Hear that. When I was Seventeen (...it was a very good year), if it wasn't King, Splatterpunk, or Pulp, I didn't get it. Like, back then, I absolutely HATED Charles Dickens, and now I can't seem to get enough of the old windbag.
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Hear that. When I was Seventeen (...it was a very good year), if it wasn't King, Splatterpunk, or Pulp, I didn't get it. Like, back then, I absolutely HATED Charles Dickens, and now I can't seem to get enough of the old windbag.
My second favorite. I'm partial to ol' Raskolnikov (Crime & Punishment). He was a chump, and I wanted to shake him more than once, but he's an interesting character.
Great stuff. As for adaptions of C & P, dig a young, brilliant Peter Lorre as Raskolnokov in Josef Von Steinberg's 1935 version.
He has about 4 or 5 folks that 'co-write' with him. Last I bothered to look anyway, he may have more now. He does give exciting and funny readings tho- I got to see him twice when I lived in the Seattle area. He has a great story involving Morgan Freeman and Clint Eastwood! He's like Steve (or at least he was 10 years ago), meaning he had no entourage with him. I was walking around the bookstore before he was scheduled to talk and I turned around and there he was, right beside me! I didn't bother him as he looked like he was doing some serious shopping himself and I wanted him to have his own time to do that. Don't know if I could do that if it was our Steve......
I'll have to look that one up! Thanks!
Just finished 'Empire of the Summer Moon' by SC Gwynne. Good read. Starting on Tom Brokaw's, Greatest Generation
Just finished reading The Great God Pan. It was seriously freaky. I got it on my Kindle with a ton of other Arthur Machen stuff. The Megapack, so it has 24 other stories that should keep me busy until my newest acquisition arrives, a vintage copy of The Bachman Books.
I just ordered The Great God Pan
It sounds good. The author's name sounds familiar but I can't remember why. I haven't read a James Patterson book, but he does this thing called a Master Class where he teaches people to write, a friend of mine offered to pay for the class for me, so I did some research. That's when I found out that he has a 'stable of writers' who do his work for him. So basically I'm paying to take a writing class from a guy who just jots down ideas and then passes them off to some lackey? Pretty sure anyone (with money) can do that.
Well that explains a lot
King has mentioned Machen a few times in interviews/articles and has also quoted him in a book at some point but don't ask me where because there's too many books/chapters etc. for me to find it.I just ordered The Great God Pan
Well that explains a lot
Thanks all y'all muchly
I would have hated to have had to find that out myself.
"Nightmares and Dreamscapes" now for the ,first time!
Thanks for the tip! I just downloaded Rage against the Night too
I havn't read SK's Fair Extension. And the story by Bev should be interesting too I didn't know he wrote fiction.I also downloaded Dark Screams: Volume One. SK's short story Weeds is included. That's another SK short story I havn't read.
It's way too easy to download books to the kindle. I'm a bit afraid of how high our next Discover bill will be lol
I totally agree with your point, our world outlook is constantly changes, we're getting older and, i believe, more intelligent
Frank has visited the thread again, i enjoy his songs (...it was a very good year for small town girls and soft summer nights...)I hated it at school, tried to read it, but failed. Did it with struggle, seemed terrible for the first time. It's full of obsolete russian words in original. As i said it before, my opinion was dramatically changed when i became a little bit older. The second read was brilliant.
I really enjoyed Weeds! Best story in the collection by far-there are a few duds.Thanks for the tip! I just downloaded Rage against the Night too
I also downloaded Dark Screams: Volume One. SK's short story Weeds is included. That's another SK short story I havn't read.
It's way too easy to download books to the kindle. I'm a bit afraid of how high our next Discover bill will be lol
Oh, great thanks, will look for it!
In my turn let me advice you to watch an 1969 USSR adaptation of C & P with the great G. Taratorkin as Raskolnikov. Maybe you could find an english dub.
I usually buy an Amazon gift card of my budget, then I keep track of the balance as I shop. If I can't get it on the gift card balance, then I can't have it. Plastic is very dangerous in my hands so I have to watch it.
You will love The Great God Pan. I read him because if SK thinks he's worth a nod, then I want to know why. Full Dark, No Stars, I think is where he mentioned this author and his work. It might have been Just After Sunset. I read those two pretty close together so one or the other. Enjoy!!
None that i have read at least. But you need to be in the right mood though. I have just read the majors of him but they were all great. IDIOT, BROTHERS KARAMAZOV and CRIME AND PUNISHMENT. Read a very gloomy piece called Notes From Underground too. Havent read the Player (or is it Gambler?) or Demons but i have heard good things about them.
Lord Peter Wimsey says in an interesting discussion he has with his wife about the justification for writing crime novels. 'Perhaps a few, very fe, people can take their sense of justice from Crime and Punishment but most people when they read dont want to be teached, they want to be entertained. Thats where the crime novel comes in. You show them a world where criminals are punished ' . It goes on for much longer but Dorotea Sayers were a very wellread author.
As long as it ain't the made-for-tv Patrick Dempsey version from '98. Blech.
I haven't read them all, but what I have read is of a good standard. Clever bad guys, more clever detectives. Good characters, yeah give them a go.
Not sure if i understood your message the right way, but USSR '69 adoptation had 2 series, 1 hr 45 mins each. Unfortunately i didn't see P. Dempsey series.
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