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It’s not really a problem following them per se, but sometimes the particular choice of made-up word for me has an effect that may be...

The Dark Tower does have some real issues, I think being written piecemeal did it no favors--though I think watching the authorial voice...

This is too much pedantry for 10 a.m.

It could be just a simple elevator ride. No, really.

If at first you don't succeed ... then skydiving might not be for you.

I've always understood that advice to be about sense, not repetitions--grammar errors will tend to jump out differently if you hear them...

That's interesting -- it makes sense; I'd probably half read those sentences while reading and get the intended sense, but listening to...

Authorial tics--and King does have some--stand out more in audiobooks. When I worked recording them, it was not unusual for us to make...

He's had this issue for a while -- at least as far back as 11/22/63, where he gets away with it because of the nature of the story, or...

Again, the problem you're missing that in some groups this isn't disruptive. Its what they do during play. Note upthread @TwoSix...

One of the few solid memories I have of reading it is, "Dear Gawd, they're singing again." So ... Sure, a musical.

Since it came up, here’s Thomas Ligotti’s prose poem “Autumnal”:

I won't take that sitting down! -FDR, probably ...too soon?

Being able to choke slam the people you're arguing with is a valuable tool for a rules lawyer.

What a rules lawyer that guy was.