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Old 06-10-09, 03:31 PM
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Awesome book, one of the best I read. just finished his new book....

DROOD, good but not as good.
It's very good & some of the best stranded in the arctic horror ever, it would make a phenomenal movie, much better material for a film that the over-hyped extremely overrated The Road. But I was a bit let down with
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what the monster turned out to be, & the whole mystic-eskimo crap, I mean the chick blowing into Crozier's lungs playing music WTF!?
. I've heard that Drood isn't very good at all.
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Got about 100 pages left of . . .
Great book, his Summer into Night would also make a great movie. Like a Goonies horror movie.
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My first time reading Gaiman. About halfway through and it has been pretty entertaining.
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Re-reading

I think this is about the 4th time, but it has been years since I read it.
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[/spoiler]. I've heard that Drood isn't very good at all.
Drood started out well, but then meandered for too many pages and kind of imploded. I felt Simmons fell too much in love with Wilkie Collins' voice, and could have trimmed quite a few pages.
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After finishing The Poet and wanting a little break before going on to The Scarecrow, I am finally going to read:

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After finishing The Poet and wanting a little break before going on to The Scarecrow, I am finally going to read:

One of the handful of books I've read twice. Love it.
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And started
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It's interesting, about half of what I've read of his is Brooklyn-centered coming of age/mystery, and half is science fiction (or sf/mystery), but a type of SF I've not really encountered before. Or a combo of both. Definitely a varied talent. I think the last author I read who impressed me with his range was Walter Jon Williams.
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Finished: Equal Rites By Terry Pratchett

Now Reading: Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (my third time).
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I got tired of this series when I was reading it before but I think I'm finally ready to finish the last couple of books of the main series.
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