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Dad's cat caught mice and dropped them in the bathtub like Ming the Merciless "I like to play with things a while before annihilation." !q
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@laurelrusswurm I haven't watched the Flash Gordon film in years - Brian Blessed was awesome!
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@expatpaul He was spectacular. I loved when he smashed guard on the head in football scene then pulled a classic "who, me?" innocent look
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@laurelrusswurm He was probably the best part of the whole film - I loved the line "Ah, well; who wants to live forever?"
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@expatpaul oh Max Von Sydow was lovely, as was Timothy Dalton, but the *best* was Dale Arden, Melody Anderson rocked!
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@laurelrusswurm I never read the comics but they used to show the 30s film serials on TV when I was a child...
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@laurelrusswurm The 80s film really captured the 30s mood brilliantly
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@laurelrusswurm Max Von Sydow was fantastic, as was the actress who played Princess Aura. I don't remember Timothy Dalton, though
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@laurelrusswurm Anotrher classic line - it's a surprisingly quotable film
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@expatpaul my Dad brought home reprints, & had a hardback book of Flash Gordon colour comics from day one. Gorgeous art, art deco spaceships
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@expatpaul Dalton played Prince Barin, Aura's jealous beau in the forest world
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@laurelrusswurm Lucky You. My comic reading really got started when 2000AD was first published
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@laurelrusswurm Okay. I do remember the character now you mention him, but he didn't leave much of an impression on me
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@expatpaul That would probably be because you're a straight male. :D
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@expatpaul Dad had "Big Little Books" w/text one side & b&w deawing on other ... eldest bro still in trouble 4 coloring pix (now an artist)
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@laurelrusswurm Haha... quite possibly ;o)
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@laurelrusswurm Big Little Books? I don't know those ones - they may have not made it across the Atlantic
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@expatpaul from memory, maybe 3" x 4" cover, 2 inches thick, i assume abridged pulp novels (Edgar Rice Burroughs Mars books, The Phantom)...
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@expatpaul ... they came out with colour ones in the '70's (remember younger sibs had Mickey Mouse big little book & thought looked weird)
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@laurelrusswurm Part of your problem is my Spam reduction/nymshifter reduction measures. Part is my server, had to reboot.
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@laurelrusswurm I have seen something similar - abridged books with pictures for kids - but never heard the name Big Litttle Books
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@laurelrusswurm The concept is a good one though - I wish I'd discovered Edgar Rice Burroughs when I was younger ;o)
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@expatpaul Edgar Rice Burroughs was my JKRowling :) I loved the John Carter of Mars series, and Tarzan was awesome
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@expatpaul this picture gives the idea; http://ur1.ca/42m75 ... My Dad's would have been golden age mid-late 1930's ... http://ur1.ca/42m79
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@laurelrusswurm I didn't discover John Carter of Mars until my early 20s when I read Michael Moorcocks pastiches of the books...
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@laurelrusswurm ... I have since plundered a *lot* of second hand bookshops to catch up. The stories are great
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@expatpaul The one my brother colored in was one of the rarest most expensive ones, maybe Buck Rogers. My dad was a bit sensitive ...
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@laurelrusswurm That is a very chubby book... I don't think I've seen anything quite like that
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@laurelrusswurm It would be the most expensive one that gets coloured in ;o) I'm not surprised your dad was annoyed
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@expatpaul The coolest ones had a series of images in top corner border, you could flip them & have "flop-pad" animation
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@laurelrusswurm Oh dear... doubly painful then
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@laurelrusswurm Animation flip-books are fun. We were playing with some of those on Sunday, as it happens
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@expatpaul because we had example, we made our own flipbooks through childhood... something to be said for sharing culture with your kids
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@expatpaul i grew up with ERB, Doc Savage books, but my favorite were that Norman Conquest Books, esp. "Miss Dynamight" and "Convict 1066"
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@laurelrusswurm Absolutely
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@laurelrusswurm I've heard of Doc Savage, but never read any of the books. I used to love Harry Harrison's Stainless Steel Rat
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@expatpaul Harry Harrison I discovered in high school.
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@laurelrusswurm So did I, as it happens
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@expatpaul I discover sf in highschool; before that I was into fantasy & mystery with a little historical fiction on the side.
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@laurelrusswurm I've always liked science fiction - and quite a lot of fantasy, too. I used to read a lot of horror but less no these days
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@expatpaul The only horror I ever really liked was Poe and vampire stories, but the latter are now classed as Urban Fantasy.
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@laurelrusswurm I used to read a lot of James Herbert in my younger days, and Stephen King of course ;o)
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@laurelrusswurm Whiny vampires annoy me - Anne Rice has a lot to answer for ;o)
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@expatpaul I liked a series of books about a vampire named St. Germaine ... they stretch from Roman times through history. But today...
