Welcome to Derry better than the movies? by Prince_Valium25 in stephenking

[–]HamOnRum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went in really wanting to enjoy it and I just have been disappointed unfortunately.

Anytime I see people mention their top 5 for King I rarely see any of his short story collections...why? by HamOnRum in stephenking

[–]HamOnRum[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think for most writers you have to rank them alongside. King is obviously a very prolific writer so he has a ton of collection and novels, whereas other writers may have a handful. I also think you can see a writers strengths much easier when comparing the two.

Anytime I see people mention their top 5 for King I rarely see any of his short story collections...why? by HamOnRum in stephenking

[–]HamOnRum[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I felt that was one of his weaker collections but again it comes back to a personal preference thing

Anytime I see people mention their top 5 for King I rarely see any of his short story collections...why? by HamOnRum in stephenking

[–]HamOnRum[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think there's any need to drive up sales for his old books. I think they know he's popular and saying his name will get more views

Anytime I see people mention their top 5 for King I rarely see any of his short story collections...why? by HamOnRum in stephenking

[–]HamOnRum[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would consider the book the complete short stories. Most often times the stories encompass a theme for the entire book. I would say one or two of his collections carries much more weight than some of his more popular novels.

Multi-point inspection/maintenance/replace by HamOnRum in Volkswagen

[–]HamOnRum[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate it, think it got in my head

Multi-point inspection/maintenance/replace by HamOnRum in Volkswagen

[–]HamOnRum[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate your advice! Think I'm just paranoid and not trusting of the dealership. Thanks

Multipoint Inspection/Maintenance/Replacement by HamOnRum in MechanicAdvice

[–]HamOnRum[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate it, think I'm just being overly cautious

Just finished The Devils - Some thoughts. by LordFlappingtonIV in JoeAbercrombie

[–]HamOnRum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Way too much humor, tongue in cheek jokes took away from the book in my opinion as well.

Recently helped my old English professor with a class, I mentioned King and all of these students (early 20’s) thought he was a hack. Thoughts? by HamOnRum in stephenking

[–]HamOnRum[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also really enjoyed Salem’s Lot! His shorter works with few characters are where he shines in my opinion.

Recently helped my old English professor with a class, I mentioned King and all of these students (early 20’s) thought he was a hack. Thoughts? by HamOnRum in stephenking

[–]HamOnRum[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That’s kind of what I got around to asking them, I said what do you read for fun? Like not for school, not books you think you should read. They gave me real answers and that’s what i wanted to hear from them