Dune
The first time I read Frank Herbert's Dune was an absolute slog. I was only about twelve or thirteen at the time, but I didn't know what the fuck was going on. Long dissertations of ecology and politics in a science fiction novel? I had to come back to it later to really understand the sheer scale of Herbert's…

"Baccano" is actually Italian for noise or cacophony, so the warning's right there in the title. It's more like a novel than anything, with interweaving plots and tenuously connected characters who don't always quite meet. I definitely picked up a lot more on the second go-round.
And it earned that second go-round.…

When I was a kid the Watership Down movie made me hide under a table.
Picked up the book a little later though and absolutely devoured it.

I stuck with Confederacy of Dunces and read it all the way through, but found it more depressing than anything.

I'm in the middle of Gravity's Rainbow too, and I've been enjoying how things are going after a slow start. I guess I still have this speed bump in front of me? I'm on page 367.
If it's any worse than that interminable 'Kenosha Kid' stuff, ugh.

Paging Nicole Krauss.

I loved Bablyon 5 as an adolescent, but I've never revisited it, over fears that it wouldn't hold up.
Would it?

I only made it about half way through on the first read-through, but I'll probably come back and try it again in a year or two.

I watched the pilot again a few weeks ago, and it reminded me how much crazier the entire cast has gotten over time. Originally Archer was an asshole surrounded by recognizably normal people. Now pretty much everyone on the show is a sex-obsessed self-absorbed nut case. It's actually made Archer blend into the crowd a…

"Would you care for a robot blowjob?"

Seriously hope we see Pam the bare-knuckle boxer again.

Woodhouse shot William Burroughs' wife and has eaten human flesh.

It was voiceless, but I loved Archer's little head-shake before Mallory says she wasn't planning on rescuing Pam, and his little nod when Mallory says "If it came up."

Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness (lays flower on headstone, walks off singing 'this little light of mine').

"Where's Batman?"

…I kinda hope he doesn't read the comments.

HBO's canceled many a promising show as well, though they tend to give shows two or three years before bringing down the axe.

"gritty cop show that takes place in a world where superheroes exist."
Kinda like Gotham Central? Because that would be awesome.

Turns out McNulty was all in Bunk's head.

Maybe it's both.