Amentep Posted January 5, 2022 Author Posted January 5, 2022 On 12/28/2021 at 1:53 PM, BruceVC said: But back to his horror books, I agree that IT was excellent and also Needful things and Rose Red. The latter 2 being some of my favorite books he wrote. And you cant forget The Stand ...its superlative I hate to be 'that guy', I really do... ...but I'm going to embrace my inner 'that guy' and thus be 'that guy'. Stephen King wrote the screenplay for Rose Red. It wasn't based on a King novel, but an original concept (like Sleepwalkers or Storm of the Century). It originated as a film with Stephen Spielberg, but Spielberg and King disagreed on the direction of the story. Eventually King bought back the rights to the story treatment and developed it as a screenplay for a TV miniseries, as his work was finding success in that format. There was a tie-in novel to the miniseries released called The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red, however it wasn't written by King, but by Ridley Pearson (and released under the name of Joyce Reardon, the parapsychologist from the Rose Red miniseries). It purported to be Reardon's edit collection of Ellen Rimbauer's diaries and was, itself, the basis for the sequel miniseries to Rose Red, called The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer. 1 I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
BruceVC Posted January 5, 2022 Posted January 5, 2022 15 minutes ago, Amentep said: I hate to be 'that guy', I really do... ...but I'm going to embrace my inner 'that guy' and thus be 'that guy'. Stephen King wrote the screenplay for Rose Red. It wasn't based on a King novel, but an original concept (like Sleepwalkers or Storm of the Century). It originated as a film with Stephen Spielberg, but Spielberg and King disagreed on the direction of the story. Eventually King bought back the rights to the story treatment and developed it as a screenplay for a TV miniseries, as his work was finding success in that format. There was a tie-in novel to the miniseries released called The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red, however it wasn't written by King, but by Ridley Pearson (and released under the name of Joyce Reardon, the parapsychologist from the Rose Red miniseries). It purported to be Reardon's edit collection of Ellen Rimbauer's diaries and was, itself, the basis for the sequel miniseries to Rose Red, called The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer. You absolutely right, thanks for the correction I did some research quickly to confirm what you posted and this is the book I read. King didnt write it but its a brilliant horror book anyway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diary_of_Ellen_Rimbauer:_My_Life_at_Rose_Red 1 "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela
Amentep Posted January 5, 2022 Author Posted January 5, 2022 I read it, because its a diary it wasn't as easy to get into as I hoped, but it was a great companion to the Rose Red miniseries (which is a pretty good haunted house tale, IMO). 1 I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
Guard Dog Posted January 13, 2022 Posted January 13, 2022 It's been near four months since I was last reading a book. I doubt that dry spell broke any records for me but it is unusually long. So... here we go "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Guard Dog Posted January 15, 2022 Posted January 15, 2022 I was reading a synopsis pm a new book for the Army War College: Battle Tested!: Gettysburg Leadership Lessons for 21st Century Leaders. It goes into excruciating depth of the decisions of senior officers during the battle. Heck I can sum it up in five points without even reading it! Don't attack a numerically superior force on defensible ground Underachievers maker terrible subordinates (Ewell) Overachievers make wonderful subordinates (Chamberlain) If your enemy is making a mistake. do NOT stop him. If it didn't work yesterday and it didn't work today it's not going to work tomorrow! "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Guest Posted January 15, 2022 Posted January 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Guard Dog said: I was reading a synopsis pm a new book for the Army War College: Battle Tested!: Gettysburg Leadership Lessons for 21st Century Leaders. It goes into excruciating depth of the decisions of senior officers during the battle. Heck I can sum it up in five points without even reading it! Don't attack a numerically superior force on defensible ground Underachievers maker terrible subordinates (Ewell) Overachievers make wonderful subordinates (Chamberlain) If your enemy is making a mistake. do NOT stop him. If it didn't work yesterday and it didn't work today it's not going to work tomorrow! Probably more tangential than directly related, but might be worth your time if you're reading books about Gettysburg
Guard Dog Posted January 19, 2022 Posted January 19, 2022 On 1/15/2022 at 10:17 AM, Achilles said: Probably more tangential than directly related, but might be worth your time if you're reading books about Gettysburg Added to my "to do" list. I've read Longstreet's memoirs of the Mexican war but not much else. I have read a great deal about post-civil war American history. Very little about anything in the Revolution to Civil War period. "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
InsaneCommander Posted January 20, 2022 Posted January 20, 2022 Time to find out how the story ends. 1
uuuhhii Posted February 8, 2022 Posted February 8, 2022 existentially challenged most character are still as aggressively and frustratingly stupid as most character this author wrote the plot move really slow compare to other book dialogue are still funny enough to distract anyone for a few hours
Guest Posted February 8, 2022 Posted February 8, 2022 Picked this up about a week ago, but started it in earnest today. So far it seems like the best single book to read on the brain...once you've read all the others.
