Dave
from a city near you is reading constantlyFebruary 26, 2012 - 11:57pm
That sucks man, I feel for you. Don't touch anything or you'll come home with something you didn't bring.
Like a dive bar.
PandaMask
from Los Angeles is reading More Than HumanFebruary 27, 2012 - 4:19pm
The Comedian.
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February 27, 2012 - 6:00pm
Phineas Poe.
Renfield
from Hell is reading 20th Century GhostsFebruary 28, 2012 - 12:10am
I caught this nasty infection last week in the ER waiting room and subsequently drowning my immune system away in whiskey. Hideous pain.
jyh
from VA is reading whatever he feels likeFebruary 28, 2012 - 12:16am
So you were already in the ER for something else, and you became infected just by waiting?
That's not a character...
Must be a reference...
Or a cry for help..........................
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February 28, 2012 - 12:19am
Reminds me of Dermaphoria. I trust whiskey more than hospitals. Some 190 proof will kill any infection.
jyh
from VA is reading whatever he feels likeFebruary 28, 2012 - 12:27am
Drinking bleach cures AIDS.
jyh
from VA is reading whatever he feels likeFebruary 28, 2012 - 7:51am
derp
Renfield
from Hell is reading 20th Century GhostsFebruary 28, 2012 - 2:43am
Nah, my partner-in-grime was in a car wreck. Whatever disease i got coughed into my face in that waiting room, I blame her for it.
aliensoul77
from a cold distant star is reading the writing on the wall.February 28, 2012 - 6:52am
Renfield, are you on facebook? I want to know who you really are because I am picturing a 19th century alchemist.
aliensoul77
from a cold distant star is reading the writing on the wall.February 28, 2012 - 6:52am
This is danny, aliensoul77 btw. I developed a new persona.
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersFebruary 28, 2012 - 8:45am
I'm not dealing well with all these changes.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryFebruary 28, 2012 - 9:15am
My change is awesome. I am were-Butthead.
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersFebruary 28, 2012 - 9:19am
I'm not a fan.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryFebruary 28, 2012 - 9:49am
You lie!
Hetch Litman
from Somewhere in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest is reading The Violent Bear it Away by Flannery O'Connor February 28, 2012 - 10:52am
Hank Fucking Moody
Laramore Black
from Joplin, Missouri is reading Mario Kart 8February 28, 2012 - 1:21pm
Do I look more intimidating?
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryFebruary 28, 2012 - 2:30pm
I've always thought you looked sort of intimidating.
Flaminia Ferina
from Umbria is reading stuffFebruary 28, 2012 - 3:02pm
John Doe from Coupland's JPod. He chose his name cause his hippie mother had called him "crow well mountain jupiter" (all lower case) and was brought up in a lesbian commune so now he is obsessed with all things average. Lovely.
Utah I really like your new profile pic.
aliensoul77
from a cold distant star is reading the writing on the wall.February 28, 2012 - 3:16pm
My cell phone keeps trying to autocorrect all my words dammit
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryFebruary 28, 2012 - 3:28pm
@Flaminia: Thank you. I was exhausted after the photo shoot that rendered this picture, but it was well worth it.
Dorian Grey
from Transexual, Transylvania is reading "East of Eden" by John SteinbeckFebruary 29, 2012 - 10:16pm
I love Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn.
Also, Dominick Birdsey from 'I Know This Much Is True' by Wally Lamb. Amazing book, and a well-drawn character.
PandaMask
from Los Angeles is reading More Than HumanFebruary 29, 2012 - 10:24pm
I like Huck Finn a little more, but both great characters.
Why did you like them?
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ReneeAPickup
from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck WendigFebruary 29, 2012 - 11:29pm
Henry Leydon from King/Straub's Black House. After that it gets muddy, Eddie Dean of The Dark Tower, Atticus Finch, and a bunch more.
Now if you ask me what fictional character I relate to the most, it's a totally different answer. Those are the characters I absolutely loved and wished were real, and could be my friends.
PandaMask
from Los Angeles is reading More Than HumanFebruary 29, 2012 - 11:38pm
Atticus Finch was my favorite character from that book.
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersMarch 1, 2012 - 5:48am
I hold firm that Atticus is the best person that ever lived among us. And I also hold firm that he was 100% real. Just like Nick from The Stand was 100% real.
