Quote: harleykwin said: Three: I just picked up a small little novellete by Stephen King called The Colorado Kid which, from the pulp inspired cover, looks like its a crime novel instead of King's usual fare. Still, I'm a huge King fan and I want to see where he'll go with this. I thought I had read most of King's stuff and so had gone looking for authors in the horror/creepy/chills-down-your-spine genre. Ended up picking up In The Night Room by Peter Straub as he has collaborated with King on other titles and I figured he could give me the same kinda chills.
Not even close.
What a disappointment! No thrills, no chills, no nada! How this guy earned such a stellar reputation I'll never know - didn't get one goosebump the entire time. Blah. Read Poe's tales to remind me what good creepy tales were like.
Hope Kid is as good as King's other works....
If you're looking for the Colorado Kid to give you chills, you'll be horribly disappointed.
yeah, I read half of it on the way back from court (it's only 184 pages) and while I still enjoy his writing, it's not the horror tale I was looking for. Oh well.
Quote: The Hard Case Crime line is dedicated to pulp mystery/noir/suspense/thriller novels. King's offering is basically a light mystery. It read like King was having fun writing it, and it definitely has a pulp feel to it. But it's a vast departure from the true horror novels he's written - it's essentially like From A Buick 8 without the Lovecraftian overtones and the cheated feeling you get after reading it.
Yup.
Quote: Speaking of King, I just finished Danse Macabre...again. Before that, I read The Emerald Burrito Of Oz. Cute book with cool concepts...a quick read, though not a ton happens.
Did you ever finish Cell? What did you think of it?
Dear, sweet Harley Kwink...I'm madly in love with you. Marry me! We can go to Canadia. Or Boston or something. It'll be grand...You know the cookies are a given. They are ALWAYS a given. You could dump me tomorrow and you'd still get the cookies. Boston..shit, wherever dyke weddings were legalized. And where better to rub their little piggie noses in how bad they suck than right on their doorstep? What are they gonna do? Be jealous of you? Stare furiously at your tah-tahs? Not willingly give you cookies, but instead begrudgingly give you their cookies? Woman, time to wake up to the powers you wield - Uschi
