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Norman Mailer - The Naked and the Dead
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Stieg Larsson -
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
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Stephen King - Thinner
Adele Parks - Playing Away
Sue Grafton - C Is For Corpse
Grant Morrison - WE3
Kiuas - The Visionary
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Sue Grafton - D is for Deadbeat
Stephen King - Pet Semetary
Ed McBain - Lady Killer
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The Pythons - An Autobiography by the Pythons
Funny stuff.
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Quote from: Dragonchaser on April 02, 2010, 06:16:36 AM
Stephen King - Pet Semetary
Same here, reading Gunslinger next.
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Quote from: Joseph Allen on April 03, 2010, 11:14:41 AM
Same here, reading Gunslinger next.
I read that years ago I've just finished PS. I loved the first hundred pages or so, but then thought it dragged a lot until the end, which was definitely one of King's best. The prose was sublime, as always.
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Quote from: Dragonchaser on April 04, 2010, 11:29:41 AM
I read that years ago I've just finished PS. I loved the first hundred pages or so, but then thought it dragged a lot until the end, which was definitely one of King's best. The prose was sublime, as always.
Sublime? Oh please, King is a mediocre stylist on a good day.
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Thought I'd jump in on the King train and say I am currently halfway through IT.
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Quote from: Nosrac1691 on April 04, 2010, 06:37:01 PM
Thought I'd jump in on the King train
WOOWOO!
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Fyodor Dostoevsky - Crime and Punishment
Never really had an opportunity to read many "classic" books before, now that I'm in an university I hope I'll read more.
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You won't, unless you're an English major - the workload kills.
The Children of Men. Fantastically gripping so far, if very bleak and pessimistic. But that's part of the beauty.
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Quote from: Sargon the Terrible on April 04, 2010, 02:09:41 PM
Sublime? Oh please, King is a mediocre stylist on a good day.
I'm sorry, but you're wrong. While there are stylistic problems with his novels, his prose is among the best in modern fiction. Particularly in books such as
It
and
Misery
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I'm Larry would agree with me on this point.
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Quote from: Dragonchaser on April 06, 2010, 05:30:34 AM
I'm sorry, but you're wrong. While there are stylistic problems with his novels, his prose is among the best in modern fiction. Particularly in books such as
It
and
Misery
. It just depends on what you like. If you dislike his style, you won't see the majesty in it.
I'm Larry would agree with me on this point.
Majesty, piffle. Try him against a genuine stylist like Dunsany, Tanith Lee, E. R. Eddison, or Clark Ashton Smith, and you will find him gimmicky and trite. That's not even talking about heavyweight prose artists like Melville or Hawthorne.
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I find King incredibly entertaining at best. Don't know about 'majestic'...I mean I'm not saying I don't like him, but still.
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