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March 1, 2012 - 6:27am
Tony Soprano.
Dean Blake
from Australia is reading generationend.comMarch 1, 2012 - 6:37am
The Great Gatsby. Because I can relate to what he did.
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersMarch 1, 2012 - 7:15am
As far as Jay Gatsby is concerned - I do relate to him in some ways. He holds on to the past with a great ferocity, and I get that. The lesson that you can't really ever go back settles over me and makes me sad from time to time.
Boone Spaulding
from Coldwater, Michigan, U.S.A. is reading Solarcide Presents: Nova ParadeMarch 1, 2012 - 7:25am
^ "Nick from The Stand was 100% real"
Forgot all about Nick...he and Stu Redman were my two favorites, but believe it or not, I, too, like Randall Flagg, have a soft spot in my heart for Trashcan Man...
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersMarch 1, 2012 - 7:41am
Boone - I will talk about those characters all day long. I recently asked someone if they thought Trashcan Man went to heaven. For serious. Because I loved him SO much and I felt so bad for him. Also, I have strong feelings for Lloyd as well. I understand the choices he made and why he made them. Not that they were right, but I see where he was coming from.
I didn't like Franny.
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March 1, 2012 - 7:42am
Reading The Stand seems like a big commitment. I read Under The Dome though so I don't know what I'm complaining about.
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersMarch 1, 2012 - 7:43am
And Under the Dome sucked. While The Stand is AMAZING.
Boone Spaulding
from Coldwater, Michigan, U.S.A. is reading Solarcide Presents: Nova ParadeMarch 1, 2012 - 7:52am
Yeah, there was a reason Under The Dome was a "trunk novel" for so long...and, it was published before it was finished, really - 75-to-80% of Dome was excellent.
The Stand I've read 8 or 9 times. Trashy definitely went to Heaven - he was one of God's avenging angels, whereas Tom ("God's Tom") was one of God's "messenger angels"....
aliensoul77
from a cold distant star is reading the writing on the wall.March 1, 2012 - 9:06am
Franny was a crybaby.
aliensoul77
from a cold distant star is reading the writing on the wall.March 1, 2012 - 9:11am
What did you guys think of the TV miniseries of The Stand?
avery of the dead
from Kentucky is reading Cipher SistersMarch 1, 2012 - 9:33am
Franny WAS a crybaby!
Meh. the mini series was fine for a miniseries I guess. Production was obviously cheap, but I think many of the actors were good. But some weren't. All in all it was a solid meh.
Jeremy Robert J...
from Portland, OR is reading an unreasonable number of books.March 1, 2012 - 2:46pm
Pete Bondurant from Ellroy's Underworld trilogy.
Roland from the Dark Tower series (though I'd almost give it to Flagg, for all his menacing mileage across King's work).
Begbie from Welsh's books, for always making me nervous when he's in a scene.
McMurphy from Cuckoo's Nest.
Alex from Clockwork Orange.
Swamp Thing from Moore's run.
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryMarch 2, 2012 - 7:17am
Pete Bondurant from Ellroy's Underworld trilogy.
McMurphy from Cuckoo's Nest.
Dude, hell yes. Both really awesome characters.
Does Bondurant show up in Blood's a Rover? Seems like at the end of The Cold Six Thousand that he sort of retired.
Jay.SJ
from London is reading Warmed and BoundMarch 2, 2012 - 11:15am
I really dug Henry Chianski from Bukowski's work. Very real character, I think characters who succumb to drink, women and all are far more human than those who don't.
Jeremy Robert J...
from Portland, OR is reading an unreasonable number of books.March 2, 2012 - 8:21pm
Utah- Bondurant warrants a few mentions in Blood's a Rover, but he's mostly out of the circuit after that. Way more Tedrow's book. It's just nice to see him mentioned, like Buzz and Dudley and Loew all floating through the LA Quartet. Man, after The Cold Six Thousand, and that multiple murder/heart attack boat scene, the guy deserved to go off the grid.
I read an interview with Ellroy where he said that of all the psycho-sexual, obsessive, morally corrupt and murderous characters he's ever written, Bondurant had the most female fans.
Jay- I don't trust a character that won't succumb to drink and women, unless that character is an android or an ancient god. And even then...
