You don't know my kind.....You don't my mind.....Dark necessities are part of my design.....
Haha. Of course!Originally Posted by Brian861
LOL. The Bazaar of Bad Dreams.I struggle when people abbreviate the titles of the books their talking about. As soon as I find out what TBODB is, I'll know that's what Brian is reading next. I'm sure it's supposed to be obvious, but I'm not good at deciphering things like that.
I do know that one is actually the title.I don't know if NOS4A2 is the title or the abbreviation.I struggle when people abbreviate the titles of the books their talking about. As soon as I find out what TBODB is, I'll know that's what Brian is reading next. I'm sure it's supposed to be obvious, but I'm not good at deciphering things like that.
To confuse matters even more the British version of NOS4A2 is NOS4R2 due to differences in pronunciation of Nosferatu.
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
I don't think Nosferatu's pronounced any differently, actually. It's not pronounced "Nos-fer-ey-tu", the "A" in NOS4A2 should be pronounced as "ah". I'm not sure why it would be changed in the UK. Strange.
That was the explanation I've heard. Perhaps our British friends could chime in?I don't think Nosferatu's pronounced any differently, actually. It's not pronounced "Nos-fer-ey-tu", the "A" in NOS4A2 should be pronounced as "ah". I'm not sure why it would be changed in the UK. Strange.
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
Brits, like is Canucks, just pronounce more hard A's like we say zed. That soft a in America works, but we'd never get the title. That's why I had no idea it sounded like Nosferatu...in fact, I've just said it as enn-oh-ess-four-eh-two.
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Well it's just a license plate made to look/sound like Nosferatu, just replacing -fer- with 4 and -tu with 2, but keeping the other letters the same. There is no R at the end so to me the UK version is weird.
Because they don't say 'fer' they say 'fuh', so the R is there for that reason or it would just be nos-fuh-ah-tu. They hit that 'r' like it's its own syllable (rar) to differentiate the two syllables, kind of like how we would accentuate 'Jack Crane' with an audible pause in the middle so it doesn't sound like 'Jack Rain'.
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Maybe I'm wrong a British person can correct me, but I've got a good ear for such things having spent so many years in speech therapy.
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So is it just the title that was changed or is it changed in the book too? It is bizarre to me as well that they would change the title.
As for Joe Hill, I'm only maybe 60-70% thru the Fireman but I'm enjoying this one so much more than NOS4A2. I guess we'll see when I finish but I'm surprised to hear that it's gotten bad reviews. Out of his books I'd rank them 20th Century Ghosts, Heart Shaped Box, The Fireman (so far), NOS4A2, and Horns I have yet to finish. I started to read it but for some reason it didn't grab me so I put it down. I plan to revisit it sometime.
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
They print the British editions in British English, so the isn't just the title, e.g., Color becomes colour, realize becomes realise, etc..
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
Eh, I think it stayed interesting for the first 100 pages or so. After that it's a story about the most tedious apocalypse ever.I think this is our first positive outlook on the boards so far for this book. It's next on my list after finishing EOW and TBOBD. Will be my first Joe Hill read outside of the 1st issue of Tales From the Darkside.
I tried to read Heart Shaped Box, but it didn't grab me, yet everyone seems to love that one. Horns didn't grab me immediately, but I ended up absolutely loving it.
I figure Heart Shaped box may have the same effect on me should I decide to revisit it.
After EOW which is up next (I read so much less in the summer) I was thinking I Am Legend.... any thoughts here on what its like?
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Absolutely incredible is all you need to know.
That was all i needed to 'know'. hahahah
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Agreed, if you haven't read it yet I'd highly recommend it.That was all i needed to 'know'. hahahah
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
I Am Legend is great but it's pretty short so you should probably start thinking about the next-next book as well... just sayin'!
Have you read any Crichton, Kris?
No I haven't man
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This book has ALWAYS been on the TOP of my FAVORITE BOOKS OF ALL TIME list.
and speaking of Michael Crichton...Here is a little lost 1974 Crichton book (paperback screenplay).
Think I saw or read someplace that WestWorld is to be a TV series this Fall.
You don't know my kind.....You don't my mind.....Dark necessities are part of my design.....
Then you know what to do
The preview LOOKS INSANE!!!
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I've been making some pretty unfortunate choices this month:
Lester Del Rey Collection - just couldn't get into noir in space.
Julie Czernede - Survival. I should've been all about this but it felt very dry to me
Tim Lebbon - Rime. This I did finish but mostly because it was a quick read at 65 or so pages. This was intriguing because it was set in space but it still dealt with Lebbon's go-to themes of loss, guilt and remorse. An OK read. I wish he'd stop doing all this work-for-hire and write a horror novel again. It sucks I'm losing interest in a writer I used to collect religiously.
Alan Moore - Unearthing. I flipped through this and gave up. Artsy fartsy shit. Gimme From Hell or gimme death.
Joe Hill - The Fireman. No plot, pretty vanilla villains, unlikeable protagonist(s). A deaf kid named Nick? Are you kidding me? He's paid tribute to his Dad already, this wasn't cute.
I'm reading Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie. Great stuff.
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