Cereal?

Oh, it's not a strike.

Gotcha. I misinterpreted your meaning. No biscuit for me.

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.

The Face of Fear

or maybe it started out that way.

It did.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I don't think I'll read Black House, since Talisman immediately became one of my favourite books. Grossed me out wrt seagulls, too.

And I agree with Matt on the short stories -- I've liked his long books, but his short stories scare the crap out of me.

You can get pretty interesting mostly clear shower curtains that make the bathroom still look nice and yet prevent you from having the "I know someone is lurking in my shower just waiting to have at me" feelings. Also helps to keep your bathroom from feeling too closed in.

I don't mind Crichton, but I apparently have atrocious taste in fiction. Ok, I didn't like all of his stuff, but I was drawn to Timeline. (Castles! Jousting! Armour! What's not to love?) King novels I'm not so fond of, but his short stories can be quite creepy.

Back to that Tim guy.... I've been rewatching Firefly now that I've taken them back from my BF (who sadly wasn't watching them on his own). I think I enjoy them much more on rewatch than I ever did on tv. Oh sure, I watched faithfully because it was Mutant Enemy, but I don't think I ENJOYED as much as I am now. I think it's also more fun because I can't catch repeats on tv, so when I revisit them now after months of forgetting plot details it feels fresh and new. I was trying to emulate Allyson's brain-marination in Out of Gas. Not sure I accomplished it, but sure did enjoy watching it.