freeflir29 0 #26 November 14, 2005 You don't hang around the mall in a trench coat by any chance do you? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca 0 #27 November 14, 2005 QuoteGuys...relax. They have earthquakes like that ALL THE TIME in that region. It is a very rare and unusual set of circumstances that would result in a tsunami. Oh. Well then why'd they make such a big headline splash with it? I got all worried. you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ReBirth 0 #28 November 14, 2005 QuoteWell then why'd they make such a big headline splash with it? Ratings... QuoteI got all worried. Success. BTW...poor choice of words there...splash indeed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca 0 #29 November 14, 2005 QuoteQuoteWell then why'd they make such a big headline splash with it? Ratings... QuoteI got all worried. Success. BTW...poor choice of words there...splash indeed. ARGH!! I HATE being manipulated!!! Fecking media bastarrrrds!!! Splash. Daryl Hannah had nice boobies in the 80's. you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sinker 0 #30 November 14, 2005 pennywise... chud... barrens... they all float... *shudders* -the artist formerly known as sinker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iflyme 0 #31 November 14, 2005 Hey - it's all rock and roll to me Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SudsyFist 0 #32 November 14, 2005 QuoteYou don't hang around the mall in a trench coat by any chance do you? Don't forget the dress socks and loafers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlexCrowley 0 #33 November 14, 2005 That and the Stand are the only good books Steven King ever wrote. TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SudsyFist 0 #34 November 14, 2005 QuoteThat and the Stand are the only good books Steven King ever wrote. And also with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ReBirth 0 #35 November 14, 2005 QuoteThat and the Stand are the only good books Steven King ever wrote. And he ripped off The Stand. Take a gander at Swan Song sometime. Storyline almost identical, came out before The Stand. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0671741039/qid=1132011110/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-9265846-7712827?v=glance&s=books&n=507846 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Girlfalldown 0 #36 November 14, 2005 QuoteQuoteThat and the Stand are the only good books Steven King ever wrote. And he ripped off The Stand. Take a gander at Swan Song sometime. Storyline almost identical, came out before The Stand. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0671741039/qid=1132011110/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-9265846-7712827?v=glance&s=books&n=507846 According to that website it came out in 1987 but the Stand came out in 1978. Try again. -------------- (Do not, I repeat DO NOT, take my posts seriously.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SudsyFist 0 #37 November 14, 2005 QuoteAccording to that website it came out in 1987 but the Stand came out in 1978. Try again. rawr! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #38 November 14, 2005 "IT". The Barrens. Belch Higgins. Pennywise. The smoke lodge. Paul Bunyon. Gigantic birds. Orange puffballs. Chud. The Turtle. Balloons. Man, what a deliciously horrific book. I just re-read it (for something like the 5thish time), and really really enjoyed it. I still don't like fortune cookies, though... Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Girlfalldown 0 #39 November 14, 2005 QuoteQuoteAccording to that website it came out in 1987 but the Stand came out in 1978. Try again. rawr! Don't be dissin my man Stephen King! Some people fail to realize he also wrote the Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, Cujo, Christine, Firestarter, Hearts in Atlantis, Carrie, etc.... -------------- (Do not, I repeat DO NOT, take my posts seriously.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SudsyFist 0 #40 November 14, 2005 QuoteI still don't like fortune cookies, though... Oh, how delightfully wicked Chinese dinners became with the young Suds at the table after reading this one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tumbler 0 #41 November 15, 2005 and I think this amazing trip Rowland is on is simply brilliant... Lobstrosities and all! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sinker 0 #42 November 15, 2005 hey... i'm currently trying hard to put together a delectable chinese dinner in SD w/ Pennywise, aka Sudsy, you, and me... sometime in December... stay tuned... -the artist formerly known as sinker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Girlfalldown 0 #43 November 15, 2005 Quoteand I think this amazing trip Rowland is on is simply brilliant... Lobstrosities and all! I love the Dark Tower! Every time a new book was released I would go back and read each of the old ones again to get me back to speed with the story before reading the new one. I've read Gunslinger at least 7 times, probably more. The man in black fled across the desert and the gunslinger followed. -------------- (Do not, I repeat DO NOT, take my posts seriously.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca 0 #44 November 15, 2005 I heart Stephen King's writing; though he's kinda appropriately creepy. you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ReBirth 0 #45 November 15, 2005 Hmmm, I could have sworn it was out before The Stand. Maybe I'm thinking of a different book. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ReBirth 0 #46 November 15, 2005 QuoteDon't be dissin my man Stephen King! Some people fail to realize he also wrote the Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, Cujo, Christine, Firestarter, Hearts in Atlantis, Carrie, etc.. I read everything he ever wrote up to Needful Things. Most of it before I was 14. Then it seems like he just stopped trying to do anything original. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Girlfalldown 0 #47 November 15, 2005 QuoteHmmm, I could have sworn it was out before The Stand. Maybe I'm thinking of a different book. Or maybe it was the other way around. -------------- (Do not, I repeat DO NOT, take my posts seriously.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2fat2fly 0 #48 November 15, 2005 QuoteTake a gander at Swan Song sometime. Then you really need to read "Boy's Life" and "Speaks the Nightbird" two other killer Macammon booksI am not the man. But the man knows my name...and he's worried Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Girlfalldown 0 #49 November 15, 2005 QuoteQuoteDon't be dissin my man Stephen King! Some people fail to realize he also wrote the Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, Cujo, Christine, Firestarter, Hearts in Atlantis, Carrie, etc.. I read everything he ever wrote up to Needful Things. Most of it before I was 14. Then it seems like he just stopped trying to do anything original. I've read every book he's ever written including the ones under his pen name Richard Bachman. He's had his ups and downs. Even I've gotten a bit bored before on some of them but there have been many good ones since Needful Things. -------------- (Do not, I repeat DO NOT, take my posts seriously.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #50 November 15, 2005 Quotehey... i'm currently trying hard to put together a delectable chinese dinner in SD w/ Pennywise, aka Sudsy, you, and me... sometime in December... stay tuned... I will be tuned in for that....'twould be a wonderful event; dinner with two of my favorite men... Rebirth, SK's writing changed, I'll give you that. He has been writing things with many, many levels, and when I was younger I didn't like that; I just wanted a creepy story. Now that I'm in a different place in my life, his writing has become far more indepth and appropos then simple stories like "Cujo" and "Pet Sematary". They delve into the basic nature of humans, and really tell stories that have a deeper message, not one which is "stay away from rabid dogs". Further, after his accident, they went farther into the good/bad, and are far less defined than his earlier works, leaving that to the reader to determine. He explores the grey areas, often in great detail. Some of his characters make it, some don't, some make it who we (the reader) wish they hadn't, and that's really good...it makes us think about what he's trying to say about our world, those in and out of it, and those forces which are unseen and yet felt on a regular basis. Fascinating man. Especially since he stopped writing for an audience (which is good in it's own right, btw), and started writing the stories that he wants to tell. Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
