I'm going to try to comment on a few of the books to the right. I read them over the course of the last few months but have written nary a word about them. So it goes.
If Chins Could Kill, by Bruce Campbell. A good time. Bruce is a B movie star who starred in Bubba Ho Tep, a great film based on a short story by Joe Lansdale. This book is the story of his life. It starts off kind of slowly, but picks up when Bruce hits his late teens. The recounting of his experiences filming Evil Dead was outstanding -- no money, uncomfortable contact lenses, actors quitting.... His buddy, Sam Raimi, has gone on to success in Hollywood -- making A movies, even, yet Bruce seems pretty content in his role. He's written another book, a novel this time, entitled Make Love the Bruce Campbell Way. I bought it. With a title like that, I had to.
Colorado Kid, by Stephen King. A Hard Case Crime novel. A new book by Stephen King retailing for $6. It's a slim novel at just 180 pages, but it's a fun read. Not much like his other work, this book doesn't dabble in the unworldly -- it's a mystery with no answers. That's not a spoiler, I don't think, because the introduction warns the reader that this book is different in that respect. Since it's so short and cheap, there's not much commitment and it really is fun. I liked it a lot better than most of what he's written since Misery -- his literary peak.
Didn't King say he was retiring after the Dark Tower was complete? Now three books, one of which was non-fiction, in less than a year. I wish I had his ability to crank out words (and get paid handsomly for it!).
Posted by: D. Derek | February 14, 2006 at 07:07 AM