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Post by rocknroller on Dec 2, 2008 21:06:36 GMT -5
Went by the local Walmart to pick up Britney's new album today. Alas, the local walmart doesn't stock Britney.  Good news is I was able to pick up Koontz's latest. The synopsis in the jacket cover makes the book sound promising.  |
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JACkory
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Post by JACkory on Dec 3, 2008 14:26:07 GMT -5
 It's kind of long, I admit. But it's better than Koontz. The characters are much more fully developed. I can't wait to see how it turns out. I don't know why the last chapter is printed on yellow paper. Must be some kind of marketing scheme. |
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Post by Thorngrub on Dec 3, 2008 17:36:01 GMT -5
I read that one but I was disappointed in how it ends. A real snooze fest. Just one long "ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz" as far as I'm concerned.
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Post by Thorngrub on Dec 3, 2008 17:36:57 GMT -5
 This is not merely a 1st Edition Hardcover - indeed, it will be the ONLY edition of Masks ever published. It was just released a couple months ago - Sept 21, 2008. My copy is signed by Ray Bradbury -- Product Description: Long-talked about by Bradbury enthusiasts, MASKS was to be Ray Bradbury's second novel (he considers THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES his first novel). In the late-forties Bradbury applied for a Guggenheim grant and submitted an early version of MASKS. While he didn't get the grant, Bradbury continued to tinker with it until 1952 or 1953. Editor Donn Albright has assembled fragments into a cohesive story so the reader can compare Bradbury's first draft with later thoughts on the proposed novel. This will be a signed limited edition signed by Ray Bradbury. There will be no other edition of MASKS. Besides the MASKS, the book will contain 5 never-before-published stories Bradbury wrote during this period, to be chosen by Donn Albright and Ray Bradbury. We have the names of six of the previously unpublished stories that will appear in this publication: "Walker in the Night" "The Drothldo" "The Dancing Magician" (aka "Gallagher the Great")| "In the Eye of the Beholder" "The Face of Natalie" "They Never Got Mad" Limitation of this signed edition to be annouced. Details SKU SKU18238 Weight 2.50 lbs Author: Ray Bradbury Publisher: Gauntlet Press Edition: Limited Edition Hardcover Release Date: 2008 Price: $75.00 |
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Post by JACkory on Dec 3, 2008 19:14:40 GMT -5
kick ass
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Post by rocknroller on Dec 15, 2008 20:19:12 GMT -5
Just opened up my christmas presents from Mom and her hubby. In addition to a Barnes & Noble gift card I received the following three books:    In a "Zen" phase in my spiritual development. |
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Post by Thorngrub on Dec 16, 2008 12:53:12 GMT -5
the Wrongest of the wrong, the most Heinous of the heinous, the bloodiest of the bloody, the most Satanic of the satanic, Ed Lee has been hailed as the "hardest of the hardcore horror writers" and "the one who crosses the line". I received this latest from him a few months back, finally I am delving into its juicy, depraved pulp of horrors. Its actually the 3rd book in a series about Mephistopolis, the "city of Hell". "House Infernal" refers to the St. John's Prior House where Venetia Barlow (our distressed heroine) has been transferred to work towards becoming a nun. Let's just say St. John's Prior House ain't exactly the most chaste or modest Prior house around. In fact it is defiled by the purest of evil.  from the Publisher's site: House Infernal by Edward Lee The diabolical adventure never ended—it's only just begun. Finally, Part III of Edward Lee’s notorious City Infernal Saga is here. House Infernal follows the much acclaimed (and long sold out) City Infernal and Infernal Angel. A CITY BUILT WITH BLOOD AND BONES... Three things are about to join a crypt in Hell with a house on Earth... Nuns molested and drained of blood, but not by vampires. A virginal student seduced by the perverse and taunted by things worse than ghosts. And six Angels, imprisoned in Hell and made pregnant by God knows what... A HOUSE BUILT FOR THE CHURCH, BUT DESIGNED BY SATAN... When Venetia Barlow begins work at St. John's Prior House, she expects a quiet summer of drudgery and boredom. But soon she’s haunted by lurid desires and visions of a city full of monsters...and the monsters know her name. Is the house really a place of meditation and worship, or is it a temple of abomination and the most evil secrets? Venetia will only find out when the voice of a damned priest comes into her head and gives her an unspeakable message from the howling, blood-drenched streets of Hell... Horror master Edward Lee dares you to take another tour through the City of the Abyss, and to walk with him though a house of horror, a house of graves... A HOUSE INFERNAL |
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Post by rockkid on Dec 18, 2008 23:05:19 GMT -5
Just finished At Their Fathers Hands.
