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Ok guys there are only TWO episodes of Lost left before the series finale! We will have to wait a few weeks for the next ep though because they always break for the May sweeps in America at this time so it will be a while before the next episode, "Across the Sea" airs. Have to say that they definitley wont be able to explain all of the abiding mysteries like how exactly did the original inhabitants make their way to the island, the history of the island and the nature of death on the island plus the deal with worshipping the Egyptian God Taketa???
They may deal with all these mysteries before the end buit i sense a lot will be left to the imagination.....
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Workmates who turn hot and cold in the blink of an eye, have you ever worked with a group of people who are friendly, up for a laugh and normal one day only to transform the very next day into a moody, snappy and unpredictable group of psychos???
Its enough to wreck your head right up, people are very very strange....
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Four Past Midnight- a quirky strange title for a book that simple screams READ ME.
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Im a few chapters into 1984 now and im struck by how relevant the themes and description of modern cities are. Even though the book was published in 1949, many of the problems and criminal hierarchies are the exact same and this book also has quite a bleak feel to it.
I read the thread on 1984 and it seems to have split opinion down the middle, it will be interesting to see what i make of it when im done.
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Or walking into a shop and buying several items only to realise you havent enough cash and have to resort to using your credit card!
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Yep i always do that!
Its more to stop the natural wandering that the eye does when it scans a page so as not to read that very last line, often the most memorable part of a book.
I also do the same when coming to the end of a particularly exciting chapter and i sense a twist coming so i read the last page line by line by lining my bookmark up to the lines and revealing it slowly.
I know, very sad!
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In the Morning
Cycle or Drive to work?
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West End- charming venues like Cambridge Theatre for the win!
Bath or Shower?
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What about The Kid from The Stand? That guy doesn't exactly have a giant part in proceedings but sticks in my mind almost daily.
'Don't tell me, I'll tell you. You believe that happy cra**y?'
Ya, The Kid was never going to be part of the original The Stand, released in the 70s but thankfully he was included in the Complete and Uncut Edition, and he does indeed make quite an impression- exactly the type of guy you would NOT want to hitch a ride off of, especially when there aint nobody left on the planet to help you....
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Bees
Treadmill or Running on beach?
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I thought there were some great characters in Firestarter, John Rainbird for one. I love that weeks, months, years after I have read a SK book scenes and characters from the book still play in my mind like memories. John Rainbird and Charlie from Firestarter are definitely two of those characters for me.
Yeah he does have that ability! As long as i live i will never forget Larry Underwood or Stu Redman from The Stand and also Jack and Danny from The Shining or Nurse Annie from Misery. I cannot say that about a lot of books but King sears his characters into long term memory, which is a great talent of his.
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I'll second JCW's recommendation, Carrie was the first proper horror book I read and I thoroughly enjoyed it, but I preferred Firestarter and it is one of my favourite Stephen King books; you don't often see it mentioned, for some reason.
Its not as high profile as his other books, i personally only rate it as average but it has a lot of fans in the same vein as Christine and Tommyknockers also divides opinion amongst King fans...
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Well last nights episode of Lost answered nothing in my opinion, just more time travelling confusion from Desmond, i must confess that i feel a bit dumb admitting that i have no idea what his antics when he goes backwards/forwards/sideways through time and meets various characters at different stages of their lives along the way actually MEANS and what relevance this has to the approaching finale. He keeps looking to the sky in a thoughtful, eureka-type manner and says something like "Ahhhh.......i see now!", whereas im still left none the wiser as to what actually is going on.
So to summarise.....i have no clue what happened last night and with only 5 episodes left until the finale its not a good place to be
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Sheep
Male or Female Boss?
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Daisies
The Simpsons or Family Guy?
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I have never actually watched the film of The Stand. Having enjoyed the book so much, I was worried that I would feel let down by the film. But I do enjoy a good apocalypse-type book/film!
The film is a mixed bag of tricks. Casting of Gary Sinise as Stu Redman was perfect and Rob Lowe as Nick Andros was also perfect but the actors who play Larry Underwood and Frannie Goldmsith were sub-par in my opinion. Having said that, the story is told in almost all of its entirety which is impressive given the sie of the book and the CGI effects are still quite good. Well worth a look for fans.
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I cannot recommend The Stand enough, and if you want the definitive version then go for the Complete and Uncut version (1990), its not only the best book King has ever written, its one of the best books ever written, period. King doesnt put a foot wrong in his classic tale of good vs evil and im hoping the forthcoming novella in Full Dark, No Stars, will contain many references to Mother Abigail and her history.
@ Rawr, i guess you could call Four Past Midnight a series of novellas its just personally i didnt think they were very long and qualifies as short stories instead. However, we will have to agree to disagree on the Dark Tower series- by the end i was just reading out of obligation and willing the series to end! I would recommend The Body though and also Apt Pupil is a very good film and highly under-rated, it starred the late Brad Renfro in one of his best roles to date.
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Dear god I would have destroyed the person who revealed that to me, but I toiled for half a year buying each book and reading it within six months and recently finished the series a second time, and it's a fantastic journey.
Did you think so? In my opinion the Dark Tower series always felt like a second rate sci-fi series written by an author who never seemed fully comfortable with his material. They are great books no doubt but they lack that certain spark that i get from most of his other works. I file the series under 'Nice try, stick to the day job'.
King has a new collection of novellas coming out sometime, it's called 'Full Dark, No Stars'. If I remember it's the first time since Four Past Midnight that he's done it and the first two that i've read of that collection were brilliant, so I'm looking forward to this and hoping it wipes the 'Dome book out that I didn't like.
Yep, Full Dark No Stars is his next book and i cannot wait. Four Past Midnight was more a collection of short stories than novellas, in the same vein as Just After Sunset which was released in 2008. Perhaps you mean Different Seasons? This contained 4 novellas, 3 of which are celebrated as critically acllaimed movies (The Shawshawk Redemption, Stand by Me and Apt Pupil, based on the respective novellas Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, The Body and Apt Pupil; the less said about the fourth book in that series the better...).
I cannot wait for Full Dark, No Stars, particularly because, as a huge Stand fan, he sets one of his 4 novellas in Hemingford Home, Nabraska, birthplace of the prophet Mother Abigail in the novel and the 3 other novellas from his forthcoming book are called Big Driver, A Fair Extension and A Good Marriage.
The bad news? Its not out until November....
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Jazz
Cereal or Porridge?
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Mashed
Still or Sparkling Water?
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...far too short, make a plan for your life before its.....
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"What the hell are YOU doing here, i see what you do at night"
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Football
City Break or Country Break?
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Fred and Rose is a good one to read. Quite horrific though.
I read the Paul Britton books a while ago. His reputation has since been tarnished and he's not borught in on cases by the police anymore.
Fred and Rose has a sensationalist edge to it in that a few of the "facts" presented in it have been since debunked, such as the idea that only Fred and Rose were responsible for the killings- it is suspected that other individuals were also involved. A better book on that case is The Cromwell Street Murders by the Investigating Officer. He puts forwards the facts and timelines of the entire investigation from initial arrests to the trial. I have read many true crime books but the case of the Wests disturbs me the most, all the more shocking that Rosemary West sits convicted of an incredible 10 murders, including her own daughter and stepdaughter. Female serial killers are extremely rare and probably the most disturbing criminal of all.
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Overtime on saturday or sunday?