woohoo, my books finally came in. THE TOMB, LEGACIES, AND CONSPIRACIES. of course i didnt get the revised version of the tomb like i asked but oh well. i figure the original's the best to have. so hopefully soon i will be half way caught up with all you buffs out there. :p have a goodngiht cuz i know i prob wont be gettin much sleep tonight----j

Hello all!

I'm a newb here, so I'm not sure if Abe's language has been discussed before or not. But I've been dying to know more about his style of talking. What exactly does "Nu" mean? I've been trying to figure out ever since I started reading Jack, and even now, after Midnight Mass, I'm still floundering. I take it to mean a combo of 'what, where, huh, duh...'? Also, the funny grammar, and usage of 'should'...I should think these are all Yiddishms?

Anyone else see this movie yet? I caught it in the theater and said then that Tim Robbins deserves an oscar, and he got it.

Anyway, I am just curious if anyone has read the book and how it compares to the movie. If the book is better than the movie, I would be really interested in reading it.

Some of the names in Crisscross weren't little references/homages to/from certain people you (FPW) know, were they? You know, Hutch and Barry and whatnot?

Or is this just wishful thinking? After all, no more coincidences...

Great book, by the way, as usual.

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Loved the little reference to "coincidence" in the news bulletin at the end. What a fantastic finish to things in this novel...and yet the overall plot that has been developing since Conspiracies is more ominous than ever.

Thanks a lot!!

Does anyone have the Gauntlet edition of Hosts number 323? It's the only one in the RJ series I don't have with the same number. My copy is #115. Would be willing to trade.

Saw the latest Potter this weekend and loved it. A notable change in rhythm and texture from the previous two (different director) and a darker tone. The cast is holding up well, I think; especially Emma Watson who's turning into a real charmer. Her Hermione damn near steals the show.

I am confused as to the book Freak show. if you follow FPW's chronological order he says to read this book. And now for the question, does he mean the whole book or just the intro which he wrote?

Any help would be great.
Brian

It's easier for a movie to cast its spell in a theatre than at home, even on a large home screen. I had trouble with the first half of Big Fish -- it seemed unfocused and directionless. I stopped it at the 45-min mark and went and had dinner. After dinner, since I'd allready committed that much time to it, I decided to stick with it.

So glad I did. This is a warm, wise, sweet film that appears on the surface to be about family relationships, but is really about the power of stories and myth. I will confess to being a tad verklempt at the end when the son carries his father down to the river.

See this one.

Being I am on a business trip and extremely bored I was wasting time on the internet and found that you can get this movie on DVD!

Go to Ebay and select teh DVD/movies catagory and then horror genre and do a search for "Don't be afraid of the dark".

And the cost isn't anywhere near as prohibitive as the prices for the used VHS tapes on Amazon.

I am now in the process of getting this movie on DVD. Very excited to see it again. Hope it still scares the bejeebers out of me.

Any Highlander mavens out there? I saw the first a century or two ago; I was thinking of working through the series but I've heard it's uneven. Which titles are the highs and which are the lows?