What are you currently reading?

[Wuducynn]

Have you read The Talisman? Because if not you might want to read that before Black House. Not that its needed but it does help to get a background to part of whats going on and the characters.

Heh--I wish I'd seen this before I replied to your other post....

Yes, I have, but I didn't particularly care for it....

Hopefully I'll still enjoy Black House, though....

Black House is REALLY connected to the Dark Tower series, as much as Insomnia. I've known quite a few folk, Jayson "R_of_G" is one of them, that like Black House more than The Talisman, as I do.
Some parts of Black House are just downright scary. Great stuff.

[Odetta]

I am currently reading "Twinkie, Deconstructed" which basically goes through the list of ingredients on a Twinkie and says how these things are generated... it's pretty grim, in a lot of cases.

[John_and_Yoko]

Black House is REALLY connected to the Dark Tower series, as much as Insomnia. I've known quite a few folk, Jayson "R_of_G" is one of them, that like Black House more than The Talisman, as I do.
Some parts of Black House are just downright scary. Great stuff.

Neat! I should enjoy it, then!

[jayson]

Black House is REALLY connected to the Dark Tower series, as much as Insomnia. I've known quite a few folk, Jayson "R_of_G" is one of them, that like Black House more than The Talisman, as I do.
Some parts of Black House are just downright scary. Great stuff.

Neat! I should enjoy it, then!

hope you enjoy it Jonh_and_Yoko [great name btw]. i enjoyed Talisman a lot, but i like BH even more, not the least of reasons the many tie-ins to the DT series. some of my favorite King characters are in that book. obviously Jack, but also Beezer St. Pierre and Henry Leyden are two of my fav King characters. as matthew mentioned, many of the parts that are supposed to be scary parts are actually scary, something that i rarely find to be the case in other than a "creepy scary" way. this one has both the creepy and the terrifying kinds. great for re-reads too i have found.

[John_and_Yoko]

Can you define the difference between "terrifying" scary and "creepy" scary?

[jayson]

creepy is stuff that is just creepy. if it were happening to you it wouldn't necessarily scare you so much as it would just creep you out [like a shitload of bugs that couldn't harm you for example]. extremely unpleasant but not particularly threatenning. the other kind of scary i meant would be that which if it were happening to you would literally scare you because it could do you serious harm.

[Wuducynn]

Good analogy.

[obscurejude]

I'm on my way to the bookstore. You guys have convinced me to pick up another copy of Black House, its been a while since I read it and I didn't bring my copy with me when I moved.

[Merlin1958]

Just finished Duma Key and it was great !!!!!!!

[William50]

I am reading Pet Sematary by SK for the secong time. I love that book.

[John_and_Yoko]

Just started Black House. I've only read one chapter, but I really hope it picks up soon, because so far it's boring--even worse than The Talisman was....

[jayson]

Just started Black House. I've only read one chapter, but I really hope it picks up soon, because so far it's boring--even worse than The Talisman was....

just keep going. it takes a long time to set up bc there's a lot coming together in one place, but it does get going.

[John_and_Yoko]

just keep going. it takes a long time to set up bc there's a lot coming together in one place, but it does get going.

I'll take your word for it--and I definitely will finish the book. But for awhile there I wondered whether I'd accidentally taken the wrong text....

[Wuducynn]

You've only read one chapter and you expect mind-blowing stuff to happen?

[Girlystevedave]

Super Heroes have super powers......Action Heroes use skills

Wow, you just said beautifully what I've always argued about Batman and why he isn't as cool as Superman.

Batman is just a guy...not a super hero. Which is why, to me, Superman is better.

See now, I've always wondered why Batman was classified as a superhero, just cause he has gadgets and a butler.


Currently reading: Nothing except Volume 2 of Fables. I just finished "1001 Nights Of Snowfall" which I enjoyed very much.

[John_and_Yoko]

You've only read one chapter and you expect mind-blowing stuff to happen?

Of course not. But a boring first chapter isn't exactly the way to hook me in.

Having read Chapter 2, though, I will say it's already starting to pick up, and I'm starting to get some suspicions....

[jhanic]

I'm almost finished with the Lord of the Rings trilogy. You all have convinced me to reread Black House. I DO enjoy that book.

John

[HanzouNorak]

i have now moved on to It

[Wuducynn]

I'm almost finished with the Lord of the Rings trilogy. You all have convinced me to reread Black House. I DO enjoy that book.

John

Fellow demon of the Prim

[John Blaze]

I'm reading Manchu, Lonesome Dove, and Cujo right now.

[Ricky]

I just finished reading The Plant. By just finished, I mean 12 minutes ago.

Now I am going to move on to The Dark Tower series. I'm pretty excited to get into them.

[Wuducynn]

I just started a re-read of the Dark Tower series. I liken it to going back home after being away for years, only difference is with this home there are nooks I discover each time I go back to it.

[Daghain]

Amen, brother.

[Patrick]

Currently reading ALL THE PRETTY HORSES by Cormac McCarthy.

McCarthy rocks.

[Daghain]

I couldn't finish Blood Meridian. I have a serious aversion to Cormac McCarthy.