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booklover72

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I don't know what to read????????????/ Stephen King *4, dan Brown, Robert harris. has anybody heard of 'The Tin Drum' by Gunther Gross, my friend lent it to me and I am trying to read it. he won the Noble prize for literature 30 years after the book was written. help!
 
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booklover72 said:
I don't know what to read????????????/ Stephen King *4, dan Brown, Robert harris. has anybody heard of 'The Tin Drum' by Gunther Gross, my friend lent it to me and I am trying to read it. he won the Noble prize for literature 30 years after the book was written. help!
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I read The Tin Drum a few years ago. It's freaking weird (lol). John Irving (one of my favorite writers) was definitely influenced by Grass a lot, so the themes felt familiar. I'd kind of like to read the newer translation to see if any of the nuances changed.
 
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kingricefan said:
Hi Kurben. Actually, it's not my first time reading It. I read it when it was first published, but have never done a re-read. I have tried to re-read all of King's books at least once and have always been put off by the size and scope of It, thus never picking it back up to re-read for all of these years.
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Oh, well, in almost 30 years i'm sure you have forgotten something. So some parts will be like your first time. Right?
 
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skimom2 said:
I read The Tin Drum a few years ago. It's freaking weird (lol). John Irving (one of my favorite writers) was definitely influenced by Grass a lot, so the themes felt familiar. I'd kind of like to read the newer translation to see if any of the nuances changed.
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Quite a good german movie was made out of it. Don't know its name in english though. Never read the book actually.
 
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Flat Matt said:
Just finished The Dark Half. This is the first Stephen King book that I almost gave up on after the first 200 pages, but I stuck with it and I'm glad I did.

Now I have a choice between The Dead Zone by Uncle Steve or The Doorkeepers by Graham Masterton.
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I like Masterton. He's a good writer who hasn't received the kudos that he deserves.
 
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skimom2 said:
Getting on with a few books right now. The Talisman and Wizard and Glass (for the umpteenth time each), Dead of Night (Jonathan Maberry), and a new NF book about scientists in Nazi Germany: The Fantastic Laboratory of Dr. Weigl (Arthur Allen). A good book week, as all are interesting in their own ways :) I still have a stack that I got at the book sale last weekend, too, but they'll just have to wait.
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The Fantastic Laboratory of Dr. Weigl sounds excellent - thanks for the recommendation:okay:
Have a good weekend, one and all /Shabbat shalom (whichever applies to you!):look_down:
 
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Kurben said:
Have remembered now. Die Blechtrummel (The Tin Drum) by Volker Schöndorff. Made in 1979. Remembere that Hanna Schygulla had an important part in it. Definitely german.
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I've heard that it was very good--maybe award winning? I haven't seen it, though. Might go looking on Hulu for it--they have many good older foreign films available :)
 
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I just finished reading, well, rereading, Last of the Breed by Louis L'Amour. I haven't decided what I'm reading next though I found a copy of L Sprague Decamps, The Ancient Engineers at goodwill and it is tempting me.
 
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