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I actually tried to read It. Now THAT was long.
It's not as bad as Anne Rice's novels, though. I'm told she spent whole chapters simply describing rooms of the house in The Witching Hour.
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There isn't much that's as bad as an Anne Rice novel, true.
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Oh don't get me wrong I really did enjoy The Mummy.
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The Stand is long but I think it reads pretty fast. Most of King's novels are pretty dense; a good one to start with is one of the best (and my favorite) Salem's Lot. It's long but is a quick read--I knocked it out in 2 days a few years ago because I couldn't put it down.
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IT is another long but great read.
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While IT is great, I feel it dragged in places (like get to the frickin' rock fight, already!!!) much more than The Stand did.
Salem's Lot is comparatively short, as is The Shining. Both are phenominal books but definitely slow burns. That's how King's books typically work. He's known for his frights, but his strengths are more in character development and richness of the story. When the frights do come, the character and story are what make them pay off so well, IMO. I've only read a handful, so I can't speak for the entire body of work, but everything I've read, I've enjoyed. And they all share those traits I describe.
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Firestarter gets my vote for an easy breezy King read.
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My parents bought me a collected edition years ago as a Christmas gift which included the Shining and Salem's Lot.
For some reason I've never read it.
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Originally posted by Chief Taylor:
Salem's Lot is comparatively short, as is The Shining. Both are phenominal books but definitely slow burns. That's how King's books typically work. He's known for his frights, but his strengths are more in character development and richness of the story. When the frights do come, the character and story are what make them pay off so well, IMO. I've only read a handful, so I can't speak for the entire body of work, but everything I've read, I've enjoyed. And they all share those traits I describe. I found the Shining a bit bloated. I understood what he was trying to do, and he did set the stage very well, but the book could still have shed a hundred or so pages and have been just as effective, if not more so. His best book I think is still Pet Semetary as it so deftly melded a real sense of grief with such sharpened horror. What I always find funny is that the movie was the most faithful of all the King adaptations I've seen, but the least effective as a film. And to keep this from being a total thread drift: This week I got: Madame Xanadu Supergirl Annual Action Comics and Roda Home: Ra's Al Ghul (haven't read it though, waiting for Return to finish).
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Oh god, Pet Semetary. I couldn't stomach the movie, I don't think I'm going near the book.
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Wonder Woman #604
Superman # 704
Bruce Wayne, the Road Home: Oracle
Supergirl annual #2
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...
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Superman #704
Bruce Wayne, the Road Home: Oracle
Bruce Wayne, the Road Home: Ra's al Ghul
Zatanna #6
Justice Society of America #44
Madame Xanadu #28
Time Masters: Vanishing Point #4
JLA/The 99 #1
Hellblazer: City of Demons #2
Captain America: Patriot #3
Weird World of Jack Staff #5
Incorruptible #11
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I picked up Marvel's "Tomb of Terror" #1. It's no "Giant Sized Man-Thing", but the art on the lead story was pretty good.
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Superboy #1
I Zombie #7
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Superboy#1
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Irredeemable #19
Brightest Day #13
Baltimore: The Plague Ships #4
Adventure Comics #520
Batman and Robin #16
Secret Six #27
House of Mystery #31
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Strange Tales II #2
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American Vampire #8
Knight & Squire #2
Tiny Titans/Little Archie #2
Welcome to Tranquility: One Foot in the Grave #5
THUNDER Agents #1
All-New Batman: Brave and the Bold #1
Booster Gold #38 (A lark after reading some of the dialogue)
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Knight & Squire #2
Welcome to Tranquility: One Foot in the Grave #5
Batman The Return of Bruce Wayne #6
B.P.R.D Hell on Earth #4
Green Hornet #9
Green Hornet Year One #6
R.E.B.E.L.S #22
Halcyon #1
Hellblazer City of Demons #3
The Unwritten #19
Doc Savage #8
Okko The Cycle of Air #4
Atomic Robo Deadly Art of Science #1
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Batman Incorporated #1
Zatanna #7
Superior #2
Tiny Titans #34
Darkwing Duck #6
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Legion #7, plus the Supergirl Annual
(Adventure will have to wait, since I didn't have the funds. Next week, maybe.)
Hey, Kids! My "Cranky and Kitschy" collage art is now viewable on ipernity! Drop by and tell me that I sent you. *updated often!*
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SK, hope you review Thunder Agents (feel free to find a thread or start a new one) and Superior
OM, also looking forward to a review of Halycon, which I've considered getting but am unsure if I will.
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Maybe I'll get something this week.
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Not if you remember to wash your hands frequently, just like the signs tell you to. 
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You'd actually want me to review something?
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Originally posted by cleome: Not if you remember to wash your hands frequently, just like the signs tell you to.
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Originally posted by Sarcasm Kid:
You'd actually want me to review something? Absolutely! Reading comic book reviews is my #1 favorite thing to do on Legion World! Especially new series! Also, did anyone pick up the Liberty Annual by the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund? I grabbed the latest issue...I sometimes buy this and sometimes do not depending on how strapped I am for cash each year. Naturally, I'm a big believer in the CBLDF and want to support it. The best part of the issue was the 2-page story featuring Milk & Cheese, two hilarious and scrappy animated, well, Milk & Cheese, and their violent tendencies. It was by Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer, and it was perhaps the single funniest comic book sequence I've read all year and probably for the last several years. I laughed out loud the entire 2 pages. I'm wondering if there is more Milk & Cheese material out there, and if so, I must find it.
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