Posted by John Hosking on 09/13/07 14:00

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?

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.


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John
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