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By Chuggers
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reddye6 wrote: Wed Jan 15, 2025 4:15 pm
Chuggers wrote: Wed Jan 15, 2025 11:13 am
reddye6 wrote: Wed Jan 15, 2025 1:26 am

I haven't read it, but I have the paperback version -- a birthday gift from my sister. Glad to hear that you're enjoying it. I'll have to move it up in my queue.

Nice! I'm curious about the paperbacks, the quality of the pictures, & i guess for lack of a better phrase supplement materials on that quality of paper....there's web pages, newspaper articles, photographs, all in stunning detail. They really went all out on the presentation.
The paperback has the various web pages, articles, etc. Although the pages are of decent size, I'd like it to be a little bigger. Also, the page margins close to the spine are small. Given that the book has a lot of pages, you need to adjust the page as you read so you can see the text (or start to break the spine).
That was my concern, yeah. My brother had expressed interest and he's generally an e-reader and I'm trying to sway him towards the hardback explicitly for the presentation aspect
By Chuggers
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tim28212 wrote: Thu Jan 02, 2025 8:27 pm my first new read of 2025 ( I just finished Freedom...)

and my first Philip Fracassi.
Tim, how's that Fracassi treating you?
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By tim28212
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Chuggers wrote: Wed Jan 15, 2025 11:43 pm
tim28212 wrote: Thu Jan 02, 2025 8:27 pm my first new read of 2025 ( I just finished Freedom...)

and my first Philip Fracassi.
Tim, how's that Fracassi treating you?
I finished it. For me, it was good but not great. I'm not sure if I was expecting more because he seems to be that talk lately but for me it was just OK. It could be brutal at times and some reviews say it reads like an 80's horror novel. It moves pretty fast. I have a couple of his other books, Boys In the Valley and A Child Alone With Strangers (Lividian Press) so we'll see how I like those.
By Chuggers
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tim28212 wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2025 5:39 pm
Chuggers wrote: Wed Jan 15, 2025 11:43 pm
tim28212 wrote: Thu Jan 02, 2025 8:27 pm my first new read of 2025 ( I just finished Freedom...)

and my first Philip Fracassi.
Tim, how's that Fracassi treating you?
I finished it. For me, it was good but not great. I'm not sure if I was expecting more because he seems to be that talk lately but for me it was just OK. It could be brutal at times and some reviews say it reads like an 80's horror novel. It moves pretty fast. I have a couple of his other books, Boys In the Valley and A Child Alone With Strangers (Lividian Press) so we'll see how I like those.
I've heard, read many glowing reviews of his short story collections,that's where I intend to start but I thought both Gothic and Sarafina looked great as well
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By tim28212
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Chuggers wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2025 7:33 pm
tim28212 wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2025 5:39 pm
Chuggers wrote: Wed Jan 15, 2025 11:43 pm

Tim, how's that Fracassi treating you?
I finished it. For me, it was good but not great. I'm not sure if I was expecting more because he seems to be that talk lately but for me it was just OK. It could be brutal at times and some reviews say it reads like an 80's horror novel. It moves pretty fast. I have a couple of his other books, Boys In the Valley and A Child Alone With Strangers (Lividian Press) so we'll see how I like those.
I've heard, read many glowing reviews of his short story collections,that's where I intend to start but I thought both Gothic and Sarafina looked great as well
I also have Sarafina. I forgot that one. On goodreads Gothic gets the lowest rating (3.8) of the books I've got so that may say something. I don't have any of his short story collections but, like you, heard rave reviews.
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By tim28212
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starting book 7
first time reading this one, excited!
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By tim28212
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My Suntup edition of Swan Song arrived this week. Thought I'd share some pics of one of my favorite books. This will make my third signed limited edition of this book.
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By Chuggers
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tim28212 wrote: Fri Feb 14, 2025 2:55 pm My Suntup edition of Swan Song arrived this week. Thought I'd share some pics of one of my favorite books. This will make my third signed limited edition of this book.
That's a thing of beauty Tim, knew thqr Kmart scene was going to be in there lol
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By tim28212
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starting book 8 in the Matthew Corbett series
(one more after this)
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By tim28212
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Diving into the last Matthew Corbett book. It's bittersweet. I've really enjoyed this series. Some books are better than others but all worth reading. I kinda hate that it's ending but I've read McCammon does a good job with wrapping everything up. Can't wait to see what he's working on next.
This is my signed trade edition from Lividian. The limited edition is still in the works.
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By deafmetal
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I was browsing the local shop and this was highly recommended. Very interesting so far:
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By Bezulsqy
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One book is about the history of the Devil in cinema.
The other about the video nasties panic in 1980s
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