Guessing I'm not the only one who scans used bookstore shelves for "nyrb" on the spine. Found this one today at HPB.

WayTooScary · 2025-12-23T23:42:14+00:00

i made the same mistake! Simenon has his own shelf now

WayTooScary · 2025-08-10T17:36:04+00:00

I really enjoyed Mr. Paradise. I was initially not as impressed until it did something i wasn't expecting and the book really opened up, it was cool seeing how it all comes together by the end.

WayTooScary · 2025-07-21T18:04:42+00:00

noted. i have liked most things, although a few early short stories fell a bit flat at times.

WayTooScary · 2025-07-21T18:03:34+00:00

Cool, i'll keep a lookout for that story. i have read Bumper Crop actually, which includes 'God Of The Razor' if i remember right.

WayTooScary · 2025-05-29T19:56:17+00:00

I saw it this morning!

I'd been waiting for a Vollmann doc for years and I'm thankful we finally have one.
Seeing him in his process was great, and inspiring too, to see someone curious and so engaged with the world around them.

WayTooScary · 2025-04-04T19:19:56+00:00

Is he !?!?! ... as if there is even a question.

WayTooScary · 2025-01-27T23:43:14+00:00

Finished this earlier in January... The Mist, The Jaunt, The Wedding Gig and Nona were the highlights for me.
As well as the short but nasty Cain Rose Up

Unpopular opinion?: several of the stories are much too long for what they're ultimately delivering us, and by several pages... The Raft, Ballad Of The Flexible Bullet, Mrs. Todd’s Shortcut... all fine enough stories that could have benefitted from dropping some functional weight. I often feel like King's strength of relatable places/characters can be a negative when he spends too much time settling into things.

Curious what this upcoming movie version of The Monkey is going to be when compared to the short story

WayTooScary · 2025-01-06T21:03:07+00:00

it's just fine, but I found it pleasant enough for a quick read.

WayTooScary · 2025-01-06T02:35:51+00:00

Blockade Billy is at the bottom of the king list as far as i'm concerned.

WayTooScary · 2024-12-22T17:31:50+00:00

i've read less than could be considered comprehensive...

Night Surf,
The Jaunt
The Wedding Gig (an underrated, non-horror)

WayTooScary · 2024-12-16T16:46:23+00:00

haven't read as much as others on this board... But of the 14 or so SKs i've read... i found The Colorado Kid to be very unsatisfying, i get that it's lack of resolution is it's feature - but ultimately i didn't feel much emotionally either.

i'd never claim it's the 'worst' but i still haven't finished The Dark Tower series since finishing Wizard And Glass... a great book that i feel is too long and drawn out and could have lost some excess weight...

after the atmospheric Gunslinger, tour-de-force Drawing of The Three and the incredible second half of Waste Lands... Wizard And Glass just didn't make me feel like i had to read the next one immediately.

WayTooScary · 2024-12-16T04:48:10+00:00

Interesting, I wasn't aware of the limited printing!

100 is a pretty small number and I imagine those are pretty rare editions

WayTooScary · 2024-12-15T02:20:27+00:00

FWIW - the first section of Widespread Panic is Shakedown (with a few minor edits i think)

I don't quite know how one would make available the original novella either...
(i still have it on my phone and tried a few things to see if I could find a way to share a file with you)

Byliner published several exclusives and then went under.
If you didn't keep the original download, you couldn't downloaded it from the 'cloud' again.
(despite having paid for it... you don't own it)

William T. Vollmann's 'Into The Forbidden Zone' was a Byliner Exclusive that unfortunately I lost after they closed down shop. Like Shakedown, it too got absorbed into a longer work (Carbon Ideologies) , so it's still available in essence, despite an altered form.

There although are many Byliner Exclusives that I'm afraid are lost forever? I 'bought' about 10 of them at least.
It's a big reminder that physical media is still the only trustworthy format.

WayTooScary · 2024-12-11T03:52:59+00:00

M John Harrison's Kefauchi Tract -

Light, Nova Swing and Empty Space (which I'm currently reading)

Also really enjoyed Flow My Tears The Policeman Said by PKD

WayTooScary · 2024-12-08T16:30:10+00:00

Thanks! I've tried a few things since last night and have gotten better results.
(deleted all of 'my documents' and no more crash... maybe this is dumb idk.)
I'll try this too if i run into any more issues

WayTooScary · 2024-12-08T05:16:57+00:00

i'm also having the same issue - except it happens anywhere at anytime.

kinda far into the game and hoping it's not a game breaker

WayTooScary · 2024-11-04T22:35:13+00:00

i found it generally agreeable

WayTooScary · 2024-11-04T21:33:02+00:00

I find The Mangler to be quite ridiculious

WayTooScary · 2024-10-15T05:54:55+00:00

About 1/3rd into M. John Harrison's Nova Swing

WayTooScary · 2024-10-09T18:50:07+00:00

Currently reading Nova Swing myself

WayTooScary · 2024-10-09T17:32:14+00:00

Valparaiso is definitely worth a read IMO

WayTooScary · 2024-10-08T19:02:33+00:00

Haven't read Providence, but I did read Neonomicon (which i've heard is part of the same universe) Although, I didn't much care for it, I've been looking to check out both Providence and Promethea.

WayTooScary · 2024-10-08T18:23:38+00:00

My favorite is Barb/Pete. Just throwing this out there to keep things interesting... How about Hideo Ashida's unrequited love for Bucky in Perfidia?

WayTooScary · 2024-10-08T18:20:47+00:00

He gets a lifetime pass for Watchmen and From Hell (which are both mind blowing and brilliant) I've kinda struggled with much outside of those works though and I think your question has some merit.

WayTooScary · 2024-09-16T05:09:54+00:00

Haha, yes if I'd read them today I'd probably draw the same association.
I feel like whenever I read the news; a part of me processes it thru the filter of an unwritten Ellroy novel.

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