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Post by Bartwald on Jan 18, 2005 17:43:23 GMT -5
Reading right now: another book by the crazy Nancy A. Collins, "A Dozen Black Roses". Pretty good so far. And VERY bloody!
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Post by LivingDeadGirl on Jan 22, 2005 16:20:40 GMT -5
If I remember correctly, the diary itself was actually written by King, but it was sold as a "real" book (kinda like they did with movies like "The blair witch". The Rose Red mini-series was on USA network today (all 5 and a half hours of it...  ) So I was kinda watching it while I was on the computer today. So I started looking up stuff about it & Ridley Pearson, who is a friend of King's wrote the book, which was a commercial tie-in to the mini-series. But the idea for the series was actually based on a real house called the Winchester Mansion. The daughter-in-law of Oliver Winchester (who invented the Winchester repeating rifle) started building it after her husband & baby died. She went to a psychic & the psychic told her that the spirit of her husband told her that the family was cursed b/c of the invention of the weapon that killed so many people. So the psychic then told her to start building a house and as long as she kept building it she would live but if she ever stopped she would die. I remember watching some about haunted houses & such one time & the Winchester Mansion was one that they featured. Pretty interesting story. Here's a link to some more info about it if anyone's interested: www.prairieghosts.com/winchester.htmlThe mini-series was ok, typical ghost story. The only recognizable actor was Julian Sands of "Warlock" fame. But it really wasn't interesting enough to keep my eyes glued to the tv. But I've seen worse... |
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Post by Phoenix on Jan 22, 2005 17:05:07 GMT -5
The Rose Red mini-series was on USA network today (all 5 and a half hours of it... ) So I was kinda watching it while I was on the computer today. So I started looking up stuff about it & Ridley Pearson, who is a friend of King's wrote the book, which was a commercial tie-in to the mini-series. But the idea for the series was actually based on a real house called the Winchester Mansion. The daughter-in-law of Oliver Winchester (who invented the Winchester repeating rifle) started building it after her husband & baby died. She went to a psychic & the psychic told her that the spirit of her husband told her that the family was cursed b/c of the invention of the weapon that killed so many people. So the psychic then told her to start building a house and as long as she kept building it she would live but if she ever stopped she would die. I remember watching some about haunted houses & such one time & the Winchester Mansion was one that they featured. Pretty interesting story. Here's a link to some more info about it if anyone's interested: www.prairieghosts.com/winchester.htmlThe mini-series was ok, typical ghost story. The only recognizable actor was Julian Sands of "Warlock" fame. But it really wasn't interesting enough to keep my eyes glued to the tv. But I've seen worse... I've seen that mansion on TV - it has lots of secret rooms and dead ends I think. Very creepy, probably creepier in real life than the Rose Red movie you were referring too. Very cool site, thanks! |
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Post by Bartwald on Jan 23, 2005 5:54:49 GMT -5
The mini-series was ok, typical ghost story. The only recognizable actor was Julian Sands of "Warlock" fame. But it really wasn't interesting enough to keep my eyes glued to the tv. But I've seen worse... I've seen worse, too. But the makers should have tried much harder if their intention was to keep us interested in the movie for so many hours! Julian Sands is a cool actor but didn't have much to do here. Here's what I once wrote about Rose Red. Cheers for King's cameo as the pizza delivery, uh, boy.  * * * And reading right now: Kirk Douglas' "My Stroke Of Luck"; gotta admire the guy!  |
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Post by LivingDeadGirl on Jan 24, 2005 20:36:42 GMT -5
I've seen that mansion on TV - it has lots of secret rooms and dead ends I think. Very creepy, probably creepier in real life than the Rose Red movie you were referring too. Very cool site, thanks! If I remember correctly they give tours of the house...or they used to. Now that would be something I would love to do. Speaking of tours, I also found a site,actually it was on the same site, where you can go on guided tours of famous haunted places. If I had the time & money I would spend it doing this. ;D Here's the link: www.prairieghosts.com |
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Post by Pulpmariachi on Jan 30, 2005 13:21:00 GMT -5
I'm reading J. D. Salinger's Franny and Zooey. It's pretty good so far. I read Catcher in the Rye way back and that was a good book but hadn't continued reading the Salinger books. Then I was reading thist thing with Wes Anderson (as any of you know whom I love) and he talked about how The Royal Tenenbaums was inspired by Salinger's Glass family. So I picked up the book.
