BillW
 
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Reply Sun 1 Dec, 2002 12:09 am
Loved the raft, you left out the part about him having all that heroin and being an addict - he was a surgeon so he "operated" on himself and ate the hunks he cut off. What a gas, absolutely my favorite, well tied anyway with:

Kurt Vonnegut, short story about connecting all the computers in the universe together. The one supremo question to ask - "Is there a God!" - the computer on/off switch melts and the answer is: "Now there is!"

Love them short shorts, O'Henry is excellent along with Ray Bradbury also.
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Rae
 
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Reply Sun 1 Dec, 2002 01:06 am
'Four Past Midnight' and 'Different Seasons' are two of my dog-eared King books.

'The Raft' ~ wow. All I can say is that the guy was lucky to have had the hoard of heroine with him.
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bermbits
 
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Reply Sun 1 Dec, 2002 09:30 am
Whoops
"The Raft" is not the doctor story - I don't remember its name.

Also Fredric Browne did the computer/God story, I believe.
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BillW
 
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Reply Sun 1 Dec, 2002 10:39 am
You are correct bermbits, on two accounts. I don't know why I have always believed the God story to be Vonnegut-I get so dyslexic. The King short story is something like "Stranded" or "The Surgeon" or something like that. Unless, of course, my dyslexia is surfacing again! Embarrassed Embarrassed Embarrassed
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Rae
 
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Reply Sun 1 Dec, 2002 11:33 am
The short story was 'Survivor Type' from 'The Skeleton Crew.'

(Knew I'd get it eventually.....)
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bermbits
 
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Reply Sun 1 Dec, 2002 11:35 am
Yes! That's it. Ta-da!
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Rae
 
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Reply Sun 1 Dec, 2002 11:36 am
<taking my humble bows>
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quinn1
 
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Reply Sun 1 Dec, 2002 12:30 pm
ahh..Dark Tower enthusiasts...lovely! Smile
Have you read Dark House? I enjoyed that it went into the space of the Towers but, I dont know how any other DT enthusiasts thought of it.
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BillW
 
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Reply Sun 1 Dec, 2002 01:30 pm
Black House?
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quinn1
 
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Reply Sun 1 Dec, 2002 01:32 pm
duh..yeah

thanks Smile
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bermbits
 
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Reply Sun 1 Dec, 2002 02:36 pm
Re: Dark Towers, I started thinking of Ka as Ka-Ka as the years flowed by. I guess I'll read them, but without much relish (or mustard).
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quinn1
 
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Reply Sun 1 Dec, 2002 03:49 pm
I automatically translate Ka to The Force....lol..same difference, aint it? Smile
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Rae
 
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Reply Sun 1 Dec, 2002 08:18 pm
http://www.stephenking.com/future.html#dt5

This is the latest schedule from the 'official' website.
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bermbits
 
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Reply Sun 1 Dec, 2002 08:28 pm
Good site! Thanks.
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Rae
 
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Reply Sun 1 Dec, 2002 08:28 pm
You're welcome!
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quinn1
 
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Reply Mon 2 Dec, 2002 12:03 pm
second the thanks!
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Rae
 
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Reply Mon 2 Dec, 2002 06:40 pm
Gee! Embarrassed You're welcome, too!
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quinn1
 
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Reply Mon 2 Dec, 2002 06:53 pm
Smile
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BillW
 
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Reply Tue 3 Dec, 2002 12:37 pm
We're welcome!

quinn wrote:
automatically translate Ka to The Force.... Laughing ..same difference, aint it?


The Force is the military part of Ka. That is, "The Force" is martial while "Ka" is the all consuming Spiritual. Of course, my opinion.
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quinn1
 
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Reply Tue 3 Dec, 2002 06:00 pm
For me, the "The Force" is spiritual ideal as well. The idea of good vs. bad alone has undertones if nothing else. The cosmic field of the all encompassing 'Force' certainly gets me to thinking it at least. And personally that is probably why I automatically converted 'Ka' to 'Force' from the get go.
But, surely, we can disagree. Its okay, its a book and we each take certain items from ourselves to portray certain aspects the author merely describes so, it works anyway.
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