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Posted on 12/20/2004 9:01:36 AM PST by ecurbh
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You ol' flatterer you! *wink*
I'm 32 and proud of it. It shows I survived this long despite my impetuousness! :-D
Easy to navigate? Girl, the ground is mostly flat, the streets go straight north/south or east/west, and with the mountains in plain view, you always know which is which! It's so easy to navigate, it's scary!
I was nervous about that, too, I'm used to much more rural area, but it's kinda fun living "in town", especially when you can get out of town so quickly.
Read any Steven King?
I like Tommyknockers... And Thinner.
I've read others I can't remember the name of.
Have heard literally nothing. Must pay more attention to such things.
Mrsnad says she'll get back to ya on the books...gots ta do a little research she does.
Nope, don't care for King.
I really like old 30s mystery novels, outside of SF, but you don't get much of that.
Have you read either of those two? They're all different. Delores Claiborne is another good one, but it's not a "thriller".
Entmoot is one of my happiest memories, doncha know.
I've still managed to resist watching the video. I'm trying to wait until ShootMoot so we can all see the things we did and laugh together as we're freshly reminded of them.
Hafta get up early to help people get to school/work, so I'd better go have my shower and read now. See you all tomorrow.
(((Hair)))
Earth in space, Louis Armstrong sings "What a Wonderful World"...Earth blows up...mid-explo, freeze-frame and the words "Don't Panic!" (Those of us who know, know.)...Explosion ends...title card: "The adventure begins when the world ends" or some such.
Thriller, not horror. I draw a series line at horror. Barely read H.P. Lovecraft and these days his stuff seems funny... Ia! Ia! Cthulhu fhagin!
That spiderman is
gay.
Woohoo! The AZ basketball game is on now. Go Wildcats!
I don't do horror either... I picked those two because they aren't gory, only suspenseful. Particularly Thinner. No one dies. The guy has a curse put on him where he keeps getting thinner and thinner.
Hopefully it's a bit easier there! Of course, any place gets familiar after awhile. I just hope I can avoid getting killed in a panic before I get used to it...
I bet they don't stay mad.
I didn't see your remarks as demeaning at all, actually.
Honestly though, I think his earlier work was better. But I think that applies to just about every author out there, doesn't it?
He has one called Intensity that takes place in a 24 hour period. Now THAT book was a page-turner and a half.
The cool thing about Koontz is you never know if you're gonna get a typical serial killer vs detective story or a supernatural/sci-fi novel or a wacko anarchist with OCD trying to take over the world tale.
I happen to have a fairly decent collection of mysteries from the 20s through the 50s...a few more recent, but the bulk of 'em from that era...
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