I thought 11/22/63 was his best book since… geesh, I guess Wizard And Glass in 1997. And probably since Needful Things before that. Very, very different from Pet Sematary (which I agree is pants-wettingly scary), but such a solid, thought-through plot compared to his seat-of-the-pants thrillers where everyone is…

This series of rhetorical meta-questions feels like it would make a good article.

This series of rhetorical meta-questions feels like it would make a good article.

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So far…

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A Wiki Of Ice And Fire is basically that, but in electronic form. I relied on it pretty heavily to remind myself of who the minor players were and where we'd seen them before, or seen them last.

A Wiki Of Ice And Fire is basically that, but in electronic form. I relied on it pretty heavily to remind myself of who the minor players were and where we'd seen them before, or seen them last.

The Only Sound is That of My Head, Pounding On the Wall Reading:

The Only Sound is That of My Head, Pounding On the Wall Reading:

It's fairly amazing what Etgar Keret can do with just a few pages, though I often wish he'd develop his ideas more; I get fascinated with the characters and the scenarios, but he almost always ends the stories too soon for me. That said, I did love the story about the wish-granting fish.

It's fairly amazing what Etgar Keret can do with just a few pages, though I often wish he'd develop his ideas more; I get fascinated with the characters and the scenarios, but he almost always ends the stories too soon for me. That said, I did love the story about the wish-granting fish.

WIsh I'd gone to the high school that makes students read controversial erotic metaphorical horror classics rather than the one that made me spend a month each on The Scarlet Letter and Julius Caesar.

WIsh I'd gone to the high school that makes students read controversial erotic metaphorical horror classics rather than the one that made me spend a month each on The Scarlet Letter and Julius Caesar.

If you get bogged down with it, consider listening to the audiobook version, read by Jeremy Irons. He really captures the cadence and flow of the language and Humbert Humbert's character beautifully. This remains one of my favorite books, though it's hard for me to guess to what degree that's because I listened to…

If you get bogged down with it, consider listening to the audiobook version, read by Jeremy Irons. He really captures the cadence and flow of the language and Humbert Humbert's character beautifully. This remains one of my favorite books, though it's hard for me to guess to what degree that's because I listened to…

I was pretty seriously unimpressed with Werewolves Of The Heartland. I initially got into Fables because I enjoyed what Bill Willingham did with existing fairy tales, and I was really impressed with the depth of his knowledge about them. But more and more often, the series falls flat for me, and in this case, the…

I was pretty seriously unimpressed with Werewolves Of The Heartland. I initially got into Fables because I enjoyed what Bill Willingham did with existing fairy tales, and I was really impressed with the depth of his knowledge about them. But more and more often, the series falls flat for me, and in this case, the…

Ooh. How is Building Stories going for you? I know so few people who've read it, though at this point, there's a waitlist at work for my copy.