Veryyyyy cool John, bet its a great feeling to get the book!
And yeah i haven't read it either so im abit anoyed that a spoiler wasn't used!
Veryyyyy cool John, bet its a great feeling to get the book!
And yeah i haven't read it either so im abit anoyed that a spoiler wasn't used!
I think the problem is though that everyone's idea of what constitutes a spoiler varies from person to person. What would be considered a minor plot development by some would be considered a spoiler by others. In my case I don't believe a good book can be spoiled, but that's just my personal opinion. Overall I'd say most people try to avoid posting them (or use the spoiler tags), but I think there will always be isolated cases of stuff like this slipping though.Originally Posted by WeDealInLead
Care to elaborate?That is sort of my feeling regarding so-called "spoilers" on this site.
I'm not trying to start some argument but fact is, I haven't read all of Mr. King's books. I was a little ticked last night when I saw the post and yes, I'm fully aware it wasn't meant to be a spoiler. I just wasn't expecting it. I stay away from discussions on books that I haven't read because that's where I expect the spoilers to be but this I just didn't see coming. It might not take away from the book once I get to it but maybe a little warning next time?
John !!! Very nice !! Congrats!!
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Thanks Bob. Mr. Addison usually worked with egg tempera or acryllic on board but this painting is oil on canvas measuring 22" x 36".That looks very nice. Was it done in oils? What is the size?
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I apologize for the slip up but I can assure you that this bit of information in no way spoils the outcome of the story. It is a very minor scene in a 500+ page novel.
Not really. I tend to forget the fact that not everyone has been around reading King for as long as I have. I've bought every new King book the day it went on sale since about 1981. It just amazes me that people haven't read THE TOMMYKNOCKERS yet since it is so old. But newcomers have to start somewhere and I tend to forget that.Care to elaborate?That is sort of my feeling regarding so-called "spoilers" on this site.
I've only been hit by a spoiler once that I thought it really mattered. DT IV: WIZARD AND GLASS had just been published and I was about half way through. Someone on the usenet group alt.books.stephenking posted a thread title with a MAJOR spoiler that occurred near the end of the book. Something about what Rhea tricked Roland into doing. It was a major bummer.
Since then I have stayed away from the computer when reading a new King book if I was afraid of spoilers. I remember getting an arc of DT VII: THE DARK TOWER and basically sequestering myself in my room for a few days until I finished it. I wanted NO PART of spoilers for that ending after following the story for over 20 years.
But here I guess I was thinking of MAJOR spoilers intended for just that purpose: to intentionally spoil the ending for someone as a malicious gesture.
I think this spoiler business gets overblown a lot and people get upset over relatively minor things. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that if someone hasn't read a book that is 23 years old they are not likely to get to it this week or next. And, two weeks from now, if you were to be asked the specifics of the so-called spoiler, you wouldn't be able to remember the details you are so worried about today. At least I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to remember.
Good points. Although, I don't think it matters how old a book is and what year it was published. I read a lot but King isn't the only author I read and that's why I haven't gotten to The Tommyknockers yet.
Also, I had something spoiled for me in DT7. I was reading an entry on Wiki about the 6th book and clicked on a name of a certain character only to find out about his death in the 7th book. Bummer Town.
It wasn't the Tommyknockers I was thinking of, but the fact that i just found out they were somehow linked to UTD.....
Anyways, no use crying over it
Calla Wolf
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[/QUOTE]I think this spoiler business gets overblown a lot and people get upset over relatively minor things. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that if someone hasn't read a book that is 23 years old they are not likely to get to it this week or next. And, two weeks from now, if you were to be asked the specifics of the so-called spoiler, you wouldn't be able to remember the details you are so worried about today. At least I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to remember.[/QUOTE]
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I think this spoiler business gets overblown a lot and people get upset over relatively minor things. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that if someone hasn't read a book that is 23 years old they are not likely to get to it this week or next. And, two weeks from now, if you were to be asked the specifics of the so-called spoiler, you wouldn't be able to remember the details you are so worried about today. At least I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to remember.[/QUOTE]
Ron
From Aaron's thread in this forum:
I don't think the posting regarding The Tommyknockers violated any of the above.Calvin's Corner is a forum for general discussion about book collecting and other collectibles. Due to the nature of this forum the likelihood of spoilers is much less than in other areas of the site, although the possibility does still remain. Accordingly, this forum's Spoiler Requirements are as follows:
Content which would give away the end of the Dark Tower series MUST be marked with Spoiler Tags
Content which gives away deaths of major characters in the Dark Tower series MUST be marked with Spoiler Tags
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These Spoiler Requirements apply to the Calvin's Corner forum specifically, and may not apply in other forums. When posting elsewhere, please always review that forum's Spoiler Requirements before posting potentially sensitive material. Spoiler Tags can be applied by typing SPOILER and /SPOILER in tags around the applicable lines of your post, or by clicking on the radiation icon in the formatting options in your post box. If you have any questions concerning possible Spoilers, please contact a member of site staff for clarification.
Thank you all, and have fun on the forums.
John
Like Carlos said, a malicious spoiler is one thing, but giving context to an oil painting is part of the purpose of a collector's forum....this is a fan site, so readers are going to stumble on details they didn't know and that's just the way it's going to be.
No offense to anybody, but any book that can be spoiled by one sentence would not be much of a book. I mean - "Jesus dies" doesn't spoil the Bible.
As for movies, is it a spoiler if I say that in Episode III, Anakin will end up being Darth Vader?
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Dammit....you ruined it for me.
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We're way off topic now. Mods, move this page to another thread.
We have wandered a bit. Hopefully someone has something new to show.
I just found this in my closet,I guess it's kinda new. I got this from Stu a few years ago..
Wel,l I don't know why imageshack rotated this picture? oh well.......
I can't see the picture...
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It was there, now it seems it's been removed by Imageshack. I saw it there before. Maybe because it showed King's signature on the title page of The Tommyknockers.
John
This is not new. I was going through some stuff and discovered it. I'm not exactly sure where "The Palace Theatre" is--I know there's one here in Cleveland, but all the bookstores mentioned are in the middle/southern Ohio area. (Cleveland is considered to be in northeast Ohio.) I wish I had attended.
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John
The 403 is an image itself. It has been posted by the user.
I have no idea why imageshack removed the photo....
This copy comes from our gallery..
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