I'm continuing Ghost Road Blues by John Maberry. I stayed with it and it's picked up quite a bit, cruising right now about two thirds of the way thru.
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So, I just finished The Patch Of The Odin Soldier by Geoffrey Marsh (aka Charles Grant), the third book in this series which has shades of Indiana Jones in it (New Jersey tailor races around the globe locating objects for nefarious characters while fighting villians) and came across this passage:
'Where did you send him?'
'Over to Bangor. Told him you were sick and tired of the mosquitoes eatin you alive and was gonna rent my rich cousin's air-conditioned house, the one with the ugly bats on the fence to keep the bugs away. Said you said you wasn't comin back until next year.'
I know this has to be a nod to Stephen King as he and Charlie were friends.
'Where did you send him?'
'Over to Bangor. Told him you were sick and tired of the mosquitoes eatin you alive and was gonna rent my rich cousin's air-conditioned house, the one with the ugly bats on the fence to keep the bugs away. Said you said you wasn't comin back until next year.'
I know this has to be a nod to Stephen King as he and Charlie were friends.
I am reading Radiant Angel by Nelson DeMille, Truth or Die by J. Patterson and Roughan and Alert by J. Patterson and Michael Ledwidge.
I finished Lisey's Story last weekend. It did hit home more this time around than the first read.
Started The Martian, so far I am enjoying it. My 13 year old is reading it too, pretty sure he has passed where I am, and he started it later than I did.
He is loving it.
Started The Martian, so far I am enjoying it. My 13 year old is reading it too, pretty sure he has passed where I am, and he started it later than I did.
He is loving it.
Finished Thinner this weekend, so much better than I remember it!
Finally onto Wizard and Glass as my Tower reread continues, just debating over reading Wind through the Keyhole next or leaving it until the end...
Ginelli is such a cool character and I will never look at strawberry pie in quite the same way ever again!!
Re-reading (after about twenty-five years) Conan the Barbarian #'s 14 & 15 (recently bought a gorgeous two-volume Dark Horse hardback set reprinting all of Barry Windsor-Smith's Conan work for Marvel--yes, I need an intervention), and for those not in the know, these issues feature a crossover/team-up (and initial battle--this was Marvel, after all) between Howard's Cimmerian and Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melniborne.
Other than the goofy dunce-cap he wears, this Elric seems like a nifty character. Anyone here read any Elric stories? Is Moorcock worth reading? (And no making fun of his last name, please).
As usual, Mr. Windsor-Smith's artwork is just KICKING my azz. His early depiction of Conan, as a lean and hungry thief, was a perfect introduction to the classic pulp character, which logically led to John Buscema's later, more mature (not to mention larger, meaner, and wiser) barbarian we all know and love.
Barry is one of those artists who make the rest of us just wanna toss our rapidographs in the trash. Man, it'd be killer if they could get him to draw an arc of the Dark Tower comic series--his style would be perfect for Roland and Mid-World.
(Dang, just remembered I DO have a book of Elric stories, but I lent it to my sister some time ago and have yet to get it back!)
Other than the goofy dunce-cap he wears, this Elric seems like a nifty character. Anyone here read any Elric stories? Is Moorcock worth reading? (And no making fun of his last name, please).
As usual, Mr. Windsor-Smith's artwork is just KICKING my azz. His early depiction of Conan, as a lean and hungry thief, was a perfect introduction to the classic pulp character, which logically led to John Buscema's later, more mature (not to mention larger, meaner, and wiser) barbarian we all know and love.
Barry is one of those artists who make the rest of us just wanna toss our rapidographs in the trash. Man, it'd be killer if they could get him to draw an arc of the Dark Tower comic series--his style would be perfect for Roland and Mid-World.
(Dang, just remembered I DO have a book of Elric stories, but I lent it to my sister some time ago and have yet to get it back!)
Never read Elmore? Here is an article I found called The Elmore Leonard Starter Kit. So if you have never read any Elmore, this article gives you a pretty good place to start. I would add Killshot (1989) to this list.
The Elmore Leonard Starter Kit
The Elmore Leonard Starter Kit
Started Sunset & Sawdust by Joe Lansdale last night. Starts off with a bang (literally) and before I knew it I was over 30 pages in! Luvs me some Lansdale!
Good stuff on sale from amazon for the kindle today.
5 books by Elmore Leonard for $1.99 (Daily Deal)
Joe Hill's NOS4A2 $1.99 (monthly deal)
5 books by Elmore Leonard for $1.99 (Daily Deal)
Joe Hill's NOS4A2 $1.99 (monthly deal)
A Time to Love and a Time to Die by Erich Maria Remarque. A bleak story happening during the war but some of the characters are funny and the description vivid. I like it so far.
Have not read so much of his fantasy like Elric and Jerry Cornelius or Corum. But have read some of his more Sciencefiction like books like Behold the Man, The Time Dweller, Dancers at the End of Time and Gloriana. They are good. He has a love of fantasy so he mixes the more serious SF-books with fantasy outbursts inspired by fave authors from when he was a kid like Edgar Rice Borroughs (John Carter, not Tarzan, If you like a Tarzan inspired writer read Philip Jose Farmer) and others.
Started No Safe House by Linwood Barclay. He is usually reliable and it has started good....
I finally made a start on The Dark Tower, finished off The Gunslinger and excited to find out what happens next . Now about 40% through 'Salems Lot, one of the older King books I never got round to reading. There's such a different feel to these old books than his more recent books. Thoroughly enjoying it 
The City,Not Long After by Pat Murphy. I am a sucker for apocalypse fiction and someone must have offloaded their collection for the library sale because I found four or five which I have never read.This one is pretty good.Nothing can compare to The Stand and Swan Song though.
Finished Bradbury's Dandelion Wine the other day and I'm still on a high from what I read. My god, what a beautifully written book this is. Basically a series of short stories/vignettes strung together telling the story of one boy's summer in a sleepy midwestern town, it is hands down the most poetic prose I have ever read in my life. Needless to say, I absolutely loved it.
Just started Margaret Atwood's new release, The Heart Goes Last. This one is based on the 4 or 5 installments she previously released as e-stories a few years ago. I read those, but I don't believe there was ever a conclusion to the story. This recently released version is a fleshed out novel. So far, so good. But hey, it's Atwood. Couldn't be anything else but good in my opinion.
Just started Margaret Atwood's new release, The Heart Goes Last. This one is based on the 4 or 5 installments she previously released as e-stories a few years ago. I read those, but I don't believe there was ever a conclusion to the story. This recently released version is a fleshed out novel. So far, so good. But hey, it's Atwood. Couldn't be anything else but good in my opinion.
Just ordered Dandelion Wine for my Kindle--$5.99 on Amazon today.
Sounds really good--thanks for the recommendation!
All of Bradbury is good, except his collection We'll Always Have Paris. That one left me feeling meh.
Oh gosh... now I'm going to worry that you won't like it!!!
(that's just me and my anxiety talking; just ignore me)
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