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Originally posted by Theli View PostI've read the first Parker novel and really enjoyed. It is quite a bit darker than Hit Man (so far). Hit Man is actually a surprising light read considering it's about a contract killer. It has quite fun wit to it and a dark sense of humour. Parker, if I recall correctly, was much more stark (I guess Westlake's nom de plume really did suit the series).Twitter: https://twitter.com/ron_clinton
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Originally posted by mhatchett View PostThomas Perry's Butchers Boy is by far my favorite Hit Man Series.Twitter: https://twitter.com/ron_clinton
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Originally posted by Sock Monkey View PostI'm glad to hear that I'm not the only that feels that way. King has always been hit-or-miss with me. Sometimes I absolutely love the book like Lisey's Story or Duma Key and other times I'm left baffled like with Desperation.
I've never been a huge King fan and I think some of that comes from lack of reading him when I was younger. I always hear about how King was their first true experience with a horror book and he wasn't with me. My first two brushes with horror was Koontz's Watchers and Matheson's A Stir of Echoes. I also got busted with Stinger by McCammon at a young age, but I got no more than five pages in, I think. It could also have been that my first brushes with his work aren't "Classic King". If I remember correctly, the first two books I read were Four Past Midnight and Needful Things and I wasn't blown away by either of them. Either way, King never grew to the stature for me as he did for others.
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Originally posted by TJCams View Postscience books (popular science?) from authors like Kaku,Twitter: https://twitter.com/ron_clinton
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Originally posted by Theli View Post^Never heard of this series. What's the low down?
An urban myth, a voodoo incarnation, a mass hallucination, or the Angel of Doom? All of them a manifestation of pre-millennial anxiety. The Victorian seems to have become all things to all people, but whatever he is, he's the catalyst who will bring the stories of many fractured lives crashing together.
As we enter a new millennium, why should we look back a hundred years to hear from a superhero created by a secret society from the Victorian era? Because this character holds the key to the "Fin de Siecle" and possesses masterful insight for understanding the new age.
The Victorian - Act I : Self Realization, is a compilation of the first act of the cult status comic series, The Victorian. Each of the seven books in this series features dynamic, painted covers by comic legends like Jim Steranko, Doug Beekman, Tim Bradstreet, and Bernie Wrightson. As a bonus, this book also contains The Victorian Sourcebook featuring a painted front cover by Tim Bradsteet as well as a painted back cover by Rick Berry. The sourcebook helps provide further insights and facinating revelations about The Victorian.Books are weapons in the war of ideas.
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The Horror on the Links: the Complete Stories of Jules De Grandin, Vol. 1 by Seabury Quinn. Quinn was a pulp writer from the 20s-30s who became overshadowed by the likes of Lovecraft, Howard, Smith and the like. Jules De Grandin is his supernatural detective.Last edited by srboone; 05-07-2017, 11:33 AM."I'm a vegan. "
---Kirby Bliss Blanton , The Green Inferno (2013)
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Nothing to see here!Ok, I really can't come up with anymore of these stupid things...
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Originally posted by srboone View PostThe Horror on the links: the Complete Stories of Jules De Grandin, Vol. 1 by Seabury Quinn. Quinn was a pulp writer from the 20-30's who became overshadowed by the likes of Lovecraft, Howard, Smith and the like. Jules De Grandin is his supernatural detective.
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Thanks for the reminder; I still need to pick up the Quinn collection. Quinn was among the most popular contributors to Weird Tales in his day. His material hasn't aged as well as some of the names who have gained contemporary prominence, but based on the few collections of his that I have read, it should be fun reading.Twitter: https://twitter.com/ron_clinton
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