Suggestion Quest

[vovat]

I've done memes like this several times in the past, and I haven't seen anyone else do it recently, but I'm in the mood to solicit some suggestions, so why not?

Recommend to me:

1. A book you think I should read
2. A video game I should check out
3. A musician/band I should look into
4. A blog/journal you think I might like (and don't suggest your own LJ, because I'll check that out anyway if you comment)
5. A topic you think I should cover on my own journal

If you want to give more than one suggestion for any category, or you can't think of anything for one or more of them, that's fine with me. It's all very informal, you know?

Comments

[jadavisofmo.blogspot.com (from livejournal.com)]

1. Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
2. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
3. (Uh... No idea. Need to listen to more music.)
4. http://alancook.wordpress.com/
5. (What have you NOT done?)

[travspence.livejournal.com]

1. In the Country of Last Things by Paul Auster
2. Space Invaders Extreme
3. Modern Skirts
4. Cakewrecks
5. Your sex life ;-P

[spookydiblover.livejournal.com]

1) Dhalgren by Samuel Delany
2) Retro Game Master for DS. A lot more inventive and fun than the title makes it sound. Based on a Japanese TV show about a middle aged man reliving old games from his childhood which is equally entertaining.
3) I listen to a lot of Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark. If you like orchestral stuff, check out some Michael Nyman.
4) http://marmadukeexplained.blogspot.com/
5) I dunno! You do write about many things.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

4. I'd heard of that blog before, but I've now decided to add it to my list of blogs I'm following. I'm not sure why making fun of newspaper comics is so amusing to me, but it is. {g} Thanks for the recommendation.

[annamatic.livejournal.com]

1. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
2. Disgaea: Hour of Darkness
3. Joanna Newsom
4. www.garfieldminusgarfield.net
5. Political musings

[vovat.livejournal.com]

3. I've been meaning to check her out. Is there any way I can investigate her music without having to pay for it?
5. Any political musings in particular?

[billiedoll.livejournal.com]

1. The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
2. Psychonauts
3. Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
4. (stumped)
5. Scraps, the Patchwork Girl

[vovat.livejournal.com]

1. I've read it, but it DOES remain one of the few Discworld books I've only read once.
5. I'm sure I'll get to covering her at some point, although I'm trying to go through some slightly more obscure characters first.

[revme.livejournal.com]

1. Wall of the Sky, Wall of the Eye by Jonathan Lethem. (Also anything DFW, but you knew I was gonna say that.)
2. Professor Layton & The Curious Village is fun. The story's eh, but the puzzles are mostly rad.
3. Foetus/JG Thirlwell -- a bit harder than some of the stuff you typically like, but it's really cool. I like _Love_ and _Sink_ the best probably.
4. Slacktivist! slacktivist.typepad.com/
5. PORN. (actually, it could be interesting!)

[annamatic.livejournal.com]

YES to DFW. My vaery very favorite. :( Rest in peace.

[zimbra1006.livejournal.com]

Who is DFW? I see that and can only think of Dallas/Forth Worth airport. :P

[vovat.livejournal.com]

David Foster Wallace

[vovat.livejournal.com]

4. I've been reading that one for a while, actually. I usually don't read the comments, as there are just too many, but I probably should.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

And for #5, that could be interesting, but I might need some reference materials. :P

[zimbra1006.livejournal.com]

1. The Book of Lost Things by John Connoly or The Stolen Child by Keith Donahue (it's very likely you've already read those, but just in case you haven't, I think you might like them)
2. Hmm.. I don't know! Have you played the newish PC game Sam & Max? It's fun (I was a big fan of the old 90s one).
3. Have you listened to Sprites? They write cute dancey/poppy songs about video games, overclocking, George Romero, and other nerdy topics.
4. I've recently discovered Cake Wrecks and it usually makes me laugh pretty hard.
5. I'm having trouble thinking of one you do not cover! :)

[vovat.livejournal.com]

1. Nope, never read either of them. I'll try to check them out.

[zimbra1006.livejournal.com]

Oh, cool. They're both very enjoyable fantasy books with new takes on older fairy tales, I guess you'd say.

[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

1. I swear I've mentioned the YA series Percy Jackson and the Olympians (by Rick Riordan) to you before, but I do have to make a formal recommendation, because it's a highly amusing, fun take on Greek Mythology and therefore you might get more of a kick out of it than the average person even. Also, ever since I ILLed the title in the series my library didn't have and so finally got back on track and started reading them again, I'm all about recommending Diane Duane's Young Wizards series to everyone, but you in particular might be interested in the way she weaves myth and science together to explain magic. And a very weird but interesting YA I read last year, Madapple by Christina Meldrum (possibly spelled her name wrong), probably the only YA novel I've ever seen to raise issues relating to the Gnostic Gospels, other religions swirling about at the time of Early Christianity, and how all these things tie together.

2. Yeah like I know anything here. I made up for it with the first suggestion (or three).

3. Well, I know things here, but you already know many obscure things. I could dig deeper into old psychedelia for you, but I don't know what you already know or if you would even like the stuff you don't know.

4. I don't know HOW much you'd find interesting from her, but one of my favorite bloggers is a children's librarian in NYC, Fuse #8-- and I think of you when I read her sometimes because she also apparently follows Oz and Ends (and knows something of, you know, actual Oz books) and occasionally you and she will link to the same posts there.

5. Um... MORE book reviews?

[vovat.livejournal.com]

1. I think you did recommend the Percy Jackson series before, but I haven't yet had the chance to check it out. I'll try to do so in the near future.
5. Hey, as long as I keep reading new books, I'm sure I'll be reviewing them.

[zimbra1006.livejournal.com]

I had never heard of the Percy Jackson series until I read this comment (almost a month ago.. hello delayed replying :P) but I looked it up and thought it sounded cool since I love YA and Greek myths. Then I was bored in an airport a couple weeks ago and picked up the first one. I'm definitely enjoying it! It has some Harry Potterish elements, I guess (not that I'm saying HP is super original or that this book steals from it, but someone who enjoys one would probably enjoy both), but it has more of a sense of humor. It's fun! Anyway, just wanted to say thanks for the recommendation, even though it was meant for vovat, and I would also now recommend them to him. :)

[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! that's the sort of thing I live for! Yes, and it's not like Harry Potter WASN'T funny, but I was actually surprised how often the Percy Jackson books make me laugh out loud.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

I recently started reading The Lightning Thief, and I've definitely been enjoying it. It's definitely Potter-influenced, but has its own style of humor.

[vilajunkie.livejournal.com]

1. The Wit & Wisdom of Discworld (random good quotes from The Coulour of Magic to Making Money, with index of topics at the back) or Nanny Ogg's Cookbook (very interesting recipes from the Discworld books, some of them...shall we say...erotic)
2. Golden Sun and Golden Sun:The Lost Age (RPG with djinn that can be combined into larger, more powerful summons; several links to mythology, especially to the "Serpent" of Izumo, or the Yamata no Orochi of Japanese mythology)
3. Eisley (listed under rock music usually, but more folksy/world; very easy to listen to/soothing, with some fantasy elements to their work)
4. I can't think of any blogs right now that you would be interested in.
5. Discworld (you never seem to post about it)

[vovat.livejournal.com]

1. I have the Cookbook (it was a present from colleenanne, actually), and I might well check out Wit & Wisdom at some point.
2. I always think of Dragon Quest III when hearing about the Orochi, although I know it's really a reference to a creature from Japanese mythology.
5. Well, it's been a while since the last Discworld book came out, and the series hasn't been on my mind so much recently. I'm sure I'll have some more to say once Unseen Academicals hits the shelves.