I just finished The Pale King. The writing was gorgeous in places. The notes he sketched out made me feel that had he completed it, and achieved what he planned, this would have been a really great and even genuinely uplifting novel.
I just finished The Pale King. The writing was gorgeous in places. The notes he sketched out made me feel that had he completed it, and achieved what he planned, this would have been a really great and even genuinely uplifting novel.
I love Mason & Dixon, yet I would actually suggest that @avclub-3a181afc3a6d521273594cb4f2ea160f:disqus 's path is a bit atypical, and that The Crying of Lot 49 is the place to start.
I love Mason & Dixon, yet I would actually suggest that @avclub-3a181afc3a6d521273594cb4f2ea160f:disqus 's path is a bit atypical, and that The Crying of Lot 49 is the place to start.
Well that's just ridiculous. Slashing is the most natural movement one can make when attacking someone with a chainsaw. You can't really stab or jab to any great effect— I mean, unless the subject has been drugged into unconsciousness, in which case you have the leisure to bear down on cuts through joints or areas…
Well that's just ridiculous. Slashing is the most natural movement one can make when attacking someone with a chainsaw. You can't really stab or jab to any great effect— I mean, unless the subject has been drugged into unconsciousness, in which case you have the leisure to bear down on cuts through joints or areas…
Hitchcock referred to Psycho as being essentially a black comedy.
Hitchcock referred to Psycho as being essentially a black comedy.
The cheese heiress? Why of course!
The cheese heiress? Why of course!
It was my favorite book as a youngster, and still gets reread from time to time. Beautifully written.
It was my favorite book as a youngster, and still gets reread from time to time. Beautifully written.
These fatwas are making me thirsty!
These fatwas are making me thirsty!
As I understand it, pissing on people is one of Objectivism's biggest perks.
As I understand it, pissing on people is one of Objectivism's biggest perks.
Book and movie both made me weep copiously. Almost afraid to revisit either.
Book and movie both made me weep copiously. Almost afraid to revisit either.
It remains the most credible vision of Heaven.
It remains the most credible vision of Heaven.
He also walked off the set when his own wife at the time fleetingly mistook Woody Allen for Sellers.