Yeah, it's been full of surprises and I've been riveted. It still has 20 minutes left.
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Tom Hardy he'll always be Bronson to me.
This scene will haunt me until my dying day. Choked with meds the man is still trying to fight his way out. The human spirit can't be defeated. And yes the guy in the blue shirt is dropping the beat! Good observation everyone!
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...yep, yeppurs.....
"When I first paddled a boat on Walden, it was completely surrounded by thick and lofty pine and oak woods, and in some of its coves grape vines had run over the trees next the water and formed bowers under which a boat could pass...I have spent many an hour, when I was younger, floating over its surface as the zephyr willed, having paddled my boat to the middle, and lying on my back across the seats, in a summer forenoon, dreaming awake, until I was aroused by the boat touching the sand, and I arose to see what shore my fate had impelled me to; days when idleness was the most attractive and productive industry. Many a forenoon have I stolen away, preferring to spend thus the most valued part of the day; for I was rich, if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days, and spent them lavishly."
-Henry David Thoreau
I own two copies and started reading one of the larger print versions last night.
-Henry David Thoreau
I own two copies and started reading one of the larger print versions last night.
Gaiman's Norse Mythology. There is only one word to describe it: delightful! I don't want to give it back to the library when it's due on Wed
It's really a lovely book. I have a couple of copies, too, but the leather-bound just feels right in my hand.
It is my second time reading it. Oscar Wilde said one doesn't truly read a book until the second time around; I tend to agree, except with Walden. I absorbed the book initially and found myself underlining in pencil entire pages. I also enjoyed the story when he hiked to Mount Katahdin. I believe it is A Walk In The Woods.
My last few reads are, Freedom of the Mask by McCammon, Door to December by Heinlein, Mountain Shadow, sequel to Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts, Noir by K.W. Jeter and Gate of Worlds by Silverberg.
Read The Swarm by Herzog. A pre-King horror book written in 1971. Was so-so. Reading a book like that makes you understand what, and how much, King has given to the genre. It is about aggressive bees, really nasty ones.
Thanks -- the eco-horror genre fascinates me! Although I prefer it in film rather than prose. This message board has some interesting comments about the book. Don't you love the blurb, "a masterpiece of chilling terror, that might come true!"?
Arthur Herzog - The Swarm | Vault Of Evil: Brit Horror Pulp Plus!
There was one of them big budget star-studded disaster films made from it. Herzog probably got paid up the wing wang! I watched some of it fairly recently, but even Michael Caine couldn't hold my attention. It was no 'Empire of the Ants'! I suppose 'The Stand' was possibly the best eco-horror novel. With flu germs instead of bees. I saw a very interesting movie on teevee last year called "The Pack". On a Martha's Vinyard vacation-type spot, wealthy jerks get dogs for the kids for the summer, and when their vacations are over, they just leave them! Eventually, they band together and yes, begin feasting on human flesh! You know me too well. It made me (and apparently others) wonder if King got a whiff of this when formulating his idea for 'Cujo'?
Anyway, it's quite the ripping tale! I quite enjoyed it. A couple of times, actually. And stars Joe Don Baker back when Hollywood was throwin' money at him by the bucket-loads. I saw it on TCM, although it seems a bit low-brow for them.
If you're interested, just put 'Joe Don Baker' in your Comcast search list. Of course, you may end up with several recordings of 'Walking Tall' in your 'My Shows' -- not the worst thing that could happen!
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Had no idea that they had turned it into a movie! I also like eco-horror or eco-SF. I quite enjoyed some early Ballard in that genre (written in the 60-ties) The Drought, The Wind From Nowhere and The Drowned World. Dont think they were filmed but Crash was (early 70-ties) by Cronenberg. Can be recommended. Its more of a dystopic story really than the others that are more postapocalyptic.Thanks -- the eco-horror genre fascinates me! Although I prefer it in film rather than prose. This message board has some interesting comments about the book. Don't you love the blurb, "a masterpiece of chilling terror, that might come true!"?
Arthur Herzog - The Swarm | Vault Of Evil: Brit Horror Pulp Plus!
There was one of them big budget star-studded disaster films made from it. Herzog probably got paid up the wing wang! I watched some of it fairly recently, but even Michael Caine couldn't hold my attention. It was no 'Empire of the Ants'! I suppose 'The Stand' was possibly the best eco-horror novel. With flu germs instead of bees. I saw a very interesting movie on teevee last year called "The Pack". On a Martha's Vinyard vacation-type spot, wealthy jerks get dogs for the kids for the summer, and when their vacations are over, they just leave them! Eventually, they band together and yes, begin feasting on human flesh! You know me too well. It made me (and apparently others) wonder if King got a whiff of this when formulating his idea for 'Cujo'?
Anyway, it's quite the ripping tale! I quite enjoyed it. A couple of times, actually. And stars Joe Don Baker back when Hollywood was throwin' money at him by the bucket-loads. I saw it on TCM, although it seems a bit low-brow for them.
Finally getting around to reading through Bazaar of Bad Dreams. Gotta say, there's something about King's short stories I just absolutely love!
Have you seen Prophecy (late 1970's movie)? Not the one with Christopher Walken. This one is a horror tale about what happens when the backwoods of Maine have the wrong kind of pollution in them......Thanks -- the eco-horror genre fascinates me! Although I prefer it in film rather than prose. This message board has some interesting comments about the book. Don't you love the blurb, "a masterpiece of chilling terror, that might come true!"?
Arthur Herzog - The Swarm | Vault Of Evil: Brit Horror Pulp Plus!
There was one of them big budget star-studded disaster films made from it. Herzog probably got paid up the wing wang! I watched some of it fairly recently, but even Michael Caine couldn't hold my attention. It was no 'Empire of the Ants'! I suppose 'The Stand' was possibly the best eco-horror novel. With flu germs instead of bees. I saw a very interesting movie on teevee last year called "The Pack". On a Martha's Vinyard vacation-type spot, wealthy jerks get dogs for the kids for the summer, and when their vacations are over, they just leave them! Eventually, they band together and yes, begin feasting on human flesh! You know me too well. It made me (and apparently others) wonder if King got a whiff of this when formulating his idea for 'Cujo'?
Anyway, it's quite the ripping tale! I quite enjoyed it. A couple of times, actually. And stars Joe Don Baker back when Hollywood was throwin' money at him by the bucket-loads. I saw it on TCM, although it seems a bit low-brow for them.
Well, I finished the latest in the Lisbeth Slander series, The Girl In The Spider's Web the night before last. I have to say that I did enjoy reading more about Lisbeth and Blomquist. I didn't like the one or two word sentences of dialogue that run throughout the book. I don't believe the original author had any of those in the previous three books. I could be wrong. It was jarring to me though. I just read yesterday that the green light is on for another American film featuring the two main characters and that 'they' are skipping right over the second and third books and going right into the 'Spider's Web' novel. Don't think it makes much sense as Lisbeth's sister is featured in TGITSW and I don't think she's even mentioned in the first film. Crazy!
There ya go!! I've never seen it but remember people freaking out about it after they saw it and saying that we need to treat Mother Earth alittle better and stop all of the littering.
...1979....my HS graduation date.....
Think I might start Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil tonight. I feel like a hot steamy type of book.......
....you know you're treading into creepy purple monkey territory right?.....You were, what, 23 then?
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