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I believe a good critic is a teacher. He doesn’t have the answers, but he can be an example of the process of finding your own answers. He can notice things, explain them, place them in any number of contexts, … Continue reading Writer Spotlight: Roger Ebert
Editor’s Note: Feel free to post as big or as small of a list as you would like below but please keep your lists contained to these posts and do not open up your own or fill up the OT … Continue reading The Pits: Best in Books 2017
This week’s thread features the Clown Prince of Crime, the Joker! Now for some business: In case you missed it, vote for the year’s best comics over at The Pits: Best in Comics thread. Votes are going to be tallied sometime next … Continue reading Weekly Comics Thread
Editor’s Note: Feel free to post as big or as small of a list as you would like below but please keep your lists contained to these posts and do not open up your own or fill up the OT … Continue reading The Pits: Best in Comics 2017
My name is Mister Splendiferous , you can call me Stevie – Im 35 years old and I am an avid comic book reader. I warned everyone here that I’d be contributing comic book posts – so here is my … Continue reading Comic Book Chat – Your First Comic Book
I have often heard complaints about how villainous plots make no sense, and this is attributed to plot holes or the shortsightedness of the writers of a book, comic book, or screenplay. Star Wars in particular gets some (possibly well … Continue reading The Incompetence of Evil
Welcome to the Book Nook! This is the weekly thread for Avocados to discuss books we’re currently reading, recommendations, genre, and serious literary criticism. This week’s recommended discussion: real books in surprising fictional places. This isn’t about a movie or … Continue reading The Book Nook Weekly Discussion
Please read the Introduction (if your edition has it) and Chapters 1-5 by Thursday, December 14. In a near landslide, The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin has been chosen by our word-loving community as the first … Continue reading The ABC (First Edition) – The Left Hand of Darkness
Coarse, oily black hair untamed by any comb topped Harvey’s head. Horn-rimmed frames with window-glass lenses obscured his eyes. Three rolls of flesh nestled around his huge cheeks, and his five foot nine inch frame barely squeezed into his XXXL … Continue reading Check And Mate
This is the resurrection of our old Book Club, which was run by sallgoodman. The genius new title is courtesy of Merve! I figured we’d start with something simple and just have everyone suggest any book they want to discuss … Continue reading The ABC (Avocado Book Club) – Free for All First Edition
The 1980s! It was a gross decade full of gross people. You may have been born at some point in this decade, as I was, and the event of your birth was a tiny pinpoint of light in an otherwise … Continue reading Let’s Read The Saturday Evening Post, September 1983!
A list of all the books that have been discussed in the Avocado Book Club. Updated regularly. The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin This Census-Taker by China Miéville Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente Continue reading The ABC – Master List
Hello, welcome to this week’s edition of ASOIAF/GOT Talk. This week, we’ll be exploring a theory of mine that I believe has a lot of merit. I’ve seen other people bring this up, so it’s not just me that thinks. … Continue reading ASOIAF/GOT Talk: Did Littlefinger cause Robert’s Rebellion?
This is part two in an ongoing series of short fiction. Part one can be found here. A chill met my cheek as I awoke to the sensation of a dozen screws twisting in my skull. The contents inside my … Continue reading At the Mountains of Man-Ass, Part II Can Do, But Deader Is Better
This week’s thread features the Punisher, fresh off a pretty successful Netflix series, if I do say so myself. I also have a little discussion question for us, not related to the Punisher. This is the last week of the … Continue reading Weekly Comics Thread
“How can a hard man be so gentle?” she asked wonderingly. “If I wasn’t hard, I wouldn’t be alive. If I couldn’t ever be gentle, I wouldn’t deserve to be alive.” Raymond Chandler, Playback If you go to Wikipedia, the … Continue reading Writer Spotlight: Raymond Chandler
Welcome to the Book Nook! This is the weekly thread for Avocados to discuss books we’re currently reading, recommendations, genre, and serious literary criticism. This week’s recommended discussion: We’ve talked about adaptations a lot, but how about this time we … Continue reading The Book Nook Weekly Discussion
A monthly feature in which the budding writers of the site gather to discuss their creative processes and share advice. Continue reading The Process: World-Building
Jesse’s phone beeped in the middle of Chapter 15, right at the most exciting and difficult part, of course. He stopped typing, scribbled a quick note on the pad beside the typewriter, and grabbed the phone. Chet. He broke into … Continue reading Seventeen Seconds
Ladies Home Journal has been in print since 1883 and was founded by Louisa Knapp Curtis, whose original column in a broader interest magazine edited by her husband had grown to support its own feature. (You can find digitized full … Continue reading Let’s Read Ladies Home Journal, October 1975
Sorry, I just kind of threw this one together. Please gather around the table and tell us what comics you picked up this week! What else are you reading? How does it make you feel? Continue reading Thanksgiving Day Comics Thread
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