V.T. Eric Layton Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 What I find most amazing about King is that no matter how mundane (rabid dogs, a weird flu, silly blood-sucking vampires, etc.), he still manages to keep me reading page after page till I get to the end of the book; no matter that the books could often double as boat anchors due to their size and weight. There were just a few exceptions to this rule for me... Gerald's Game, Dolores Claiborne, and Rose Madder. I just couldn't get 50 pages into any one of those before I had to give up. However, he's written a lot of stuff... http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/k/stephen-king/ ... and I've read about 98% of it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 I hear ya. But if that is all you didn't care for in all that Stephen King has done, that is quite the tale in itself. I haven't read any of those that you didn't care for so I have no opinion on that. But I was trying to determine just how many books in total Stephen King has actually written and came across this wonderful article about interchanges between Stephen King and Isaac Asimov. It was wonderful! Isaac Asimov and Stephen King: A Few Words Between Fellow Writers - Jamie Todd Rubin blog I loved the exchanges very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrke Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 I hear ya. But if that is all you didn't care for in all that Stephen King has done, that is quite the tale in itself. I haven't read any of those that you didn't care for so I have no opinion on that. But I was trying to determine just how many books in total Stephen King has actually written and came across this wonderful article about interchanges between Stephen King and Isaac Asimov. It was wonderful! Isaac Asimov and Stephen King: A Few Words Between Fellow Writers - Jamie Todd Rubin blog I loved the exchanges very much. Somehow I just could never get into Steven King. Isaac Asimov, on the other hand, is one of my favorites. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt.Crow Posted November 8, 2014 Author Share Posted November 8, 2014 Was it Asimov who mentioned the "Adeledicknander drive" It must be twenty years and that stuck in my memory.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 I am also a huge King fan and have read about 98% of his novels including uncut, hardback editions of The Stand and IT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 (edited) Yes, I have read all but some of his latest books. I absolutely love every book of Stephen King's that I have read, but I think that my all time favorites are Hearts of Atlantis and the Dark Tower Series. But as I say, I love all his books. And I have also read quite a few. I have about 40-45 of his books and several collections in likely a 50/50 split between hardcover and paperback, as well as several Kindle ebooks too. I don't know what that makes as to percentages but he takes up a lot of room on our bookshelves LOL! Edited November 10, 2014 by LilBambi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 I think my favorite is The Stand Unabridged: Small compared to IT (823 pages versus 1,138) but I love it. I have both of those in hardback with another 15 more in hardback editions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Yes, both are favorites and I have both of them and have of course thoroughly enjoyed reading them both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 The Stand I have in paperback (it looks funny with the arched spine but still quite readable). It I have in hardcover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 The Stand and IT are my favs, but others come close... Insomnia, Hearts In Atlantis, 112263, etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Just got a promo code and got The Stand from Audible. Woohoo! Can read it again! I think I broke all reading records when I first read The Stand via my paperback version. I am really excited to be reading it again in audiobook format now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 It'll just make you nervous again when people around you sneeze or cough. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 It'll just make you nervous again when people around you sneeze or cough. Didn't Ebola already do that>? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 ROFL! True! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temmu Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 ebola? 0 americans have died of it. over $2 bil us dollars spent on it in the usa. what about the tens or hundreds of thousands who die due to drunk drivers? pffft. we don't care. what about the tens of thousands who will die of pneumonia or the flu this year? pffft, we dont care about that either. starvation? clean water? nah, who cares. let's pump up these ebola and glow ball warming stories till everyone's in a panic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Nah... I don't get nervous about Ebola till I see the eye bleeding. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 I could care less about Ebola and its funny how you do not hear anything about it anymore after the elections..... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temmu Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 well said, securitybreach. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 What elections? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 The Midterm What elections? The Midterm elections well said, securitybreach. Thanks man. It was just an obsvervation... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 I was being sarcastic when I asked "What elections." There was a winkie guy there --> Missed that, huh? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 I did... but did you click the link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 What link? Uh, no. I'll go clicky now. "Just 36.3 percent of eligible voters cast votes — the worst turnout in 72 years..." Wow! That's pretty sad, huh? I think people have just lost their faith and interest in this government altogether. Which is even more scary than the turnout figures because it means that apathy, more than anything, is the deciding factor of who rules us here in this country. Apathy is rarely a wise way to achieve anything other than total disengagement from something. I suspect this may even get worse before it gets better. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Doesn't surprise me at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amenditman Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 I say, who cares? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Agreed with you all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt.Crow Posted November 30, 2014 Author Share Posted November 30, 2014 Update:- As you know I have been moaning about how cold it is in the radio shack. Well I've managed to take the edge of it for the duration . I was in the outside workshop today and I spied a mini gas heater,a tiny Caribe .It's supposed to run on camping gas but that's way too costly and the bottles are very small. So I've converted it to run on an eleven kilo Portagas bottle . Butane. The element is only 6x4.5 inches. It has two but I have disengaged one and the one remaining is just enough to keep the shack enough above ambient temperature to be comfortable. There is no smell and it's not in the way . I just hope it wont raise the humidity levels to cause condensation inside the towers when left off when I'm not in there. I will find out tomorrow as I intend to look inside the towers before I start up . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Don't be blowing yourself up using that gas heater now, Cap'n. Ya' hear? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Cap'n if it doesn't vent to the outside of the radio shack, you might want to invest in a battery powered CO (Carbon Monoxide) detector. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt.Crow Posted December 1, 2014 Author Share Posted December 1, 2014 Calculate there is almost 6000cu.ft, in here with an open stairwell. Should be ok. Had it on for 5hrs last night ,so many draughts in here there is too much air circulation. So "no worries" Thank you for your concern and consideration. Eric when I first flipped the switch on the regulator there was a good hiss of gas . The gas company had refilled and distributed a bottle with a big crack in the rubber neck seal. I dread to think what would have happened if someone else had got this bottle . Took a good seal off an empty and all good now. Just a little hint:- If you suspect a gas leak . Take a sponge and wet it well.Put a good squirt of wash-up liquid on it and knead it till you get a good foam. Pat the foam around the suspect area and if you have a leak the foam will bubble up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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