Hi Rayne. I thought the ending was fine. I was pissed off at the racial stereotypes and plain old bad characterizations and godawful prose and poor storytelling that came before the ending.
Angel: Lorne, you're— Lorne: Reliable as a cheap fortune cookie? Angel: I was gonna say a guy with good contacts…
'Shells'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Typo Boy - Nov 25, 2009 2:08:10 pm PST #10403 of 28370
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Atropa - Nov 25, 2009 2:15:43 pm PST #10404 of 28370
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I didn't bother finishing the Dark Tower series. But I would LOVE to see a follow-up to 'Salem's Lot.
Kathy A - Nov 25, 2009 2:36:47 pm PST #10405 of 28370
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
My mom has a good portion of my (admittedly small) collection of King. She snagged Different Seasons and Misery (for herself) and The Stand (for my niece) when she was visiting last month. I still have his latest collection of short stories that I haven't read yet--maybe I'll get started on that after I put up my tree this weekend.
beth b - Nov 25, 2009 2:37:56 pm PST #10406 of 28370
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I couldn't read the Dark Tower series. and I neer read Salem's Lot. How odd.
Beverly - Nov 25, 2009 5:36:46 pm PST #10407 of 28370
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I love his Night Shift collection of shorts. For a long book writer, King can turn out some good shorts. Several of those were set around Castle Rock, as well.
Atropa - Nov 25, 2009 10:34:10 pm PST #10408 of 28370
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
The book I want to see King write a sequel to is Danse Macabre. It's one of the best guidebooks to the horror genre I've ever read, and I would love to read his take on more recent stuff.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Nov 26, 2009 2:11:42 am PST #10409 of 28370
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
I used to borrow Stephen King off my dad's bookshelves - he had dozens of them. My favourite was always 'Needful Things'. I like creepy.
Kathy A - Nov 27, 2009 10:48:20 am PST #10410 of 28370
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
The book I want to see King write a sequel to is Danse Macabre.
Oh, my yes!! I wrote a junior high paper on King in 1979, using Danse Macabre as the central point. Love that book!
Katerina Bee - Nov 30, 2009 4:06:32 pm PST #10411 of 28370
Herding cats for fun
Crap! The system ate my post. Darn, it was a good one.
Anyway, to paraphrase: HATED the ending of the Dark Tower series. Thought inserting multiple Stephen Kings into the narrative was just awful. I prefer to think that I don't remember having read that far.
Still haven't finished "The Historian," alas. I do look forward to getting back to the action because it's set in Budapest.
Typo Boy - Dec 01, 2009 12:54:26 pm PST #10412 of 28370
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
John Scalzi narrates a conversation he and a friend have about a bottle of good scotch Scalzi has provided:
Deven: This approximates what Romulan ale ought to be,”
...
Deven: Mind you, it’s not blue, like Romulan Ale is supposed to be.
Scalzi: We could fix that if you’d like.
Deven: No. We couldn’t.
Scalzi: Sure we could. We’ve got blue food coloring.
Deven: Don’t make me stab you.