- Fall of Hyperion, Dan Simmons
E-Books
- The Cell, Stephen King
- Thieves' World, Robert Lynn Asprin
Physical Books
- Illium, Dan Simmons
- The Island of Doctor Death, Gene Wolf
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Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Reading List
Audiobooks
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Re "Kindle-ing" a love for Stephen King
Wow. What an author.
I have recently completed one of his newest works "Under the Dome". It's a simple story of how things can get out of hand when you're shut off from society. Echoes of Hurrican Katrina, faint shadows of 9/11, and flavored with that special, small Maine town kitsche that many have grown to love.
For me, this was the first King book I had read in about 10 years. Previously I had slogged through his book The Tommyknockers (which was a tad bit dull); and of course I am familiar with his works having seen so many of them made into TV-miniseries or feature length movies.
But what struck me was how good of a writer he was, and not because of the stories he tells, but his technique; his rhythm and pace; the way he crafted each sentence or chose certain words to convey his message - the man is a master.
And now, as I am burning through this next book I chose to read - Salem's Lot - I see not only how far he's come as an author, but how far he had already been, as Salem's Lot, written in 1975, is STILL pungent and vivid to me now.
Perhaps partially, because I am from the 70s, or perhaps because he's basically "been there" all my life, my new trip through King's work is touching me on an almost nostalgic level, while managing, somehow, to be a brand new experience simultaneously.
I have recently completed one of his newest works "Under the Dome". It's a simple story of how things can get out of hand when you're shut off from society. Echoes of Hurrican Katrina, faint shadows of 9/11, and flavored with that special, small Maine town kitsche that many have grown to love.
For me, this was the first King book I had read in about 10 years. Previously I had slogged through his book The Tommyknockers (which was a tad bit dull); and of course I am familiar with his works having seen so many of them made into TV-miniseries or feature length movies.
But what struck me was how good of a writer he was, and not because of the stories he tells, but his technique; his rhythm and pace; the way he crafted each sentence or chose certain words to convey his message - the man is a master.
And now, as I am burning through this next book I chose to read - Salem's Lot - I see not only how far he's come as an author, but how far he had already been, as Salem's Lot, written in 1975, is STILL pungent and vivid to me now.
Perhaps partially, because I am from the 70s, or perhaps because he's basically "been there" all my life, my new trip through King's work is touching me on an almost nostalgic level, while managing, somehow, to be a brand new experience simultaneously.
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