Laz have you been a bad boy?
Posted on 06/21/2014 9:38:01 AM PDT by Lazamataz
Seen BHT three times in Austin... favorite concerts ever.
He doesn’t even know the difference between a rifle and a shotgun. He uses them interchangeably to describe the same gun in his stories.
My two cents - the revision was done to the Gunslinger, and simply served to clarify and bring the book in line with the sequels, what with the 20 plus year age difference. I think in the intro he even mentions that the new material only accounts for maybe seven pages of actual content.
I don’t think you’d miss too much either way, honestly - the first book is so different style wise from the rest that, IMO, it almost acts like a long preface. I had to really fight my way through that one and the first part (most of actually) The Drawing of the Three before I got into it. Things really start humming with The Waste Lands, though, and after that you won’t be able to stop until the last book
O’REILLY: All right. Do you know who this guy, Stephen King, is?
BECK: Who?
O’REILLY: Stephen King. Do you know him, the author?
BECK: Oh, yes. He’s the guy that usually when I release my books at the same time, he’s No. 2.
O’REILLY: OK. So you think he’s jealous of you. He lives up in Maine, this guy. He writes about spooky things.
BECK: Yes. Actually...
O’REILLY: A little like you.
BECK: I am a huge fan.
O’REILLY: “The Overton Window,” very, very frightening. So maybe he’s jealous. But this is what he...
BECK: Biggest selling fiction of the — of the year.
O’REILLY: Of the year. Your book. Not Stephen King. You.
BECK: Huh?
O’REILLY: Here’s what King writes in Entertainment Weekly.
BECK: Yes.
O’REILLY: Let me quote it to you: “I sort of dig on Glenn Beck. He reminds me of certain people you encounter in big cities. You know, the ones wearing robes, sandals and signs but claiming the world is going to end because American men are eating too much red meat and American women are wearing their pants too tight. He’s crazy, but like those urban nut cakes, he actually seems to believe what he is saying.” Stephen King.
BECK: I think he meant that in a good way.
O’REILLY: Yes.
BECK: No, look, here’s the thing. So what he’s saying is you’re a nut cake. But I’m a sincere nut cake.
O’REILLY: That’s true.
BECK: I’m sincerely crazy.
O’REILLY: Uh-huh.
BECK: I appreciate that, Stephen. Stephen King is the guy who called me Satan’s younger brother. And if I’m not mistaken, called Bill O’Reilly Satan’s mentally challenged older brother.
O’REILLY: You would come off better.
BECK: I’m the younger brother.
O’REILLY: Right.
BECK: He got that right.
O’REILLY: I’m old and mentally challenged.
BECK: Not too much. Not too much.
O’REILLY: Here’s my question: should you and I take the Bold Fresh Tour up to Maine.
BECK: Yes. I would love that.
O’REILLY: OK.
BECK: Could we?
O’REILLY: And rent a place near King’s place and then, after the show, lead the whole crew over to his house for coffee.
BECK: We could gather arms and — I mean, lock arms, not gather arms. That would be crazy. Lock arms and sing “Kumbaya.” And then he can come out and tell us spooky stories.
O’REILLY: You know...
BECK: I’ll wear a sandwich sign.
O’REILLY: I used to think that I was the most misunderstood person.
BECK: Right.
O’REILLY: But now, I know that I’m not.
BECK: Yes, no. It’s Stephen King.
O’REILLY: Right. There you go.
Glenn Beck, everybody.
ATF should be the name of a convenience store, not a Federal agency.
Lloyd was a piece of work.
Excellent band.
One more off topic BHTM post, Vincent of Jersey...
Effa Bruce Springsteen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIB4lixUIVE
Now THAT’S some funny stuff right there!
LAZ IS BACK! :D
I humbly stand corrected.
Laz have you been a bad boy?
Isn’t it time for airport novels to be regulated like air travel?
Hey Stevie, 20,000 gun laws and counting.
Maybe you need to get out once in a while.
Aww Jeez my gun shop put in a frozen margarita squishy machine just to wind folks up LOL
Hey Steve,
VAN!
Gosh, Stevie...when you were a little pre-democrat demon; we used to buy our guns at Woolworth’s along with a couple packs of Juicy Fruit...no problem. How did YOU survive those days of unregulated carnage???
The ATF laws will drive you mad.
it is pure insanity.
They make so no man can comply and then call you a criminal.
They are currently trying to make in a criminal offenses to give your private property to a family member
““Do you really think we want those laws observed?” Said Dr. Ferris. We want them broken. You better get it straight that it’s not a bunch of boy scouts you’re up against - then you’ll know this is not the age for beautiful gestures. We’re after power and we mean it. You fellows were pikers, but we know the real trick and you’d better get wise to it. There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What’s there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted and you create a nation of law-breakers - and then you cash in on guilt. Now, that’s the system Mr. Reardon, that’s the game, and once you understand it, you’ll be much easier to deal with.”
Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, Part 2, Chapter 3, Page 404
I think I’ll pass on the revision, then. I’m glad to know I’m not the only one who found “The Gunslinger” a bit slow to get off the mark. For me that’s rarely the case with a King novel. I’m looking forward to the rest of the series.
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