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.
Now hold on, I'm gonna press the right pedal harder. I expect us to accelerate.
Anya ,'Showtime'
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."
Atropa - Nov 25, 2009 10:34:10 pm PST #10408 of 28370
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
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.
megan walker - Dec 01, 2009 6:38:14 pm PST #10413 of 28370
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
As part of my 2010 24-in-a-year reading resolution on Facebook, I’d like every other book to be one I should have read but haven’t. Does anyone have a preferred translation of
Don Quixote
or
War and Peace
to recommend?
For the record, the rest of the list is as follows:
The Awakening
Beloved
Catch-22
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
The Education of Henry Adams
The Handmaid’s Tale
Macbeth
My Antonia
La Princesse de Clèves
Wide Sargasso Sea
Although I’m considering replacing Catch-22 with either One Hundred Years of Solitude or Love in the Time of Cholera. Thoughts?
-t - Dec 01, 2009 6:45:11 pm PST #10414 of 28370
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I loved One Hundred Years of Solitude but didn't care for love in the Time of Cholera at all. Catch-22 is also worth reading.
Amy - Dec 01, 2009 6:46:32 pm PST #10415 of 28370
Because books.
That's an excellent list, megan. Although I have to say I've never head of La Princesse de Clèves.
DavidS - Dec 01, 2009 6:47:55 pm PST #10416 of 28370
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Although I’m considering replacing Catch-22 with either One Hundred Years of Solitude or Love in the Time of Cholera. Thoughts?
One Hundred Years of Solitude is one of my favorite novels and one of my most pleasurable reading experiences.
megan walker - Dec 01, 2009 6:56:22 pm PST #10417 of 28370
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Although I have to say I've never head of La Princesse de Clèves.
It's pretty big in the history of the novel and everybody reads it in school in France. I've been meaning to read it for a long time, but it has been used to protest Sarkozy of late, so I figure now is the time.
Plus, it's about the court of Henri II, and my mother grew up in the shadow of his mistress's chateau (seen in the opening of Thunderball ).