Meh. It's like King going back to writers--Irving was a wrestler and coach (I think I remember his being inducted in some sort of wrestling hall of fame), and that's a touchstone for him.
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All life situations.Yes, I left out wrestling, older women, orphans, Germany, New England, and tragic deaths.
Wrestling--his passion
older women--read Until I Find You, and you'll gag over that one (lol)
orphans--he was a half-orphan (no bio dad)
Germany--he liked it there
New England--he's from there
tragic deaths--Dickens is his hero--HAHAHA!
Interesting take. Sort of like Hemingway and all the macho BS? Something to think about, I guess.
Dickens wrestled?
You know it. He could body slam Wilke Collins while reciting passages from Our Mutal Friend.
I looked it up and Dickens wrestled Hawthorne in 1850 for the British/American title. Dickens was disqualified when his manager jumped in the ring and clocked Hawthorne with a first draft of David Copperfield.
What a wonderful story!!
Anathem sounds interesting
I don't think you have to understand the science--I don't understand much of it and I'm enjoying it (there're even three supplementary math "problems" in the back of the book)--but I'm not sure I'd recommend it. I'm five hundred pages into it, and like I said, I'm enjoying it, but it's not really blowing me away or anything.
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consciouor consciously, who knows?
Yes, like that. As an English Lit/Education major, I am always looking for the subtext and bigger picture when I read. I've always pretty much read that way; even before taking higher education classes.
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Wants to be Nick, ends up as Larry
This is a closet converted into a 'cave' for a book lover. How divine. sigh
Love it. Want it.
My clothes can go on the floor.
Actually, some of my clothes have gone on the floor for years (lots of T-shirts + very little room in the closet).
As for what I am reading, I am halfway through "The Stand".
I'm a huge Lord of the Rings fan. I also got sucked into Dune (read the first five books before quitting the series), The Dark Tower, Discworld, Game of Thrones, the Name of the Wind series by Patrick Rothfuss (currently only two books, but they're big books and awesome), His Dark Materials, Gibson's Sprawl Trilogy, and probably some others I'm forgetting.
I didn't like the Belgariad (might be misspelling that) or the Thomas Covenant series. I read a lot of Dungeons and Dragons books as a kid (mostly the Dragonlance series), and while revisiting them I find them boring, poorly written, and unoriginal, but they still hold a place in my heart, at least for nostalgia's sake. They brought me a lot of joy at one point in time.
Yes, I knew these connections, but I have to say you piqued my interest with UIFY, ha!
I'm not sure if it was approved only by Bradbury . I think publishers had probably decided against it. Their excuse that it was less relevant is pretty ludicrous. Someone on another page made a joke saying"that it would be like Orwells novel being changed to a later year like 2015 because it already passed and wasn't a relevant title." I personally think the story sits at a good spot just before the story The Other Foot. If anything it precedes The Other Foot colonization of mars as a lead up to. The idea that Bradbury changed it is sort of a hilarious when you think about the fact that Usher II is a story about the censoring and banishing of literature that they deem irrelevant and dangerous lolI think the story is about all the black people who take off for Mars. And yeah you're right about the N word. Bradbury was anti-racist and I can't imagine anyone taking offense. And it's not like the reader doesn't know how things were in the past when Bradbury wrote the story.
Same here. I don't see any reason for fiction to be edited at all after first publication. I'm still surprised the Nancy Drew books were edited. I'm surprised Gone With The Wind hasn't been edited.
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After watching The Nightmare World of H.G. Wells I read The Invisible Man for starters. Saddest, weirdest, creepiest thing I've ever read. Will be reading more.
I just got the last package today
VERY pleased with the prices and the quality. It was actually 6 books total, 4 for LilMan, 1 for me, and 1 for daughter. I'll definitely be using them again!
Great! I just today received an unread beautiful 1st hardback printing of We're All In This Together by Owen King from them! Cost less than $4.00!!!I just got the last package today
I just started All Out by Kevin & Alex Newman.
I've only read a few pages, so no real opinion yet.
I've only read a few pages, so no real opinion yet.
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