OakEar

Invincible by Robert Kirkman. So far I am enjoying it but I only read seven issues.

v2gls

Stephen's King "Salem's Lot"
Classic King until the middle of the book.. A writer (the main character!!), who is looking inspiration for his next book, and a mysterious man, who intents to open an antique shop, arrive in a small town called "Salem's Lot".. The latter buys an old abandoned house which is considered to be haunted and related to a series of disapperences from the past.. Things begin to perplex when one by one people of the town are "murdered" by mysterious beings...

Mr. Charlie

One Robe, One Bowl: The Zen Poetry of Ryokan

It's a lovely little collection of poetry from the much loved Zen Buddhist monk.

My hut lies in the middle of a dense forest;
Every year the green ivy grows longer
No news of the affairs of men,
Only the occasional song of a woodcutter.
The sun shines and I mend my robe;
The moon shines and I read Buddhist poems.
I have nothing to report to my friends.
If you want to find the meaning, stop chasing after
so many things.


Beautiful.

Chula Vista

At the time it first came out it was mind blowing. He blazed a whole new horror trail back then.

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“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

Frownland

I don't like Steven King because he's too popular.

How does Salem's Lot compare to IT? That one was really a mind blower.

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Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth.

Chula Vista

Way more compact.

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“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

The Batlord

It's a pretty awesome book, and there are two particular parts that are legitimately creepy even today. The best King book is easily Carrie though. You just feel so much for the girl, especially since you know how it's all going to turn out. It's like She's All That if it was written by H.P. Lovecraft.

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Chula Vista

Pet Cemetery killed me. Sherri was born in 1983 so I was reading that one while rocking my kid to sleep at night. The part where he digs up his son had me balling my eyes out.

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“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

Frownland

Heh. Balling.

I read Pet Semetary, thought that one was a little lackluster. Haven't read The Shining or Carrie yet though, I ought to fix that since I'm a fan of the films. I really think that 1408 doesn't get the recognition it deserves due to it being a short story and overshadowed by one of his other short stories, Shawshank.

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Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth.

The Batlord

Pet Cemetary is pretty sweet, but as with most Stephen King books, the ending was ruined because King just had to show the monster too much for the sake of a boring climax. Same thing happened with Salem's Lot. That ending was just terrible.

Carrie is great if you accept that it's the first book of a thriller writer. It's unpolished and kind of amateurish at times TBH, but has far more emotional impact for me than his other books.

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