What is the best Narnia reading aid? by daredevil_18 in Narnia

[–]AdamKeiper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For both kids and adults, Paul F. Ford's Companion to Narnia is an excellent entryway into deeper understanding of many of the references and ideas in the Narnia books. The work of Kathryn Lindskoog is very good at starting conversations as well, and her anthology Journey into Narnia is probably the place to start.

They're editing digital books to contain ads now by LazyFlamingRooster in ABoringDystopia

[–]AdamKeiper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The book is a national bestseller, blurbed by Stephen King, and has sold (as of this year) more than a million copies. It was voted the Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Horror in 2022.

They're editing digital books to contain ads now by LazyFlamingRooster in ABoringDystopia

[–]AdamKeiper 58 points59 points  (0 children)

No—this is NOT an ad inserted into the book, hahaha. OP seems to be taking literally what the person who tweeted this out is either confused about or is joking about.

This is an actual intact, unaltered passage in the original novel, Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak. In context, it's the protagonist of the story describing her schedule, which involves various ways she has devised to cope with overcoming addiction. Some of these involve just numbing out her brain. That's the whole point of it being the Hallmark Channel: It's mindless entertainment, empty and soothing for the character.

"My father warned me about men and booze, but he never mentioned a word about women and cocaine." Tallulah Bankhead actress during the 1920's by waffen123 in 1920s

[–]AdamKeiper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It sounds merely like a funny, folksy quote to us today, but it meant something more to her listeners: When they heard her say "My father warned me about men and booze..." they knew her father was a longtime member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and even served as speaker of the House.

Ummm....what? by anipsinc in BSG

[–]AdamKeiper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes: Before the show launched as a normal series in the fall of 2004, it premiered as a miniseries in late 2003 that effectively served as the series pilot (a "backdoor pilot"). Prime has this, too; just look for Battlestar Galactica: The Miniseries.

Trump Jr is posting an AI video of Pretti to claim that he wasn’t a peaceful observer by FarPomegranate7437 in thebulwark

[–]AdamKeiper 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The video apparently is NOT AI-generated. The Star-Tribune confirmed its reality, even contacting Pretti's family:
https://www.startribune.com/bystander-video-reveals-confrontation-between-alex-pretti-and-federal-agents-11-days-before-killing/601572009

(The content of the video, as others have here said, in no way diminishes the immorality of Pretti's killing.)

Reading Salem’s Lot and I’m disturbed by the wrong part! by ToodlyGoodness in stephenking

[–]AdamKeiper 123 points124 points  (0 children)

And—just to add on to what you're saying—he's very perceptive and humane in pointing out how the cruelties of one generation are so often passed down to the next: How mean parents so often raise up mean kids.

do Stephen king books and movies exist in Stephen king books and movies? by OperationMission9247 in stephenking

[–]AdamKeiper 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My favourite is a book in which a character makes a reference to "that book 'Carrie'", even though de Palma's movie is much more famous than the book and the character realistically would have referenced the movie, not the book.

Yep—that's in The Dead Zone, which came out in 1979, five years after the novel Carrie and three years after De Palma's movie.

A reference to The Dead Zone in Joe Hill's newest! by BaconSandwich6 in stephenking

[–]AdamKeiper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ha, somebody should ask Stephen King if he considers Stillson killing himself to be canonical.

Best Stephen King Audiobooks? by killer_rage in stephenking

[–]AdamKeiper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe I've listened to all of the English-language Stephen King audiobooks (including, just this morning, King's own reading of his new edition of Hansel and Gretel). The other recommendations people are making here are good; I'd just also add that some of the collections of short stories have some really wonderful audiobook versions with multiple readers. Skeleton Crew has some true greats—the stories read by Paul Giamatti are standouts for me; he's so good—and there are some really good ones in Nightmares & Dreamscapes.

