What are you reading?
>>>>>>Angel, have you read her Sleeping Beauty searies yet? If not, you need to
**I havn't yet.......i am planning to get the whole series on Ebay LOL but if its anne rice its got to be great..........*rawr*
Does anyone read David Eddings???? I LOVE those books. **
Am I the only geek on here who reads physics books? I feel left out...lol
You mentioned Dark Tower.Is that the Stephen King series?I've never read those, but I used to love Stephen King.How do they stack up with the rest of his stuff?
Yes you are the only one who enjoys reading physics books! lolThe class is very interesting, but the book is too textbook-like (its a theory class).
They are the ones by King, they blow all the rest of his shit out of the water.the gun slinger is the first one,f its also the worst of them.its good but not praise worthy but then you get into the drawing of the three....holy shit it just explodes from there.something funny too, every book he ever wrote and short stories as well all relate and contain parts of the dark tower.the most note worthy of them all is Hearts in Atlantis.I recommend picking that one up to read before you start the tower saga, or at least reading it after wizard and glass before continuing the series.there are a few stories that have little to do with the tower but pieces of them are still thrown in.I also recommend you read or reread Salem's Lot before you read Wolves of the Kallah.But that ones near the end of the saga in fact you may want to read , Salem's lot just before song of Susana and if you get time I would pick up Eyes of the Dragon before I started any of them.Its all pertinent to the story as a whole but none of them are needed to enjoy the entire series, it just enhances it.
I used to read king, but then he got just plain wierd and i didn't enjoy them anymore, so i never picked up the tower series, did he go back to the classic king way of writing?
Those books were started when he was in college and then got shelfed for years and years I rea the first one around 1985 or so an it was new then. It was his earliest writing and he brushed it up to finish it and publish it. Its written in a way I never saw though, not in relation to king anyways.I got it in paperback and shortly after my brother gave me the second one, that was it I was hooked. fnear the end of the saga it starts getting wierd but not bad wierd, atleast I did not think so. The saga even offers an explanation for where he gets his ideas from and how he writesf. FOr the real one though I would read "On Writing" where he goes over how he writes a story and what leads to what. The one in the tower though is more fun and is part of the story.They ar my favorite books ever, my favorite characters ever, Iv read and reread the entire series 3 times now, twice in original form and once when he went back and redid the first 3 books to add more and straighten out some tstuff he felt was wrong years later.I like the originals better but the updates do add some to the story and are mostly dialog and explanations.
**I might give em a go, i used to love his books :smile: **
Quo Vadis by some weird pole. HAHhahah ( polish guy Oo )
The first King book I read was Salem's Lot and I loved it! The last book I read was Desperation, and it was a little wierd.
Desperation was only the start of that story, to finish it you have to read, The Regulators.
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did not take to long after I decided to do it...
I decided that just incase you went and read the second half you needed thes refrences since you may not of read it recently. its part two of the story, and that same rented truck makes it all the way to poplar street, that same child is now living there with out his family and Tak is back
MR. SMILEY-SMILE
D Peter Jackson's sister's trademark. Deidre puts the yellow smiley face sticker on everything, including the bag of pot under the spare tire in her car.
R Peter Jackson was wearing a T-Shirt with Mr. Smiley-Smile on it while talking with Cary Ripton.
CHINA PIT
D The open-pit copper mine, home of Tak.
R The open-pit copper mine, located in Desperation, is mentioned in the Allen Symes letter.
CASSSIE STYLES AND HER DREAM FLOATER VAN
D Pie Carver was wearing a T-Shirt with Cassie and her van on it.
R Cassie and the Dream Floater were major players in The Regulators.
THE RYDER TRUCK
D Steve Ames is driving the Ryder Truck, following Johnny on his cross-country tour.
R Steve Ames is driving the Ryder Truck, which breaks down on Poplar Street.
"DON'T CALL ME COOKIE AND I WON'T CALL YOU CAKE."
D Steve calls Cynthia Smith "Cookie," and she responds with this quote.
R Steve calls Cynthia Smith "Cookie," and she responds with this quote.
BEAR STREET WOODS
D This is where David and Brian's Viet Cong Lookout is located.
R This turns into a nasty desert in The Regulators.
"LITTLE BITTY BABY SMITTY, I SEEN YOU BIT YOUR MOMMY'S TITTY"
D Scrolled on a wall in the American West theater.
R One of the things the voice on the telephone says to Johnny.
LEAVING ON A JET PLANE
D Collie asks Mary how can you sing this song without Paul. He later sings a few verses himself.
R Gary hears Johnny playing this song on his guitar and joins in, just before hell breaks loose.
MELISSA SWEETHEART
D Kirsten's favorite dolly.
R Audrey's invisible playmate when she was five-years-old.
HARLEY DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE
D Johnny rides one on his cross-country tour. Collie buries it out in the desert.
R Johnny's got one in his garage.
THREE MUSKETEERS
D David finds a wrapper while in the Land of the Dead.
R Ellen and Ralphie buy one at the store just before hell breaks loose on Poplar street. It's dropped.
COUGAR ATTACK
D Inside the American West Theater, a cougar attacks Steve Ames.
R In the Bear Street Woods, a "sinister Picasso" mountain lion attacks Steve Ames.
Note: Much of the prose involved in describing the two attacks is verbatim. "a bizarre waltz was going on...the creature (cougar) was up on her hind legs, paws on Steve Ames's shoulders....He (Steve) had crossed his arms in front of his chest; his elbows and forearms were against the cougar's (cat's) chest....'Shoot it!' he screamed.
