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Stephen Melling

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  1. At school we were 'forced' to read Joby, a kind of Loving, A kestrel for a Knave, Lord of the Flies and Of Mice and Men. Gotta say, I loved them all apart from A kind of Loving. As an A-level student I was forced to read Death of a Salesman, Richard the III, The French Lieutenant's Woman and The Wife of Bath, Prologue and Tale. Only the Wife of Bath left me feeling grubby!! Although I've been lent books by enthusiastic friends and reading said books felt like pugatory.
  2. My favourites are Fluke, The Magic Cottage and Shrine. James Herbert once told me(in a letter)that Rats was the first story he wrote and he took it through only one draft.
  3. I studied Tang Soo Do under Master Hedges at Fulwood. Lots of leg stretching!
  4. Always loved this one. "Women are made to be loved not understood." by Oscar Wilde
  5. Just realised...almost impossible to count. :readingtwo: :readingtwo:
  6. Makes Perfect Sense. Heart Shaped Box actually comes across as Clive Barker-esque!
  7. A Tom Finney fan from the Fylde coast???!!!
  8. Just started Heart Shaped Box myself. Seems pretty good so far. Clive Barker's Books of Blood series is definitely worth a look.
  9. DVD. The Howling, 1981. As good today as it's always been.
  10. Thanks for the welcome messages! Yes, Chorley is just up the road from me. But they're all very posh up in Chorley! Nice pubs and gardens and no one ever splits the infinitive.
  11. Just a quick hello. My name's Stephen Melling and I love to read read read. I also write, but I read far more than I ever write. The book club forum appears well-rounded and pretty diverse. Interesting place to read and post.
  12. Anything by Ray Bradbury. Also... Clive Barker's books of Blood.................Jaqueline Ess Salinger's For Esme, with Love and Squalor....Title story Anything by H.G Wells.........................Time Machine Anything by Ramsey Campbell...................The Companion Stephen King's Night Shift....................Night Surf Anything by Hemingway Anything by Roald Dahl
  13. My favourites change with the, well, with the tides. John Betjeman's A Subaltern's Love Song is a particular favourite. I like The Raven, The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock, William Blake(I like the use of it in Bladerunner, though the poem was deliberately misquoted)Mmmmm. Could go on for quite a bit here...
  14. I think the Narnia tales in Primary School. Particularly The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. First horror book was a pulp paperback called Spiders by Richard Lewis. I read this only once but can still remember lines from the narrative!
  15. I've just bought this and I'm seriously looking forward to reading it.
  16. Lord of the Flies is not a bad holiday read. I read it in Florida. The climate added to the book's atmosphere.
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