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Old 11-06-2013, 08:49 AM
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Steven King can form an image in the readers mind so vivid it draws you in.....almost like being in the story yourself. The last I read of his was "Bag of Bones".

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Old 11-06-2013, 09:03 AM
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Ice I will grant that Somersat Maugham was an accomplished writer I have no respect for his works. most all of his 'novels' were based on the lives of friends and acquaitances and thinly disguised at that.

I writer for whom I do truly have respect was Lloyd C. Douglas, a man who struggled with writing but was compelled to write because he had a message to put forth.
I thought his books were good sketches of the times he lived in.
I do not think he made a secret of how he wrote his books...he actually makes an appearance (or an actor portraying him does) in the old movie adaptation of A Human Bondage...I think...either that or the first Razor Edge movie.
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I am FINALLY reading 'Kim', courtesy of my man Ice

3 chapters in. It is very good and I can't wait to finish it.

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I am FINALLY reading 'Kim', courtesy of my man Ice

3 chapters in. It is very good and I can't wait to finish it.

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hey

I am glad you like it
this will help with the contemporary references we do not understand today:

http://www.kipling.org.uk/bookmart_fra.htm

an excellent guide

I just finished Stalkey and Co ...very good too

just go to the section called the main works on the left hand of the page and find Kim and then look up the notes as you read each chapter
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Thanks, that link is excellent!

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Steven King can form an image in the readers mind so vivid it draws you in.....almost like being in the story yourself. The last I read of his was "Bag of Bones".

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My daughter bought me a copy of his new novel Doctor Sleep last October. I'm now reading it. It's like a sequel to The Shining, 30 years later.

So far so good.
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time for some Russian horror literature
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I did finish Kim. I really liked it but at one point thought it might end that way and it did, a little bit disappointing but still a great book.

I'm currently reading 'The Autobiography of a Supertramp' by William H. Davies, just a little way in, it seems very good.

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Cool

I am glad you liked it.
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I am still on Sergei Lukyanenko's Nightwatch.....

I have compeleted my CEU requirement for my x-ray license so I am taking a few deep breaths before I try the magnum opus: War and Peace. I found the translation that Tolstoy approved of...and that translates the French diaglog....so I will not have to use Google translate lol. It will take me most of 2014 lol...
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