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OK, where to start? I loved this suspenseful thrill-ride. Only i was scared for a moment it would end in persons death that i didn't want to die. It is a very good story, well told but it also, i think, has a deeper point. The point that even if the bad guy here is a monster he is not so much different than us. The difference lies more in grades, he feeds out of carcrashes, massmurders and the like while we are fascinated by them. Not as bad but certainly in the same league so to speak. Its when he crosses the line, goes from feeding to causing, that he must be stopped. Until then one was willing to tolerate him. Because , as someone says in the story, is what he did so much worse than we gather around carcrashes and other disasters of human suffering. He doesn't say it in these words but i think thats his meaning. So, in short, I really, really liked it!!
Hadn't thought of that. I don't think so however. This Ralph is a good very well adjusted cop with family but it should make an great twist if, in an another book, she finds out that Ralph is also an Outlander. He has just played along to get close to her, his races greatest enemy!!! Imagine all the pain, fear and terror a cop might feed on in his work!!Oh, and also wondered if Ralph Anderson in the Holly Gibney universe was the same Ralphie Anderson from Storm of the Century. I was told that it was not the same person, just two characters with the same name.
Ralph Anderson is a cop and is surrounded by pain, misery, suffering chasing a creature that is a psychic vampire feeding on those things. Ralphie Anderson is a known vampire.
I thought it might be kind of cool to think little Ralphie Anderson grew up to be a psychic vampire hiding in plain site, drinking the energy of pain as a cop.
exactly! It could be quite suspenseful and chilling!Hadn't thought of that.
Hadn't thought of that. I don't think so however. This Ralph is a good very well adjusted cop with family but it should make an great twist if, in an another book, she finds out that Ralph is also an Outlander. He has just played along to get close to her, his races greatest enemy!!! Imagine all the pain, fear and terror a cop might feed on in his work!!
Do not think SK meant them as the same character. When time allows, do read the Finders Keepers and End of Watch. The book Holly is not the series Holly.Oh, and also wondered if Ralph Anderson in the Holly Gibney universe was the same Ralphie Anderson from Storm of the Century. I was told that it was not the same person, just two characters with the same name.
Ralph Anderson is a cop and is surrounded by pain, misery, suffering chasing a creature that is a psychic vampire feeding on those things. Ralphie Anderson is a known vampire.
I thought it might be kind of cool to think little Ralphie Anderson grew up to be a psychic vampire hiding in plain site, drinking the energy of pain as a cop.
Right. I was told they were two different characters with the same name.Do not think SK meant them as the same character. When time allows, do read the Finders Keepers and End of Watch. The book Holly is not the series Holly.
Thank you for heads up.Just a heads up, I'm planning to take the week of May 25th off so the Board will be shut down then.
It is, isn't it? But as more and more things that used to be pure mechanical are now run or steered by computers partly at least. And a computer can be hacked. You can go in your own car and suddenly find that you cant control it because someone hacked the steering systems, or the breaks or whatever. Scary thought!!I read the story notes on this one and Stephen said he talked to an elevator expert about how to craft the way the elevators could be programmed. He said he may have taken some liberties with the elevators but the elevators could do that and I found it frighting that you can make an elevator do that.
It is, isn't it? But as more and more things that used to be pure mechanical are now run or steered by computers partly at least. And a computer can be hacked. You can go in your own car and suddenly find that you cant control it because someone hacked the steering systems, or the breaks or whatever. Scary thought!!