Casual Binger wrote:
Well, I just did a quick search and it turns out the Jesus scene was deleted from the original edition and reinstated for an anniversary edition.
While I was reading it, amazon bots were tempting me with the anniversary edition. It was an odd coincidence. {I had bought it several years ago; long enough for some yellowing to occur.}
This has happened to me before: I read all 5 thousand pages of The Stand and then they came out with an expanded/anniversary/remodled/scattered-covered-topped and chunked version with parts that King had originally thought of as crucial.
“Süßen witwe Mutter-Hosen — kommst du hier mit mein knackenpfeife schnell, oder Ich zeige Ihnen mein Zuhälter Hand!”
"I am going to pistol-whip the next person who says 'shenanigans' "
eta: I have been reading this book for over a month, now. It's not that it's bad, or difficult, I just haven't had any time. I'm almost done. I knew that all of you were out there thinking "when is he going to finish it?" Well, soon, maybe.
“Süßen witwe Mutter-Hosen — kommst du hier mit mein knackenpfeife schnell, oder Ich zeige Ihnen mein Zuhälter Hand!”
"I am going to pistol-whip the next person who says 'shenanigans' "
eta: I have been reading this book for over a month, now. It's not that it's bad, or difficult, I just haven't had any time. I'm almost done. I knew that all of you were out there thinking "when is he going to finish it?" Well, soon, maybe.
I read Ready Player One recently and really enjoyed it. I understand a movie is in the works.
I also recently finished The Fuck Up by Arthur Neresian. It's a fast and darkly funny tale that reminds me a little of Bright Lights, Big City and Less Than Zero. Fun!
I read Ready Player One recently and really enjoyed it.
I finished it this p[ast weekend and I did really enjoy it, as well. I am of the age that the 80's references were nostalgic rather than just "retro". I don't think that it is any piece of earth shattering literature, but it was well written.
I understand a movie is in the works.
I think that they are making it right now. El Speilbergo is at the helm.
“Süßen witwe Mutter-Hosen — kommst du hier mit mein knackenpfeife schnell, oder Ich zeige Ihnen mein Zuhälter Hand!”
"I am going to pistol-whip the next person who says 'shenanigans' "
I like American travel-logues from Europeans.
There is a book by an Irish journalist about his trip in the 90's to America to visit towns named Dublin. I think that it is titled "Sweet Liberty". It was very amusing, his perspective.
There is famous travel book from a Frenchman's visit to America in the 60's (?) that I can't remember the name of. It started off in the salt flats with one of the rocket cars. JG Ballard was fond of it.
“Süßen witwe Mutter-Hosen — kommst du hier mit mein knackenpfeife schnell, oder Ich zeige Ihnen mein Zuhälter Hand!”
"I am going to pistol-whip the next person who says 'shenanigans' "
I just started a collection of short horror stories by Laird Barron called "The Beautiful Thing that Awaits Us All." The first story was pretty good; it started off like a Hemmingway hunting story, with manliness, tales of the Great War and drinking, then ended in madness.
“Süßen witwe Mutter-Hosen — kommst du hier mit mein knackenpfeife schnell, oder Ich zeige Ihnen mein Zuhälter Hand!”
"I am going to pistol-whip the next person who says 'shenanigans' "
Just starting Clinton Cash. No opinion yet. Also, I've decided to revisit some of may favorites and just ordered Tortilla Flat,On The Road, and Catcher in the Rye. I read Catcher once every 10 years and have a different opinion each time. Funny, but the first time I read it (when I was 19) I missed the whole part about Holden talking to a shrink until the very end. That certainly gave the story a complete different feel. I wish I could relive that take on the story.
This is the second time taht I have started this book, but the first time that I finished it. I think that it is the first book in the "Urban Fantasy" subgenre that I have read.It's about a guy who comes back from Hell, physically, for revenge. And there's magic and drinking and skinheads. Also, my sister knows the author, which is the closest I can get to celebrity, besides the time that I waved at Allen Ginsburg and he waved back.
I think that they are making a book about it.
“Süßen witwe Mutter-Hosen — kommst du hier mit mein knackenpfeife schnell, oder Ich zeige Ihnen mein Zuhälter Hand!”
"I am going to pistol-whip the next person who says 'shenanigans' "
What's your take on the upcoming American Gods series?
I really want to see/watch it, but I think taht I will have to wait until it is all available to binge or buy it on priced-to-own disc (as I have a hard time catching any scheduled tv programming, working at night and all that.) I have heard nothing but good reviews of it.
“Süßen witwe Mutter-Hosen — kommst du hier mit mein knackenpfeife schnell, oder Ich zeige Ihnen mein Zuhälter Hand!”
"I am going to pistol-whip the next person who says 'shenanigans' "
I just started Terry Jones' Barbarians: An alternative Roman History by Terry Jones and Alan Ereira. It's the companion book to the 4-part documentary (which I haven't seen.) Pretty interesting, so far...
“Süßen witwe Mutter-Hosen — kommst du hier mit mein knackenpfeife schnell, oder Ich zeige Ihnen mein Zuhälter Hand!”
"I am going to pistol-whip the next person who says 'shenanigans' "