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Utah
from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryMarch 2, 2012 - 9:09pm
@JRJ: Of course Bondurant had the most female fans. He could break handcuffs. He wasn't afraid of anybody. And yet he took pretty good care of his hooker girlfriend. Bondurant definitely had his softer side. If he'd been a "good guy" he'd have been a smarter, even tougher version of Bud White.
Alex Kane
from west-central Illinois is reading Dark OrbitMarch 2, 2012 - 9:25pm
Victor Mancini from Choke
Ig Parrish from Horns
Nameless narrator from Fight Club
Paul Kemp from The Rum Diary
Clay from Less Than Zero
Arkadia
from Australia is reading Selected Poems by W.H. AudenMarch 3, 2012 - 7:58am
Claudia from the Anne Rice novels. The concept is just so heartbreaking. An immortal child who ages but stays trapped within a tiny body. That deprivation of sexual pleasure... cruel, cruel, cruel. Fascinating.
I love Lord Henry Wotton from The Picture of Dorian Gray. He is such an instigator. I love how he pushes, pushes, pushes, just to see how far he can get. I love his expositions. He's a babe.
Scott Landon from King's Lisey's Story. I want a husband like that. Hiding surprises for me that he knows I'll only find after he dies. Sweet.
There are a million others.
PandaMask
from Los Angeles is reading More Than HumanMarch 3, 2012 - 8:22am
Nice choices everyone.
Some of those books I have to look into.
PandaMask
from Los Angeles is reading More Than HumanMarch 20, 2012 - 12:06pm
Bam!
Arturo Bandini
from Denver, CO is reading Beautiful RuinsMarch 20, 2012 - 12:24pm
The Kid and The Judge.
As far as who I've probably related to the most? Rob Fleming from High Fidelity.
bryanhowie
from FW, ID is reading East of Eden. Steinbeck is FUCKING AMAZING.March 20, 2012 - 12:40pm
Jeremy: I don't trust a character that won't succumb to drink and women, unless that character is an android or an ancient god. And even then...
Oh, that reminds me of Wednesday from American Gods. One of my favorites.
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ReneeAPickup
from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck WendigMarch 20, 2012 - 7:59pm
I loved Wednesday, too, but I still wish he could have come around in the end. I haven't quite forgiven him.
bryanhowie
from FW, ID is reading East of Eden. Steinbeck is FUCKING AMAZING.March 22, 2012 - 9:50pm
Ok, now Ree from Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell is in my top ten list. She's a hell of a strong character.
That sucks man, I feel for you. Don't touch anything or you'll come home with something you didn't bring.
Like a dive bar.
The Comedian.
Phineas Poe.
I caught this nasty infection last week in the ER waiting room and subsequently drowning my immune system away in whiskey. Hideous pain.
So you were already in the ER for something else, and you became infected just by waiting?
That's not a character...
Must be a reference...
Or a cry for help..........................
Reminds me of Dermaphoria. I trust whiskey more than hospitals. Some 190 proof will kill any infection.
Drinking bleach cures AIDS.
derp
Nah, my partner-in-grime was in a car wreck. Whatever disease i got coughed into my face in that waiting room, I blame her for it.
Renfield, are you on facebook? I want to know who you really are because I am picturing a 19th century alchemist.
This is danny, aliensoul77 btw. I developed a new persona.
I'm not dealing well with all these changes.
My change is awesome. I am were-Butthead.
I'm not a fan.
You lie!
Hank Fucking Moody
Do I look more intimidating?
I've always thought you looked sort of intimidating.
John Doe from Coupland's JPod. He chose his name cause his hippie mother had called him "crow well mountain jupiter" (all lower case) and was brought up in a lesbian commune so now he is obsessed with all things average. Lovely.
Utah I really like your new profile pic.
My cell phone keeps trying to autocorrect all my words dammit
@Flaminia: Thank you. I was exhausted after the photo shoot that rendered this picture, but it was well worth it.
I love Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn.
Also, Dominick Birdsey from 'I Know This Much Is True' by Wally Lamb. Amazing book, and a well-drawn character.
I like Huck Finn a little more, but both great characters.
Why did you like them?
Henry Leydon from King/Straub's Black House. After that it gets muddy, Eddie Dean of The Dark Tower, Atticus Finch, and a bunch more.
Now if you ask me what fictional character I relate to the most, it's a totally different answer. Those are the characters I absolutely loved and wished were real, and could be my friends.
Atticus Finch was my favorite character from that book.
