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28 Jul 2005, 11:28
markfiend wrote: The name The Last Magician Of Rational Thought is IIRC from Steven King's The Stand .
Hm. I am totally unfamiliar with that, so it looks like a trip to the bookshop on Saturday.
*Markfiend edits:
I've split this stuff about
The Stand out of
this thread cos it's not really
Sisters Chat any more is it?
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Dark wrote: markfiend wrote: The name The Last Magician Of Rational Thought is IIRC from Steven King's The Stand .
Hm. I am totally unfamiliar with that, so it looks like a trip to the bookshop on Saturday.
its a good book aswell. one of his better ones. and (as alwasy) much better than the dreadful U.S. tv mini-series they made of it.
its a wopper of a book though
makes you feel a bit anxious every time you cough too
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28 Jul 2005, 11:33
Quiff Boy wrote: the dreadful U.S. tv mini-series they made of it.
that Steven King himself is in. Just a bit-part, but he does get a couple of lines IIRC.
The book was "revised and expanded" a few years back; King put in some extra material his original publisher/editor had made him take out. Like it wasn't long enough?
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28 Jul 2005, 12:54
but its a good book.which i will have to re read if stuff has been added.
i am more likely to release an album before the sisters
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28 Jul 2005, 13:37
Yeah, it's probably Stevo's best book. And I enjoyed the miniseries too. (And I taped it to VHS. I wonder if I still have it?)
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28 Jul 2005, 13:44
i got it for christmas one year. bits of it still pop up in my head.
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28 Jul 2005, 13:57
I used to enjoy his books when I was younger. I can't stand his style of writing anymore!!!
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28 Jul 2005, 14:39
I saw the miniseries when I was about eleven or twelve. It may explain a great deal about me now...
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28 Jul 2005, 15:01
I have all his books up to 1993, or soo. Loved him when I was younger, but haven't read him in years.
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28 Jul 2005, 15:54
The Stand? Is that the one about the cold?
Bah, gave up after trawling through about the first three chapters...and if I remember rightly they were STILL probably just walking down a road
I love and loathe Mr King with equal measure. His thin books are the best.
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Debaser wrote: The Stand? Is that the one about the cold?
that's the one.
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28 Jul 2005, 17:28
hee hee
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28 Jul 2005, 17:29
and ooooh I've just remembered....the guy in the film Gary Sinise (?) I wouldn't mind having a go on him either
Where's that lusting thread gone?
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28 Jul 2005, 18:30
one of the few king books i've not even started - i find his writing inconsistent to it's content eg "christine"; "the shining";both fine books and films."pet semetary";"carrie"; good stories ,not that well written.
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28 Jul 2005, 19:01
markfiend wrote: I've split this stuff about
The Stand out of
this thread cos it's not really
Sisters Chat any more is it?
Did QB know you had librarian tendencies when he made you a moderator? Or are you just trying to impress the Chairman?
And you know that she's half crazy but that's why you want to be there.
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28 Jul 2005, 19:03
markfiend wrote: Debaser wrote: The Stand? Is that the one about the cold?
that's the one.
Oh dear - I have a cold at the moment!
*achoooo*
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28 Jul 2005, 21:10
Francis wrote: markfiend wrote: I've split this stuff about
The Stand out of
this thread cos it's not really
Sisters Chat any more is it?
Did QB know you had librarian tendencies when he made you a moderator? Or are you just trying to impress the Chairman?
what would be the point of that?
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28 Jul 2005, 23:02
Well, this thread starting in "Currently watching" here in General Chat, to "Last Magician Of Rational Though" in Sisters Chat and back here to "The Stand" in General Chat.
This'll probably end up in Trading, Where Are They Now, and then in Announcements over in Tierkreis' forum.
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emilystrange wrote: Francis wrote: markfiend wrote: I've split this stuff about
The Stand out of
this thread cos it's not really
Sisters Chat any more is it?
Did QB know you had librarian tendencies when he made you a moderator? Or are you just trying to impress the Chairman?
what would be the point of that?
What's the
possibility of that?
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29 Jul 2005, 09:16
Oh, nice, pick on the new moderator for doing it properly
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What’s the difference between a buffalo and a bison?
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*blushes*
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29 Jul 2005, 11:52
Like Rian, I used to read a lot of Stephen King about ten years ago, but nothing since. But I do remember liking The Stand, along with The Shining. Definitely one of the better ones and even if it's long, he's not exactly a taxing writer to read. It and The Tommyknockers were good too, but as with any super-prolific author, his stuff is a bit patchy.
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29 Jul 2005, 13:46
markfiend wrote: Oh, nice, pick on the new moderator for doing it properly
You're not in the weeding section now Mr Fiend. We're a bit less anal in here.
And you know that she's half crazy but that's why you want to be there.
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