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Post by Paul on Mar 15, 2006 13:41:23 GMT -5
currently reading I'm taking my sweet time w/ this one as I only read a few pages on the Metro train to and from work...
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Post by bowiglou on Mar 17, 2006 16:35:08 GMT -5
I'll be interested to get your observations on that book Paul...generally, I always had utmost respect for President Carter
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Post by Adam on Mar 20, 2006 21:36:52 GMT -5
I didn't expect this from Allende. But pretty damn good, all the same.
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Post by Thorngrub on Mar 21, 2006 12:35:42 GMT -5
hmmm.... wow
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Post by rockkid on Mar 21, 2006 12:49:50 GMT -5
T have you finished Cell yet?
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Post by tuneschick on Mar 21, 2006 13:53:53 GMT -5
Currently reading: (two of my favourite fiction authors... and the book doesn't actually come out til June. I love having a hubbie in publishing.) Next up: (runner-up for the 2005 Giller Prize) (can't WAIT to get my hands on this)
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Post by Thorngrub on Mar 22, 2006 9:54:03 GMT -5
T have you finished Cell yet? Ah, CELL. No.
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Post by Thorngrub on Mar 22, 2006 10:03:51 GMT -5
See, though 'tis an easy read indeed, I've been slowly lavishing my attention over every page, reading every word as a matter of fact (I know that's no longer in style), and I am exactly midway through the tale at this point.
So far, so good.
~ ~ ~
See, I love the fact that Big Steve (as we Mainers know him) is "back". And that this new book is "bona fide horror" in the classic sense, albeit upgraded for the new millenium. I can imagine in my fanboy dreams that George A. Romero (to whom the book is dedicated - along w/the legendary Richard Matheson, may he R.I.P.) is already workin' up a script for this thing, to direct the movie version himself, for release later this year, or early next.
So far, (and I've just got to the part where our heroes utilize some propane trucks in the middle of a soccer field in order to accomplish a ghastly goal they quickly regret, for some unknown reason as of yet), I'm just fascinated with the development of the 'crazies' (another sweet Romero-nod, referencing movie of same name "The Crazies"), and for the life of me, I can't imagine really being all that "disappointed" when I've already gathered enough enjoyment from the first half to more than makeup for anything the 2nd half may have in store.
You may now refrain from saying anything whatsoever that would even give the barest hint of a suggestion that might provide even the slightest clue as to what may lie ahead. In fact, don't even change the expression on your face. And try not to breathe. Just remain stock still, until I've finished the book. I'll come back and let you know when you can draw in another breath, rockkid ;D
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Post by luke on Mar 22, 2006 10:49:18 GMT -5
Haven't read a word of it, thorny, so no spoilers in this post...
I really want to read it, but I'm not spending $20 on the thing. I'll probably wait for the paperback.
I hope it really is a return to form, though. I find that lately, King has the tendency to get bored and pull some bullshit at the end, claiming that "he has no control over how things turn out." Which is true to an extent, but he more than crosses the threshold of that extent.
I'm hoping all this complaining is over a classic "Stephen King Ending", where the good guys never win and something fucked up is always around the corner. But it could also just be that Big Steve is being lazy again...
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Post by rockkid on Mar 22, 2006 13:57:20 GMT -5
turning blue gasp.........yes lazy back to
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Post by Thorngrub on Mar 24, 2006 13:40:34 GMT -5
*ok U can breathe now*
;D
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Post by Thorngrub on Mar 24, 2006 13:41:04 GMT -5
*WAIT!* I was j/k . . . *haven't finished CELL yet*
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Post by rockkid on Mar 25, 2006 2:52:25 GMT -5
Sadist
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Post by sisyphus on Mar 28, 2006 0:46:30 GMT -5
"These cracked and conceptual stories hide a ruthless and skeptical analysis. So few innovative writers are readable. So few readable writers achieve something worth reading. The astounding formal innovations here are absolutely integral to the work. Barthelme feels like the smartest, funniest, most sarcastic person in your humanities seminar. An example of postmodern fiction that makes resentful continental postmodern criticism obsolete in advance. To compare. Among modern American writers with ideas about American culture Pynchon competes but sometimes does less with more. These stories are stripped to the skeleton. The omnivorous imagination here is like Borges but the learning of obscure ancient cultures has been replaced by the obscurities of our equally arcane popular culture. Unless you have to write a dissertation replace Foucault and Derrida with this on your reading list. You'll learn as much and you'll laugh instead of fighting the urge to go back in time and kill the analyst's parents." ~Reviewer: Steve Cannon Loving this! more to come when i'm finished, if anyone is interested that is...
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Post by Rit on Mar 28, 2006 12:06:36 GMT -5
i've bit the bullet and started to read Thucydides' The History of the Peloponnesian War. brilliantly readable.
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