Allysin: early Grisham, very early (published, not written) James Patterson, old school Ian Fleming, and old faithful John LeCarre.
Actually, toss LeCarre and replace him with Graham Greene.
I don't like vampires. I'm gonna take a stand and say they're not good.
Xander ,'Beneath You'
Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - May 27, 2008 7:01:17 pm PDT #9280 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Lee - May 27, 2008 7:09:23 pm PDT #9281 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Typo Boy - May 27, 2008 7:21:47 pm PDT #9282 of 10001
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.
Factoid: [link] 23% of USAians claim to have personally seen a ghost. 5% of USAians claim to have personally seen the monster in the closet. As to the latter statistic, I wonder what percent of USAians, when given the opportunity, screw with pollsters.
Vortex - May 27, 2008 7:36:19 pm PDT #9283 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
allyson, he might enjoy some Lawrence Sanders. the sins series is really good. If he wants something more frivolous, the Archie McNally books are good (but only the ones written by Ludlum. The ones after he died are crap)
§ ita § - May 27, 2008 7:37:48 pm PDT #9284 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'd say 5% is about in line with the number of people I know who've seen The Boogeyman. That %age of ghosts? Easy peasey.
NSM w/ me, though.
Lee - May 27, 2008 7:49:49 pm PDT #9285 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
5% of USAians claim to have personally seen the monster in the closet.
Did they seem them as adults though?
When I was 5, my bedroom furniture would get up and move around the bedroom because the clown heads in the freakass painting my mother insisted on hanging (5 or 6 clowns' heads floating on a black background) told it to.
Just because it wasn't real doesn't mean I didn't see it.
Burrell - May 27, 2008 7:51:11 pm PDT #9286 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Does the monster have to be in the closet? Or does any monster count?
Frances asked me the other day if fairies are real. I thought of Pan's Labyrinth and couldn't bring myself to say "no" so instead I told her most children would say yes and most adults would say no.
Allyson - May 27, 2008 7:53:27 pm PDT #9287 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
Thanks for the suggestions all!
He did like the Pigeon book. I'm suspicious of people who don't love the Pigeon.
Burrell - May 27, 2008 7:55:21 pm PDT #9288 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Oh dear, Perkins. Your bedroom creatures were a bit more diabolical than mine were. My biggest problem as a child was that my dolls all came to life while I wasn't there, and that really was mostly a matter of making sure they were all facing forward before I left for school.
Well, on second thought, there were some nasty creatures in my room. The sharks that swam across my floor at night were pretty evil, as were the skeletons under my bed.
Lee - May 27, 2008 8:02:32 pm PDT #9289 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
They were totally evil!
Freakass clowns.