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Just about done with Stephen King's Bill Hodges Trilogy. American Gods on deck.
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ToolFanFromWayBack wrote:Just about done with Stephen King's Bill Hodges Trilogy. American Gods on deck.
that's about the only King I haven't read . . . if you read all three I assume you liked it?

American Gods is great - make sure you read the 10th anniversary expanded version.
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Just finishing The Secret History by Donna Tartt. Excellent. The Handmaid's Tale is on deck.
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Fri Jun 09, 2017 9:56 pm

hunterjax wrote:make sure you read the 10th anniversary expanded version.
I didn't know there was an expanded version. Did Gaiman go back and write more, or was it stuff that had been edited out in the first version?

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Just started in on this

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The Power Broker - I had a crack at this back in 2007 and stopped as i couldn't get into it; and at 1,300+ pages just couldn't invest the time needed to read it.
But I picked it up again about a month ago to restart and now i am nearly finished and can't put it down. A fascinating story on the power and impact that one man has had on the form, fabric and function of NYC.
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hunterjax wrote:
ToolFanFromWayBack wrote:Just about done with Stephen King's Bill Hodges Trilogy. American Gods on deck.
that's about the only King I haven't read . . . if you read all three I assume you liked it?

American Gods is great - make sure you read the 10th anniversary expanded version.

Bill Hodges is great. For the most part it's just a crime/detective thriller, so a bit of a departure for him.
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That's fantastic.
Coincidentally, I reached for that one today after almost giving up on finding another book I started last year. Looks like I should have picked it up.

Just finished Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake. I liked it a lot. Looking forward to the sequels.

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ricv64 wrote:Image
That's a fave and one that stands out from the time I read a pile of PKD over a short span. Need to revisit a few so's to re-differentiate.
just a foil for me today, thanks
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Sat Jun 10, 2017 11:32 pm

mfaith wrote:
hunterjax wrote:make sure you read the 10th anniversary expanded version.
I didn't know there was an expanded version. Did Gaiman go back and write more, or was it stuff that had been edited out in the first version?
He added some, edited some back in that was cut, and it contains a follow up Shadow story he did a few years after Anansi Boys (which I think now appears separately in Fragile Things)
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hunterjax wrote:
mfaith wrote:
hunterjax wrote:make sure you read the 10th anniversary expanded version.
I didn't know there was an expanded version. Did Gaiman go back and write more, or was it stuff that had been edited out in the first version?
He added some, edited some back in that was cut, and it contains a follow up Shadow story he did a few years after Anansi Boys (which I think now appears separately in Fragile Things)
That's pretty awesome. I didn't know that was a thing. Thanks for the heads up :pint:
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mfaith wrote:
hunterjax wrote:
mfaith wrote:
hunterjax wrote:make sure you read the 10th anniversary expanded version.
I didn't know there was an expanded version. Did Gaiman go back and write more, or was it stuff that had been edited out in the first version?
He added some, edited some back in that was cut, and it contains a follow up Shadow story he did a few years after Anansi Boys (which I think now appears separately in Fragile Things)
That's pretty awesome. I didn't know that was a thing. Thanks for the heads up :pint:
no problem - It's been one of my favorite books since I read it when it came out . . . went to re-read it a few years ago and found out it had a 10th Ann version.

There's also this great pb version with an AMAZING cover by Robert McGinnis:

https://www.amazon.com/American-Gods-Te ... 28EZ5HHRVH
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Tue Jun 13, 2017 8:26 pm

Got this at the library
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