'For Christ's sake, shoot it!'....darted its triangular head forward....tangoed drunkenly, the cat's claws digging deeper into Steve's shoulder, and now Cynthia (Johnny) could see blood-blossoms spreading on the his shirt (coverall)....Its tail was lashing madly back and forth." A lot more identical text was used here.
SKIRT/HURT
D When Billingsly is about to die, he says: "Skirt," he whispered hoarsely. "Skirt."
R As Collie lies dying, he says: "Hurt," he whispered hoarsely. "Hurt."
Note: I think I remember reading somewhere where King mentioned this commonality in a humorous way.
RUSSIAN THISTLE
Mentioned in both books, it is more commonly known as tumbleweed.
CLOUD IN SKY
D After the explosion caves in the China Pit for good, a cloud of dust rises into the sky. It takes the shape of a wolf with a "grotesquely elongated snout."
R A last thunderhead after the storm takes the shape of a horse and cowboy, the horse having a "grotesquely elongated snout."
Note: Both the wolf and the cowboy and horse were symbols/used by Tak.
BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA
D Cynthia was heading for Bakersfield when Steve picked her up in the van.
R Cynthia was from Bakersfield.
WORRELL
D Worrell's Grocery Store was located in Desperation.
R Tom Billingsley's home turns into Worrells Dry Goods Store, (or Worrell's Market and Mercantile, depending on which page you believe) the 1858 Desperation version.
LUSHAN
D The Lushan brothers caused the original cave-in of Rattlesnake Number One back in 1859.
R The Jackson's home turns into Lushan's Chinese Laundry
OWL
D The Owl Tavern was located in Desperation.
R The Hobart house turns into Owl County General Store, the 1858 Desperation version.
SNAPPLE
D Snapple is mentioned on a sign in front of a trailer.
R Snapple was available at the E-Z Stop
ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO
D Steve Ames thinks about the flying saucer that crashed there.
R Steve Ames thinks about the flying saucer that crashed there.
TRÈS CREEPY
D Johnny Marinville tells the cop that the howling of the coyotes is "trés creepy."
R Audrey Wyler refers to No Face as "trés creepy."
I lurk and haunt several sites dedicatd to finding al the presents King leaves around his books for his constant readers so it wasnt too hard to find this list, it doesnt contain all the stuff that connects all of his book to the dark tower and to each other but its just the stuff you need to know for those two books.
I'll definitely put that series on my list, on your recommendation.I read On Writing. I liked it. It made sense.My favorite King is 'The Stand'.
happen to see th movie they made of it?it was filmed in my home town.when they are standing on the edge of the dam, the fourth peak back with the pines near the top, thats where I shot my first deer the hospital used was the Tooele hospital for years and years till the new one was built and my brother was working at the nursing home that makes up one half of the hospital, because of him we got to meet Stephen King while he was on the set and I went to bring my brother an extra key so he could get into his car after locking his keys in the ignition.I like the stand and after allM O O N that spells moon!
I love reading and read at least a book a week. Currently just about to finsih reafding "The Good doctor" and then I'll be making a start on "Middlesex" by Jeffrey |Eugenides which I've been tolf by a friend is a fantastic book.
Read two books by Umberto Eco last year:'Foucaults Pendulum'- Really liked it thought it was cool if not a bit confusing (ok thats an understatement). Will definatly have to go back and re-read it a few times when i get the time to really understand it. Baudolino - Much more straight forward and enjoyable but a little weird, atleast towards the end. Kind of like a historical 'Forest Gump'- you know the story cant possibly be true and that the teller is either a liar or maniac but you still want to beleive.Currently reading 'Birds without wings' by Louis de Bernieres, near the end now and have to say i really enjoyed this aswell, is quite sad though. After i finish that I think I will start 'The last days of Socrates' by Plato, it isn't that long which is good because i will probably be able to get it out of the way before my exams for Uni start and i will have far too much to read for that.
Just finished reading "Dune" by Frank Hebert. Right now I'm reading "WE" by Evgeny Zamiatin (banned russian "utopian" novel") and also a book called "Vapor Trail" by an author from my hometown, Chuck Logan.
I read like books are going out of style. They seem to be.
edit: I've read Desperation and the Regulators a couple times each, but those books took on a whole new level when I moved to Nevada. I spend alot of time cruising the highways, and have made the trip from Elko to Ely on the "lonliest highway in america" where the town of Desperation was set. If I would have seen a police cruiser coming to pull me over, he would have had to chase me to Reno because after reading about Collie Entragian and Tak A Lah Mi Him En Tow there's no way in hell I'd pull over :open_mouth:
I read Dune some years ago. Was good, I think i was a little too young at the time, maybe I'll re-read it sometime.Now reading Confessions of a Justified Sinner, By James Hogg....a novel about Religeous and poltical fanatacism in Soctland in the 17th century, written in the 18th cnetury
I've just started "The neuromancer" by William Gibson. I'm pretty sure that everyone's read this book.I'm wondering what will be my final opinion for this, since I've watched "The matrix" and many other films strongly influenced by this book.
In reply to: I'm pretty sure that everyone's read this book. I havnt even heard of it :nods:
I just got done with a book that had an okay plot, but the editing was terrible. That really sort of ruins a book for me. They misspelled like 10 words (which is a lot for an 80 page book) and used literally in the wrong context twice. I was somewhat annoyed about the literally part, because EVERYONE does that, I swear to you all, and so I crossed it out with a pen. On a LIBRARY book! Ohhhhh, I'm bad, soooo bad.