Yeah, that's the story behind why I'm reading it. Anyone else like Salinger?
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Post by Bartwald on Feb 5, 2005 3:39:23 GMT -5
Right now I'm reading Clive Barker's Weaveworld and Sin City: Family Values. Weaveworld's pretty good so far, and as for the Sin City thing - can anyone tell me how this book compares with the other ones in the series? Cause it's my first step in the SC world, you know.
PS: Haven't read anything by Salinger as for now.
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Post by LivingDeadGirl on Feb 5, 2005 14:02:59 GMT -5
Weaveworld is great....one of my fave Barker books.
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Post by Phoenix on Feb 7, 2005 10:40:14 GMT -5
Right now I'm reading Clive Barker's Weaveworld and Sin City: Family Values. Weaveworld's pretty good so far, and as for the Sin City thing - can anyone tell me how this book compares with the other ones in the series? Cause it's my first step in the SC world, you know. PS: Haven't read anything by Salinger as for now. Sin City: you really should read them in order, because while all the stories do intertwine, you really get the most out of it knowing what happens in the first trade paperback. I enjoyed Family Values, but the first trade is still my favorite (titled simply Sin City). Most other peoples' favorite is Yellow Bastard. |
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Post by Quorthon on Feb 8, 2005 2:32:44 GMT -5
"Sole Survivor"
~Dean Koontz
Just finished:
"The Hammer of God"
~Aurthur C. Clarke
&
"Watchers"
~Dean Koontz
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Post by LivingDeadGirl on Feb 9, 2005 18:29:30 GMT -5
Right now I'm reading Dean Koontz's Frankenstein....it started out as the script for the pilot episode for the Frankenstein series, then he decided to cut ties w/ the series & turned the story into a 4 book series. Pretty good, but not his best work. Interesting modern telling of the story, but lacks his usual originality.
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Post by Bartwald on Feb 10, 2005 7:48:45 GMT -5
Sin City: you really should read them in order, because while all the stories do intertwine, you really get the most out of it knowing what happens in the first trade paperback. I enjoyed Family Values, but the first trade is still my favorite (titled simply Sin City). Most other peoples' favorite is Yellow Bastard. Thanks for the advice, Phoenix! Now I know I will get back to the very roots of Sin City and will try to read the books in order. As you may remember, at first glance I had problems with the way Sin City is drawn - I thought it was a bit careless in parts; however, I did enjoy Family Values (which I had to read in order to review it), so I'm encouraged to get deeper into the story now. Koontz's Frankenstein sounds interesting - I didn't know such a thing exists! |
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Post by LivingDeadGirl on Feb 10, 2005 20:08:50 GMT -5
Koontz's Frankenstein sounds interesting - I didn't know such a thing exists! Yeah, it's pretty interesting....it's set in modern day New Orleans & Dr. Frankenstein is there working on a new "race" of "people" of his own creation to take over the world. And then his first creation finds out he's still alive & comes after him. That's as far as I've gotten so far. But this first book is basically what they made the 2-hour pilot for the series from, so I pretty much know what's gonna happen. I'm looking forward to the other books to see what happens where the pilot left off. |
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Post by 42ndstreetfreak on Feb 11, 2005 5:46:07 GMT -5
"Abel Ferrara - The Moral Vision".
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Post by Pulpmariachi on Feb 11, 2005 14:21:06 GMT -5
I'm reading this great funny book called Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal.
It's great. You should all read it or anything else Christopher Moore has written.
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) So I was kinda watching it while I was on the computer today. So I started looking up stuff about it & Ridley Pearson, who is a friend of King's wrote the book, which was a commercial tie-in to the mini-series. But the idea for the series was actually based on a real house called the Winchester Mansion. The daughter-in-law of Oliver Winchester (who invented the Winchester repeating rifle) started building it after her husband & baby died. She went to a psychic & the psychic told her that the spirit of her husband told her that the family was cursed b/c of the invention of the weapon that killed so many people. So the psychic then told her to start building a house and as long as she kept building it she would live but if she ever stopped she would die. 
