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Pay no attention to some very solid recommendations? Interesting advice. And very contradictory to your second sentence… j

No problem. My apologies for not making myself clear(er) in the beginning. I agree very much. I think there *has* to be some form of relationship between the reader and the characters/story. To me sloppy writing will always get in the way of that; one could be coasting along in a story but...

The former. Although the later has some truth to it. For the former, as we’ve touched upon in this thread, some of King’s clearly NOT “horror” still gets shelved in the “horror” section. Elmore Leonard has written some westerns, but if a store is good enough to actually stock them, well...

Sure. But when it’s held in the presence of others I find it simply good form to occasionally glance at them and make eye contact (so to speak). Those seeking only one-on-one would probably be inclined to use the private message thingie. Anyway. Novella (and those looking for an intro...

No arc, it’s a title in which the artist and writer manage to, gawd forbid, stay on for more than a few months. 100 Bullets (DC/Vertigo). Best thing going. I’m not a big Bendis fan but his Daredevil run has been pretty impressive and is winding up soon. I can't be getting into any...

Michael Connelly is getting props on a hardboiled thread??? Yawn… Drop that crap, kids -at least until you’ve read some real stuff: RC and DH, mentioned as they should be. James M. Cain Ross MacDonald Chester Himes Jim Thompson Cornell Woorich …for starters...

I’m not a Chappelle’ologist but it seems that “[insert *any* word/phrase in any language here], bitch/es” is his catch-phrase. According to nearly every skit [that I’ve seen] and the volume on the accursed Laugh Track (a greatly insulting invention) this seems to be the case. Oddly enough...

Sure. To me he’s just a better short story writer. But all in all I think they reason he didn’t grab me when I was giving him a flip is that his themes and subjects just didn’t capture me (war bores me and bullshiting/bullfighting could never be interesting – just two simplistic examples)...

Jezuz…there’s more of you? So a “great teacher” basically means: “let’s kid do whatever they want”. (SFG, when your kids get old enough for a babysitter, I’m kinda thinking you should not ask Cretin…) No on Earth. Er, um. Probably not. And even if so, “influential” how? Leading...

The best advice he could ever give on the craft of writing is: “don’t read my stuff”. I still shudder at the thought of a generation (if not more) of “writers” learning (or “learning”) how to type from King… I’d say more disturbing. And not in the way “horror” writer would like to be… j

So should Hitler [and/or enter any other tyrant, serial killer and/or religion fanatic here] be ‘credited’ for “following through” on his “beliefs“ too? (and Twat Boy back-tracked a bit on Stem Cell stuff a bit, possibly due to the er, um, oral skills of Nancy Reagan) Glad you liked the...

um, all my notes are on key. My apologies for loathing smileys; but the above was only meant as a joke. "Affection" was only in bold to bounce off the word-play of "infection". Admittedly, Groucho I ain't, but I thought that one was at least a near-miss...but why dontcha give me youh numba...

God save the cream – 16 August 2005 http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1549691,00.html

I'm in with those that say short stories. _In Our Time_ & _Winner Take Nothing_, but as Novella says, it's probably all just 'collected' now. _A Moveable Feast_, while entertaining is not fiction (well, in pure Hemingway style its fabricated truth), so maybe not what you're looking for...

ds, I just got the ol’ monthly shipment of books, of which always contains the annoying mag Wizard. This month’s (last month’s?) has an Alex Ross cover and some interview stuff with him inside. I’m done with the issue and I’d be happy to pass it on to you, if you’d like. The whole issue or...

Heh. Yes, it’s criminal to recommend this book to some stating it is “horror”. Hell, for that it would need a badly rendered painting on the cover at least… I’m not as highfalutin as some make me out to be (myself included), but yes, Saramago’s writing and themes are more of a finely...

HA! I very rarely laugh out loud...shit, I'm still shaking from that one. I owe you a book, Stewart. Wait a minute, I don’t like laughing...you owe ME a book! ;) j

Well, while Saramago is a winner of the Nobel (one of the few in recent years deservingly so, I might ad – and speaking of which, we’re coming to that time of the year again…) I can’t see how a book that rarely gets any praise nor was ever a best seller has a ranking that is overly high...

I think I meant more funny-like. Of course, it’s all in the delivery, “this soup taste like crap but _you_ might like it” etc. Basically when I encounter a bad book I can’t recommend it and therefore *wouldn’t* pass it on to anyone I know. I only try to give them good books. When it come to...

Best to not give it your money (or get others interested in it - not that, sadly, this is a "ignore it and it will go away" situation) - best to give it a flip in a bookstore. Preferably one with a heroin bar. Needless to say with a 2 mill advance the marketing will be shoved down your nose...