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Originally posted by dannyboy121070 View PostAll I'm aware of is the PS hardcover, but I read it years ago, so I haven't really checked.
I think you might miss something if you're not familiar with the characters, since he does use some obscure ones. If he drops a name I don't know, I usually google it, and read the Wiki of the film. You could probably enjoy the stories as/is, but you get a deeper satisfaction from knowing all of the background. For instance, the story I'm reading now is explained pretty well, but having never seen THE SWIMMER and THE APARTMENT, I read their Wiki pages. Hogan made it pretty clear who the characters were and what they were about, though.
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All I'm aware of is the PS hardcover, but I read it years ago, so I haven't really checked.
I think you might miss something if you're not familiar with the characters, since he does use some obscure ones. If he drops a name I don't know, I usually google it, and read the Wiki of the film. You could probably enjoy the stories as/is, but you get a deeper satisfaction from knowing all of the background. For instance, the story I'm reading now is explained pretty well, but having never seen THE SWIMMER and THE APARTMENT, I read their Wiki pages. Hogan made it pretty clear who the characters were and what they were about, though.
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Originally posted by dannyboy121070 View Post
Also burning through Sean Hogan's WHAT SCREAMS MAY COME, the latest in his "Screaming" series, that imagines characters from movies, mainly Horror, but not always, existing in a shared world. I've raved about and recommended these books here so many times, and no one has given one fuck, so I give up. I will say that, if you're HERE, you would love this book. I just got through reading about a shattered post-Kong Ann Darrow's encounter with Satanists from ANGEL HEART, THE BLACK CAT, and ROSEMARY'S BABY, and now Burt Lancaster's character from THE SWIMMER has just received an eerie phone call from Jack Lemmon's THE APARTMENT character. Someone here needs to read these books so I can talk to SOMEONE about them!
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Have one more story in the new King collection, which I like a lot. I‘ll finish it this weekend, since I’m back to work.
Started Bound in Blood, an anthology about haunted / cursed books, edited by Johnny Mains.
Finished the first story by Charlie Higson, which I really enjoyed, so have high hopes for this one.
My recent luck with anthologies hasn’t been very good.
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I finished Brian Keene's GOOD THINGS FOR BAD PEOPLE and Alan Koszowski's Centipede art book DREAMS FROM THE DARK SIDE today. I was disappointed in the Keene, because I read most of the contents in another collection a few months ago, so...no fault of the Author, I just wasn't expecting to have read most of the book already. The Koszowski book...wow. A beautiful production by Centipede. I had my eye on this for a while, and when Centipede offered unnumbered copies that came with a Koszowski signature and remarque, I leaped. So much beautiful art (Nearly 600 pages!), and, again, the production is so beautiful that I hated to handle the book. Highly recommended.
I started Keene's ISLAND OF THE DEAD, despite my never wanting to read another zombie story for the rest of my life. Enjoying it so far, but I'm not up to the zombies yet, so....
Also burning through Sean Hogan's WHAT SCREAMS MAY COME, the latest in his "Screaming" series, that imagines characters from movies, mainly Horror, but not always, existing in a shared world. I've raved about and recommended these books here so many times, and no one has given one fuck, so I give up. I will say that, if you're HERE, you would love this book. I just got through reading about a shattered post-Kong Ann Darrow's encounter with Satanists from ANGEL HEART, THE BLACK CAT, and ROSEMARY'S BABY, and now Burt Lancaster's character from THE SWIMMER has just received an eerie phone call from Jack Lemmon's THE APARTMENT character. Someone here needs to read these books so I can talk to SOMEONE about them!
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Originally posted by sholloman81 View Post
Wow, never heard of this book/author, but it sounds very cool. Keep us posted!
Starting a biography of Mickey Spillane, and I suspect this one will be far more up my alley at the moment.
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Just finished reading the Thunderstorm LE of Michael J Seidlinger's "The Body Harvest". Overall, I enjoyed the book but didn't love it. The writing style & plot reminded me very much of Chuck Palpalahniuk except lacking his trademark humor, which is a shame as I think some humor might have made this book much better. For me, this story had some great ideas/themes, but too little in the way of plot, and it did drag at times as pretty much all of the characters are sad-sack loser types, and I found it hard to connect/care with what was happening to them, even if I did feel bad for their circumstances. Overall, glad to have read this book, just not sure that I will be too keen on a re-read in the future.
Am now reading the Thunderstorm LE of Laurel Hightower's "The Day of The Door".
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Finished up the Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Laurie King.
It was something different from my usual reads, and I liked it quite a bit, though it did run a little long towards the end of the story.
Tonight, starting You Like It Darker by Stephen King.
I’ve always enjoyed King’s short stories, so looking forward to cracking this one open.
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Finished Commodore. Liked it.
Perhaps Fracassi’s tip of the hat to From a Buick 8.
Next up, starting The Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Laurie King.
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Originally posted by sholloman81 View Post
Wow, never heard of this book/author, but it sounds very cool. Keep us posted!
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Started the "new" Bram Stoker book, GIBBET HILL today, and still working through R. Chetwynd-Hayes' LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO SUCK, which I'm loving.
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Originally posted by RonClinton View PostTHE WALL by Marlen Haushofer, a 1968 Waldean, last-person-on-Earth (?) feminist novel that seems like a precursor to King's UNDER THE DOME. From the back: "While vacationing in a hunting lodge in the Austrian mountains, a middle-aged woman awakens one morning to find herself separated from the rest of the world by an invisible wall. With a cat, a dog, and a cow as her sole companions, she learns how to survive and cope with her loneliness. Allegorical yet deeply personal and absorbing, The Wall is at once a critique of modern civilization, a nuanced and loving portrait of a relationship between a woman and her animals, a thrilling survival story, a Cold War-era dystopian adventure, and a truly singular feminist classic." I've just started it, so can't attest to whether it's a good one or not, but I'm optimistic.
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THE WALL by Marlen Haushofer, a 1968 Waldean, last-person-on-Earth (?) feminist novel that seems like a precursor to King's UNDER THE DOME. From the back: "While vacationing in a hunting lodge in the Austrian mountains, a middle-aged woman awakens one morning to find herself separated from the rest of the world by an invisible wall. With a cat, a dog, and a cow as her sole companions, she learns how to survive and cope with her loneliness. Allegorical yet deeply personal and absorbing, The Wall is at once a critique of modern civilization, a nuanced and loving portrait of a relationship between a woman and her animals, a thrilling survival story, a Cold War-era dystopian adventure, and a truly singular feminist classic." I've just started it, so can't attest to whether it's a good one or not, but I'm optimistic.
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