User talk:Lystrablue
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Nice to know there's another science oriented, bibliophilic, Stephen King fan on here. Here are a few links I've found helpful while editing:
If you have any questions I'll try my best to answer them...as long as it doesn't pertain to pimentos or Armenian cattle breeding techniques. For those, you're on your own... Grillo7 13:20, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the greetings. I have a great collection of SK first editions. I promise not to work on hot condiments, Middle-Eastern livestock or anything military. Should I post questions here? Lystrablue 06:00, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
Sure, post them here. I have a fairly extensive collection of SK first editions myself, but unfortunately I think I'll end up downsizing them a bit since I'm moving to an island in a few months. As part of the moving process, I'm more or less giving various posessions away to people at random, so if you have any holes in your collection, let me know. Have you read Lisey's Story yet?Grillo7 22:43, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
It's a small island then? I have everything except The Colorado Kid (2004 - never saw it here in Oz) and someone borrowed my copy of It and didn't return it. I'd chase them except I can't remember who it was (early Alzheimer's). I have read Lisey's story and enjoyed it, though it's not in the league of The Stand, Dead Zone or the Dark Tower series. What was your reaction to the final installment of that? I threw a frustration tantrum.Lystrablue 00:39, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
Quickest and funniest way to answer your question? Almost everyone refers to it as simply "the big island". So, no...it's not small. The problem is, it's quite expensive to ship everything there. So I have to weigh (literally and figuratively) all of my possesions. As books are relatively heavy, and I have a lot of them, I'm paring my library down a bit. (Who really needs "The Complete Guide to Tube Socks: New and Expanded Edition!" anyhow?) I had a similar reaction to the last DT book, although maybe for different reasons. I didn't have a problem with the looping-through-time ending, I just felt that too many things had been left underexplained or not explained at all, and I didn't really like the idea that all of the other tie-in books were essentially rendered into meaningless red herrings. What did you think?
Grillo7 02:20, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
PS: I'd be happy to send you the Colorado Kid. It's floating around here somewhere, but I'll come across it sometime in the next few days...Grillo7 02:24, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
Ah, Hawaii. I've been on that big island twice for a week each time staying at that big Hilton resort on the west coast. Once in Dec 1995, when I also ran the Honolulu marathon in a monsoon, and then again in Dec 2005, when I watch the start of the marathon from the comfort of my hotel room before flying back to Sydney. You can guess which trip was more relaxing. However, compared to the size of the island I live on, Hawaii is pretty little!! There were a few red herrings, weren't there? I was uncomfortable with SK writing himself as a character into the books as well (what's that called again??). It blurs the line between fiction and reality too much for my liking. A copy of Colorado Kid would be excellent. I'm debating whether to ask you for the tube socks book as well - it sounds rivetting. Perhaps I could send you "Do it Yourself Brain Surgery, Combat Hamsters and other Hobbies" as a replacement.Lystrablue 09:26, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
Hey! I'm sorry this took me, oh, three and half years to reply...I've just been ridiculously busy with school; I haven't even been on Wikipedia since I last commented on your user-page. I'm actually in the middle of an essay at the moment, but I thought I could tear myself away for a few nanoseconds to let you know that I found The Colorado Kid, so just let me know where to send it when you get a chance. Grillo7 07:23, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
I've sent my work address to your hotmail acct. Thanks. I'm struggling with Wiki time also, I've enrolled at Uni again (sigh). i will probably get time to read more SK in about 2010. Lystrablue 03:16, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