Wesson murders.
What a bizzare fuckhead that puppy was. My oh my.
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Post by JACkory on Dec 19, 2008 11:00:18 GMT -5
From Kabbalah to Zen. That's quite a detour on the road to "spiritual development", don't you think? You parents know their stuff, obviously, since they got you a book by Alan Watts. That guy is really good at explaining the concepts of Zen philosophy. Another great book you might enjoy if this phase of your spiritual development lasts long enough for you to read the three books your folks gave you:  You'll reach the apex of "spiritual development" when you realize that it's not something you have any control over. Or I guess what I want to say is that I don't believe that there is such a thing as "spiritual development". There's nothing lacking in your spirit, nothing that needs to be developed. Sometimes hopping on the "religion of the day" bandwagon is very detrimental to one's mental health, because in all that "searching" it is easy to forget that what we're looking for is not only already there, it is not going anywhere, so the best you can do is search within until you find it, realize what it is, that it is, that it lives in the moment, that any part or aspect of you that does not as well live in that moment is nothing to do with spirit. Zen is all about finding that moment, getting you inside at least to the extent that it can be done while YOU are still encased in a physical body in time and space. I always thought Zen's goal was to ease people into accepting that what some refer to as "heaven" is actually like the time between dreaming and waking. Completely detached from all and everything. That's the purpose of meditation. In the meantime, if you really want to have fun with your spirit, enjoy Kryon. |
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Post by phil on Dec 19, 2008 19:14:21 GMT -5
I can't remember the last time I got so enamoured with a book - three books as a matter of fact - the Millenium-Series by a Swedish author named Stieg Larsson ... The first one is called The Girl with the dragon tattoo... Get it if you love a good thriller but be prepared to have to wait because the second book in english wont be available until August 2009... I read the whole serie in french ...  Funnily, the title in French is the same as the original Swedish title... *Les hommes qui n'aimaient pas les femmes* - Men who hated women ...   Most excellent read! And I don't use that term often... |
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Post by phil on Dec 19, 2008 19:15:11 GMT -5
Just opened up my christmas presents from Mom and her hubby
Cheater!!
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Post by phil on Dec 25, 2008 12:17:03 GMT -5
So long ...
Harold Pinter, Britain's top contemporary dramatist, dies at 78
The Nobel laureate Harold Pinter, one of the greatest playwrights of his generation, has died. Pinter, who was suffering from cancer, died yesterday aged 78.
His second wife, Lady Antonia Fraser, said in a statement to the Guardian: "He was a great, and it was a privilege to live with him for over 33 years. He will never be forgotten."
Pinter had a number of awards bestowed on him during a long and distinguished career, including the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2005. In its citation, the Nobel academy said Pinter was "generally seen as the foremost representative of British drama in the second half of the 20th century" and declared him to be an author "who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression's closed rooms".
Pinter was best know for his plays, including his 1960 breakthrough production The Caretaker, The Dumb Waiter and The Birthday Party. But he was also a screenwriter, actor and director and in recent years a vociferous campaigner against human rights abuses, including the occupation of Iraq by western armed forces. He joined other artists such as Blur and Ken Loach in sending a letter to Downing Street opposing the 2003 invasion.
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rockkid
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Post by rockkid on Jan 4, 2009 22:25:22 GMT -5
Just finished Slash. Wow one hella read.
Just starting Nikki Sixx. Layout is shit on the eyes but sure gets the manic point across.
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Post by rockkid on Jan 7, 2009 10:58:18 GMT -5
Finished Sixx's book. F&%ked up hardly begins to cover it or him.
Now breaking it up with a light read........... The Dangerous Book for Dogs
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Post by phil on Jan 18, 2009 10:50:55 GMT -5
Tomorrow marks the 200th anniversary of Edgar Allen Poe's birth ... One of the founding father of American litterature ... Here's the link to the *The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore * www.eapoe.org/index.htmBTW, reading Poe's french translations by Beaudelaire, Mallarmé and Paul Valéry is almost better than reading the original books in English ... |
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