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    I'm halfway through the final volume of collected PKD, titled We Can Remember It for You Wholesale. Title story was the basis for the movie(s) Total Recall. There are so many alternate realities, Mars colonies and just so much goddamned paranoia, I thought I should give myself a break because all those stories were starting to blend.

    I picked up Fright or Flight and after a few choice tales, I'm ready to finish PKD. I was, of course, mostly interested in King's and Hill's contributions. King's was some phoned in bs, Hill's was phenomenal and just more proof he's best at short form. At this point, he could easily ghost-write for his old man and no one would be the wiser. I had already read Matheson, Schow and Bierce.

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    Yeah, I really like Joe's short stories. And Strange Weather was great. Looking forward to Full Throttle.
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    Halfway thru the Day of the Jackal. Good stuff. I learned while reading it that the Belgians are the best at forging documents, apparently. I wanna be known for something cool now

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    I just finished "Gone South" by Robert Mccammon. I thought it was great! Fast paced with a good ending! Not much more you can ask for. On to "Mine" by Mccammon next.

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    Finished Poems by Tim Powers yesterday. There's a whole section of poetry from Three Days to Never. Blah. I don't think my time was wasted though my money might've been.

    Reading Approaching Oblivion by Ellison.

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    I recently finished One Year After by William Forstchen.

    Pretty much as good as the first in the series (One Second After), decent story etc.
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    Just started The Final Day, the 3rd (and...final) book in William Forstchen's EMP trilogy.
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    castle roogna Piers Anthony i just have i think 2 or 3 chapters left

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    Just finished The Final Day, wrapping up William Forstchen's EMP trilogy.

    Where the trilogy's first book (One Second After) is mostly concerned with the decline (violence, starvation, death, reorganization of society), books 2 and 3 (One Year After and The Final Day) address what happens when the main group of characters are caught up in the efforts of a questionable federal government trying to reconstitute the nation.

    Overall, an interesting and entertaining trilogy, although not necessarily one I'd recommend to anyone not specifically interested in the aftermath of an EMP. It is not a Clancy-esque read, as it is based on the notion that it's already too late for the likes of Jack Ryan to save the day; it's all about aftermath and survival.
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    Just started The Name Of The Rose by Umberto Eco.

    TNOTR has been described (I'm paraphrasing) as "like The Da Vinci Code, but without the bad writing." While I enjoyed The Da Vinci Code (as well as other things from Dan Brown) and didn't require an improved version of it, comparisons to it automatically get my attention. I haven't read Eco before, but a few of his books have attracted my attention (including Foucault's Pendulum, The Prague Cemetery, and Numero Zero) and I've wanted to dive in for a while.

    Fortunately, a copy of the Folio Society's edition of TNOTR recently became available for stupid-cheap money ($32), I pounced, and am now reading it.

    Only 14 pages in, but intrigued so far (and it's always nice to hold a Folio book).
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    Finished The Shining and now a 1/4 way trough Doctor Sleep. Loving it
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    Quote Originally Posted by Garrell View Post
    Finished The Shining and now a 1/4 way trough Doctor Sleep. Loving it
    The Shining was the first Stephen King book I ever read, so I'll always have a special attachment to it. Hope you enjoy Doctor Sleep! I personally loved it, and like many here can't wait for the film

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    Quote Originally Posted by Garrell View Post
    Finished The Shining and now a 1/4 way trough Doctor Sleep. Loving it
    Huge fan of Doctor Sleep as well.
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    Loved Doctor Sleep too.

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    TDT, please be the hand of fate and decide what I should read next:

    Keith Minion - Down There & Others
    Kealan Patrick Burke - We Live Inside Your Eyes
    Laird Barron - Swift to the Chase
    Gene O'Neill - Collected Tales of the Baja Express
    Brian Hodge - Skidding Into Oblivion

    I mean, I'm planning on reading all of them this month.

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    Kealan Patrick Burke - We Live Inside Your Eyes
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    Quote Originally Posted by St. Troy View Post
    Just started The Name Of The Rose by Umberto Eco.

    TNOTR has been described (I'm paraphrasing) as "like The Da Vinci Code, but without the bad writing." While I enjoyed The Da Vinci Code (as well as other things from Dan Brown) and didn't require an improved version of it, comparisons to it automatically get my attention. I haven't read Eco before, but a few of his books have attracted my attention (including Foucault's Pendulum, The Prague Cemetery, and Numero Zero) and I've wanted to dive in for a while.

    Fortunately, a copy of the Folio Society's edition of TNOTR recently became available for stupid-cheap money ($32), I pounced, and am now reading it.

    Only 14 pages in, but intrigued so far (and it's always nice to hold a Folio book).
    I've only read The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum, and enjoyed both immensely. They are long, and somewhat meandering, but I found them compelling nonetheless.

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    "Golden Lion" by Wilbur Smith & Giles Kristian.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Garrell View Post
    Finished The Shining and now a 1/4 way trough Doctor Sleep. Loving it
    I thought doctor sleep was fantastic. Dare I say I preferred it to The Shining..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kraken View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Garrell View Post
    Finished The Shining and now a 1/4 way trough Doctor Sleep. Loving it
    I thought doctor sleep was fantastic. Dare I say I preferred it to The Shining..
    You'd probably be in the minority. Along with me and a few others. Although I can't say I enjoyed it more than The Shining.
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    Recently finished Steinbeck’s Grapes Of Wrath - first Steinbeck book - brilliant
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian861 View Post
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    Finished The Shining and now a 1/4 way trough Doctor Sleep. Loving it
    I thought doctor sleep was fantastic. Dare I say I preferred it to The Shining..
    You'd probably be in the minority. Along with me and a few others. Although I can't say I enjoyed it more than The Shining.
    The Shining definitely had more atmosphere. I read them back to back and seemed to enjoy doctor sleep more.

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    I thought Doctor Sleep was very good until the final third. Then I thought it had one of the poorest (deus ex machina) endings King has ever written (and that’s saying something, unfortunately).

    For me, not in the same league as his masterpiece, The Shining.

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    Quote Originally Posted by peripheral View Post
    I thought Doctor Sleep was very good until the final third. Then I thought it had one of the poorest (deus ex machina) endings King has ever written (and that’s saying something, unfortunately).

    For me, not in the same league as his masterpiece, The Shining.
    Agreed. Doctor sleep was total trash. Might be my least favourite King book. Better than the Shining? Crazy talk... lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by peripheral View Post
    I thought Doctor Sleep was very good until the final third. Then I thought it had one of the poorest (deus ex machina) endings King has ever written (and that’s saying something, unfortunately).
    Interesting; I find fault with plenty of King’s endings (unfortunately), but I really liked that of Dr. Sleep (I thought it was logical and satisfying without telegraphing it, which is all I really want).
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