Devil, but yeah it does kind of drag in the middle, it's still great reading but to me it wasn't gotta read this when I was in the middle...it was a good toilet section, by that I mean reading on the toilet Carr is amazing, I love The Alienest and Angel of Darkness and it's got some great stuff in it, I'm still amazed that those haven't been made into movies or that Carr hasn't done anything with those char. since AoD, he could write an "Alienest" book every year and I'd be happy. His Sherlock Holmes book is pretty good too (The Italian Secretary) I haven't been able to find Kaviler and Clay at my local library yet but I'm hoping to get it soon
DKT by RenoNevada2000	Oct 10th, 2008 06:27:29 AM
I've Read KAVALIER AND CLAY. Loved it. Kerouac vs Cthulhu?!!? Sign me up! (Off to book store)
Read Matthew Pearl! by Atticus Finch	Oct 10th, 2008 10:56:27 AM
"The Dante Club" is about three of the Fireside Poets (Longfellow, Holmes, and Lowell) trying to stop a serial killer who bases his murders on Dante's "Inferno". "The "Poe Shadow" revolves around the mysterious death of Edgar Allan Poe.
Did Jack London write stuff other than man/animal/nature stuff? by hst666	Oct 10th, 2008 01:03:47 PM
It was ok when I was ten, but I quickly gravitated toward technological, fantasy, Hard-boiled detective, and humorous types of fiction. His writing style seems fine, but I am not really into the subject matter of which I am aware.
I am picking up this book though. by hst666	Oct 10th, 2008 01:04:31 PM

Talkbacks

ONE THING I LOVE TODAY! Moriarty Checks Out Paul Malmont’s Gorgeous New Novel, JACK LONDON IN PARADISE!

User login

Quick Talkback

Talkbacks