Reading List: Winter 2008

Here's what I read Winter Term (January-May). A lot less than expected considering I had internet for the nearly the entire time unlike the summer. Then again, there's a lot more comics bloating it to mass.

the golden age*, james robinson and paul smith
all-star superman vol.1*, grant morrison and frank quitely
catch-22, joseph heller
superman: whatever happened to the man of tomorrow?*, alan moore and curt swan
batman: year one*, frank miller
batman: the dark knight strikes again*, frank miller
jla: earth 2*, grant morrison and frank quitely
y the last man vol.1: unmanned*, brian k. vaughan and pia guerra
y the last man vol.2: cycles*, brian k. vaughan and pia guerra
y the last man vol.3: one small step*, brian k. vaughan and pia guerra
y the last man vol.4: safeword*, brian k. vaughan and pia guerra
y the last man vol.5: ring of truth*, brian k. vaughan and pia guerra
y the last man vol.6: girl on girl*, brian k. vaughan and pia guerra
jla/jsa: virtue and vice*, david goyer and geoff johns and carlos pacheco
catwoman: the dark end of the street*, ed brubaker and darwyn cooke and mike allred
special topics in calamity physics, marisha pessl
crisis on infinite earths*, marv wolfman and george perez
extremely loud & incredibly close, jonathan safran foer
u.s. war machine*, chuck austen
chronicles: volume one, bob dylan
the age of reason, jean-paul sartre
the outsider, albert camus
preacher book 1: gone to texas*, garth ennis and steve dillon
preacher book 2: until the end of the world*, garth ennis and steve dillon
preacher book 3: proud americans*, garth ennis and steve dillon
preacher book 4: ancient history*, garth ennis
preacher book 5: dixie fried*, garth ennis and steve dillon
preacher book 6: war in the sun*, garth ennis and steve dillon
preacher book 7: salvation*, garth ennis and steve dillon

*comic books

Film Review: Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Directed by Sam Peckinpah. Written by Rudy Wurlitzer.

Starring James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, Rita Coolidge, Harry Dean Stanton, and Slim Pickens.

1973.

I don't even want to review this film; I don't know what to say.

I just know I love it.

There's something so pure and iconic about it.
The West ain't what it used to be.

Bob Dylan Is a Cylon

I finished Battlestar Galactica Season 3 over the weekend, and wow-wee, what is there to say? Shocking! Sensational! Surprising! Unexpected! Laughable! Extreme! To the Max! eXtreme! X-treme to the MAX!

Who saw that twist coming? The season's being lead up to a reveal of some the remaining cylons for a while now. And the whole reveal was held until the season finale. And what'd you know SPOILER ALERT! Bob Dylan is a Cylon. He's a robotic socially conscious folk singer/robot. One day, you just think you're human (just like every other day, am I right?) and then a flip switches in your head, 0 to 1, and you hear the music. And you know. A Cylon folk tune: "All Along the Watchtower."

And you know the words, oh you the know the words, like second nature to you, not even thinking, it spews forth like vomit.

There must be some way out of here

Uh huh

Said the joker to the thief

Um yeah

There's too much confusion

Ohm uhm

I can't get no relief.

Baby

Robert Allen Zimmernumber 12. I knew it! All along, I swear.