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One of The Great Old Ones?

Agreed, and that's why I don't try to get just anyone to read it. Typically the friends I have reccommended it too either (a) like other books in similar genres, and/or (b) like King but haven't read...

i'm quite comfortable with my intellectual snobbery. :dance:

Logic never entered into the calculus. I don't doubt the value of the book at all, just the value of their personal review of it. I'm not even saying I dismiss their views entirely because of it, but...

i'm not so sure i'd put them to death, though the one who lost my original copy, the copy I first read at 17, the copy that i taped the spine together more times than i can count... he i could have...

When it comes to the people that I lent the book to that were unable to finish it, I have to admit that it made me re-evaluate the way I think of them. I didn't write them off or anything like that,...

At least 3, and one of them lost my copy and had to buy me a new one.

The truth? Yes, a little. I wish they had put in a little more effort bc I suspect they'd like it if they'd push on and get through it.

Personally I found it incredibly easy to read, and I loved it from day one. Like Maerlyn, it changed everything for me.

That said, over the years I have lent my copy to others and several times...