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Posted by Blinky the Shark on 09/13/07 18:02
John Hosking wrote:
> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>> Neredbojias wrote:
>
>>> William Hope Hodgson wrote "The House on the Borderland" and "The
>>> Night Land", 2 very gothicy, horrorish, and a bit science-fictiony
>>> mood novels. I suppose the writing could be criticized, but I
>>> consider them classics. (There's a bit of "Stephen King" flavour in
>>> them.)
>>
>> No wonder I've not heard of him. I've never read a Stephen King book
>> or seen a film based on one.
>
> What, no "Shawshank Redemption", "The Green Mile", "Stand by Me",
> "Misery", or "The Shining"? Really not?
That is correct. Really not.
> I know it's easy to avoid books by a certain author, but some of these
> movies were huge, and they're always popping up on TV.
So was "Titanic". Never cared about that, either. Or "Jaws",
ironically. Or "Rocky". I'm not very hype-driven.
This week, my Netflix watches were "Little Dieter Needs To Fly" and "The
Searchers".
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