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Originally posted by Sock Monkey View Post
I looked this up on Amazon and it sounds pretty good. How much of the book is new authors versus reprints of Lovecraft, Blackwood, etc.?
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Just finished Stephen King's "Billy Summers". Really enjoyed it. Thought the book within a book device was clever. I also dug the various Easter eggs for the Shinning and the Stand. Wouldn't crack my top-ten favorite Stephen King books list; however, I think this was a very solid book for King and one I'm glad to own.
Think I will be reading "Blind Voices" by Tom Reamy next. Have had it in my to-read pile for quite a while and am finally ready to give it a go. Hope it lives up to the Bradbury comparisons.
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Cool. This is prompting me to read this one. It's just sitting on my shelf staring at me.
Originally posted by sholloman81 View PostJust finished Stephen King's "Billy Summers". Really enjoyed it. Thought the book within a book device was clever. I also dug the various Easter eggs for the Shinning and the Stand. Wouldn't crack my top-ten favorite Stephen King books list; however, I think this was a very solid book for King and one I'm glad to own.
Think I will be reading "Blind Voices" by Tom Reamy next. Have had it in my to-read pile for quite a while and am finally ready to give it a go. Hope it lives up to the Bradbury comparisons.Looking for the fonting of youth.
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Nothing to see here!Ok, I really can't come up with anymore of these stupid things...
- May 2011
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Originally posted by sholloman81 View PostJust finished Stephen King's "Billy Summers". Really enjoyed it. Thought the book within a book device was clever. I also dug the various Easter eggs for the Shinning and the Stand. Wouldn't crack my top-ten favorite Stephen King books list; however, I think this was a very solid book for King and one I'm glad to own.
Think I will be reading "Blind Voices" by Tom Reamy next. Have had it in my to-read pile for quite a while and am finally ready to give it a go. Hope it lives up to the Bradbury comparisons.
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Originally posted by sholloman81 View PostJust finished Stephen King's "Billy Summers". Really enjoyed it. Thought the book within a book device was clever. I also dug the various Easter eggs for the Shinning and the Stand. Wouldn't crack my top-ten favorite Stephen King books list; however, I think this was a very solid book for King and one I'm glad to own.
Think I will be reading "Blind Voices" by Tom Reamy next. Have had it in my to-read pile for quite a while and am finally ready to give it a go. Hope it lives up to the Bradbury comparisons.Twitter: https://twitter.com/ron_clinton
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Originally posted by Sock Monkey View Post
Cool. Thanks! I’ve put this in my “need to buy” list.
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Starting UPGRADE by Blake Crouch, the signed and numbered Goldsboro UK HC.Twitter: https://twitter.com/ron_clinton
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Originally posted by RonClinton View Post
Glad you enjoyed BILLY SUMMERS much more than I did. Very much looking forward to your take on BLIND VOICES...I've had the S/L HC from PS in my TBR for a long time, but haven't cracked its spine yet.
Think I will be reading Don Winslow's "City of Fire" next. Winslow just might be my favorite (alive) crime writer today and I can't wait to dig into this one!Last edited by sholloman81; 08-01-2022, 06:35 PM.
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Thanks for the BLIND VOICES review…glad to hear you generally enjoyed it, and as such I’ll bump it up a bit on the TBR plan. I bought it because of its Bradburyesque carnival, pastoral setting and its positive reputation. But it does have its detractors, and I began to wonder if its positive reputation was based more on the special circumstances of its author — only novel, published posthumously — than the work itself. Good to hear my concerns were unfounded, and am looking forward to diving in.Twitter: https://twitter.com/ron_clinton
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Originally posted by Martin View Post
I agree with your assessment of Billy Summers. I also think the ties to prior stories was done on the context as the current story. Sometimes he throws in links that have no bearing on the story being told. That was not the case here.
For me, Billy Summers was his next great book.
Certainly my favorite going back 15 years (Duma Key), arguably his best in the last 25 years (circa late 90’s Green Mile & Wizard and Glass).
Let the count down start again with Fairy Tale.
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Nothing to see here!Ok, I really can't come up with anymore of these stupid things...
- May 2011
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Originally posted by brlesh View Post
I go into every King book any more wondering if he’s got one more great one in him.
For me, Billy Summers was his next great book.
Certainly my favorite going back 15 years (Duma Key), arguably his best in the last 25 years (circa late 90’s Green Mile & Wizard and Glass).
Let the count down start again with Fairy Tale.
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Originally posted by Martin View Post
King stories generally range from the good to great categories for me. My exception would be Rose Madder which I rate as junk. I would list Billy Summers in the very good category. My favorite in the last 15 years is easily 11.22.63 which I rate as great!
I wish I'd had the experience with BILLY SUMMERS as brlesh, but no luck...going into it, I had very high expectations as I'm sucker for hitman novels.
Then again, I'm not sure I can count myself as a King fan anymore, so maybe I just don't click with his work anymore. I love just about everything from CARRIE to NEEDFUL THINGS, but post-1991 the only full-length novels I've only really cared for is THE GREEN MILE (2000), UNDER THE DOME (kind of) (2009), JOYLAND, (2013), and 11/22/63 (2011). I'm always a bit (unpleasantly) surprised when I realize that.Twitter: https://twitter.com/ron_clinton
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