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Post by poseidon on Sept 29, 2005 10:31:26 GMT -5
I've yet to read "Wolves of the calla" and "Songs of Susannah." I really think I need to start with the first book in the series as I have forgotten most of everything about the series. Trip to the library is coming one-of-these-days.  |
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Post by poseidon on Oct 16, 2005 11:12:45 GMT -5
Finally finished David Morrell's:  The book is a good read if one likes espionage novels. Lots of twists and turns. Am now reading Peter Straub's "In the Night Room." The synopsis looks vewy fascinating...  |
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Post by poseidon on Oct 16, 2005 11:15:22 GMT -5
After "Night Room" will read the sequel if one can call it that, (has one of the characters) from "Brotherhood Of the Rose" entitled "The League Of Night And Fog."  |
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Post by rockkid on Oct 16, 2005 17:17:30 GMT -5
I’m reading Clergy Who Kill.
Marvin Gaye’s murder is in it amongst others. I guess his dad was some sort of preacher.
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Post by poseidon on Oct 22, 2005 10:55:08 GMT -5
Am 3/4 of the way thru "In the night room." It has it's moments. Good way to pass time. Am also listening to:  It's gives me a much better understanding of Kabbalah. |
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Post by kmc on Oct 22, 2005 14:08:45 GMT -5
Just read the new Kurt Vonnegut book, "A Man Wihtout A Country." Highly recommended, especially to leftists or people who would like a good laugh. Vonnegut never disappoints.
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Post by poseidon on Oct 24, 2005 9:29:19 GMT -5
Finished "In The Night Room." I think I probably should have read "lost boy-lost girl" first as "Night Room" seems a continuation in some regards to "LBLG" and I was thoroughly lost during parts of the story. Some parts were hum-dingers. Went to the library Saturday and what-do-ya-know they have the three Andrew Vachss novels I hadn't read. I checked out the two novels from the "Burke" series; "Only Child" and "Down Here." Read "Only Child" in a day. Love the Burke series. Nitty and gritty and all the street saga that I like. I was surprised the library carries the majority of Vachss novels.  |
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Post by poseidon on Oct 24, 2005 9:33:57 GMT -5
Am now reading the most recent Burke novel:  |
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Post by poseidon on Oct 24, 2005 9:40:44 GMT -5
Will check out the latest Vachss novel, a non-Burke novel during the next trip to the library:  |
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Post by luke on Oct 24, 2005 10:05:29 GMT -5
I wrapped up the Gunslinger series some time ago. It's depressing how much better the first three books are than the rest of the series. And Pat, make sure that you get the original Gunslinger at the library...I've read some of the one he's redone, and let me tell you, he really sucked the life out of it. Why a writer literally decades out of his prime would go back and ALTER something he wrote at his peak completely baffles me.
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Post by poseidon on Oct 24, 2005 12:08:32 GMT -5
Yeah...I need to start with the first one, "The Gunslinger" isn't that the 1st one?
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Post by Thorngrub on Oct 24, 2005 12:14:48 GMT -5
Yep it is. Consider it merely a prologue.
The action really begins in Volume II: The Drawing Of The Three.
(i.e, if you don't like "The Gunslinger", dismiss that. Keep reading. It gets interesting)
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Post by luke on Oct 24, 2005 12:19:26 GMT -5
Bah. The Gunslinger blows the rest of the series away! King's masterpiece.
The last couple books were pretty mediocre to bad, but I stuck with it because I'd already made it so far and wanted to see how the series ended up. If I'd known beforehand, I'd probably have quit after the third installment.
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Post by poseidon on Oct 24, 2005 12:49:49 GMT -5
I'll pick "Gunslinger" up the next time I stop by the library.
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Post by Thorngrub on Oct 26, 2005 12:14:06 GMT -5
Bah. The Gunslinger blows the rest of the series away! King's masterpiece. Well I personally would tend to agree with you luke; as a "tone poem", The Gunslinger is unparalleled in apocalyptic western literature. But I happen to believe that most folk wouldn't necessarily "get it"; i.e, they might balk at the lack of setting, characters, plot, etc. NOt that there IS a lack of these things; but rather, that they are so minimalist, most folk may get bored with it. That is my assessment of the situation. But I agree with you that The Gunslinger kicks ass & takes names. I never read the "re-write"; I got the old original. But I truly have never differentiated ANY of the 7 books in this series as being "apart" from each other. As far as I'm concerned, THE DARK TOWER is one single uninterrupted work that just so happens to be released in installments. It would make for a pretty hefty and clumsy tome otherwise, anyhow. It's just one long story, period. |
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