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Tietoja minustaI'm a engineer and sf/f reviewer living in Southern Texas. I love books and reading, and have forever. I have a degree in Physics, and am studying for my Master's in Electrical Engineering, but am also a member of the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts. I like to say that engineering is my vocation and reading/reviewing is my avocation. My husband Curtis, the love of my life, is also a life time reader, and he's also an engineer (M.S. in Aerospace Engineering).
Tietoja kirjastostaniThis is the combined library belonging to my husband and me. The tag "read" means that I have read it, "C read" means my husband Curtis has read it. If only Curtis has read something, the associated rating is his. If we've both read it, the rating is combined, but weighted towards my opinion. "Not yet read" means that I own it but haven't gotten to it yet, "C to read" means the same thing for Curtis. "Reading" indicates what I'm currently reading. If there's no tag about reading status, that's probably one of those books we ended up with by accident, and probably don't plan on reading at all. We're trying to avoid listing all the duplicate books we own (a shocking number, now that we're going through them all), just focusing on the titles we have, minus our combined textbooks which no one is interested in.
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Lähettänyt: Esmeraldus 3:03 am (EST) May 11, 2009
Now if only we could make the love of my life read more...grrr...
Lähettänyt: Severn 2:58 pm (EST) Feb 28, 2008
Lähettänyt: arthurfrayn 8:51 pm (EST) Feb 23, 2008
That's a cute picture of you and Curtis!
Lähettänyt: readhead 6:08 pm (EST) Mar 8, 2007
Lähettänyt: thegreattim 4:23 pm (EST) Mar 2, 2007
His standalone novels, such as Moonheart and The Little Country, are memorable too.
The official answer from his website is:
The books have all been written in such a way that you should be able to pick up any one and get a full and complete story. However, characters do reoccur, off center stage as it were, and their stories do follow a sequence. The best place to start is the collection Dreams Underfoot. From there they go pretty much in this order:
The Dreaming Place
A Whisper To A Scream (originally credited to "Samuel M. Key")
I'll Be Watching You (originally credited to "Samuel M. Key")
Memory And Dream
The Ivory And The Horn
Trader
Someplace To Be Flying
Moonlight And Vines
Forests Of The Heart
The Onion Girl
Seven Wild Sisters (also available in Tapping the Dream Tree)
Tapping the Dream Tree
Spirits in the Wires
Medicine Road
The Blue Girl
Widdershins
The Dreaming Place and The Blue Girl are YA novels. A Whisper To A Scream and I'll Be Watching You are, respectively, a horror novel and a thriller; they're darker fare than the other Newford books and aren't really that integral to the underlying, ongoing backstory that takes place off center stage in so many of the books and stories.
Lähettänyt: readhead 2:10 pm (EST) Feb 16, 2007
This being said however, I don't feel I am in the position to give an unbiased view of King's style. He was the first "adult" novelist I started reading (with It) and he really whet my appetite for reading in general. Since then I have obviously gone on to other things but I have sought out and read and tried to buy everything he has published since. His stuff is not literary genius, however, and there are even a few novels I detest. Most of his work is akin to enjoying a great, cheap buffet and I love him for that.
Still, the Dark Tower #1 was an anomaly. When I read the original, it almost lost me. I had no idea what was going on. When book #7 was published I re-read the whole series (using the new edition of #1) including all the "related" books comprising probably half of King's canon. The re-write is still very dense. The whole feel of the book is a little lighter and he went back to make connections to some of the prevailing symbology of the DT series. The story fits a little better as a whole, to the rest of the series, is I guess what I am saying albeit long-windedly.
The second and third books still seem to really pick up the pace and explain what is happening far better. If you liked "The Stand", which I believe you mentioned, you should give the next book or two a go when you have time. It really feels similar to me, and I can almost promise you will not regret it!
BTW: I will let you know about American Gods. From all I have heard about Gaiman, I am really looking forward to it. I am reading Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale" and it's going a little slow right now, but I hope to start Gaiman soon.
Lähettänyt: thegreattim 1:45 pm (EST) Feb 14, 2007
Lähettänyt: thegreattim 12:42 pm (EST) Feb 14, 2007
Anyway, I wanted to drop you a note and I don't mean for it to be offensive or anything, but I wanted to encourage you not to give up on The Dark Tower. I know it's a huge commitment, but everyone I have convinced to read past the second novel, has appreciated it. Trust me; the second and third novels really begin to open up the story. I read the first book in 1993 and thought I would never go back to it. After reading everything else of King's I finally thought I would try The Dark Tower again in 1998, and I 'm so glad I did. It's worth it.
So, obviously, feel free to do as you wish, but I just wanted to give you a friendly push in that direction. Welcome to LT!
Lähettänyt: thegreattim 12:22 pm (EST) Feb 14, 2007
Lähettänyt: readhead 11:08 am (EST) Feb 14, 2007
Lähettänyt: readhead 12:11 am (EST) Feb 14, 2007