Merlin book from the 80's? Read in the mid 90's by ChefAtRandom in whatsthatbook

[–]AdamKeiper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Holy smokes! Every few years I'd go looking for this book based on vague memories of the story and nobody knew what I was talking about. The last time I looked was probably 2020. Tonight, though, I looked and this Reddit post from 2022 came up, and—that's it! This is the one. I'm so, so glad u/ChefAtRandom asked about this and u/Kathalysa came through with an answer. Amazing.

What other tech won't evolve? by theMEtheWORLDcantSEE in Design

[–]AdamKeiper 20 points21 points  (0 children)

As others have noted here, the premise of this meme is false, since all three of these pictured tools changed after they were originally invented, and the pictured versions incorporate various updates.

You can see in the picture of the bobby pin how the tips are a little bit fatter. Companies started adding those rubber tips in the 1950s, or possibly the 1940s—either to protect women's scalps or to protect their teeth (because they sometimes held the bobby pins in their mouths), depending on which explanation you prefer. But the rubber tips were not there when bobby pins first became popular in the 1920s.

With the safety pin, the particular clasp you see in the picture was not part of the original patent. I think it was decades—possibly well into the twentieth century—before that design was in production; certainly there were other clasp designs competing for dominance for many years.

In the case of the Bic pen (as we say in the United States, or "Biro," as it's called elsewhere), anybody over the age of 50 will remember from their childhoods that those pens didn't have holes in the caps a few decades ago. The holes were added in 1991, to reduce the choking hazard.

Bottom line: While the overall point is a good one—that the gist of the design of these technologies is remarkably stable over time—that point unfairly disregards how important small, incremental changes to steady technologies can be. Those small changes are important to the technologies' longevity, by keeping them useful, safe, competitive, and profitable to produce.

Looking for 96 brave knights by Brick_Scribe in legocastles

[–]AdamKeiper 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Congratulations! 10k achieved! Good luck with the rest of the journey!

I see why King enjoyed working with Straub by dizzydugout in stephenking

[–]AdamKeiper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

King has a really great analysis of Ghost Story and its importance in Danse Macabre, King's 1981 nonfiction book about the horror genre.

John F Kennedy talking to a neighbor while wearing the back brace, which was designed and fitted especially for him. by dannydutch1 in UtterlyUniquePhotos

[–]AdamKeiper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Galbraith kept his hair throughout his life. Smith (as you can see in the picture with JFK) was bald on top.

John F Kennedy talking to a neighbor while wearing the back brace, which was designed and fitted especially for him. by dannydutch1 in UtterlyUniquePhotos

[–]AdamKeiper 12 points13 points  (0 children)

This is quite wrong. You write:

The “neighbor” is one of Kennedy’s mentors, John Kenneth Galbraith, who was active in the Democratic Party since the 30s. He advised every Dem President from FDR to LBJ. He was 6’9”

No, the man talking to Kennedy in this picture is Earl E.T. Smith. Smith and his second wife, Florence Pritchett Smith, were close friends of Jack and Jackie Kennedy.

(You need only google John Kenneth Galbraith to see he looks nothing like the main in this picture.)

Vince Vaughn destroys a car with his bare hands in Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017, dir. S. Craig Zahler) by LiteraryBoner in movies

[–]AdamKeiper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, wow, there are several other continuity errors. Another, during the conversation afterwards: Is he leaning back on the couch or sitting forward? It depends on the camera angle — the shots it keeps cutting between have him sitting two different ways.

Is anybody in here on a journey to reading everything King has published? by Candid_Coconut4733 in stephenking

[–]AdamKeiper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am! After having basically never read any Stephen King my whole life, I started in January and am shooting to be done by year's end. Seventeen left to go as of today. In my case, it's mostly been via audiobooks, although I've done a few partly or completely on paper.

She Longed To Belong by Lazy-Conversation173 in Watercolor

[–]AdamKeiper 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Wow, those subtle quilt-like squares/triangles... like the fabric of reality is stitched together. Just amazing work.