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@laurelrusswurm I enjoyed Interview and its sequels, but when every other author jumped on the bandwagon it got annoying
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@expatpaul ... I read almost no fantasy or sf. Movies are another story. The 1st 2 Underworld movies were great, not seen any subsequent
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@expatpaul Two books from an author that dissove into BS at the end because the author can't be bothered to outline is my limit; only read 2
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@laurelrusswurm I have never heard you use language like that.
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@expatpaul and of course that is why I hate Mr. King. He is obviously a talented story teller and his early work shows that he can outline.
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@laurelrusswurm I saw the first Underworld film - lots of shiny but not much of a plot if I recall correctly.
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@laurelrusswurm I still read quite a lot of fantasy and SF. Well, I did until the twins were born ;o)
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@satipera I had a wonderful vocabulary of profanity when I was young, but learned it is more effective when carefully placed
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@laurelrusswurm like Tourettes, it's just some other force choosing the moment ;P FUCK
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@laurelrusswurm Which is why I remarked about it. If you were some other certain Identizen I would not have noticed.
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@satipera my son learned his profanity from his grandmother, not his mother ;D
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@thistleweb pottymouth :D
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@laurelrusswurm Stephen King's early novels were really good. He does seem to indulge his tendancy to waffle in later books #NeedsAnEditor
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@laurelrusswurm erm....would you believe me if I said I have a Tourettes addon for Identica? No? :( Worth a try
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@laurelrusswurm Ditto. I heard more bad language from grandparents than parents. Especially my Grandad.
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@expatpaul What happened was Carrie. DePalma made a wonderful movie, and King became a household word, and rich enough to ignore editors
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@expatpaul I hate him because he could be great, but has opted for lazy. But it offends me he brags about not outlining.
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@laurelrusswurm speaking of !selfPub, you released yet?
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@satipera What is funny is that I never saw Grandma use bad language in front of *her* mother #wouldhavehadhermouthwashedoutwithsoap
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@tekk urp. I got sucked into the election stuff, so I'm a wee bit behind. I have done a final-final proof-proof of my book-book....
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@tekk ... i just figured out how to get my fonts into Trisquel so now I can make the corrections in the digital file and upload-upload :D
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@laurelrusswurm ah good, I'll have time to scrape togher money for it then :D
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@laurelrusswurm vampire named saint germaine..... #CastlevaniaTaughtMeAlot
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@tekk of course, in the games he was a time traveller, in the books I assume he just lived forever
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@expatpaul @tekk The Saint Germain books dealt nicely w/vampire lore issues http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Saint-Germain_%28vampire%29
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@laurelrusswurm I don't know if it was entirely down to Carrie but it's certainly true that, as his fame increased, the editing decreased
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@laurelrusswurm I'll have to see if I can find those somewhere...definitely not like my experience with him, as something like The Doctor
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@laurelrusswurm e.g. solving issues that aren't right within time ;P
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@expatpaul Carrie was the first: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000175/ King allows filmmakers to make alterations... they add endings & fix
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@laurelrusswurm You must have a good memory.
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@laurelrusswurm All stories get changed when transferred from one medium to another - I wouldn't blame Stephen King for that
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@expatpaul I am very aware of that... but my point is that film makers more often improve the books he doesn't bother to end properly.
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@laurelrusswurm I've not read his more recent novels, so I can't comment there. For his earlier novels I had no issues with the endings
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@satipera Grandma is actually my <nonwicked> stepmother so I've only known her & Supernana as an adult
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@laurelrusswurm I was going to say. I have very limited memory of my great grand parents.
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@satipera I only knew my distant paternal biological grandfather, both grandmothers passed away in my first year; was cool getting another
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@expatpaul The most recent King book I've read was Christine; so long ago I can no longer separate the movies & books...
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@laurelrusswurm Yes, grandparents have a huge effect and are greatly loved.
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@expatpaul ... but back then I was looking critically at book construction... clear to me problem was not outlining⇒weak tacked on endings.
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@laurelrusswurm I know the feeling well ;o)
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@laurelrusswurm @expatpaul Not true. Read King's own book 'On Writing' where he tells what happened. #autobiography
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@laurelrusswurm @expatpaul And if you liked Carrie, try 'The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun' by Julie Brown: http://is.gd/TUj18H
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@wayneborean Sorry, I don't read King anymore so I'll just have to do without knowing. :D
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@wayneborean I'm way behind with my reading these days - what does King have to say?
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@wayneborean The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun sounds well worth a listen. Do you know if there is a version available anywhere online?
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@expatpaul King has a lot to say, it's a great book about the process of writing. If you write, or are curious about writing, read it.
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@expatpaul Hit youtube, there's a video version there.
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@wayneborean I don't think I'll ever be able to claim to be a writer but I am abstractedly interested in the process...
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@wayneborean I will try to check it out but I doubt that it will be any time soon.
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@expatpaul Read it - great book.
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@wayneborean I found a version on DailyMotion - It's quite funny :o)
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@expatpaul Hilarious was the word I used. My kids nearly injured themselves first time they heard it, they laughed so hard.
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