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Just finished Sometimes a Great Notion (Ken Kesey) a couple days ago
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Today began:


FINISHED last night


One of my favorite pieces of prose, ever. That work is just eloquently beautiful.
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Nowhere near as good as the first novel, but it still really hooked me at the end.
"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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1/4 of:


It's like Argentina's "Catcher in the Rye", from 1926! Much darker in tone so far, more comparisons later.
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You read a lot bro. I miss being 18.
"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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Originally posted by Equality 7-2521 Equality 7-2521 wrote:

You read a lot bro. I miss being 18.

Must admit that I'm still on holidays, I don't start uni till end of March.
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Books I've recently read:

The Tommyknockers, Stephen King: A small country town in Maine discovers something strange sticking out of the ground and it starts exerting dark power over them. Main character is a Writer. B+

Needful Things, Stephen King: A small country town in Maine discovers something strange about the new shop in town and it starts exerting dark power over them. Features the term 'Besh*tted'. B+

Misery, A small country town in Maine has a very strange inhabitant. After wrecking his car nearby, our main character is going to become very close to that deranged individual as she exerts her dark powers over him. Main character is a writer. My favorite so far but it is pretty close. B+

The Shining: A small country hotel in Maine is very strange as a writer and his family will come to find when they take up residence there in the hotel's off months. It is a vile place that starts exerting a dark power over them. Main character is a writer. B-

Lightning: Dean Koontz: A small country town in Mai... Ahem, this one made me giggle. A time traveling Nazi SS assassin goes forward into the future and falls in love with his rich dream girl! Main character is a Writer!  She makes millions of dollars, her friend becomes a famous movie star, and everything works out in the end. D'aww! C+
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You need some Richard Bachman King books.
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Originally posted by Alitare Alitare wrote:

Books I've recently read:

The Tommyknockers, Stephen King: A small country town in Maine discovers something strange sticking out of the ground and it starts exerting dark power over them. Main character is a Writer. B+

Needful Things, Stephen King: A small country town in Maine discovers something strange about the new shop in town and it starts exerting dark power over them. Features the term 'Besh*tted'. B+

Misery, A small country town in Maine has a very strange inhabitant. After wrecking his car nearby, our main character is going to become very close to that deranged individual as she exerts her dark powers over him. Main character is a writer. My favorite so far but it is pretty close. B+

The Shining: A small country hotel in Maine is very strange as a writer and his family will come to find when they take up residence there in the hotel's off months. It is a vile place that starts exerting a dark power over them. Main character is a writer. B-

Lightning: Dean Koontz: A small country town in Mai... Ahem, this one made me giggle. A time traveling Nazi SS assassin goes forward into the future and falls in love with his rich dream girl! Main character is a Writer!  She makes millions of dollars, her friend becomes a famous movie star, and everything works out in the end. D'aww! C+


 
Read Dark Tower. Please.
Or, at least, the short stories by Stephen King. Far better than the majority of their novels.


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Originally posted by The Quiet One The Quiet One wrote:

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It's like Argentina's "Catcher in the Rye", from 1926! Much darker in tone so far, more comparisons later.

FINISHED

Didn't love it, but there are some great poetic lines that really deserved to be underlined. 
As far as the story goes, the protagonist (a 14-16 year old) has a way more tragic life than that from Holden, however, their lifes may be too different to be compared. Silvio belongs to the lower class, and is constantly struggling for a job and understanding what he must do for life.
Holden, on the other hand, is a dissatisfeid guy who just can't cope with society, in general terms. Well, you all probably read this one, so..
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Initial trilogy complete
"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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^My favorites in the series were 1, 2, and 4, with 4 being the one that hit me the hardest. In fact, God Emperor of Dune is one of my ten favorite books of all time. I didn't give half a damn about 5, and haven't read Chapterhouse, yet.

I just read Margaret Atwood's Year of the Flood, which is her sequel to the post-apocalyptic Oryx and Crake. If it hadn't simply been a case of 'more of the same', then I would've loved it. I also read part two in the Christopher Pike Last Vampire series, which was short, kinda entertaining, and little else, I guess. Not something I'd read to remember.

I don't know what to read next. Anybody got some Stephen King short story recommendations? I've read Apt Pupil, which was actually really good, and I read The Library Policeman, which was typical Stephen King, only rather tame and predictable, or should I say that 'only' is an unnecessary term?
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finishing tonight
                          Farley Mowat-Tundra

starting tonight
                           David Wooldridge-Conductor's World


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Originally posted by Alitare Alitare wrote:

^My favorites in the series were 1, 2, and 4, with 4 being the one that hit me the hardest. In fact, God Emperor of Dune is one of my ten favorite books of all time. I didn't give half a damn about 5, and haven't read Chapterhouse, yet.

I just read Margaret Atwood's Year of the Flood, which is her sequel to the post-apocalyptic Oryx and Crake. If it hadn't simply been a case of 'more of the same', then I would've loved it. I also read part two in the Christopher Pike Last Vampire series, which was short, kinda entertaining, and little else, I guess. Not something I'd read to remember.

I don't know what to read next. Anybody got some Stephen King short story recommendations? I've read Apt Pupil, which was actually really good, and I read The Library Policeman, which was typical Stephen King, only rather tame and predictable, or should I say that 'only' is an unnecessary term?
 
Some good short stories collections by Stephen King:
 
 
Everything's Eventual (there's a Dark Tower short story there): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything%27s_Eventual
 
Different Seasons (you will recognize some classic of cinema here...Wink):  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Different_Seasons
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Originally posted by Alitare Alitare wrote:

^My favorites in the series were 1, 2, and 4, with 4 being the one that hit me the hardest. In fact, God Emperor of Dune is one of my ten favorite books of all time. I didn't give half a damn about 5, and haven't read Chapterhouse, yet.

I just read Margaret Atwood's Year of the Flood, which is her sequel to the post-apocalyptic Oryx and Crake. If it hadn't simply been a case of 'more of the same', then I would've loved it. I also read part two in the Christopher Pike Last Vampire series, which was short, kinda entertaining, and little else, I guess. Not something I'd read to remember.

I don't know what to read next. Anybody got some Stephen King short story recommendations? I've read Apt Pupil, which was actually really good, and I read The Library Policeman, which was typical Stephen King, only rather tame and predictable, or should I say that 'only' is an unnecessary term?


I read his King's baseball short story and it was like one of those sports stories I read in 4th grade only gone horribly eschew. It wasn't bad.

For me now:



Possibly my favorite author of all time. Shocked
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Such a nice, short, easy read. It's amazing such a terrible movie came from adapting this.
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Heinlein is about the only sci-fi author I can stand anymore.  Maybe Larry Niven too.


edit: derp, Phillip K Dick


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No Bradbury? Or Wells?
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I hate Fahrenheit 451, and that's the only Bradbury I've ever read (every single character makes me want to punch them in the face)

I should probably read more Wells
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