rjshae Posted February 11, 2022 Posted February 11, 2022 I'm reading The Amber Crown. It's a pretty enjoyable stand-alone fantasy romp. The low magic setting is an alternative medieval Europe, mainly in the Baltic region. The Amber Crown: Which Came First Story, Setting or Character? "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats."
Malcador Posted February 11, 2022 Posted February 11, 2022 Tackling this one, is a bit hard going. Helps that I really hate Sulla Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
uuuhhii Posted February 17, 2022 Posted February 17, 2022 (edited) the wisdom of crowds ended with bayaz destroy the most likable character in the last three books the story of the worst generation of main character finally over leo somehow weaver between complete idiot and learned something from past mistake but he did give the best argument in the end of the book do you believe your own lies are such a nice line the book also insist on pretending orso losing in the end are somehow a tragedy and savine stay the worst main character every reader pretty much already guessed who are eater but the same bandage one helped black dow was a nice touch really hope those ancient mage have more screen time monster fight would be more entertaining after such long wait was hoping broad kill savine through out the whole trilogy so disappointed Edited February 17, 2022 by uuuhhii
Guard Dog Posted February 17, 2022 Posted February 17, 2022 Currently reading "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
rjshae Posted February 18, 2022 Posted February 18, 2022 Machinehood by S. B. Divya Modern sci-fi stories about the near future sure seem busy with all the tech-culture details. But at least this one keeps the number of characters to a minimum so you get some occasional character development in there. "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats."
uuuhhii Posted February 26, 2022 Posted February 26, 2022 the ruin of kings pretty standard dark fantasy stuff filled with oppression revenge and scheme that move far too slow and character being mysterious and brood very hard at each other trying very hard with all the weird name to make a unique setting despite constructed with much effort the book end up slow and boring give up half way through
the_dog_days Posted March 1, 2022 Posted March 1, 2022 I don't like Brandon Sanderson's writing style (his humor and anime inspired action scenes annoy me), but I found this ammusing: 1
majestic Posted March 29, 2022 Posted March 29, 2022 短期集中初級日本語文法総まとめ ポイント20 Bit of a dry read. No mind to think. No will to break. No voice to cry suffering.
rjshae Posted March 29, 2022 Posted March 29, 2022 I burned through Star Mother by Charlie N. Holmberg in about a day. It's a modern myth about a young woman who is called by tradition to literally bear the (star) child of the Sun god, a labor that, historically, has always been fatal for the mother. Next up is War Lord by Bernard Cornwell; I've enjoyed many of his works in the past. "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats."
Hurlshort Posted March 29, 2022 Posted March 29, 2022 Bernard Cornwell was my jam in my 20's, but I've had trouble keeping up with the Uhtred Saga. I can't remember what book I read last. It probably helped that I read the Sharpe series after they were all written, whereas the gaps in between the Saxon Series have made it hard for me to keep up with the story threads. I just finished Ken William's biography on Sierra. It was excellent and gave me a lot of information I didn't know about my favorite game company growing up. He is an interesting character. 1
Guard Dog Posted March 29, 2022 Posted March 29, 2022 If you read one Saxon book you've read them all. I swear some of the text was cut and pasted between books. "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Gromnir Posted March 30, 2022 Posted March 30, 2022 just finished the three-cornered war 'bout to start one mighty and irresistible tide am willing to recommend the first offering we mention. readable. HA! Good Fun! "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019)
rjshae Posted April 2, 2022 Posted April 2, 2022 On 3/29/2022 at 12:44 PM, Guard Dog said: If you read one Saxon book you've read them all. I swear some of the text was cut and pasted between books. I haven't read one Saxon book, so I think I'm good. But thanks for your concern. "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats."
Guard Dog Posted April 2, 2022 Posted April 2, 2022 On 3/29/2022 at 11:33 PM, Gromnir said: just finished the three-cornered war ' am willing to recommend the first offering we mention. readable. HA! Good Fun! Added to my "to do" list "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
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