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I think King’s head is too hollow to house any darkness within… Ooooooooooooooooohhh, you were referring to me maybe…well, my lovely panther, you know the only infectio…AFFECTION I have is pour vous. Sounds more like the theme of retiring should be re-positioned to he _should_ be retired...

Would it be because it’s simply _The da Vinci Code_ but with Dracula? Simple proof that bad fiction is staining the publishing world? Another badly written piece of pap; she, with no previous writing, was given a 2-bloody-million dollar advance for it, Hollywood rights already sold. Based on...

I recently started a thread to promote the work of ‘one of our own’. Most here need no introduction to sirmyk . While I still haven’t yet read it (I did get my copy yesterday though) I nominate this book not out of “loving” it but out of why-the-hell-not. It’s always nice to help out...

Hmmm, well, it seems part of the dumbing down of language is that US dictionaries/lessons seemingly consider “affect” only a verb. (ahem!) I guess this is to alleviation confuse between e/affect. However wrongly. Shall we re-route this to the Intelligence thread? ;) Ok, enough of the...

Hence my point… Ok, so next time anyone writes they are ‘disagreeing with [me] about *everything* in [my] post” (emphasis mine) I’ll assume they also don’t know the meaning of “everything” and/or are just, again, trying to bust my McNuggets. Instead of me saying, “what’s up with King...

Not really. Let’s just say I’d bank on most people not knowing the difference anyway. I just glanced further to his shatteringly *awful* character introduction, where the noun is still not resolved but, Novella, we may not see things the same but this is some really awful kiddie writing…...

As I said, one would have to read further to know if his noun was correct. As for “term”, sorry, I’ll stick to the dictionary for my proper meanings. King and his fans are, apparently, beyond, or haven’t yet reached, this. (and there is a horribly constructed sentence to make you all feel at...

Don’t’ insult some good fiction. Keep it in „fantasy“ and the „mental help“ (psychology, if you prefer) section. And or get it OUT of the bookstores. If one needs a bible, phuck knows there’s enough in print, they can go stay in a hotel or nick one from a, whattayacallit it, church. Isn’t it...

“The event which came to be known as The Pulse occurred in the Eastern time zone of the United States at 3:03 p.m. on the afternoon of October 1st. The term was a misnomer, of course,…” 1) No “term” of *any* sort is listed above. An “event” and a name. A “term” has a “definite or precise...

Errr, um, the whole point of Book Crossing is that the books *are* taken. And then passed on, etc. j

Let’s not hand the guy the Nobel just yet. Bad writing, insipid storytelling and bland plots don’t mean much no matter what the setting. Someone sticks to a field long enough they’ll probably dip into other areas (e.g. Madonna). One can only go to the well so many times (hell, even Ann...

I’d have to re-read it (I read it when it came out) to really give a comment on it, but I thought it was ok. Not written very well (but better than his debut _Fight Club_) but had some ok ideas. I was hoping it was the start to, maybe, an important writer. The follow-up (I tend to ignore...

Heh. The old, “this sucks….but maybe _you’d_ like it”. When I do that it’s generally deemed as an insult… j

Oh damn. You are *totally* right. Ack. I guess I’ve managed to actually black them out of my memory. Hopefully this resurface/reminder -which you most assuredly owe me a nice coffee over (as Band-Aid to my wound)- will fade away quickly. Breathing in, breathing out. j Sorry gang, I...

Well, if you do let us know how you “make out with” him [Stoopid joke based on another thread; apologies for the cross-pollination] I can’t say I recommend him, but of course sample for yourself. I consider him to be just following the career path of John Ackdike [Updike], a guy that maybe...

I think “intimate” is pushing the envelope a bit. ‘Had a few family dinners with’ may be more accurate. Johnny’s new book seemingly bites and is already slipping place in the Best Seller list and he and/or his agent saw a way to get some publicity out of it. It’s a shame the Post did...

The review was written by Salmon Rushdie’s now ex-wife. Apparently The Rushdies and the Irvings are/were acquaintances. So this potentially breeches a reviewer’s ‘rule’ that no one with potential personal animosity shall write a review. While this was a screw-up of the Washington Post, and...

Personally I think it’s questionable if Irving has ever written a „good“ book, and while maybe his older stuff has (seemingly) some appeal his newer drivel is outright shite. And he gets extra twat points for complaining to the Washington Post about a recent bad review (of which he’s...

Excellent pick. And Coupland's (if _Eleanor Rigby_ is still his newest) is actually pretty good for a guy that only occasionally writes with a plot in mind. j

AHEM. I amend: Let us know the exact enjoy-to-dislike/love-to-hate ratio and final statistics of grades for any papers and/or exams given on _Lord of the Flies_. And also general comments on the teaching experience with this particle text from your colleague. j