Not bad, eminently readable, but I feel the comparisons to Gombrowicz are a bit much - Schulz seems a lot less polished but still very enjoyable to re...moreNot bad, eminently readable, but I feel the comparisons to Gombrowicz are a bit much - Schulz seems a lot less polished but still very enjoyable to read.(less)
I liked the Langoliers and The Library Policeman. I liked the ideas of The Sun Dog and Secret Window, Secret Garden, but I didn't quite like the execu...moreI liked the Langoliers and The Library Policeman. I liked the ideas of The Sun Dog and Secret Window, Secret Garden, but I didn't quite like the execution.(less)
A good collection, better than Night Shift. 'Here there be tygers' is a terrific one or two page story about a boy who believes there are man-eating t...moreA good collection, better than Night Shift. 'Here there be tygers' is a terrific one or two page story about a boy who believes there are man-eating tigers waiting for him in the school bathroom. Absolutely priceless.(less)
The first Stephen King book I ever read, when I was in Mr. Russell's 4th grade class. Looking back, he was a total psycho whose version of discipline...moreThe first Stephen King book I ever read, when I was in Mr. Russell's 4th grade class. Looking back, he was a total psycho whose version of discipline was dangerously close to physical abuse, and he spent half the year having paranoid freak-outs about imminent nuclear holocaust. Anyway, I guess I was lucky to have read this one first, as I'm among the few who I find to NOT be surprised that he wrote the stories that became The Shawshank Redemption and Stand By Me. The other two stories aren't half bad either (the Breathing Method might actually be the best of the four, but is fairly unfilmable).(less)
I just started The Leaf Storm. Even though I'm still never totally comfortable reading things written primarily in the present tense, there's somethin...moreI just started The Leaf Storm. Even though I'm still never totally comfortable reading things written primarily in the present tense, there's something infectious about Marquez's prose...(less)
I really liked the stories in this volume. Bachman wasn't just a pseudonym, King was trying out some different approaches that were cooking in his old...moreI really liked the stories in this volume. Bachman wasn't just a pseudonym, King was trying out some different approaches that were cooking in his older short stories, a little more sci-fi inflected too.(less)
More of a mixed bag than other Lovecraft comps published by Arkham House, still vintage Lovecraft but more one-offs, polishing or revising existing wo...moreMore of a mixed bag than other Lovecraft comps published by Arkham House, still vintage Lovecraft but more one-offs, polishing or revising existing works by other authors. Hit or miss.(less)
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