I looked it up P-C. It was Face of Fear (the trapped in the building one), but now I can't remember whether I liked. And, yep, I read the description for Hideaway, and that sounds like it. I do believe I liked that one.
And don't you ever stand for that sort of thing. Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back! ... You got the right same as anyone to live and try to kill people.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
JenP - Jun 26, 2004 7:36:44 pm PDT #867 of 10001
Polter-Cow - Jun 26, 2004 7:39:15 pm PDT #868 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
It was Face of Fear (the trapped in the building one), but now I can't remember whether I liked.
I've never even heard of that one. Apparently it was published under a psuedonym, which doesn't bode well for its quality.
And, yep, I read the description for Hideaway, and that sounds like it. I do believe I liked that one.
Yeah, it's a pretty cool one. Another very cool one is Strangers, which is Koontz pulling a King and writing an 800+-page book about a large cast of characters.
JenP - Jun 26, 2004 7:40:52 pm PDT #869 of 10001
Cereal?
Oh, it's not a strike.
Gotcha. I misinterpreted your meaning. No biscuit for me.
JenP - Jun 26, 2004 7:45:53 pm PDT #870 of 10001
I've never even heard of that one. Apparently it was published under a psuedonym, which doesn't bode well for its quality.
Doesn't seem to be under a pseud ... or maybe it started out that way.
Polter-Cow - Jun 26, 2004 7:53:26 pm PDT #871 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
or maybe it started out that way.
Oh, wow, he had a ton of pseudonyms, geez. Shattered was written under one, which explains why it sucked hard. House of Thunder wasn't too bad, though.
JenP - Jun 26, 2004 7:56:48 pm PDT #872 of 10001
It did.
I've been watching a lot of Farscape lately -- the second cover? Guy in the back looks like Scorpius to me. And now I've just gotten so far offa the thread road, I'm just going to stop for the night.
Allyson - Jun 26, 2004 8:05:27 pm PDT #873 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I adored The Talisman when I was young. There was a second book that took place when Jack Sawyer grew up that made me sad, it was a character better left in my head, where he's eternallly twelve years old.
SailAweigh - Jun 26, 2004 8:23:24 pm PDT #874 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
a book initiated me into all-nighters
The Exorcist. Stayed up almost 2 days to finish that bugger. Not so much because it was so spellbinding. I was just too damn scared to go to sleep.
arby - Jun 26, 2004 8:43:14 pm PDT #875 of 10001
Guy #1: Man, there are so many hipsters around. I hate hipsters! Guy #2: You're at the wrong place. That's like going to Vegas only to say "I hate titties!" --The Warsaw, Williamsburg (OINY)
I adored The Talisman when I was young.
Yeah, The Talisman also rocked. Even the part that grossed me out beyond belief, in the end, with the worms coming out of his face.
There was a second book that took place when Jack Sawyer grew up that made me sad, it was a character better left in my head, where he's eternallly twelve years old.
Black House. I liked it OK, not as good as the first one though. There were some elements I liked a lot, others were just silly.
ETA I love how the Dark Tower series is expanding to include all these books, like The Talisman, that weren't originally intended to be part of it. The world creep, very cool.
I was just too damn scared to go to sleep.
Dude, this is the same reason I pulled the allnighter after reading Salem's Lot. I kept seeing vampires outside my window.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 26, 2004 9:17:32 pm PDT #876 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I picked up a King collection a few months ago, and one story scared the beejezus out of me (perhaps because it concerned a haunted hotel room, and resonated with my own recent experience with such?). This is not an easy thing to do, as I've been gleefully reading Clive Barker and H.P. Lovecraft since I was a teenager. While I think he's become hopeless with the novel form (or in his case, mega-novel), the man can still write amazing short stories.