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morgan

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Today I came home with an stunning unread 1st printing hardback copy of The Silence Of The Lambs by Thomas Harris! Paid $1.99 for it! 'Tis a gorgeous copy! I wonder why noone ever read it?
The only novel I've read by Harris is Hannibal-which was outstanding! Have you read The Silence Of The Lambs? How does it compare?
 

kingricefan

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The only novel I've read by Harris is Hannibal-which was outstanding! Have you read The Silence Of The Lambs? How does it compare?
I detested Hannibal. I enjoyed it up until the ending. There's no freaking way Clarice Starling would have done what she did in that book. She loved her father way too much. Her love and admiration of her father was at the core of her being. But, when the producer (deLaurentus) and his daughter fly to the author's home every month while he is writing said novel, there has to have been some kind of influence happening there. They turned it into a Romance Novel. :barf:
 

morgan

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I detested Hannibal. I enjoyed it up until the ending. There's no freaking way Clarice Starling would have done what she did in that book. She loved her father way too much. Her love and admiration of her father was at the core of her being. But, when the producer (deLaurentus) and his daughter fly to the author's home every month while he is writing said novel, there has to have been some kind of influence happening there. They turned it into a Romance Novel. :barf:
I thought the ending was a stretch also, but his use of language was unlike anything I'd read before (was Hannibal possibly one of SK's recommended reads at the end of On Writing? Just had that thought-will have to pull out my copy to check). I had seen the movie first *shudder* and think that may have cast a better light on the book as well.
 

kingricefan

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I thought the ending was a stretch also, but his use of language was unlike anything I'd read before (was Hannibal possibly one of SK's recommended reads at the end of On Writing? Just had that thought-will have to pull out my copy to check). I had seen the movie first *shudder* and think that may have cast a better light on the book as well.
I do have to say that I thought the snuff film makers in Hannibal were way more revolting and disgusting than Lecter was.
 

skimom2

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Silence of the Lambs is probably Harris' strongest book (though I liked Red Dragon and Black Sunday quite well, too). I totally agree with KRF about Hannibal: started okay, but Clarice ending up with him was an incredible betrayal of a strong character. Would never happen.

I'm continuing on my quest to find a copy of NOS4A2 at a thrift/secondhand store :). Sure, it's easy to find on Amazon, B&N eBay, etc.,, but it's the thrill of the hunt!
 

HollyGolightly

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Make sure you check inside every King book to see if there's an autograph! I found a perfect hardback of Insomnia signed at a Goodwill one time at a tiny town North of Seattle. You just never know.....
Oh my gosh! wow, wow - how could someone let that get out of their house. I'm going to check my entire SK library now. They're all used.
 

Rosie Real

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I was thinking about getting a copy of Desperation as I had an urge to re-visit it. Then what do you know, my husband came home a couple of days later saying he'd found a SK book in the charity shop for (as he always keeps an eye out for additions to my collection), and it was a copy of Desperation :)

Also have a mint copy of Danse Macabre which I'm hoping to start soon, another charity shop bargain (50p!!)
 

Blake

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From a second-hand book store: The Minotaur takes a Cigarette Break by Steven Sherrill; The Best of E.E.'Doc' Smith; The Body by William Sansom; Robbie's Wife by Russell Hill; Death of the Battleship( The Tragic Close of the Era of Sea Power) by Richard Hough.