tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post7395120937595331725..comments2024-03-19T04:28:39.434-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Your Favorite Book Set in Mainepattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-17562626007999362492013-01-21T14:59:15.066-05:002013-01-21T14:59:15.066-05:00I remember most fondly _The Beans of Egypt, Maine_...I remember most fondly _The Beans of Egypt, Maine_. Your question provokes both the memory and my intent to read this one again. _Salem's Lot_ does not provoke me at all. In fact, IMHO, I think it is very much over-rated (along with almost everything else written by the cranky King).R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-53743360767370278922013-01-20T19:28:06.678-05:002013-01-20T19:28:06.678-05:00I can't think of anything I've read that t...I can't think of anything I've read that took place in Maine. Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-31880335149877206562013-01-20T15:36:55.276-05:002013-01-20T15:36:55.276-05:00How could I forget Cider House Rules! And I didn&#...How could I forget Cider House Rules! And I didn't realize Connolly set his books in Maine. <br />How about The Country of Pointed Firs. Great shorts and I think Maine. Will go look. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-32892675772878888342013-01-20T15:01:18.296-05:002013-01-20T15:01:18.296-05:00Another for SALEM'S LOTAnother for SALEM'S LOTle0pard13https://www.blogger.com/profile/09421175808461787862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-53294919387474096062013-01-20T14:44:07.709-05:002013-01-20T14:44:07.709-05:00I'll go with a couple of John Connolly's b...I'll go with a couple of John Connolly's books; BAD MEN and DARK HOLLOW.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-7758321164482782272013-01-20T14:35:29.535-05:002013-01-20T14:35:29.535-05:00CIDER HOUSE RULESCIDER HOUSE RULESKieran Sheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16681787953865476304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-68168683542855199022013-01-20T14:19:56.081-05:002013-01-20T14:19:56.081-05:00EMPIRE FALLS. No Question. I like several of King&...EMPIRE FALLS. No Question. I like several of King's books and have also read almost everything by John Conolly, but EMPIRE FALLS is a special book.Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-36353710701320822972013-01-20T14:08:56.697-05:002013-01-20T14:08:56.697-05:00from http://www.platterland.com/hounddog.shtml
In...from http://www.platterland.com/hounddog.shtml<br /><br />In his book “On Writing”, Stephen King recounts his experience working for John Gould at the <i>Lisbon Enterprise </i>, a weekly newspaper that John Gould published. (Although, in the book, King does not know that it was the famous John Gould.)Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-41429852912849277322013-01-20T13:56:05.336-05:002013-01-20T13:56:05.336-05:00Well, King's short stories can also be atrocio...Well, King's short stories can also be atrocious...see "The Cat from Hell"...but his trademark logorrhea curtailed in short fiction in a way it so obviously is not in novels. Most of the best King work I've read is certainly in short form...and Elizabeth Hand is certainly a more deft writer in nearly every way (even given such excellent King short fiction as "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut"), though I still need to read her novels. <br /><br />THE FASTEST HOUND DOG IN THE STATE OF MAINE, a folktale retold by John Gould (and fetching some steep prices from speculators on Amazon), is my sentimental favorite. As a former New Hampshirean (the last of my three New England states), the availability of Maineiac lit was not slight.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-16844762168513909722013-01-20T13:46:06.938-05:002013-01-20T13:46:06.938-05:00Empire Falls was excellent. Empire Falls was excellent. Thomas Pluckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17008022962076648740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-46130153607854686442013-01-20T13:42:07.630-05:002013-01-20T13:42:07.630-05:00Another book on my TBR pile. Must read it.
I agre...Another book on my TBR pile. Must read it. <br />I agree Sandra. His short stories are much better-but then that's our thing. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-61217708291293701252013-01-20T13:09:02.957-05:002013-01-20T13:09:02.957-05:00Generation Loss by Elizabeth Hand. A murder myster...Generation Loss by Elizabeth Hand. A murder mystery with a very flawed heroine set on an island off the Maine coast.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-52547848161177399382013-01-20T13:06:17.236-05:002013-01-20T13:06:17.236-05:00I guess SALEM;S LOT of all King's novels is my...I guess SALEM;S LOT of all King's novels is my favorite. Can't really recall any other Maine books.Randy Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16627907086811387527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-59448643601093044032013-01-20T12:10:15.949-05:002013-01-20T12:10:15.949-05:00I've never been fond of King's novels (big...I've never been fond of King's novels (big fan of his short stories) but Dolores Claiborne hit all the right notes for me.sandra seamanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09786095189231150008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-80018472007259285222013-01-20T11:04:23.398-05:002013-01-20T11:04:23.398-05:00Have to be Salem's Lot,I guess. I don't kn...Have to be Salem's Lot,I guess. I don't know many others I've read set there.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com