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Kalli posted:Yeah, I remember loving the unabridged stand, and the first 3 Gunslinger books as a kid. All of this is from like 10-15 year old me though, it's been a long time since I've read any King. Eyes of the Dragon was cool but for some reason I can't forget King referring to the kings dick as an "angry pink missile", I dunno why that's stayed with me for so long heh
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Amy Pole Her posted:How was Mister As? It looked awesome from the pic you posted. Fantastic. Great service, gorgeous view of the city, really good food. It's a once in a blue moon type thing though, I spent way too much. loving wine hits the wallet every time.
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Ehud posted:Should I read the Stephen King book It? I liked it save for the problematic elements you've no doubt heard about.
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iospace posted:Any sport, really. Of note: racing, hockey, and football (which is nice because they usually don't overlap too badly), with baseball in fourth. Who is your hockey team. gently caress yeah playoffs soon
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Wheel of time lol everyone nows piers Anthony the best
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Pkay it as it lames more like
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I'm in Toronto vacation time baby!!!!!!
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Spoeank posted:Lol just lol if you're not illiterate If you are illiterate, how are you following up with this thread my friend? 
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weird Asian candy posted:If you are illiterate, how are you following up with this thread my friend? You don't have to be literate to know what poo poo looks like.
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Text to speech and whatever you're the colon smug colon
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Kalli posted:So yeah, young me definitely needed those extra 5 pages where the one guy sticks a gun in Trashcanman's butt. "The Kid." Even ignoring those pages, let me compare the way the abridged version and the unabridged versions start: 1. Abridged: Car drives off the road and slams into a gas pump. 2. Unabridged: Chapters of boring workday garbage.
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I really wanted to like Doctor Sleep, but it's two or three chapters, and then a bunch of pages that endlessly references those chapters and then a bunch of nonsense and some kinda boring AA testimonials. The Shining is still one of my top five favorite novels ever, though.
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Mel Mudkiper posted:Pkay it as it lames more like the book barn poster mel mudkiper
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Probably Magic posted:I really wanted to like Doctor Sleep, but it's two or three chapters, and then a bunch of pages that endlessly references those chapters and then a bunch of nonsense and some kinda boring AA testimonials. Man The Shining is so good. Has some great scary moments that aren't in the film, although I tend to favor the film because Kubrick throttled the supernatural woowoo a bit. 11/22/63 was a cool recent King novel despite it being about time travel, which rarely turns out well.
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iospace posted:I pick who I hate less. Have you considered a complicated algorithm that ranks teams on a completely arbitrary scale of social justice?
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a neat cape posted:Who is your hockey team. Wisconsin Badgers  (Wild for the rest of the season because I can actually watch them on tv)
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a neat cape posted:I'm gonna marathon the first season of 24 tonight Good lord, why?
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Probably Magic posted:Good lord, why? Because it's been 15 years since I saw it. 24 rules
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Spoeank posted:Text to speech and whatever you're the colon smug colon I'll get you gadget! 
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SHOAH NUFF posted:Eyes of the Dragon was cool but for some reason I can't forget King referring to the kings dick as an "angry pink missile", I dunno why that's stayed with me for so long heh My dad used to say that was one of his worst written books and when I asked why he thought that he said it read like a kid wrote it maybe that's what he was referring to
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Probably Magic posted:Good lord, why? because 24 owns
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Stephen King chat: The Bachman books were all real good if you were an angsty teen while you read them. I'd imagine they mostly suck now, although the Running Man might still a fun short read. Maybe I'll go dig up my copy and try it out.a neat cape posted:24 rules I've never watched a single episode of 24 somehow, but I still enjoyed the Jon Bois Pretty Good thing on it.
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Re king chat: dark tower book 5 a must read
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Metapod posted:Re king chat: dark tower book 5 a must read You men four. Surely you mean four.
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FizFashizzle posted:You men four. I mean you should always read a series in its intended order so to get to 5 you should read 4 as well
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Metapod posted:I mean you should always read a series in its intended order so to get to 5 you should read 4 as well 5 was when the series melted down and king started writing himself into it and referencing harry potter. 4 was the jam and he's currently writing an entire new like supplemental series based on that book. well, not king, but that dozens of people that work for him.
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Ehud posted:Have any of you guys ever gotten jury duty on a really long trial, or know somebody who did? I was selected for a murder trial that ended up taking a week and a half. It ruled! The jury I was on was trying the girlfriend of the killer who drove the getaway car.
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Ehud posted:Have any of you guys ever gotten jury duty on a really long trial, or know somebody who did? I've been on jury duty 3 times and never had a case. In Rhode Island you had to serve for 3(?) days, but on the 2nd, in the early afternoon they sent everyone home without ever having called any groups of jurors in. The other two times were in Massachusetts and we never lasted until lunch time. My father once served on a federal case involving a group of guys who were planning an armored truck heist. They picked a state holiday to pull it when the schedule was different, bought their guns from an FBI agent and 3 of the 4 guys pled out and ratted on the 4th. It still took over two weeks, and like an hour of that was the jury deliberations. One of my friends on the other hand had some case involving scamming medicare for services not performed that took like a month and was a convoluted nightmare.
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My only experience on a jury took the better part of a day. Guy was charged with drunk driving, reckless driving and driving without a license. Nobody brought up the license thing so we had to declare not guilty on that. It was werid too, since you'd think that'd be relatively easy to prove. I actually wouldn't mind serving on a jury again. It was pretty interesting.
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The one time I got called in for jury duty it was for one homeless guy beating the piss out of another homeless guy. The defendant spent the whole selection process turning around and staring at the prospective jurors. I was so so glad I didn't get chosen because I recognized that homeless guy and I didn't need him finding me in a year or whatever after he got out
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Stephen King: I must have a read The Body (the novella Stand By Me is based on) at least two dozen times as a kid. Salem's Lot is probably his best single novel, not as bloated as all the 1,000+ page stuff and a solid story throughout. His son Joe Hill is like a less goony version of his dad, at least in his writing. His short story collections are good. Otherwise I like cosmic horror stuff, Laird Barron and so on. There's a whole thread in TBB with plenty of recommendations.
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Read Dreamcatcher and watch the movie.
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swickles posted:and watch the movie. don't do this
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SHOAH NUFF posted:Chopped pork from some lovely shack in North Carolina, with a side of vinegary cole slaw, and a big Cherry Coke This is correct
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