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gtpooh
New Member
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Posted - 12/30/2004 : 11:30:47
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Continued from "If You're Not Breaking the Law, Why Do You Care? "
I'm not really a big King fan, but that's because I just don't like horror. My husband thought I would like the Dark Tower series since it's not horror really, but I'm finding it depressing and bleak, like so much of his stuff. (Maybe my husband just likes stuff that's depressing, he just had me read the graphic novel The Watchmen and that's depressing, too. I'm almost afraid to start The Last Samurai) Even when there are happy endings, they are just sad and unfullfilling. {sigh}
OTOH, I adore Snowcrash by Stephenson. It's cyberpunky and dark, but . . .well, I just seem to connect better to his characters. I might actually have to say it was the best book I have read in the last three years and it was good as an audio tape as well. The best audio I've listened to would be a toss up between Cryptonomicon (unabridged excerpts and still three refills of the memstik of my palm) and Dark Rivers of the Heart.
Hmmm, there's a topic of discussion. I love to listen to Koontz's books, but don't care to read them. OTOH, I'm not sure King's work comes over as well. I love both reading and listening to Terry's Pratchett's stuff. Just getting ready to start his Disc World series. Going to listen from start to the most recent we have. . .well, we have all but the last two on tape.
Does anyone else here do audio tapes? How do you think they compare to reading?
[Moved to the General Discussion folder - Dave W.]
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Gwenny
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Wendy
SFN Regular
USA
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 Posted - 12/30/2004 : 15:38:30 [Permalink]
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I have been a huge Stephen King fan for as long as I can remember. The Dead Zone is my favorite. The Stand is a close second. Until this year I owned every book he's published in hardback. I sold quite a few on eBay for Christmas money (and shelf space). I loved his work until around the time of his brush with death, then he got too weird even for me. I liked the Dark Tower series at first, too - but I didn't get much out of the last two volumes.
I read Stephenson's Quicksilver a month or so ago. It didn't keep me up nights, but it was an enjoyable read. I'm not sure I enjoyed it enough to read the rest of the Baroque Cycle. I do intend to check out Cryptonomicon soon.
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Does anyone else here do audio tapes? How do you think they compare to reading?
I do have a few books on tape, but I prefer to read myself and only use them when traveling. Maybe it's because I learn better visually, I dunno. |
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Siberia
SFN Addict
Brazil
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Posted - 12/30/2004 : 15:41:43 [Permalink]
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I haven't really tried audio; however, I enjoy the letters. I'm a writer myself (yeah, right).
As I said on the other thread, I have yet to read Simmons, though poetic isn't generally my taste. I think I had Hyperion for download, but I can't seem to find it.
I think that's precisely what I like in King; he doesn't seem to take what he writes too seriously. Reminds me of what I used to do when I was twelve or thirteen and barely knew what I was doing: writing for the heck of it.
I also like the fact his books aren't all the same, even though they're all (as far as I've read) horror. That's something that disappointed me on Anne Rice - it's all the same stuff repeating itself with different names, though, for some reason, I keep reading it.
Pratchett, for some strange reason I can't find myself reading. Everytime I get one to read, some obscure thing happens and I end not reading it.
As for Neil Gaiman... he's good for the eyes |
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