Does it have the excised 21st chapter or does it have the I'm Stanley Kubrick and I'll end my movie where I damn well please ending?
It is one of my favorite stories ever.
Does it have the excised 21st chapter or does it have the I'm Stanley Kubrick and I'll end my movie where I damn well please ending?
It is one of my favorite stories ever.
War and Remembrance.
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
I am reading it on my ipad, which is handy because i have the concordance pulled up on another page with the nadsat translations so I can go back and forth. The vernacular voice is my favorite part of the book. Along with Huck Finn, I think that A Clockwork Orange is a prime example of this style of writing. I was unaware that this slang was a bastardized version of Russian. I am curious if Jean has read it, and what he thought of the slang.
Sloth Love Chunk
I'll finish (or better restart and finish) it now that I have a Kindle. I didn't like it at all when I tried first, and I found the "Russian" slang preposterous. I think I may expand on this after I've [re]read it, there's an interesting philological problem here.Originally Posted by BROWNINGS CHILDE
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yes, I know
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How are you liking it? Its one of my favs.
Jean have you by any chance read it? If not I'd highly recommend it. It has an IT like vibe to it.
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
Moved on to Dewey's Nine Lives. Still not reading as much as I'd like to... oh well.
Reading Christine!
Not yet, but I already have it in Kindle format!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have a whole new treasury of books now, and I am reading all the time!!!How are you liking it? Its one of my favs.
Jean have you by any chance read it? If not I'd highly recommend it. It has an IT like vibe to it.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good for you, Jean!
Excellent! Let me know the second you read it.Not yet, but I already have it in Kindle format!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have a whole new treasury of books now, and I am reading all the time!!!How are you liking it? Its one of my favs.
Jean have you by any chance read it? If not I'd highly recommend it. It has an IT like vibe to it.
And don't forget that other Austen book
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
I've been enjoying Feast of Fear before bed each night. Also, I started Horns.
"That which you think, becomes your world" Matheson
I like it. It's a very different book from the stuff Simmons is writting now. The focus is on the story, not just 'writting well'How are you liking it? Its one of my favs.
Jean have you by any chance read it? If not I'd highly recommend it. It has an IT like vibe to it.
I've heard nothing but good things. I saw the comic book / graphic novel adaptation yesterday. Looks ... interesting.
I liked it. Very good, just read it over vacation. It's as if Michael Crichton would write a horror novel.I've heard nothing but good things. I saw the comic book / graphic novel adaptation yesterday. Looks ... interesting.
It's a very fast read. You won't be able to put it down once you really start. I suspect Chuck Hogan wrote the actual book with Del Toro providing the plot and visuals to him. Del Toro's command of English isn't all that great. Clearly he does alright for himself but the prose has Hogan's stamp all over it: technological/scientific terminology, street/urban lingo, sharp dialogue, ridicilous tempo... all Hogan. I highly suggest this book to everyone looking for something different from a vampire book. This one ain't pretty and it gets darker and more hopeless more you read it.I've heard nothing but good things. I saw the comic book / graphic novel adaptation yesterday. Looks ... interesting.
I'll just say that it and The Passage are the best vampire books I've read in a very long time.
SOLD.
That's not really saying much though
ditto.
Apparently you don't realize how many vampire books I read.SOLD.
That's not really saying much though
And would you consider many of those good or great ?
And if so - NAMES.
It is. It was actually the first one I read and it got me into him. I don't know if you have plans to read the second one, but honestly I'd say to skip it. I think the first is perfect and I didn't really care where he went with the characters in the sequel.I like it. It's a very different book from the stuff Simmons is writting now. The focus is on the story, not just 'writting well'How are you liking it? Its one of my favs.
Jean have you by any chance read it? If not I'd highly recommend it. It has an IT like vibe to it.
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
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