Jazzfanz Bookclub

[fishonjazz]

Some really good books with a healthy amount of comedy in them are The Jack Daniels series btw.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

The movie is alright, really disjointed. The plot is pretty ****ing crazy and almost impossible to capture in a movie, but translates really well in book form. If you like it, there is a sequel. A lot darker and more serious, but equally as good.

Probably the funniest book I've ever read though. Made me laugh out loud a lot.

 

[fishonjazz]

I quite like Patterson too, but I fear the need for a defensive presence in the middle takes precedence.

Definately on my list now

 

[fishonjazz]

Definately on my list now

No idea how that got quoted

I was referring to cy's post

 

[8]

No idea how that got quoted

I was referring to cy's post

Lol had a serious wtf moment there

Just picked up the stand. It's pretty long, but after reading Atlas shrugged I feel I can get through anything (and the bible, although that was piece by piece over an extended period of time)

 

[fishonjazz]

Lol had a serious wtf moment there

Just picked up the stand. It's pretty long, but after reading Atlas shrugged I feel I can get through anything (and the bible, although that was piece by piece over an extended period of time)

the stand is long, but its good enough to not matter that its so long

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

The 1st half of the book is just introducing all the characters, I probably enjoyed the characters background stories the most though.

 

[fallenchicken]

Lol had a serious wtf moment there

Just picked up the stand. It's pretty long, but after reading Atlas shrugged I feel I can get through anything (and the bible, although that was piece by piece over an extended period of time)

I read Atlas Shrugged in high-school because I had a libertarian friend who really was pushing it on me and I wanted to impress him. What did you think of the book? I found the 2000 page speech at the end to be over-indulgent and unnecessary (it's not like we needed a big MORAL at the end; the book is a lot of things, subtle isn't one of them). I have problems with Rand's philosophy, but she makes some interesting points, and there's parts of A-Shrugged that I really enjoyed and was impressed by.

 

[fallenchicken]

the stand is long, but its good enough to not matter that its so long

I also feel that The Stand is the shortest 800 page book I've ever read. It moves at an incredibly fast pace--it's a midnight book, for sure. Once you get into it you're going to lose some sleep to it.

 

[UGLI baby]

 

[fishonjazz]

I also feel that The Stand is the shortest 800 page book I've ever read. It moves at an incredibly fast pace--it's a midnight book, for sure. Once you get into it you're going to lose some sleep to it.

The stand i read was like 1100 pages i think.
But ya, still a good read

 

[LogGrad98]

The stand i read was like 1100 pages i think.
But ya, still a good read

There were actually 2 different versions of The Stand. When it was originally published the publisher wasn't sure King was enough of a draw to warrant a 1000+ page tome, so they cut it down like 3 or 4 hundred pages. Later when King proved his staying power it was re-released at the previous 1000+ pages with some editing of the story line and restoring most of the lost pages.