I'm about 500 pages in and enjoying it. Reminds me a bit of "California" by Eden Lepucki. I could do without all the Mary Poppins references but otherwise a decent book.
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I dont know if anyone has noticed or asked about this yet but right off the bat in the book joe hill mentions a character named "johnny deepenau" am i thinking of something else or wasnt there also a character in one of kings books with the same name? At least last name. I keep thinking it was insomnia,maybe a different king book but im sure i saw it somwhere else. Anybody know?
You're probably thinking of Ed Deepenau from Insomnia.
Great minds (although I knew where he was from without Google).
I can barely remember who I am without Google!Great minds (although I knew where he was from without Google).
But in all seriousness, I am not good at remembering characters' names or trivial facts from any books, even the ones I love.
I'm not always either, but that one stuck in my head for whatever reason. There are times when I read comments here and wonder if I really did read the book because I don't remember what's being discussed.
Yes!!!I'm not always either, but that one stuck in my head for whatever reason. There are times when I read comments here and wonder if I really did read the book because I don't remember what's being discussed.
Put the bottle down, Marsha, and step away.....I'm not always either, but that one stuck in my head for whatever reason. There are times when I read comments here and wonder if I really did read the book because I don't remember what's being discussed.
YES! I knew i recognized the name from somewhere,wonder if ed and johnny are related? I cant believe i remembered that,i surprise myself sometimes,my ADHD brain always remembers the weird stuff and forget the important things,you know like name phone number address lol.
Just read in an interview with Joe Hill that he has a new book of four novellas coming out next year, called Strange Weather.
...cool!....another Trilogy!.....
Cemetery Dance has a novella of Joe's coming out in their next magazine. The magazine is a double issue and will be issued as a trade paperback and has an interview with Joe also.
Yes, that's what he said when I went to his event in Florida. And don't know if I was fever dreaming or not but I think he said The Fireman was the first book he's written where he actually has an urge to return to the same characters. ANDDDD AMC will be developing NOS4A2 into a show (well I'm sure most people here know that since it's been news since December) and the first season will be the novel's story and he told AMC his ideas for the characters if there is a second season alluding to the kids still stuck in Christmas Land. (Actually I think remember somewhere in the Fireman where the little kid Nick thinks of Xmas Land.)
Heads up, folken! While in Seattle this weekend I visited two Half Price Books and each of them had a huge stack of SIGNED copies of The Fireman on sale for 20% off!! These are the ones that say 'Specially Bound By The Publisher' inside on the signed page.
That more than likely means the signed page was "tipped in" meaning it was signed separately and then bound into the book on press. Just a word of warning to those serious collectors.
To add to my post, I just realized there is a coda at the end of the book that supports this in a way.
The signed pages are thicker than the rest of the pages, so they are 'tipped-in'. But, does this really affect the value of a 'signed' book? It's still signed by the author, right? It makes no difference to me, but I guess there are some collectors out there that would look down on one of these types of books. I have a few of these by other authors- Anne Rice, Fannie Flagg, Patricia Cornwell. I would think that since it's impossible for every author to make an appearance in every town in the country/world that this would be a great way to own a signed copy of their books. Barnes & Noble sells many of these types of books.
It may affect the "provenance" factor with some collectors. There is no personal story to tell in meeting the author and having it signed. Otherwise, as long as it is his signature, that's all that matters.
There is also one in NOS4A2, if you've read that book but not the "about the type" section.