Red Mosquito

tragabigzanda wrote:

Iholdthepain wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:thip, I’m not sure of your familiarity with King’s works, but 11/22/63 should be at the very top of your list.

I've only read Green Mile, Nightmares and Dreamscapes, and the aforementioned Wind Through the Keyhole and Salem's Lot. I've been wanting to immerse myself into something big, and The Dark Tower seems to be the one.

11/22/63 first, huh?

Not “first” necessarily. But they are different reads. The Gunslinger is very lean and sort of quiet. 11/22/63 has a similar energy as Back To The Future 2, but with much higher stakes.

durdencommatyler wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

Iholdthepain wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:thip, I’m not sure of your familiarity with King’s works, but 11/22/63 should be at the very top of your list.

I've only read Green Mile, Nightmares and Dreamscapes, and the aforementioned Wind Through the Keyhole and Salem's Lot. I've been wanting to immerse myself into something big, and The Dark Tower seems to be the one.

11/22/63 first, huh?

Not “first” necessarily. But they are different reads. The Gunslinger is very lean and sort of quiet. 11/22/63 has a similar energy as Back To The Future 2, but with much higher stakes.

11/22/63 is top tier King and an absolute MUST for any fan of the guy's work. It's an amazing and meaningful book. It's a great read and I HIGHLY recommend it. But it's not necessary at all for The Dark Tower series. If you're feeling the call of the beam, then by all means follow that path. But once you're done with the whole series or if you want to take a break from the series and switch to something different for a while, definitely check out 11/22/63.

durdencommatyler wrote:

I think this might end up becoming my bible. It's so goddamn wonderful.

bune wrote:What a strange first chapter that was. I didn't know what I was getting into, but it would appear it's a book that I have to devote myself to and not just mindlessly read while listening to music in the background.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

durdencommatyler wrote:Nussbaum's essay on True Detective (S1) is spot on. She's 100% right that Top if the Lake (S1) and The Fall are both vastly superior, too.