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Current Talk '07 I / Re: Todays slide show the famous recording.
« on: May 07, 2007, 06:42:38 PM »
Mozart's "Serenade for Strings in G Major," a.k.a. "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" ("A Little Night Music").
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Current Talk '07 I / Re: Barnabas, Quentin, and the Body Snatchers
« on: May 04, 2007, 10:49:26 PM »153
Calendar Events / Announcements '07 I / Re: Happy Birthday Mark Rainey!!!
« on: May 03, 2007, 01:06:44 PM »
Thanks, y’all! It was a quiet, reasonably pleasant birthday. Didn’t do anything special last night, but the weekend is coming up, and there might be something fun in the works.
Last night, I drank a martini, ate pizza and cake, got a few nice gifts from Peg, and then, befitting an old fart, fell asleep on the couch.
Last night, I drank a martini, ate pizza and cake, got a few nice gifts from Peg, and then, befitting an old fart, fell asleep on the couch.
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Current Talk '07 I / Re: Which Character was the "Glue" that Held the DS Together?
« on: April 25, 2007, 04:22:12 AM »
Jeb Hawkes, obviously. He left the stickiest footprints.
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Current Talk '07 I / Re: Barnabas, Quentin, and the Body Snatchers
« on: April 25, 2007, 01:36:52 AM »Quote
This Ross novel is unique in that it is the only one written in the third person (all knowing) where all his other DS novels were written in the first person from the view of the herione. The House of Dark Shadows novelization is also in the third person, but that is different as it is based on the movie.
Joeytrom -- I think you're confusing first-person, third-person limited omniscient, and third-person omniscient. All the Ross novels are written as third-person narratives, but they're generally limited to a single character's point of view. Body Snatchers is written in third-person omniscient, relating the points of view of several different characters throughout the book; in that, it is unique. (A first-person narrative would refer to the main character as "I" rather than "he" or "she.")
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Current Talk '07 I / Re: Barnabas, Quentin, and the Body Snatchers
« on: April 24, 2007, 02:21:17 AM »
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Current Talk '07 I / Re: Barnabas, Quentin, and the Body Snatchers
« on: April 24, 2007, 01:33:44 AM »
Believe me, I had fun with it. I also watched Bigfoot, with John Carradine, John Mitchum, and Doodles Weaver. I was in a mood for cheese.
Dream curse? Summer of 70? Dude, in comparison, those are Edgar Allan Poe at his finest.
Dream curse? Summer of 70? Dude, in comparison, those are Edgar Allan Poe at his finest.
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Current Talk '07 I / Barnabas, Quentin, and the Body Snatchers
« on: April 24, 2007, 01:11:36 AM »
I picked this one up on Ebay some time ago, and I decided to read it this weekend.
You know, those Ross novels were never meant to be sophisticated literature and all, but I gotta tell you, I think I may have discovered the single worst book ever written. Even worse than Kathy Ptacek's Gila, which, frankly, I never expected to see displaced as the mostest awfulest book that ever was.
Quentin masquerades as world-famous rock star Jim James, but no one has ever seen his face. One of Roger's friends discovers a planet called Velva, which is populated by Velvetians. Velvetians kidnap Roger and friend and install themselves at Collinwood. (Elizabeth deduces this as early as page 21, when she confides to Barnabas: "I've been obsessed with the idea that some sort of plane landed in the fields near here...and someone who was on it entered this house and took Roger captive. Then this mysterious someone had Roger sent away on that plane while he installed himself here in his place!") Elizabeth confides the same to Julia, who -- instead of wondering if Elizabeth is in her cups -- quickly determines that Roger has gone insane (with an exclamation point). Barnabas and Quentin, though, being special and all, figure out the aliens plan and turn the tables on them.
Good God. Good God....
Yes. This is the Plan Nine From Outer Space of all pulp novels. I'm certain of it.
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Calendar Events / Announcements '07 I / Re: Happy Birthday Prof. Stokes!!!
« on: April 10, 2007, 04:23:37 AM »
Happy, happy, happy, Prof! 
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Calendar Events / Announcements '07 I / Re: Happy Birthday! MB (Mysterious Benefactor)
« on: April 09, 2007, 05:46:26 PM »
Hey! Check out that old dude!
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Current Talk '06 II / Re: The Salem Branch - Your thoughts
« on: April 08, 2007, 11:05:34 PM »
That's neat that it showed up in the library. Wonder if it was donated by a reader?
I thought I'd put up a link to my review of it on my Web site last month, but evidently I didn't.
http://www.stephenmarkrainey.com/logFM07.htm
Scroll down to the entry for March 3, 2007 for the full review.
I thought I'd put up a link to my review of it on my Web site last month, but evidently I didn't.
http://www.stephenmarkrainey.com/logFM07.htm
Scroll down to the entry for March 3, 2007 for the full review.
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Calendar Events / Announcements '07 I / Re: A Cousin's Passing
« on: April 01, 2007, 04:53:13 PM »
So sorry to hear the sad news, Gerard. Many condolences.
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Current Talk '07 I / Re: How Did DS Influence Your Life?
« on: March 29, 2007, 04:32:35 AM »
While there was a host of things that influenced me to become a writer of scary things, DS is certainly one of the most significant. For so many years, particularly when it wasn't being aired, its mystique had a real hold on me. Oftentimes in my writing I've sought to convey the kind of allure that DS had for me, especially as a young 'un.
Being involved with the novel, which threw me sometimes jarringly into the business end of it all, was both a dream come true and a kind of climax to the mystique. Still, DS has a grip that continues to spark my own creativity.
Being involved with the novel, which threw me sometimes jarringly into the business end of it all, was both a dream come true and a kind of climax to the mystique. Still, DS has a grip that continues to spark my own creativity.
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Calendar Events / Announcements '07 I / Re: OT: Could use some prayers and good wishes
« on: March 18, 2007, 03:21:27 PM »
Thanks again for all the good wishes. Allison is home and is feeling more or less normal again; the pain is mostly gone, but she's still supposed to take it fairly easy for a while. She's giving herself injections (I believe the drug is called Cumodin), which she'll be on for the foreseeable future. But that seems a small price to pay to get something akin to peace of mind after such an experience.
My mom is recovering pretty well. In fact, I'm at the old homestead this weekend, just to give her a hand around the place. Things look good for a full recovery.
My wife still has more health problems than the law allows. If she were a horse...
But we're hanging in there.
My mom is recovering pretty well. In fact, I'm at the old homestead this weekend, just to give her a hand around the place. Things look good for a full recovery.
My wife still has more health problems than the law allows. If she were a horse...
But we're hanging in there.
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Current Talk '07 I / Re: Crushes on DS Stars
« on: March 17, 2007, 07:47:52 PM »
And then there's...
Me: Still in love.
Me: Still in love.