I hold firm that Atticus is the best person that ever lived among us. And I also hold firm that he was 100% real. Just like Nick from The Stand was 100% real.
Tony Soprano.
The Great Gatsby. Because I can relate to what he did.
As far as Jay Gatsby is concerned - I do relate to him in some ways. He holds on to the past with a great ferocity, and I get that. The lesson that you can't really ever go back settles over me and makes me sad from time to time.
^ "Nick from The Stand was 100% real"
Forgot all about Nick...he and Stu Redman were my two favorites, but believe it or not, I, too, like Randall Flagg, have a soft spot in my heart for Trashcan Man...
Boone - I will talk about those characters all day long. I recently asked someone if they thought Trashcan Man went to heaven. For serious. Because I loved him SO much and I felt so bad for him. Also, I have strong feelings for Lloyd as well. I understand the choices he made and why he made them. Not that they were right, but I see where he was coming from.
I didn't like Franny.
Reading The Stand seems like a big commitment. I read Under The Dome though so I don't know what I'm complaining about.
And Under the Dome sucked. While The Stand is AMAZING.
Yeah, there was a reason Under The Dome was a "trunk novel" for so long...and, it was published before it was finished, really - 75-to-80% of Dome was excellent.
The Stand I've read 8 or 9 times. Trashy definitely went to Heaven - he was one of God's avenging angels, whereas Tom ("God's Tom") was one of God's "messenger angels"....
Franny was a crybaby.
What did you guys think of the TV miniseries of The Stand?
Franny WAS a crybaby!
Meh. the mini series was fine for a miniseries I guess. Production was obviously cheap, but I think many of the actors were good. But some weren't. All in all it was a solid meh.
Pete Bondurant from Ellroy's Underworld trilogy.
Roland from the Dark Tower series (though I'd almost give it to Flagg, for all his menacing mileage across King's work).
Begbie from Welsh's books, for always making me nervous when he's in a scene.
McMurphy from Cuckoo's Nest.
Alex from Clockwork Orange.
Swamp Thing from Moore's run.
Dude, hell yes. Both really awesome characters.
Does Bondurant show up in Blood's a Rover? Seems like at the end of The Cold Six Thousand that he sort of retired.
I really dug Henry Chianski from Bukowski's work. Very real character, I think characters who succumb to drink, women and all are far more human than those who don't.
Utah- Bondurant warrants a few mentions in Blood's a Rover, but he's mostly out of the circuit after that. Way more Tedrow's book. It's just nice to see him mentioned, like Buzz and Dudley and Loew all floating through the LA Quartet. Man, after The Cold Six Thousand, and that multiple murder/heart attack boat scene, the guy deserved to go off the grid.
I read an interview with Ellroy where he said that of all the psycho-sexual, obsessive, morally corrupt and murderous characters he's ever written, Bondurant had the most female fans.
Jay- I don't trust a character that won't succumb to drink and women, unless that character is an android or an ancient god. And even then...
@JRJ: Of course Bondurant had the most female fans. He could break handcuffs. He wasn't afraid of anybody. And yet he took pretty good care of his hooker girlfriend. Bondurant definitely had his softer side. If he'd been a "good guy" he'd have been a smarter, even tougher version of Bud White.
Victor Mancini from Choke
Ig Parrish from Horns
Nameless narrator from Fight Club
Paul Kemp from The Rum Diary
Clay from Less Than Zero
Claudia from the Anne Rice novels. The concept is just so heartbreaking. An immortal child who ages but stays trapped within a tiny body. That deprivation of sexual pleasure... cruel, cruel, cruel. Fascinating.
I love Lord Henry Wotton from The Picture of Dorian Gray. He is such an instigator. I love how he pushes, pushes, pushes, just to see how far he can get. I love his expositions. He's a babe.
Scott Landon from King's Lisey's Story. I want a husband like that. Hiding surprises for me that he knows I'll only find after he dies. Sweet.
There are a million others.
Nice choices everyone.
Some of those books I have to look into.
Bam!
The Kid and The Judge.
As far as who I've probably related to the most? Rob Fleming from High Fidelity.
Oh, that reminds me of Wednesday from American Gods. One of my favorites.
I loved Wednesday, too, but I still wish he could have come around in the end. I haven't quite forgiven him.
Ok, now Ree from Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell is in my top ten list. She's a hell of a strong character.