....you and your golden retriever?...dog's probably reading it to you....
What Are You Reading?
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I couldn't finish this one; I might try to reread it this year. Of his recent works, I loved The City and Ashley Bell most. Especially The City!!
Everyone knows dogs can't read, silly. They can spell using those little colored plastic alphabet magnets if you lay them out on the floor, but they can't read. Sheesh!....you and your golden retriever?...dog's probably reading it to you....
I read a story by Gordon R Dickson last night about a alien that looks like an otter and it made little sculptures and that story is in my top 200 short stories of all time. I started crying.
Almost done with tripwire by Lee child. His 3rd book. I've read about 8 of these and I rank this 2nd. Really good read. Just started book of life. It's the 3rd book in the All Souls trilogy. The first book was unbelievable " Discovery of Witches." The 2nd "Shadow of Light" started out great but got boring till the last 100 pages. So I'm hoping the last one is like the first.
Everyone knows dogs can't read, silly. They can spell using those little colored plastic alphabet magnets if you lay them out on the floor, but they can't read. Sheesh!
Tell that to Einstein (Watchers). 
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....I thought of that too, but didn't want to make his pointy lil head hurt......
Hey! My head is flat!
Just finished SK's "Finders Keepers" Before that, I reread (for the first time since the '70's) the "Conan the Barbarian" tales by Robert E. Howard. I lived in Texas for decades before moving to Arizona, and used to fossil hunt near the Brownwood/Mineral Wells corridor. Brownwood was close enough to Cross Plains, located about an hour north, that I made the pilgrimage to the Robert E. Howard Museum, that was also his home. As an avid reader (and less as a writer), I'm sure that I don't have to tell you that it was a "near religious experience" standing in the room next to where Howard cranked out his goodies. Back to recent readings. I reread "Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos" Arkham House hard copy edition, and reread more Mythos goodies in "Return to Lovecraft Country." Have also read some Sarah Brown fiction (well-known Texas novelist). I'm thinking it's time to revisit the Lincoln/Child duo and reread "The Cabinet of Curiosities" and "Thunderhead," among others. So many books, so little time.
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So frustrating...
So frustrating...
Steve's short story 'Crouch End' was filmed and included in the Nightmares & Dreamscapes series. It's a disquieting viewing, to say the least.
Kill Zone, by Jack Coughlin. It's a fun read.
That's a good one. Have you read some of his other "Kyle Swanson" books. They're all pretty decent.
Been slacking posting lately. I started the Amazing Spidey-Man Omnibus Deux. Whoa, dude. And #14 Marvel Treasury Edition, the Spectacular Spider-Man (1977). I owned this as a kid. So fortunate to find it and snag it.
New Grub Street (1891), George Gissing.
Ye gods, depressing. Victorian age novel about low level writers (hacks and starving 'artists' alike) struggling to earn a pound and a ha'penny in the unforgiving 'industry' of literature. I dig it...but woulda dug it a helluva lot more if the damn introduction hadn't spoiled the ending. When will I learn? Save the intro until after, damn it!
Ye gods, depressing. Victorian age novel about low level writers (hacks and starving 'artists' alike) struggling to earn a pound and a ha'penny in the unforgiving 'industry' of literature. I dig it...but woulda dug it a helluva lot more if the damn introduction hadn't spoiled the ending. When will I learn? Save the intro until after, damn it!
This has happened to me with certain Classic Literature. The publisher or editor assumes that everyone has read it and in an introduction gives away key moments in the plot.
God, I HATE that. Told myself long ago that I'd quit reading the intros to classic books. But...I forget.
I don't know if I ever knew that, now I'll have to watch it .. I loved the story, read it over and over again....
Sounds like those 'intros' ought to be more appropriately called CliffsNotes ...
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