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Tue Dec 29, 2009 10:36 pm
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Just picked up a large hardcover version of Frankenstein, illustrated by Bernie Wrightson. I'd say this is a MANDATORY book in everyone's collection. The artwork is beautiful, done in pen and ink, reminiscent of Franklin Booth (see: legit).
Bernie Wrightson is primarily a comic book artist. He is the co-creator of Swamp Thing and did the comic book adaptation of Creepshow. |
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Tue Dec 29, 2009 10:51 pm
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Sounds interesting if only for the pictures. Frankenstein never did anything for me.
I just love buying books, the problem is finding time to read them all. I buy way more than I could possibly read. I'm in the habit of buying books that look interesting to me as soon as I run across them even if I can't read them right away for fear of them going OOP.
Let me know how the story is. I still haven't started Dracula. |
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Tue Dec 29, 2009 11:17 pm
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| "Dracula" is one of the best books I've ever read. "Frankenstein" is one of the dullest books I've ever tried to read - illustrations by Wrightson would vastly improve it, though. |
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Tue Dec 29, 2009 11:22 pm
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If there ever is a zombie apocalypse I'm finding a bookstore to live in. I need to stop going to them but I love them. Saw a book today about the Secret History of NASA that sounded completely kickass but I ran away before I could buy any more.
I bet they're growing pot in space. 
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Tue Dec 29, 2009 11:27 pm
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| Floydian Trip wrote: | If there ever is a zombie apocalypse I'm finding a bookstore to live in. I need to stop going to them but I love them. Saw a book today about the Secret History of NASA that sounded completely kickass but I ran away before I could buy any more.
Sorry off topic. |
The only thing I could think when reading this post was "That's not fair. That's not fair at all. There was time now. There was, was all the time I needed... "
lol
I know what you mean though, I almost bought a book of concept art for Avatar, but the only copy they had was kind of beat up. I'll go back and buy it eventually. |
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Tue Dec 29, 2009 11:29 pm
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| I actually went to the bookstore today to buy that book of art for Avatar but it had been sold out for awhile. |
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Tue Dec 29, 2009 11:30 pm
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| Floydian Trip wrote: | | I actually went to the bookstore today to buy that book of art for Avatar but it had been sold out for awhile. |
I flipped through the one copy they had. It's definitely worth it. |
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Tue Dec 29, 2009 11:39 pm
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| Did they have the names of everything in there? That's what I'm interested in. I want to totally geek out over Avatar and then get into a discussion with someone as if Pandora were real. |
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Tue Dec 29, 2009 11:42 pm
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Been wanting to pick that up for years. Not sure why I never have.
Berni Wrightson is my favorite artist of all time . . . .
J.N. |
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