I'd place Bag O' Bones & Hearts in Atlantis among his best, myself.
But I can't keep up, & haven't tried, although I agree in general,
Robin.
Doug
On 13-Dec-08, at 6:10 PM, Robin Hamilton wrote:
> From: "Alison Croggon" <[log in to unmask]>
>
>> You mean Ed Dorn, I presume, Robin.
>
> Ouch, yes -- Douglas has already picked me up on that.
>
> :-(((
>
> But really, one black mountaineer is pretty much the same as another.
>
> <g>
>
>> Though I'm rather fond of King's version too.
>
> He writes well, but he writes at too great length.
>
> The Dark Gunslinger goes on and *on and ON!!!
>
> Think the best thing he ever did was the Green Mile, when he was
> tied down to a Dickensian length of monthly prose.
>
> Robin
>
> {Actually, I think Stephen King is an incredibly under-rated writer
> in term of status rather than sales.
>
> He writes well, simply at too great length, usually.
>
> Bit like Melville that way, you might say.
>
> R.)
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