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skimom2

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Just finished reading Going After The Rubber Chicken by Dan Simmons. It's a small chapbook with three speeches he did at various award functions. He had a couple of interesting things to say about King in one of them. He likes King.
Have you read Neil Gaiman's little book, MAKE GOOD ART? It is also from a speech he gave, and he's also very complimentary to Mr. King (and beside that,Mr. Gaiman is both a wonderful speaker and writer :D)
 

kingricefan

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Have you read Neil Gaiman's little book, MAKE GOOD ART? It is also from a speech he gave, and he's also very complimentary to Mr. King (and beside that,Mr. Gaiman is both a wonderful speaker and writer :D)
No, I haven't read this book. I have to say that Mr. Simmon's likes King but he also stated that he didn't think King's works would be read by folks a hundred or so years from now as King uses too many of our 'everyday' items in his works by using 'name brands', etc. and he (Simmons) didn't think that our future folk would be very interested in those types of things. I totally disagree with that because I feel that King has used everyday life in America as a spring board for his stories and that our future folks are going to want to see how dramatically different their life is compared to ours. I feel that King is our generations Dickens and that he will be read 100 years from now. You can't stifle talent!
 

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No, I haven't read this book. I have to say that Mr. Simmon's likes King but he also stated that he didn't think King's works would be read by folks a hundred or so years from now as King uses too many of our 'everyday' items in his works by using 'name brands', etc. and he (Simmons) didn't think that our future folk would be very interested in those types of things. I totally disagree with that because I feel that King has used everyday life in America as a spring board for his stories and that our future folks are going to want to see how dramatically different their life is compared to ours. I feel that King is our generations Dickens and that he will be read 100 years from now. You can't stifle talent!
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kingricefan

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Started I Still Dream About You by Fannie Flagg. I need something light and happy to read for the holidays. I love Fannie! Her books are always so uplifting! Reading her books is like shining a flashlight under the refridgerator, expecting to find lint and cat hair stuck to the cooling coils and finding a nice, shiny quarter instead! Happy, happy, happy!
 

CriticAndProud

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Started I Still Dream About You by Fannie Flagg. I need something light and happy to read for the holidays. I love Fannie! Her books are always so uplifting! Reading her books is like shining a flashlight under the refridgerator, expecting to find lint and cat hair stuck to the cooling coils and finding a nice, shiny quarter instead! Happy, happy, happy!


Flagg, eh ???? I smell the devious work of Randall here :)
 
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